Events today, this weekend

December4, 2009

Events today, this weekend

Here is a list of events happening Dec. 4-6 at the West Lafayette campus.

Friday, Dec. 4

-- Open forum with candidate for associate dean for distance learning, Continuing Education and Conferences. David Blakesley. 9-10 a.m. Room 322, STEW. Open to faculty, staff and students. (Other
candidate presentations: Dec. 11, 18.)

-- Varro E. Tyler Distinguished Lectureship (Pharmacy). Suzanne Hill, secretary to the Expert Committee on Essential Medicines, World Health Organization. "Old Drugs, New Questions: Improving Treatment for Children with TB." School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice; a 125th anniversary event. 10:30 a.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. More at www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/tyler/.

-- LA Influentials weekly speaker. College of Liberal Arts. Cindy Fornelli, alumna, executive director, Center for Audit Quality, on "Typing in Russian and Other Lessons Along the Way." 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Room 2290, Beering Hall. Class meeting; seating for others as available.

-- Networking retreat at student poster research competition. Poster topics are health care systems and products, as well as cancer prevention. Dept. of Foods and Nutrition, Regenstrief Center, Oncological Sciences Center. 1-3 p.m. Mann Hall. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091119_DP-PosterCompetition.html.

-- Cultural Arts Festival. Black Cultural Center. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. Admission: public, $7; student, $5.

-- Flicks at Fowler monthly film series. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." Purdue Student Union Board. 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. Admission: public, $4; Purdue student ID, now free. Films subject to change. 49-48976. Also Saturday at same times.

Saturday, Dec. 5

-- La Polilla Café. Bilingual book discussion of "Faults: A Novel" by Terri de la Peña. Latino Cultural Center. 10 a.m. LCC.

-- Men's basketball vs. Buffalo. 5 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $22.

-- Purdue Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras. Purdue Bands & Orchestras. Featuring pianist Jason Wu in George Gershwin's famous tone poem "Rhapsody in Blue." 8 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette.

Sunday, Dec. 6

-- Purdue National Poinsettia Trials Consumer Open House. Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue Extension, others. 1-5 p.m. Horticulture Greenhouse, Marsteller and Harrison streets. Drawings to win poinsettias. Questions: Tammy Goodale at 49-41296 or tgoodale@purdue.edu.

-- Purdue music in Lafayette-West Lafayette Christmas Parade. "All-American" Marching Band (Purdue Bands & Orchestras) and Purdue Musical Organizations. 2 p.m. Downtown Lafayette. More at www.lafayettewestlafayettechristmasparade.com/.

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. Information on this week's featured specials in the John Purdue Room (soup and entrée) was not available; call or check the link below. 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.