Category: 2016-17 Season

Saxophonist Donny McCaslin and his quartet to release “Beyond Now,” a highly anticipated album dedicated to David Bowie, on October 14.

Saxophonist Donny McCaslin and his band, featured on David Bowie's Blackstar, will make their Motéma Music debut with the October 14 release of Beyond Now, a highly anticipated album dedicated to Bowie. Recorded nearly three months after Bowie's passing, the...

Purdue Convocations Executive Director Todd Wetzel discusses what’s in store for the 2016-17 season of arts, culture, and discourse at Purdue University.

When the house lights dim and the curtain rises, you have great expectations for the experience that’s about to happen. At Purdue Convocations, we share that anticipation, as well, but our expectations extend beyond stage. We have established an ambitious...

Purdue Convocations’ 2016-17 season will feature more than 30 events, including an array of Broadway musicals, lectures, theatre, music and concerts.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue Convocations' 2016-17 season will feature more than 30 events, including an array of Broadway musicals, lectures, theatre, music and concerts. Highlights of the season include "Dirty Dancing," “Mamma Mia!" The Farewell Tour, "Rent" 20th Anniversary Tour,...

Mamma Mia!’s creator Judy Craymer tells how this magnificent record-breaking musical first triumphed in London and then conquered the world…

By Judy Cramer, Creator of Mamma Mia! As Creative Producer of Mamma Mia!, my job started long before any script had been written. The story begins more than 25 years ago when I first met Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, the...

School programming for 2016-17 includes Pete the Cat, Energy & Electricity by ArcAttack, Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live, and Indiana Bicentennial Programs.

Educators: plan NOW for next year's educational field trips Science, dinosaurs, and a cool cat are featured in three amazing performances for the 2016-17 school matinee offerings from Purdue Convocations. We are also celebrating Indiana’s Bicentennial with a limited number of...