January 23, 2009

Events today, this weekend

Friday, Jan. 23

-- Chinese New Year celebration. Confucius Institute at Purdue. Food, music and calligraphy to mark the Year of the Ox (actual start of year is Jan. 26). 2-4 p.m. Room 118, PMU. http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090115HongYear.html.

-- Women's tennis vs. Missouri. 2 p.m. Schwartz Tennis Center.

Saturday, Jan. 24

-- Track and field. Gene Edmonds Cup. All day. Lambert Fieldhouse. Tickets: public, $5; student, $2.

-- Wrestling vs. Penn State. 2 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: public, $5; student, $2.

-- Joe Tiller Roast and Toast. Honoring Purdue's newly retired football coach and his wife, Arnette. John Purdue Club and the National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame's Joe Tiller Chapter. Reception at 5:30 p.m.; dinner at 6:30 p.m.; program at 7:30 p.m. Ballroom, University Plaza Hotel, 3001 Northwestern Ave. Tickets: SOLD OUT. For more information: Jim Vruggink at 49-42086 or jvruggink@purdue.edu.

-- Baroque Band featuring "Mr. Handel's Musical Journey." Convocations, Classics. 8 p.m. South Ballroom, PMU. Tickets: $26-$16. More at www.convocations.org. ----- "Experience +" pre-show discussion: with artistic director Garry Clarke. 7 p.m. Room 118, PMU.

Sunday, Jan. 25

-- Women's tennis vs. Tennessee. Noon. Schwartz Tennis Center.

-- Women's basketball vs. Ohio State. 5 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: public, $12; student, $5. CSSAC grants program discount with Athletics for employees and their immediate families: $5; for link to order form, go to http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2008/081202_cssac-bball.html.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- Purdue University Galleries. "Kristy Deetz: 'Earth Texts.'" Wood relief sculptures based on words and characteristics associated with books. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Stewart Center Gallery. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. Exhibition through Feb. 22.

-- Purdue University Galleries. "Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World: Selections from the Permanent Collection."  Opening Tuesday (Jan. 20). This is the first exhibition in a new annual format allowing more extensively researched presentation of works contributed by donors, as well as dedicated use of a gallery for this purpose. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Robert L. Ringel Gallery. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. Exhibition through Dec. 6.

Monday-Friday

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. Reopening for the spring semester on Tuesday (Jan. 20). This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are butternut squash (soup) and cod baked in sour cream (entrée). 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Stone Hall. Reservations encouraged; call 49-46845. To access the full menu and learn about other dining options from the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.

TICKETS

Events are free unless noted (except that conference registrations may be omitted here). Ticket prices are for single events, not any series or discount offers. An exception to the following will be noted in the listing.

For varsity athletics tickets, call the Athletic Ticket Office, (765) 494-3194 or (800) 49-SPORT [497-7678]; or visit the office in the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. The office is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events at IAF, Mackey Arena and Ross-Ade Stadium. For ticketed sports events at other Purdue venues, tickets will be on sale before the event at the venue. More at www.purduesports.com.

For Purdue Convocations and Purdue Theatre events and some others as announced, go to ticket offices in Elliott Hall (lower level, northeast end by Hovde Hall) or Stewart Center (west lobby), or call (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW [914-7469]. The Elliott Hall box office is open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events there. The Stewart Center box office is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events there.

Purdue Theatre tickets are sold also at the Pao Hall box office. It is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and before Purdue Theatre performances there.

More about box offices and venues is at www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic/Welcome.html.