October 1, 2009
Today's events
Here is a list of events happening Thursday, Oct. 1, at the West Lafayette campus.
Thursday, Oct. 1
-- College Teaching Workshop Series 2: Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit. "The Top Ten Mistakes Teachers Make." Tom Turpin, entomology. For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Workshop 3 of 5 in series through Oct. 22. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.
-- Purdue Women's Club Fall Luncheon and Interest Fair. Fair at 11 a.m.; luncheon at noon. Ballrooms, PMU. Luncheon speaker: Patricia Miller, co-founder of Vera Bradley. Reservations were due Sept. 22.
-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Mark Raizen, Univ. of Texas at Austin. "Comprehensive Control of Atomic and Molecular Motion." 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.
-- Experience Liberal Arts month lecture. "Machines in the Garden: Locative Media, Network Landscapes and New Frontiers," Teri Rueb, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo. Barbara Walker Visiting Artist Program and the Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts. 6:30 p.m. Deans Auditorium, Pfendler Hall. More about the month at www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/.
-- Krannert Leadership Speaker Series scholarship dinner. Krannert School of Management. 6:30-9 p.m. Keynote speaker: Elaine Chao, former U.S. secretary of labor. Ticket sales ended Sept. 11.
-- Talk on Tennessee Williams. Tom Adler, professor emeritus of English. 6:30 p.m. Mallett Theatre, Pao Hall. This event is free. It is in conjunction with Sept. 25-Oct. 4 Purdue Theatre production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Williams; see separate listing for that event. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090914RandTheatre.html.
-- "Frindle." Convocations, Family. Presented by Griffin Theatre Company. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. Recommended for ages 8-12. Tickets: $14-$10. More at www.convocations.org.
-- "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. Oct. 2-3; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 3-4.
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 broccoli cheddar (soup) and penna alla vodka (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.