November 4, 2009
Today's events
Here is a list of events happening Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the West Lafayette campus.
Wednesday, Nov. 4
-- Purdue Working Parents Club brown bag informational discussion. "Balancing Work and Family" in Parent Roundtable Series. 12:10-12:50 p.m. Room 234, Potter Engineering Center. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091030_PWPC-Roundtable.html#at.
-- A Day in the Life brown bag lunch talk. Discussion of student experiences and identities. Office of the Dean of Students with others. Noon-1:30 p.m. on alternate Wednesdays. This week: students of color. Room 314, STEW. Program schedule and information at www.purdue.edu/odos/aboutodos/odosdiversitydayinthelifeseriesschedule.php.
-- Bagels-and-books discussion. Book: "Finding Darwin's God" by Kenneth Miller. Religious Studies program and the Purdue Religion and Science Group. Discussion leader: Tom Ryba, continuing lecturer in the College of Liberal Arts. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Room 1284, Beering Hall. Part of a series related to this book; more at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091013_ReligBookDarwin.html.
-- "The Black Jew Dialogues." A two-actor comic play about "the history and absurdity of prejudice." Purdue Student Union Board. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. More about the play/project at www.theblackjewdialogues.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. 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.