October 16, 2009
Events today, this weekend
Here is a list of events happening Oct. 16-18 at the West Lafayette campus.
Friday, Oct. 16
-- WBAA public radio at Purdue fall pledge drive Power Hour. 7-8 a.m. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091006LutesWBAA.html.
-- Purdue United Way Campaign event. Used books, CDs, and DVDs will be available in exchange for a donation to the United Way. Continuing Education and Conferences. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Room 107, STEW.
-- LA Influentials weekly speaker. College of Liberal Arts. Earl Major, director of human resource practices at Humana. 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Room 2290, Beering Hall. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More information available at: http://www.cla.purdue.edu/alumni/gs300/. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. Information about the month is available at http://www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/.
-- Department of Health and Kinesiology lecture. Rebecca Spencer, University of Massachusetts Amherst. "Neural Control of Motor Sequence Learning and Consolidation." 1:30 p.m. Room 108, Lambert Fieldhouse. An Experience Liberal Arts month event. More at http://www.cla.purdue.edu/experience/events/?e=20090036.
-- Conversations on Teaching. Teaching Academy. "Designing & Delivering the Complete Curriculum." Mick La Lopa, hospitality and tourism management. Curriculum revision as relates to work flow design and instructional and assessment techniques. 3:30-4:45 p.m. Room 2070, Rawls Hall. More at http://www.teachingacademy.purdue.edu/events/conversations.asp.
-- Purdue on BTN. Big Ten Network. "The Danny Hope Show." 5 p.m.
-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Wisconsin. 7 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.
-- Jazz from the Movies. Purdue Bands & Orchestras. American Music Repertory Ensemble and Lab Jazz Band present a concert of some of the familiar and not so familiar jazz themes from the movies ranging from Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther Theme" to Duke Ellington's music from "Anatomy of a Murder." 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW.
Saturday, Oct. 17
-- Game Day Concerts. Purdue Bands & Orchestras. Marching Band "Thrill on the Hill." 10 a.m. (two hours before kickoff). Slayter Center.
-- Football vs. Ohio State. Noon. Ross-Ade Stadium. Tickets: $70; see also multi-game offer at www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/093009aai.html.
-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Iowa. 7 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.
Sunday, Oct. 18
-- Creepy Classics. Purdue Philharmonic Orchestra’s annual family Halloween pops concert. Purdue Bands & Orchestras. 2:30 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Costumes encouraged.
ONGOING EVENTS
All week
-- 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. Open only Wednesday-Friday this week due to October break; no lunch specials. 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.