February 14, 2008
Today's events
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Thursday, Feb. 14
-- President's Cider Social for faculty and staff. 3:30-4:30 p.m. North and South Ballrooms, PMU. All staff may attend the social in pay status with the approval of their supervisor. RSVP by Feb. 7 was requested.
-- Physics Department General Colloquium. David Koltick, physics. "The Search for Special Nuclear Material Using Particle Physics Techniques." 3:30 p.m. refreshments; 4 p.m. talk. Room 223, Physics Building.
-- Books and Coffee. Bich Nguyen, assistant professor of English, on Michael Chabon's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay." Chabon will be the speaker at 2008 Literary Awards on April 15; Nguyen is awards chair. Department of English and Purdue Student Union Board. 4-4:30 p.m.: Coffee, tea, cocoa, baked goodies. 4:30-5 p.m.: Talk. Rooms 302-206, STEW. Series weekly Feb. 7-28. Podcast to be available after event.
-- Women's basketball vs. Iowa. 7 p.m. Tickets: public, $10; student, $5.
-- The John Jorgenson Quintet. Convocations, Frets on Fire. 7:30 p.m. Loeb. $25-$16.
Feb. 14-16
-- Mystery Dinner Theatre. "Boardwalk Melody Hour Murders." Purdue Student Union Board. 6:30-8:30 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, PMU. Tickets: public, $35; Purdue students, $25. 49-48976 or www.union.purdue.edu/psub.
Feb. 14-24
-- Purdue Theatre. "The Underpants" by Carl Sternheim, adapted by Steve Martin. Marquee Series. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14-17, 21-23; 3 p.m. Feb. 17, 23-24. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: public, $17; 62+ seniors, $13; students, $10.
All week
-- Purdue University Galleries. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. Two exhibitions through Feb. 17. "Insights into Suburbia." Juried exhibition of 55 works in various media by 27 contemporary women artists. National Association of Women Artists and the Opalka Gallery of the Sage Colleges, Albany/Troy, N.Y. Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU. "60 Square Inches: 16th Biennial North American Small Print Competition." Purdue Galleries, competition host. Stewart Center Gallery.
Monday-Friday
-- Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts; Purdue University Galleries. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 49-62958. Two exhibitions through Feb. 15: "2nd Inklandia Print Exhibition." Fine art prints by contemporary American artists, including original prints from the permanent collection of Purdue University Galleries. "Social Issues and Poster Design." Works by students at School of Art, South Central University, China, and at Purdue. -- Reception: Friday, Feb. 15, 4-6 p.m.
-- Libraries -- Archives and Special Collections. "Snowflakes and Icicles: Winter Scenes of Campus." Photographs. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Room 279, STEW. Through Feb. 27. www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/snowflakes/.
-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week: Broccoli Cheddar & Penna alla Vodka. To access the menu: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.