Don't Miss It!

Challenges are there for those who will see them. Catherine Bertini led the U.N. World Food Programme and now is coming to speak in Purdue's Presidential Lecture Series. Mavis Staples, a legend in music and civil rights, is coming in the same week. The encouragement of such examples offers strength to address great challenges. Don't Miss It!

NOVEMBER 2

The Presidential Lecture Series will bring Catherine Bertini, former executive director of U.N. World Food Programme and 2003 World Food Prize laureate, to discuss feeding the world with President Mitch Daniels plus audience Q&A. 6:30-7:30 p.m. STEW, Fowler Hall. Details

NOVEMBER 4

Mavis Staples, a gospel and R&B legend, will bring "Livin' on a High Note" to Purdue. 8 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. A pre-show talk will consider her influences in music and civil rights. $. Details 

 

NOVEMBER 6

"We Are All Connected," an exhibition about racial equity and women's voices as explored in multimedia art by Marcia Fountain-Blacklidge, will open and continue through Dec. 10 at the West Lafayette Public Library, 208 W. Columbia St. (Exhibition co-organized by Purdue's Black Cultural Center; opening reception 1-4 p.m. Nov. 6.) Details

The PMO Fall Show, featuring Purdue Bells, University Choir, Heart & Soul and the All-Campus and Community Chorale will offer a very pleasant afternoon of musical variety. 2 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Details

 

NOVEMBER 1-6

Sports week. For many, it's always a hard wait for the hardwood season, but now it's bouncing in.
* Men's basketball. Things start with an exhibition against Southern Indiana at 7 p.m. Nov. 1. $. Men's basketball
* Women's volleyball. The team will aim to keep standing tall in the rugged Big Ten when Maryland visits at 7 p.m. Nov. 2. Women's volleyball
* Women's basketball. An exhibition against Ursuline College will be Purdue's season launch at 2 p.m. Nov. 6. Women's basketball

NOVEMBER 7

Purdue's World Film Forum, with showings Nov. 7, 14 and 21, will focus on a theme of "Migration" and begin with a documentary "Well-Founded Fear." 7 p.m. program. Free admission and popcorn; also cash bar. Lafayette Theater, 600 Main St., Lafayette. Details

NOVEMBER 8

Election watch party and discussion. Faculty and student panels, interviews with attendees, displays of election returns from around the nation. 6 p.m. to about 10 p.m. Honors College and Residences, Honors Hall (Room 1066; near Third Street end of building).

NOVEMBER 11

Veterans Day ceremony. Speakers, displays, music by the Purduettes. 11 a.m. PMU, Great Hall.

Purdue Theatre will open its late fall production, "The Secret in the Wings," directed by Amy Lynn Budd. Through Nov. 20. $. Details

"Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait" artfully blends music by Jenny Scheinman with 1936-42 film footage from the mid-South assembled by Finn Taylor. 8 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. $. Details

NOVEMBER 13

"ArcAttack: Energy and Electricity," a family event, combines rock-type music with science exploration. 3 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Pre-show activity at 2 p.m. by Women in Engineering Program. $. Details

NOVEMBER 11-13

Sports week. As in a thrilling sports rally, this whole weekend packs a lot of excitement.
* Men's basketball. McNeese State comes calling at 7 p.m. Nov. 11. $. Men's basketball
* Football. A competitive tussle looms with Northwestern, and the marching band will bring it too in a halftime called "All That Jazz Show." Kickoff TBA. $. Football
* Women's volleyball. The Boilermakers will hope to hammer Iowa at 7 p.m. Nov. 12. Women's volleyball
* Women's and men's swimming. A unique event hopes to make a splash -- Big Ten competitors against the USA Swimming all-stars. 7 p.m. Nov. 12 and noon Nov. 13. $. IU Natatorium, IUPUI campus, Indianapolis. Men  |  Women
* Wrestling. The Boilermaker Duals will be double the fun as four teams have two concurrent two-team matches, and then switch opponents and do it all two more times. 10 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m. Nov. 13. Wrestling

A PEEK AHEAD

NOVEMBER 15

The Presidential Lecture Series will bring Ron Chernow, author of the book "Alexander Hamilton," which inspired the Broadway hit. Time and place TBA.

These and other events, plus other timely information, are listed in the Purdue Today calendars under "Events" at www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday.