March 7, 2008

Events today, this weekend

All week

-- Ken Rinaldo: Robotic Installations. Stewart Center Gallery will exhibit "Autotelematic Spider Bots" with real-time interaction with public and self-modified behavior. The Spider Bots will function for 15-minute periods at 10:30 a.m. and at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. daily. Robert L. Ringel Gallery will present the installation work "Machinic Drift," a series of 3-D images. Rinaldo is at Ohio State University. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. March 3-April 20. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries.

Monday-Friday

-- Libraries -- Archives and Special Collections. "Chronicling Women's History at Purdue: Selections from the Susan Bulkeley Butler Women's Archives." 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Room 279, STEW. March 3-April 29. March is Women's History Month. www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol.

-- John Purdue Room lunch special. This week: Salmon chowder and farfalle with wild mushrooms. To access the menu: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.

Friday, March 7

-- Women's basketball in Big Ten tournament. 2 p.m. Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis. www.purduesports.com.

-- "Beakman Live!" Convocations, Family Adventures. 7 p.m. Loeb. $14-$10.

-- Opening reception for "Her Crowning Glory: Hats of the African-American Community" exhibition at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, 102 S. 10th St., Lafayette. 7-9 p.m. The hats have been worn in Lafayette churches by African-American women, who have provided stories with each hat. Exhibition co-sponsored by Black Cultural Center in conjunction with April 4-6 musical "Crowns" at Long Center, Lafayette. Exhibition is through April 12; hours 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

Saturday, March 8

-- Lead-in to spring break (officially March 10-15).