April 17, 2009
Events today, this weekend
Here is a list of events happening April 17-19 at the West Lafayette campus.
Friday, April 17
-- Felker Leadership Series. College of Consumer and Family Sciences. Theme: "Going Global." 9 a.m. registration. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. program. Room 302, STEW. Keynote: C. Perry Yeatman, Kraft Foods. More on program and speakers at www.cfs.purdue.edu/news/events/felker_series.html. Cost: program only, $30; program plus lunch (if seats remain available), $40; program free to students. Questions or registration: 49-47890 or cfsalums@purdue.edu
-- Curriculum and Instruction Research Seminar: Career and Technical Education. Alister McLeod, graduate student. "Identifying Factors that Affect the Implementation of Lean Manufacturing." Noon-1 p.m. Room 1255, Beering Hall.
-- James C. Snyder Memorial Lecture in agricultural economics. Brian Wright, Univ. of California, Berkeley. "Grain Price Gyrations: Recent Research and Its Policy Implications." Department of Agricultural Economics. 3:45-4:45 p.m. Room 202, STEW. More at http://www.ag.purdue.edu/agecon/Lists/Calendar/DispForm.aspx?ID=9&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eag%2Epurdue%2Eedu%2Fagecon%2FPages%2Fdefault%2Easpx
-- Baseball vs. Ohio State. 4 p.m. Lambert Field. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2. (Also Saturday and Sunday.)
-- Indiana Classical Conference. Department of Foreign Languages and Literature and Department of History. 7:30 p.m. Friday through 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Friday session in Room 210, Matthews Hall. Saturday session in Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. Information: Nicholas Rauh at 49-66079.
April 17-19
-- Gala Weekend. Purdue Alumni Association. More at www.purduealum.org or http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090324BurnsGala.html
-- Purdue Theatre. "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare; directed by Gordon McCall. Marquee Series. 7:30 p.m. April 17-18; 3 p.m. April 19. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: public, $17; 62+ seniors, $13; students, $10.
Saturday, April 18
-- Men's golf two-day event, Saturday and Sunday. Boilermaker Invitational. Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex.
-- Track and field (men and women). Dave Rankin Invitational. Rankin Track and Field. Admission: public, $5; students, $2.
-- Purdue Cancer Center Challenge. 8:30-10 a.m. 5K run/walk. More at www.purduecancercenter.com.
-- Spring Fest. Many events from units throughout campus. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090408KirkpatrickSpringfest.html and www.extension.purdue.edu/sfest/. (Also Sunday.)
-- Pappy’s Sweet Shop renovation celebration. Office of Special Events. Made possible due to the generosity of the Class of 1955. 11 a.m. Ground floor, PMU. RSVP requested at www.purdue.edu/eventrsvp or 49-40900.
-- Women's tennis vs. Iowa. Noon. Schwartz Tennis Center.
-- Baseball vs. Ohio State. Noon. Lambert Field. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2. (Also Sunday.)
-- Spring football Gold and Black Game. 1 p.m. Ross-Ade Stadium. [Related events to be announced.]
-- Día de la Familia (Day of the Family). Latino Cultural Center. Also celebrating six years of LCC with food, live music, activities. 12:30-2:30 p.m. LCC.
-- Softball vs. Northwestern. 2 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.
-- South Campus Plaza dedication. Office of Special Events. Made possible due to the generosity of the Classes of 1956 and 1957. 4 p.m. Pao Hall. RSVP requested at www.purdue.edu/eventrsvp or 49-40900.
-- Purduettes Spring Spectacular. Purdue Musical Organizations. 7:30-9 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Tickets: public, $15; students, $10; call PMO at 49-43941.
Sunday, April 19
-- Spring Fest. Many events from units throughout campus. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090408KirkpatrickSpringfest.html and www.extension.purdue.edu/sfest/
-- Women's tennis vs. Minnesota. Noon. Schwartz Tennis Center.
-- Baseball vs. Ohio State. Noon. Lambert Field. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.
-- Purdue Grand Prix Community Day. A day to see the track, meet the drivers and participate in other fun activities. Noon-3:30 p.m. Track is west of the athletic complex at Cherry Lane and McCormick Road.
-- Softball vs. Northwestern. 2 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.
-- Purdue Percussion Theater: "Taking It to the Max." Purdue Bands. 2:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW.
ONGOING EVENTS
All week
-- Technology Week. College of Technology. Includes presence at Spring Fest. Information and schedule at www.purdue.edu/techweek
-- "Urban Legends and Rural Myths." Purdue University Galleries. With invited entries for a national exhibition of contemporary art that inspires NEW myths, imagined histories and tall tales. 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. Through April 26. More also at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090224MartinLegends.html.
-- "Tippecanus Rex." Purdue University Galleries co-sponsoring with Tippecanoe Arts Federation. Works and participation from 14-county region. A whimsical celebration of the unnatural, even mythical, history of Tippecanoe County. Through May 10 at TAF, 638 North St., Lafayette. Gallery hours through April are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. More at www.purdue.edu/galleries/pages/exhibitions/ex_tippecanusrex.shtml
-- "Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World: Selections from the Permanent Collection." Purdue University Galleries. 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
-- Exhibition "Rock, Rhythm & Soul: The Black Roots of Popular Music." Black Cultural Center. The exhibition was produced by the Indiana University Archives of African-American Music and consists of topical banners on various themes and genres of African-American music, including soul, funk, gospel, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop. 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday through April 24. Lounge, BCC.
-- Exhibitions: Rueff Galleries. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. West Gallery: Onur Yazicigil Graduate Exhibition (artist's talk at noon Wednesday); East Gallery: Hao Hua and R. Strick. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through Friday (April 17).
-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are tortilla (soup) and chicken tamales (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