Events today, this weekend

September 18, 2009

Events today, this weekend

Here is a list of events happening Sept. 18-20 at the West Lafayette campus.

Friday, Sept. 18

-- "Bringing the World to Your Classroom through Digital Technology." Workshop with focuses on digital video and Adobe Connect; open to all Purdue faculty and PhD students. Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Rawls Hall and Krannert Building. More at www.krannert.purdue.edu/centers/ciber/events/events.html.

-- Soccer (women's) vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 5 p.m. Varsity Soccer Complex. Tickets: adult, $5; student, $2; groups of 15 or more, $1 each (on day of match, tickets are sold only at site).

-- Purdue on BTN. Big Ten Network. "The Danny Hope Show." 5 p.m.

-- Flicks at Fowler monthly film series. "Up." Purdue Student Union Board. 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. Admission: public, $4; Purdue student ID, now free. Films subject to change. 49-48976. Also Saturday at same times.

-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Ohio. 7:30 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.

-- "Metropolis" directed by Fritz Lang. Convocations, Silent Film/Theater Organ. New restoration of highly influential 1927 classic. Starring Clark Wilson at the Elliott Hall of Music theatre organ presenting his new score for the film; co-presented by the Long Center Theatre Organ Society. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. With Experience+, introduction to the film by Lance Duerfahrd, assistant professor in the Department of English, at 8 p.m. Tickets: $15-$10.

Saturday, Sept. 19

-- Family Day and Band Day on campus and at football game.

-- Family Day events by PSUB. Purdue Student Union Board. (1) Pancake Breakfast with President Córdova. 8 a.m. Armory. (2) BBQ and Outdoor Music Series. 3 p.m./after football game. Front lawn, PMU. Performers: Keith Scott (Chicago blues artist, www.heavyblues.com) and Crash Landing (local artist, http://www.myspace.com/crashlandingblues). Information on tickets and pricing info at 49-48976.

-- Game Day Concerts. Purdue Bands. 9 a.m.: Jazz Tailgate (three hours before Purdue vs. Northern Illinois kickoff at noon). 10 a.m.: Marching Band “Thrill on the Hill” (two hours before kickoff). Both at Slayter Center. Band Day performance with high school bands at halftime. Post-game: Marching Band marches from stadium to Purdue Mall for concert.

-- Football vs. Northern Illinois. Noon. Ross-Ade Stadium. Tickets: public, $40; high school age and younger, $23; south end zone, $22; regular employees may use CSSAC coupon from Aug. 27 Inside Purdue to buy public tickets ($40) for $25.

-- BCC Friends and Family Day. Black Cultural Center. Theme: “I Am Hip Hop!” Immediately following Purdue football game. BCC.

-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Ohio. 7:30 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5; with football ticket from game earlier in the day, $2.

Sunday, Sept. 20

-- PMO Kids Choir Auditions. Purdue Musical Organizations. All children ages 8-12 can audition for the Purdue Christmas Show. 2 p.m. Room 15, Elliott Hall of Music.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- Exhibition: "Living Stone: The Casts Project." Purdue University Galleries. Setting in keeping with studio practice, using prints by Jim Dine, plaster casts, and artworks from classes and visitors. Through Oct. 11 in Stewart Center Gallery. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus until 8 p.m. Thursday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. More about Galleries is at www.purdue.edu/galleries.

-- Exhibition: Rotating Selections from the Permanent Collection. Purdue University Galleries. Current: "Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World." Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. More about Galleries is at www.purdue.edu/galleries.

Monday-Friday

-- Exhibition: "Purdue's Place in Space: From the Midwest to the Moon." Libraries Archives and Special Collections. Includes items from Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan and other Purdue astronaut alumni in celebration of 40 years since the first moon landing. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, fourth floor, STEW. Through Oct. 30. More at www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol. For a group tour, call 49-42839.

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are stuffed pepper soup (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 two hours before ticketed events there. The Stewart Center box office is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and two hours 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 two hours before ticketed events there.

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