August 24, 2007

Purdue Events Calendar

EDITORS: This calendar lists events on Purdue's West Lafayette campus or involving people or programs off campus during the next four weeks. Events are free, except where noted, and are open to news media coverage. New or updated listings are designated by two asterisks (**).

EVENTS

** -- Sept. 14. 4-6 p.m. Latino Cultural Center, 600 N. Russell St. Latino Heritage Month kicks off with an open house and visit from Purdue President France A. Córdova. Food, music and tours kick off the monthlong celebration. Contact the LCC at (765) 494-2530.

-- Sept. 15. After the Purdue football game, the Black Cultural Center, 1100 Third St., will present "Friends and Family Day" with the theme "Now that's the blues!" Participants will meet at Miss Bessie's Juke Joint and listen to blues music and learn the history that created it through performers, storytelling, children's activities and a sampling of Southern cuisine. Contact BCC at (765) 494-3092.

ENTERTAINMENT

-- Aug. 24. 7:30 p.m. Purdue Varsity Glee Club First Nighter. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms.

** -- Sept. 16. 3 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Dan Zanes. Grammy-winning and Playhouse Disney stars Dan Zanes and Friends to perform music suitable for both children and grown-ups. Presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $24 for general public, $15 for children/students. For tickets, call (765) 494-3933, (800) 914-SHOW or visit https://www.convocations.org

** -- Sept. 20. 7 p.m. Stewart Center's Fowler Hall. The Juneteenth Legacy Theatre from Louisville, Ky., will present the "Juneteenth Cotton Club Revue," a musical tribute to legendary blues singers Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and Lena Horne.  Songs performed will include "St. Louis Blues," "Summertime," "God Bless the Child" and many others. Free and open to the public. Contact BCC at (765) 494-3092.

** -- Sept. 21-22. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. "Macbeth." Actors from the London stage will bring William Shakespeare's tragedy to life in this production in which five actors take on all the roles using minimal sets and costumes. Presented by Purdue Convocations.  Tickets are $26 for the general public and $19 for students. For tickets, call (765) 494-3933, (800) 914-SHOW or visit https://www.convocations.org

** -- Sept. 28. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. "Hairspray." The Broadway hit takes the audience back to 1962 as a teenage girl seeks to dance her way onto a popular TV show. A big girl has dreams to change the world and still have time to win the boy she loves. Presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $20-$45 for the general public and $20-$32 for students. For tickets, call (765) 494-3933, (800) 914-SHOW or visit https://www.convocations.org

LECTURES

** -- Sept. 25. 8 p.m. Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. Michael Eric Dyson will present a lecture on "African Americans in the Academy:  Climate and Conflict," sponsored by the Black Graduate Association and the Office of the Provost. Dyson has been called a "street fighter in a suit and tie" and has written several national bestsellers on subjects ranging from Martin Luther King Jr. to "gangsta" rap. Dyson discusses topics such as Bill Cosby's comments and the Hurricane Katrina tragedy.

WORKSHOPS

 -- Aug. 28. 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121. Discovery Park will sponsor a symposium, "Research Translation: Planning For What Lies Ahead," to help educate researchers on navigating the complex regulations within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Sponsors are Purdue's Oncological Sciences Center, the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and Safis Solutions LLC in Indianapolis. To register, go to https://www.purdue.edu/dp/bdm/translation. Contact  Kris Swank at kswank@purdue.edu, (765) 494-4674.

 -- Sept. 14. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Discovery Park's Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. Researchers from the Korean Institute of Technology and Discovery Park will offer an international symposium, "Molecular Imaging and Theragnosis," focusing on their $4.5 million project to develop molecular imaging and nanotechnology tools to simultaneously diagnose and treat cancer and chronic and infectious diseases. Symposium sponsors are Purdue's Bindley Bioscience Center and Birck Nanotechnology Center, the Purdue Research Park and Billerica, Mass.-based Bruker Optics Inc. For more information, contact Kathy Beaver of Bindley at kbeaver@purdue.edu, (765) 496-1464.

** -- Sept. 18. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stewart Center. The Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering will hold its fall symposium, "Transforming Health-Care Delivery: Advancing Multidisciplinary Research," for Purdue researchers to learn about the progress of health-care research on the Purdue campus. The Discovery Park event will highlight research advances in liberal arts, science, nursing, social sciences and management. The symposium is free to Purdue faculty, students, staff and collaborators. To register, go to https://www.purdue.edu/rche/fall2007. Contact Mary Schultz of the Regenstrief Center, mschult@purdue.edu, (765) 494-9828.

Compiled by Christy Jones, (765) 494-1089, christyjones@purdue.edu

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