March 5, 2009

Today's events

Thursday, March 5

-- Teaching Academy presentation. Anthony F. Gregorc, author and president of Gregorc Associates Inc. "Learning Styles: Empowering College Teaching and Learning." 9-11:30 a.m. Room 206, STEW. Registration required; go to www.cie.purdue.edu/workshop/register/index.cfm. Refreshments will be served.

-- Special international lunch option. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Special meal is: broccoli and blue cheese soup; entrée choice of bacon-wrapped chicken breasts, cajun spiced chicken parmesan sandwich or salmon tikka; a dessert of mixed fruit trifle; and raspberry iced tea. $13.95. Reservations encouraged; call 49-46845. For more on regular and weekly special offerings at the John Purdue Room, see Ongoing events below.

-- Harriet A. Jacobs Series in the Humanities and the Arts: "Toni Morrison, Theodore Gericault, and Incendiary Art." Nancy Peterson, English and American studies. African American Studies and Research Center. 3-4:30 p.m. Multipurpose Room 1, Black Cultural Center.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Patricia Rankin, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder. "Why Physicists Need to Know More than Newton's Laws: Why Diversity Matters and How to Increase It." 3:30 p.m.: Refreshments in Room 242, Physics Building. 4 p.m.: Talk in Room 203, Physics Building. More at www.physics.purdue.edu/colloq.

-- Exhibition reception. Undergraduate Exhibition. 5-6:30 p.m. Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. Exhibition information below under Ongoing events, Monday-Friday.

-- Literary reading. Fred Arroyo, visiting author and Purdue alumnus. Department of English, Creative Writing Program, Latino Cultural Center (an event of Semana de la Raza, "Week of the People"). 7:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Reading from his fiction work "The Region of Lost Names." Questions: LCC at 49-42530.

-- Film viewing. "Why We Fight?" (2005, Eugene Jarecki, 98 min.) Committee on Peace Studies in Department of Political Science. 8 p.m. Room B155, Lawson Computer Science Building. Discussion will follow the film, which analyzes what President Eisenhower called the military-industrial complex.

March 4-8

-- Purdue Theatre. "Dracula" by Bram Stoker; guest-directed by Gregg Brevoort. Marquee Series. 7:30 p.m. March 4-7; 3 p.m. March 8. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: public, $17; 62+ seniors, $13; students, $10.

March 5-8

-- Women's basketball. Big Ten Tournament. Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis. Tickets: All-session, $65; single-session, $16-$12 varying by session. For more on tickets and schedule, go to http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/012909aaa.html. ----- Purdue Alumni Association fan headquarters will be available at a local establishment in Indianapolis during Purdue's games March 6-8 in the tournament. For more on this, go to http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090204HillerFans.html.

Occasional,  through March 6

-- Project Respect. Annual series. Events are listed normally by date and identified as part of Project Respect. For an overview of the schedule and all sponsors, go to www.purdue.edu/projectrespect.

All week

-- 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

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are black bean (soup) and chicken burritos (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.
 
-- Rueff Galleries. Undergraduate Exhibition. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through March 13. Reception 5-6:30 p.m. March 5.

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.