Category: Education and Engagement

Members of Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company dress Purdue students in Peking Opera costumes

An Introduction to Jingju with the Actors and Musicians of The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan

World Music and Chinese Language and Culture Students Participate in a Lecture and Demonstration on the Art of Jingju (Peking Opera)

Purdue Dance Students with Dirty Dancing cast

Dirty Dancing Holds Residency at Purdue

Dirty Dancing opens its North American tour from Elliott Hall of Music on Saturday, September 10 at 8:00 PM. The production has been in residence at Purdue for two weeks as it prepares for the upcoming tour. As part of...

Children play with hula hoops in a gymnasium as an audience watches from the bleachers. Some kids are spinning or picking up hoops, while a man—reminiscent of Kevin Locke’s hoop dance leadership—guides the activity near the basketball hoop.

Kevin Locke visits South Newton Elementary

Students were eager audience members and hoop dancing participants in two school performances by Kevin Locke, a Lakota flute player and Hoop Dancer.

Educational programming for 2016-17 includes Pete the Cat, Energy and Electricity presented by ArcAttack, Erth's Dinosaur Zoo Live, and Indiana Bicentennial Programs by storyteller Doyne Carson

2016-17 School Matinee Program Announced

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

Lalita Amos gives a talk about listening

Fast 4: TEDxPurdueU

Here are 4 fast facts to get you ready to welcome TEDxPurdueU’s engaging speakers on Saturday, April 9 at Loeb Playhouse from 2-9 p.m.

Fast 4: Meklit

Here are 4 fast facts to get you ready for Meklit’s Lafayette Theater performance on Saturday, February 27 at 8 p.m.

students learn from Dance Kaleidoscope instructor Liberty Harris

Newton County Elementary Students Learn to Dance

Liberty Harris, Education Coordinator at Dance Kaleidoscope, took over Newton County gym classes to show students some moves she learned as a little girl.

Fast 4: Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School

Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School will be written this Valentine’s Day in Loeb Playhouse on Sunday, February 14, at 3 p.m.

Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School cast

Junie B. Jones will visit Purdue on Valentine’s Day

Junie B. Jones will fill you in on everything you need to know from bus rules to bandages and carpools to cookies.

Red text reads “CONVOS” with “PURDUE CONVOCATIONS” below it. White snowflakes are lightly overlaid on the letters, giving a winter or holiday theme.

Five classic holiday favorites

Happy Holidays from the 2015-16 Season artists! Here are some classic songs to get you into the Holiday spirit from some of this Season’s featured artists.

George Will: Purdue Presidential Lecture Series

Columnist George Will to visit Purdue

Purdue President Mitch Daniels will lead a discussion in December with Washington Post columnist George Will as part of the Presidential Lecture Series.

The three main characters from the Lightning Thief stand with their weapons

‘The Lightning Thief’ will bring the book to the stage

Imaginatively adapted from author Rick Riordan’s popular book series, The Lightning Thief is a musical adventure about discovering your potential.