March 6, 2009

Events today, this weekend

Friday, March 6

-- Bridge Bust contest. High school teams. Purdue chapter, American Society of Civil Engineers. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. South Ballroom, PMU. Includes 10 a.m. talk by Jeremy Hunter, bridge designer. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090223PapineauBridge.html.

--  "Global Purdue: A Journey to Discovery and Innovation." Strategic plan enactment workshop. Internationalization Task Force on behalf of the provost. Open to all faculty, staff and students. 1-4 p.m. Room 202, Stewart Center. For workshop goals and a detailed schedule, see http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/GlobalP-090306.pdf.

-- Art curator's talk. "Challenges for a Curator: Acquiring and Analyzing Asian Art." James Robinson, Indianapolis Museum of Art. Confucius Institute at Purdue, Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts, and College of Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Studies. 1:30-2:45 p.m. Room 2070, Rawls Hall. Reception following, 3-4 p.m. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090226HongArt.html.

-- Exhibition opening reception: "Urban Legends and Rural Myths." Purdue University Galleries. 6-8 p.m. Stewart Center Gallery. (The exhibition will be open during regular hours March 9-April 26.) More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090224MartinLegends.html.

-- Dancing for Change. Various dance performances in benefit for YWCA of Greater Lafayette. Latino Cultural Center (an event of Semana de la Raza, "Week of the People"). 7 p.m. Morton Community Center, 222 N. Chauncey Ave. Questions: LCC at 49-42530.

-- The Irish Tenors with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra. Project Respect event; Convocations, Lively Arts. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets: $38-$15. More at www.convocations.org.

March 6-8

-- Swimming and diving (men). Senior State. Indianapolis. All day.

-- Purdue Theatre. "Dracula" by Bram Stoker; guest-directed by Gregg Brevoort. Marquee Series. 7:30 p.m. March 6-7; 3 p.m. March 8. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: public, $17; 62+ seniors, $13; students, $10.

-- 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.

Saturday, March 7

-- Finals of regional Idea-to-Product Competition for Environmental and Social Entrepreneurship. Six on-campus teams. Center for the Environment, Discovery Park. 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Deans Auditorium, Pfendler Hall. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090226LaddEnviroEship.html.

-- Women in Leadership Conference. Open to all students. Theme: "HerStory: Exposing Her Path … Sharing Her Journey." Student Activities and Organizations. 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. STEW and PMU. Registration: $20. More including registration link at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090226BenDaviesWomen.html.

-- Books and Chocolate Milk. Purdue Student Union Board. Child- and parent-oriented companion event to Books and Coffee. For children: Story narrations by local celebrities, bookmark making, chocolate milk and cookies. For parents: Information session on reading together. 10-11:30 a.m. Rooms 302 and 306, STEW.

-- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, performed by Purdue Philharmonic. Also featuring Purdue Symphony Orchestra. Purdue Bands. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music.

Sunday, March 8

-- Daylight-saving time begins. 2 a.m.

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

-- ImPERCYnations. Purdue Bands. Purdue Symphonic Band explores works of Percy Grainger; Purdue Concert Band performs David Holsinger and Clifton Williams. 2:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music (change of venue). 

ONGOING EVENTS

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.