Friends of Bob live music co-op presents Habib Koité on Saturday, February 22 at Lafayette’s Duncan Hall. Koité is a solo singer, songwriter and guitarist, based in Mali. His band, Bamada, is a supergroup of West African musicians, including Kélétigui Diabaté playing balafon.

Koité is known primarily for his unique approach to playing the guitar by tuning it on a pentatonic scale and playing on open strings as one would on a kamale n’goni. Other pieces of his music sound more like the blues or flamenco which are two styles he learned under Khalilou Traore.

Koité’s vocal style is intimate and relaxed, emphasizing calm, moody singing rather than operatic technical prowess. Members of Bamada play talking drum, guitar, bass, drum set, harmonica, violin, calabash, and balafon. Koité composes and arranges all songs, singing in English, French, and Bambara.

Date: Saturday, February 22, 2014
Time: 7:30 p.m. (doors 7:00)
Where: Duncan Hall, 619 Ferry Street, Lafayette, Indiana

Tickets
Tickets will go on sale in January and are $14 in advance, or $16 day of show. Tickets are available at Von’s Records, JL Records, Don’t Think Twice Records, and McGuire Music.

Advance tickets by mail are $17
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Friends of Bob
PO Box 59
Battle Ground, IN 47920

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What the Critics Say
New York Times: “His reputation as a guitar player has become almost mythical, combining rock and classical techniques with Mailian tunings that make the guitar sound like a kora or hgoni.”

Rolling Stone: “Koité is the biggest pop star of the West African nation of Mali.”

Chicago Reader: “with the hypnotizing beauty of his basically traditional music, Koité is a feverish live performer”

“I canâ€t express, in words, how excited I am about this tour. The success of the Outlaws Like Me Tour gave us the opportunity to step it up a notch this time around. From the production to venue size to Randy and Josh, weâ€re taking it to another level,” said Justin. “I consider Randy Houser and Josh Thompson to be two of my best friends in Nashville, and, Iâ€ve said numerous times, I believe they are the two most talented singer/songwriters in our format. We are thrilled to welcome them to our second headlining tour and know that they will help us tremendously. As a fan, I canâ€t wait to watch them play … Itâ€s gonna be a party every night!” – See more at: http://www.convocations.org

To order tickets, either call campus box office at 765/494-3933 or purchase online at convocations.org or ticketmaster.com

Honeybee specialist Greg Hunt, a professor of behavioral genetics and author, will speak at 6:00pm in the upstairs of the Lafayette Brewing Company, 622 Main St., Lafayette. His talk is titled “What’s Bugging our Bees? Bee Health, Parasitic Mites and Breeding for Hardy, Resistant Bees.”

The event is free and open to those 21 and older. Sponsors for the talk are the Purdue Department of Entomology, the College of Agriculture and Discovery Park.

“There has been a lot of talk in recent years about ‘colony collapse disorder’ killing beehives. Researchers and beekeepers are still unsure what caused this and how big a problem it may be,” Hunt said. “Recent surveys indicate that parasitic Varroa mites are the biggest single factor associated with the death of bee colonies in both North America and Europe.”

Hunt and his fellow Purdue researchers are investigating how to breed bees that are more mite-resistant. The research team is collaborating with Indiana beekeepers in a breeding program to select for “mite-biting” bees and the team has been investigating the genetics behind this trait.

“We identified one chromosomal region influencing this grooming behavior,” he said. “One gene that might be involved has been linked to specific neurological diseases in humans.”

According to Hunt, the United States is losing about one-third of its honeybee hives each year. No one factor is to blame, but Hunt said scientists think others such as mites and insecticides are working against the bees, which are important for pollinating food crops and wild plants.

The official bee population in Indiana is well over 10,000 hives and each hive holds anywhere from 30,000 to 60,000 bees, he said.

Hunt, who has been on the Purdue faculty since 2002, received his bachelor’s degree in biology from John Carroll University in 1979, a master’s degree in plant pathology from Pennsylvania State University and a doctorate degree in entomology from the University of California, Davis, in 1994.

The Science on Tap lecture series, led by Purdue graduate students Patrick Dolan, Shaili Sharma and Becca Scott, provides Purdue faculty and collaborating researchers the opportunity to share research activities in an informal setting, with presentations that are designed to appeal to a more general audience.

Attendance at the monthly event has averaged 80 during the program’s first two years.

Admission is free to the one-hour concert, but due to limited seating, reservations are advised. Call 765-423-1633.

Four short, well-known classical works will be brought to life with a touch of humor through the dynamic collaboration of young musicians and dancers. The Purdue Philharmonic is conducted by Andrew King; the Lafayette Ballet is headed by Sandra Peticolas.

Peticolas describes Prokofiev’s “Classical Symphony” as “the ultimate tutu vehicle,” Chabrier’s “Habanera” as “a reluctant bull at the arena,” Sibelius’s “Valse Triste” as “a tribute to the lost young men of World War II” and Mozart’s “Overture to the Marriage of Figaro” as “ballerina verses flash mob.”

The Saturday concert is at 8:00pm; the concert Sunday is at 4:00pm. The ballroom is located on the third floor of an historic downtown Lafayette building. The structure does not have an elevator.

The Lafayette Ballet Ballroom is at 226 N. Sixth St., Lafayette, Indiana.

The workshop is presented by Tamara Weaver of the Indiana Attorney Generalâ€s office. Anyone who works with youth (volunteer or staff youth worker) is invited and encouraged to attend.

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Registration is required. To register for this workshop, call Jillian Miller at 765-413-6049 or register online at www.INRNWEST.blogspot.com[/box]

Youth Workers Cafe is a quarterly networking and professional development opportunity for anyone who works with young people, and is offered by the Indiana Youth Institute in conjunction with a variety of community partners.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Cornerstone Autism Foundation is hosting “Rock Out for Autism” on September 29th, 2012 at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Lafayette, Indiana. This concert event will celebrate the lives touched by autism, and the money raised will benefit children and families affected by autism in Indiana. “Rock Out for Autism” is part of the Foundation’s fall festival weekend. Festivities also include a Ride for Autism and Family Fun for Autism.

The concert begins at 7:00p and is schedule to end at midnight. Tickets are $35 for Preferred Seating, $30 General Admission, and $25 with Student ID.

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Performances By:

Clayton Miller Band (Lafayette, IN)
The Clayton Miller Band, an American blues group, consists of bassist and father Larry Miller, sons Clayton Miller on guitar/vocals, Cole Miller on drums/vocals, and LD Miller on harmonica/vocals. They are best known for appearing on the first season of the NBC talent show, America’s Got
Talent, and finishing as a runner-up
behind Bianca Ryan.

Roman Candle (Chapel Hill, NC)
With enthusiastic praise from Rolling Stone, The Boston Globe, and Harp Magazine to name a few, Indie Rock trio Roman Candle has developed an solid fanbase at every venue they play. Roman Candle is comprised of Skip Matheny, and Logan & Timshel Matheny.

Keegan Dewitt and the Wild Cub (Nashville, TN)
Led by singer/songwriter/film score composer Keegan DeWitt and Nashville music mainstay Jeremy Bullock. Officially formed last November, this young band has already impressed their hometown publication the Nashville Cream.

Linda Elmore, owner of Something Special, will demonstrate a process called lampworking. This is a type of glasswork that uses a gas fueled torch to melt rods and tubes of clear and colored glass. Once in a molten state, the glass is formed by blowing and shaping with tools and hand movements. Twenty five female fiber artists of Tippecanoe County will have their creations on display to enjoy and purchase.

RSVP to Maureen Zaspal, t.zaspal@comcast.net, by Tuesday, September 18th. For more information go to www.purduewomensclub.org.

The Purdue Womenâ€s Club (PWC) is a 90-year old social and philanthropic organization with approximately 500 members. Membership is open to all women interested in Purdue and the Greater Lafayette Community.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Adelino’s Old World Kitchen, 112 North 3rd Street in Downtown Lafayette, will be featuring original folk tunes and classic covers by local artist Barrett Myers on Monday, September 17th from 6:30p until 9:00p.  Adelino’s bar hosts live music on the first and third Monday of each month.

Patrons can enjoy catchy melodies with lyrical depth in Barrett’s ballads about love and the journey of life, along with light and fun compositions drawn from the stories of good friends. From Frank Sinatra to James Taylor to Jack Johnson, Barrett lends his own style to familiar favorites and is always happy to take requests.

For more information about Barrett Myers, visit him online at http://www.barrettmyers.com

The event, which is free and open to the public, is at 7:30pm in Wetherill Hall, Room 172.

The panelists are:

• Berenice Carroll, professor emerita of political science and former director of Women’s Studies.
• Harry Targ, panel coordinator and professor of political science
• Jacob Hernandez, president of Amnesty International at Purdue.
• Justin Mueller, a doctoral student in political theory, will moderate the panel discussion.

The event will begin with a short video prepared by the September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, an organization of family members of those killed on 9/11 that oppose wars of retribution and advocates nonviolent options.

Some of the topics that will be discussed by the panel will include how 9/11 has affected the economy, workers, women, civil liberties, human rights, foreign policy, and war and peace. Audience members also are encouraged to participate in the discussion.

The event is organized by Purdue’s Committee on Peace Studies, and co-sponsored by Lafayette Area Peace Coalition, the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church in West Lafayette, the Lafayette Friends Meeting, and Amnesty International at Purdue.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue kicker Carson Wiggs has been named a first team preseason All-American by SportsIllustrated.com. The senior from Grand Prairie, Texas, owns the four longest field goals in school history (59, 55, 53 and 52 yards), has the highest career field goal percentage ever at Purdue (.715, 37 for 51) and has converted 80 percent of his attempts inside 50 yards.

At Purdue’s annual Black and Gold spring game last April, Wiggs hit a 67-yard field goal which would have tied the Football Bowl Subdivision record shared by Russell Erxleben of Texas (vs. Rice, 1977), Steve Little of Arkansas (vs. Texas, 1977) and Joe Williams of Wichita State (vs. Southern Illinois, 1978).

Wiggs and the Boilermakers open the 2011 college football season this Saturday when Middle Tennessee visits Ross-Ade Stadium. Kick-off is set for noon and the game will be shown live on the Big Ten Network.