September 25, 2009
Events today, this weekend
Here is a list of events happening Sept. 25-27 at the West Lafayette campus.
Friday, Sept. 25
-- Green Week. Monday to Friday; Friday theme: "Environmental Stewardship." Overview article including sign-up links for some events is at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090916RidgwayGreen.html. Schedule summary and more is at www.purdue.edu/sustainability.
-- Fall Operations Conference. Krannert School of Management's Dauch Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises and Global Supply Chain Management Initiative. Theme: "Manufacturing: Thriving Through the Storm." More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/hp/PilotteConference.html.
-- Literary Reading Series craft discussion. Department of English and the Creative Writing Program. Carl Phillips, Washington Univ. in St. Louis. 10:30 a.m. Bookstall, Hicks Undergraduate Library. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/english/CreativeWriting/readingseries.html.
-- Purdue on BTN. Big Ten Network. "The Danny Hope Show." 5 p.m.
-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Michigan State. 7 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.
-- Outdoor Music Series concert by Moonshine Mason and the Rot Gut Gang. Purdue Student Union Board. 7-8 p.m. Front lawn, PMU. Rain location: Union Commons, ground floor, PMU. More about group at www.myspace.com/moonshinemasonandtherotgutgang.
-- "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. Purdue Theatre. Opening night. 7:30 p.m. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: $19-$12. Performances also at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, 30, Oct. 1-3; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 3-4.
-- Hanggai. Convocations, World Music. Mongolian folk music with contemporary feel. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. Tickets: $18-$15.
Saturday, Sept. 26
-- La Polilla Café. Bilingual book discussion of "Their Dogs Came with Them" by Helena Maria Viramontes. Latino Cultural Center. 10 a.m. LCC.
-- Game Day Concerts. Purdue Bands. 5 p.m.: Jazz Tailgate (three hours before Purdue vs. Notre Dame kickoff at 8 p.m.). 6 p.m.: Marching Band "Thrill on the Hill" (two hours before kickoff). Both at Slayter Center.
-- "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. Purdue Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: $19-$12. Performances also at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Oct. 1-3; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 3-4.
-- Football vs. Notre Dame. 8 p.m. Ross-Ade Stadium. Tickets: $70.
Sunday, Sept. 27
-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Michigan. 1 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.
-- Shakespeare in Academy Park. Purdue Student Union Board. Scenes from several plays. 3-4:30 p.m. Academy Park (north of PMU).
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 cream of tomato (soup) and chicken pot pie (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.