Convos Stories

Peter and the Starcatcher

October 6, 2014

‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ performance moved to April 9

Purdue Convocations will present the award-winning Broadway show "Peter and the Starcatcher" at 7 p.m. April 9 at Elliott Hall of Music. This performance was originally scheduled for April 23. All tickets issued for the original date will be honored at the door. Purdue...

September 12, 2014

Neon Trees Concert Postponed

UPCOMING NEON TREES CONCERT AT PURDUE POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS Neon Trees regretfully must postpone some dates of their upcoming fall tour– including a scheduled Nov. 7 show at Purdue University– due to health issues of bassist Branden Campbell, who recently underwent open-heart...

August 18, 2014

New concert announcement: Neon Trees

  NEWS RELEASE August 18, 2014 Neon Trees 'First Things First Tour' will make stop at Purdue in November WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Neon Trees and Fictionist will perform at Elliott Hall of Music at 8 p.m. on Nov. 7....

June 24, 2014

“Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio” out now!

Melissa Aldana's third album and her first for Concord Records - entitled "Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio" - has been released today Tuesday June 24 in the US. The album also features master bassist Pablo Menares (also from Chile) as...

May 22, 2014

Fieldwork: An Alan Lomax Centennial Residency

Featuring Jayme Stone/The Lomax Project Friday/Saturday, March 27-28, 2015 Beginning in 1934, with cumbersome—and now quaintly-primitive—recording equipment loaded in the back of his car, the young Alan Lomax (1915-2002) travelled down the dusty byways and backwaters of the United States...

April 24, 2014

LIFE IN COLOR TICKET REMINDER

PRINT YOUR TICKETS EARLY! Due to technical maintenance required by the location of the event, you will NOT be able to print your tickets after 2:00pm the day of the show. After 2:00pm, un-printed tickets will be available at the Stewart Center...

April 23, 2014

The Making of a Classic

It was September 26, 1957, and something great was coming that evening: a Broadway musical unlike any that had come before. “I thought West Side Story was going to be a flop,” says Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book of...

April 17, 2014

LIFE IN COLOR: IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Life In Color outdoor concertThe LIFE IN COLOR tour UNLEASH featuring Adventure Club, David Solano, Machine Gun Kelly, Cash Cash, Spyder Logic and White Vinyl Sky The concert, sponsored by the Purdue Student Concert Committee to celebrate Grand Prix week, will take place Friday, April...

March 11, 2014

SXSW Review: BORN TO FLY features STREB

By John Gholson Late in the documentary Born to Fly, "pop action" choreographer Elizabeth Streb mentions wanting to expand the brand name recognition of her dance company. This film should certainly help. I'd never heard of Streb before this (not that...

March 7, 2014

Shakespeare’s Tragedies: Everybody Dies.


Rainn Wilson with The Acting Company in A Midsummer Night's Dream

March 3, 2014

The Acting Company: Where Are They Now?

Did you know acclaimed actors Rainn Wilson (The Office, The Rocker, Super) and Jeffrey Wright (Broadway’s Angels in America; James Bond films Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, No Time to Die) performed at Purdue with The Acting Company?


February 24, 2014

PROGRAM NOTES: Simone Dinnerstein, piano

This is a program that explores time and counterpoint. Bach’s 15 Two Part Inventions are pieces that he wrote in 1723 as a guide for keyboard players.  It shows how to play counterpoint, beginning with two voices, one in each...