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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The nation’s oldest and most celebrated contemporary dance company will bring several of founder Martha Graham’s masterworks to Purdue University’s Elliott Hall of Music on Feb. 27, 2010. Founded in 1926 by Graham, a dancer and choreographer, the Martha Graham Dance Company performance will feature the full production of “Appalachian Spring.” [...] Read the full story

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Lafayette Symphony Orchestra is cancelling this evening’s annual Lollipop Family Concert due to inclement weather. The concert had been scheduled for 7:00p at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Lafayette. Also cancelled is the Instrument Petting Zoo, which was to precede the free concert at 6:00p in the [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Tickets are on sale for the Purdue Jazz Band’s 10th annual Valentine’s Day celebration “Evening of Romance,” scheduled for Feb. 13 at University Plaza in West Lafayette. The cabaret-style event, which recreates the atmosphere of big-band dance clubs of the 1940s — where couples came to enjoy music, dancing, food and [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s weekly February Books and Coffee series will feature books from the 21st century that focus on coming of age in the United States, a theme driven by Purdue’s first Common Reading selection, which will open the series on Feb. 4, 2010. The 60th annual Books and Coffee, which is [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — “Jesus Christ Superstar,” the groundbreaking theatrical masterpiece by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, is coming to Purdue University’s Elliott Hall of Music at 8:00p on February 12, 2010. The performance is being presented by Purdue Convocations. The first collaboration between Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be performed on [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Celebrating its 20th year, the Purdue Jazz Festival will offer a special Community Jazz Showcase Concert on Thursday (Jan. 21), featuring the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors. The sold-out concert, co-sponsored by Purdue Bands & Orchestras and the Lafayette Journal and Courier, also features performances by Harrison, Jefferson, McCutcheon and West Lafayette [...] Read the full story