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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue’s jazz bands will play for local dancers Friday (Feb. 6) at the Jazz Swing Dance in the Recreational Sports Center’s South Gym. The event will feature music from the American Music Repertory Ensemble, the Lab Jazz Band and the Concert Jazz Band from 7:30-10 p.m. Admission is free, and the [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Changing a light bulb is a simple task, but how about completing that duty in 20 steps or more, or even designing a new kind of light source altogether? Those are the tasks that will challenge teams in this year’s regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest on Feb. 21 at Purdue University. [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Acting Company and the Guthrie Theater will present “Henry V,” a Shakespearean epic about the power of courage and the price of glory, at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Loeb Playhouse of Purdue’s Stewart Center. The production is presented by Purdue Convocations as part of its World Stage series. [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Acting Company and the Guthrie Theater will present the world premiere stage adaptation of an 1821 novel by James Fenimore Cooper, “The Spy,” at 8 p.m. Feb. 7 at Purdue Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse. The performance, which is a thriller with romance, adventure, disguises and double crosses, is presented by [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum selling Christian music artists Michael W. Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman will join forces for the “The United Tour” at 7 p.m. March 29 in Purdue University’s Elliott Hall of Music. Purdue Convocations is presenting the concert. This tour showcases two of Christian music’s most recognized and [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Baroque Band, Chicago’s first and only period-instrument orchestra, will perform at 8 p.m. Jan. 24 in the Purdue Memorial Union South Ballroom. The program, which is presented by Purdue Convocations, is titled “Reach for the Skies,” and will feature Garry Clarke, the Baroque Band founder and artistic director. Clarke, a [...] Read the full story