February 6, 2009

Events today, this weekend

Friday, Feb. 6

-- Registration deadline for "The Soul of Cleveland Tour" by the Black Cultural Center. Tour will be March 6-7 and will include the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the E.E.P. Creative Arts Complex, meeting with master artist and educator Edward Parker, lunch with Cleveland-area Purdue alumni. Registration and full payment is due; public, $100; Purdue students, $35; this includes transportation, lodging, admission fees and the lunch. Registration forms available at BCC.

-- Global Supply Chain Conference. Krannert School of Management units. Events 10:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. North Ballroom, PMU. Preregistration required. See http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090114PilotteSupplyconf.html.

-- Men's tennis vs. Illinois State. 5 p.m. Schwartz Tennis Center.

-- Jazz Swing Dance. Purdue Bands: Lab and Concert Jazz bands, American Music Repertory Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Gymnasium, Recreational Sports Center.

Saturday, Feb. 7

-- Agricultural Alumni Ag Forecast. 9:30 a.m. Grand Hall, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090107HurtForecast.html.

-- Agricultural Alumni Fish Fry. Luncheon. Speaker: Andrea Mitchell, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent, on "The View from Washington." 11:30 a.m. Toyota Blue Ribbon Pavilion, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis. Tickets in advance only: $20; contact Ag Alumni office at 49-48593 or agalumni@purdue.edu. More on event, menu and speaker at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081216LesterFishfry.html.

-- Swimming and diving (men) vs. Indiana. Noon. Boilermaker Aquatic Center.

-- "The Spy" by James Fenimore Cooper, presented by The Acting Company while on tour with The Guthrie Theater. Convocations, Catalyst. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. Tickets: $26-$19. More at www.convocations.org.

Sunday, Feb. 8

-- Men's tennis vs. Arkansas. Noon. Schwartz Tennis Center.

-- Dog Days of Summer Adoption Party. Community art project that includes celebration of 50th anniversary of School of Veterinary Medicine; artists will take dog figures and decorate them for display May-September. 2-4 p.m. Muinzer Moving and Storage, 1315 Ferry St., Lafayette. RSVP by Feb. 2 requested: (765) 49-45032 or bhershey@purdue.edu. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090129MullenAdoption.html.

-- Women's basketball vs. Wisconsin. 5 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: public, $12; student, $5.

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." 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

-- Project Respect exhibition "To Know My Mother's Name." African American Studies and Research Center, Black Cultural Center. Portraits by Delita Martin, graduate student in visual and performing arts. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday through Feb. 25. Lounge, BCC. ----- Opening reception: Thursday (Feb. 5) 4-6 p.m.

-- Rueff Galleries: West Gallery. "Shameless." Jewelry and metalsmithing by recent M.F.A. graduates of East Carolina University. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through Feb. 6.

-- Rueff Galleries: East Gallery. "A Living Gallery: Bodies in Time and Space." Daily live performances and installations by the members of Purdue’s Dance Division faculty; ncorporating community artists and "Lower Left," a dance performance collective. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through Feb. 6.

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are stuffed pepper (soup) and pork roulade with bleu cheese and spinach (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.