November 6, 2009

Events today, this weekend

Here is a list of events happening Nov. 6-8 at the West Lafayette campus.

Friday, Nov. 6

-- Last day to sign up for CSSAC bus trip to Chicago's central shopping and sightseeing area. Trip is 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. $20. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091023_CSSAC-Chicago.html.

-- 25th Annual symposium on African American Culture & Philosophy. African American Studies and Research Center. Event is Thursday-Saturday. Theme: "New Directions in Feminism and Womanism in Africa and the African Diaspora." Friday and Saturday sessions need registration. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/idis/african%2Damerican/programs/symposium.html.

-- Women's tennis. Purdue Invitational. All day. Schwartz Tennis Center.

-- LA Influentials weekly speaker. College of Liberal Arts. Matt Painter, men's basketball head coach. 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Room 2290, Beering Hall. Class meeting; seating for others as available.

-- Purdue on BTN. Big Ten Network. "The Danny Hope Show." 5 p.m. Summary of Big Ten athletics and Purdue-produced campus programming on BTN is at www.bigtennetwork.com/schedule/Big-Ten-Network-Purdue-programming.asp.

-- Swimming and diving (M&W) vs. Notre Dame. 6 p.m. Boilermaker Aquatic Center.

-- Astronaut talk. Michael McCulley, alumnus. 8 p.m. Room 200, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091029McCulleySpaceday.html#at.

Saturday, Nov. 7

-- Women's tennis. Purdue Invitational. All day. Schwartz Tennis Center.

-- Hands-on engineering open house for students grades K-6. Women in Engineering Program. 9 a.m. to noon. Room 3153, Civil Engineering Building. Parents must accompany students.

-- Soccer (women's) vs. Iowa. 1 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).

-- Swimming and diving (M&W) vs. Northwestern. 1 p.m. Boilermaker Aquatic Center.

-- Dave Brubeck Quartet. Convocations, Jazz. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. With Experience+. Tickets: $85-$25. More at www.convocations.org.

Sunday, Nov. 8

-- Women's basketball vs. Lindsey Wilson (exhibition). 2 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: adult, $12; ages 3 to college, $5.

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.

-- 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

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are lentil soup (soup) and salmon roulade (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.

 -- Exhibition: Student works inspired by poetry of Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate (see also poetry reading under Thursday above). Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Through Nov. 13.

-- Exhibition: Works by local students and the others in the community, inspired by poetry of Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate (see also poetry reading under Thursday above). Room 118, PMU (adjacent to Great Hall). Thursday and Friday only.  Reception 4-6 p.m. Thursday.

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.