A.J. Lyon, a first year MSM organ student, will present a degree recital inspired by the outbreak of birdsong at dawn. The program will feature works by Frescobaldi, Kerll, Mendelssohn, Dupré, J.S. Bach/Vivaldi, as well as the premiere of an original work titled Gökotta, a Swedish word defined as "waking early in the morning specifically to watch the sun rise and hear the birds sing." GET TICKETS

The Racial Justice Collective of Colombia, as an organization that defends human rights with a Black perspective, handles legal defense cases of young people murdered by the police in Colombia and has important advocacy work to make reforms of racist policies in the country. They also make movies. Their activists/filmmakers will be in conversation with BLM South Bend after the short films they have created on state violence, particularly at the hands of Colombian police, are screened alongside short films from the United States. After the shorts program, members from Racial Justice Collective of Colombia and BLM South Bend will discuss the similarities between their two home areas and place it in a broader intersectional discussion of police violence and how film can be used to end it. RESERVE TICKETS

Notre Dame’s flagship vocal ensemble presents a typically wide mix of choral masterpieces from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. For tickets, call the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

The Notre Dame Chorale, directed by Alexander Blachly, presents a program of choral works and choral arrangements of solo songs by Monteverdi, Handel, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Dvořák, Debussy, and Deák-Bárdos. With acclaimed accompanist Päivi Ekroth. GET TICKETS

Award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) makes a masterful return with Fallen Leaves, a love story about two lonely souls' path to happiness and the numerous hurdles they encounter along the way. Shot through with Kaurismäki's typically playful, idiosyncratic style and deadpan humor, this tender romantic tragicomedy set in contemporary Helsinki is a timely reminder of the potency of movie-going from one of cinema's living legends. Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.GET TICKETS

Award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) makes a masterful return with Fallen Leaves, a love story about two lonely souls' path to happiness and the numerous hurdles they encounter along the way. Shot through with Kaurismäki's typically playful, idiosyncratic style and deadpan humor, this tender romantic tragicomedy set in contemporary Helsinki is a timely reminder of the potency of movie-going from one of cinema's living legends. Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.GET TICKETS