October 27, 2009

Today's events

Tuesday, Oct. 27

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Tools and Techniques for Constructing Objective Tests." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 8 of 10 through Nov. 10. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- Darden Series: Executives in the Classroom. Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Bill Whiting, director, Banfi Vintners.10:30 a.m. Room 114, Physics Building. Series information at www.cfs.purdue.edu/HTM/industry/Darden.shtml.

-- Classical history lecture. "The Athenian Revolution: What Kind of Revolution Was It?" Huang Yang, Peking Univ., China. Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Classical Studies. 7-9:30  p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. An Experience Liberal Arts month event.

-- Poetry reading. "Cadaver, Speak: Poems from the Dissection Lab." Works by Marianne Boruch, professor of English, read by students from IU School of Medicine-Lafayette and Purdue's MFA in Creative Writing Program. Office of the Provost, Faculty Fellowship for Study in a Second Discipline. 7 p.m. Room 210, Matthews Hall. Reception following.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

--Exhibition: "Hard Rain: The Late Works of Mary Hambleton." Purdue University Galleries. Paintings chronicling artist's journey of living with cancer; exhibition in collaboration with Purdue Oncological Sciences Center's annual "Cancer, Culture and Community" events. Stewart Center Gallery. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus until 8 p.m. Thursday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Through Dec. 6. More about Galleries is at www.purdue.edu/galleries. … … Opening reception: Talk by Ken Buhler, the artist's husband, at 6 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 29) in Room 310, STEW. Followed by reception in the gallery.

-- 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 Friday (Oct. 30). More at www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol. For a group tour, call 49-42839. Digitized images of exhibition items are now at www.lib.purdue.edu/moon/.

-- Art education exhibition: "Envision/Revisit." Works by students and alumni in art education major. Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Through Friday (Oct. 30). … In conjunction with exhibition: Lecture by alumni artist Michal Lile on "Artmaking and Teaching: A Symbiosis," 7:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 29 in Room 1197, Pao Hall.

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are tortilla soup (soup) and chicken burritos (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.