Purdue Today

January 4, 2010

Events this week

Here is a list of events happening Jan. 4-10 at the West Lafayette campus.

Monday, Jan. 4

-- Women's basketball vs. Notre Dame. 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: adult, $12; ages 3 to college, $5.

Tuesday, Jan. 5

-- Men's basketball vs. Minnesota. 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $26.

Wednesday, Jan. 6

-- Training summit for building emergency plans. Emergency Preparedness and Planning Office. 1-3 p.m. Room 1010, Neil Armstrong Hall. RSVP to Ron Wright at rdwright@purdue.edu. For questions, contact Wright by e-mail or by phone at 49-40446.

Thursday, Jan. 7

-- Swimming and diving (men and women) vs. Michigan State. 6 p.m. Free.

-- Purdue on BTN: "The Sharon Versyp Show." Big Ten Network. 5:30 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.

Friday, Jan. 8

-- Swimming and diving (men and women) vs. Michigan State. 6 p.m. Free.

Saturday, Jan. 9

-- Track and field (men and women). Purdue Invitational. 11 a.m. Lambert Fieldhouse. Tickets: adult, $5; student, $2.

-- Swimming and diving (men and women) vs. Michigan State. Noon. Free.

Sunday, Jan. 10

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


ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- Purdue University Galleries. The Stewart Center Gallery is closed and will reopen Jan. 11 with "Patrick Earl Hammie: Platforms." The Robert L. Ringel Gallery in Purdue Memorial Union is closed and will reopen Jan. 19 with a new display of selections from the permanent collection. During the semester, hours again will be 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. Closed until spring semester; opening date TBD. More about dining options from the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management is at www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.


TICKETS

Events are free unless noted (except that conference registrations may be omitted here); some performance and athletic events are marked "free" for clarity. 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 before ticketed events there. The Stewart Center box office is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 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 before Purdue Theatre performances there.

More about box offices and venues is at www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic/Welcome.html.