November 13, 2009
Events today, this weekend
Here is a list of events happening Nov. 13-15 at the West Lafayette campus.
Friday, Nov. 13
-- Limited ticket sales open for Lady Gaga in the Monster Ball Tour with special guests Kid Cudi and Jason DeRulo. Tickets, at $36.50 (limit 6), go on sale to Purdue and Ivy Tech Lafayette students, and Purdue faculty, staff, and retirees with a current identification card. 10 a.m. Elliott Hall of Music and Stewart Center box offices; phone 49-43933. [General public sales through Ticketmaster begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday at (800) 745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com, or at campus box offices beginning Monday (Nov. 16); phone 49-43933.] Event is at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 in Elliott Hall of Music, presented by the Student Concert Committee in association with Purdue Convocations. More at www.convocations.org .
-- LA Influentials weekly speaker. College of Liberal Arts. Dale Pupillo, alumnus, special agent in the U.S. Secret Service. 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Room 2290, Beering Hall. Class meeting; seating for others as available.
-- Garnet Peck Symposium. School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; a 125th anniversary event. Theme: "Emerging Trends in Health Care." 1-5:15 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. More at www.ipph.purdue.edu/peck/ or 49-41361.
-- Men's swimming and diving vs. Carthage. 6 p.m. Boilermaker Aquatic Center.
-- Purdue on BTN. Big Ten Network. "The Danny Hope Show." 6:30 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.
-- Men's basketball vs. Cal State Northridge. 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $22.
-- "Hedda Gabler" by Henrik Ibsen. Purdue Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: $19-$12. Performances also at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14, 18-21; 2:30 p.m. Nov. 21-22.
-- Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. Convocations, Dance. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. With Experience+. Tickets: $26-$19. More at www.convocations.org.
Saturday, Nov. 14
-- Game Day Concerts. Purdue Bands & Orchestras. Marching Band "Thrill on the Hill." 10 a.m. Slayter Center. Post-game: Marching Band marches from stadium to Purdue Mall for concert.
-- Football vs. Michigan State. Noon. Ross-Ade Stadium. Tickets: public, $46; student, $26.
-- "Hedda Gabler" by Henrik Ibsen. Purdue Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: $19-$12. Performances also at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18-21; 2:30 p.m. Nov. 21-22.
Sunday, Nov. 15
-- Women's basketball vs. Western Illinois. 1 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: adult, $12; ages 3 to college, $5.
-- PSUB presents Starbucks Acoustic Series. Featuring Jake Fernandez. 5-6 p.m. Union Commons, ground floor, PMU.
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
-- 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 Friday (Nov. 13).
-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are egg drop (soup) and chicken curry (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.