Students, explore campus and build connection with another student during a shared walk! Each week you may sign up to join a shared walk by 9:00 p.m. Wednesday. The next day, Thursday, you will receive an email pairing you with your walking partner. You with both decide on a location and time to meet up on Friday. Discussion guides are provided. Sign up at bit.ly/nd-sharedwalk. Originally published at mcwell.nd.edu.

The University of Notre Dame’s Department of Art, Art History & Design is proud to present its annual MFA thesis exhibition, highlighting the culminating work of four graduate students set to earn their Master of Fine Arts degrees in May 2025. This highly anticipated exhibition will be displayed in two groups, each offering a distinct and engaging artistic experience. The first exhibition will run from February 28 to March 20 at the AAHD Galleries (214/216 Riley Hall), featuring the thought-provoking works of Thomas Callahan and Emma Ryan. An opening reception will be held on Friday, February 28, from 5-7 PM, providing an opportunity to meet the artists and experience their work firsthand. The second exhibition will showcase the exceptional pieces of Norah Amstutz and Griffin Liu, on display from April 3 to April 16 at the AAHD Galleries. The opening reception for this group will take place on Friday, April 4, from 5-7 PM. This annual exhibition is a celebration of creativity, dedication, and artistic vision, offering visitors a glimpse into the future of contemporary art. We invite you to join us in supporting these talented emerging artists and experiencing their extraordinary work.

Creating accessible documents and media can be costly and time-consuming. This workshop will introduce participants to knowledge and tools to efficiently develop accessible materials to prepare for potential accessibility regulations from the U.S. Department of Justice. We will also explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can streamline these processes. Facilitators: Yi Lu, Learning Designer Si Chen, Postdoctoral Researcher https://learning.nd.edu/workshops-and-events/2025/02/28/creating-accessible-documents-and-media/

A Brief History of the Future is presented by Mike Bechtel, managing director and chief futurist with Deloitte Consulting LLP. He helps clients develop strategies to thrive in the face of discontinuity and disruption. His team researches the novel and exponential technologies most likely to affect the future of businesses, and builds relationships with the startups, incumbents, and academic institutions creating them. The Ten Years Hence speaker series explores issues, ideas, and trends likely to affect business and society over the next decade. The theme of the 2025 series is Innovation: The Process of Creation and Renewal. Ten Years Hence is sponsored by the Eugene Clark Distinguished Lecture Series endowment. This is one of seven lectures in the Ten Years Hence Lecture Series. See website for details and other lecture dates. Free and open to students, faculty, staff and public.

This drop-in tour will introduce you to your new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. Join a student gallery teacher or a member of the Museum staff to explore the architecture of the building through some of its most unique spaces, revisit familiar favorites from the collection, and discover works of art on view for the first time. Meet at the Welcome Desk. No registration is required, but each tour is limited to twenty participants. This tour will explore all gallery levels of the Museum. Although the tour will keep moving between spaces, gallery stools are available upon request. https://raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu/visit/events/2025/02/28/meet-your-museum-1/

Listen to an acoustic set by featured student performers, Block 250, while enjoying a discount on refreshments at Ivan’s Cafe! Inspired by NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts, this series celebrates the Museum as a space for inspiration and belonging, which we hope begins the moment you enter the Museum and are greeted at the Welcome Desk. This event is sponsored by our Student Programming Committee (SPC), which works to creatively connect the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art to university student life. Through planning and hosting programming and activities for university students, SPC hopes to shape meaningful engagement with works of art and broaden the experience of what being in a museum can look and feel like. Learn more here. https://raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu/visit/events/2025/02/28/welcome-desk-concert-3/

Join us for a Slavic Tea Party! Enjoy crafts, food, songs and fun activities with the Department! Originally published at germanandslavic.nd.edu. https://cslc.nd.edu/news-and-events/events/2025/02/28/slavic-tea-party-11/

Join us on Friday afternoons for Encounter: Conversations on Catholic Social Tradition, lectures by distinguished scholars in the field of Catholic social teaching, who will share their insights and provide critical conversation on matters of justice and the common good. Reception to follow. https://socialconcerns.nd.edu/event/encounter-series-the-ethics-of-encounter-and-catholic-social-teaching/

World-renowned pianist Martin Katz performs with Department of Music voice faculty and students in a vibrant program spanning classical to Cole Porter, performed in seven languages. Katz, distinguished emeritus professor at the University of Michigan, has collaborated with opera legends including Cecilia Bartoli and Marilyn Horne. This event is free and open to the public.  Originally published at music.nd.edu.

During the center's 20th-anniversary season, two local fixtures in classical music, Sylvan Trio and Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra, make their Presenting Series debuts. The planned program includes a selection of works, including French composer Vincent d'Indy's Concerto for Flute, Cello, Piano, and Strings, Op. 89. This piece, written in 1926, was the composer's final orchestral work and promises an engaging dialogue between an intimate solo group and a larger ensemble. GET TICKETS  

HEART ON FIREa new musical Presented by Notre Dame Film, Television, and Theatre by Olivia Seymour '25Directed by Matt Hawkins As the political climate of 1960s California heats up, sisters Lisa and Cassie find themselves on either side of the growing counterculture phenomenon. While Lisa is content with her simple life of running her late mother’s diner and trying to start a family, Cassie desires more for herself, wanting to be a great singer and leave behind all she knows. With the hippie movement on the rise and the Vietnam War continuing to escalate, Lisa does her best to protect her family from the world while Cassie finds herself inevitably drawn into it, causing a divide between the sisters and their ideas of what it means to be a young woman in a rapidly evolving country. Olivia Seymour's HEART ON FIRE is the official selection for Notre Dame Film, Television, and Theatre (NDFTT)'s 2024 New Works Lab. The New Works Lab is a program developed alongside the Musical Theatre minor that allows for students to develop and stage a musical that they have written as part of NDFTT's theatre season. The student whose project is selected will workshop their script throughout the fall semester, which means that the above show description is subject to change as the story develops. Previous New Works Lab productions have included An Old Family Recipe, My Heart Says Go (formerly Stupid Humans), and Dawn's Early Light. Performance Schedule February 19-23, 2025; February 26 - March 2, 2025Wednesday - Saturday at 7:30 PMSunday at 2:30 PM Philbin Studio TheatreDeBartolo Performing Arts Center Tickets Tickets for HEART ON FIRE are $10 for the general public and $5 for Faculty/Staff, Students, and Seniors (65+). If you would like to purchase tickets for the full NDFTT season, a season bundle is currently available. Tickets may be purchased by phone at 574-631-2800, in person at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center ticket office (M-F 12:00 - 6:00 PM), or online at performingarts.nd.edu. BUY TICKETS SEASON BUNDLE Parking Free parking is available daily after 5:00 pm in the Stayer Center parking lot, just north of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Patrons may now receive free event parking at the Eddy Street Commons Parking Garage by bringing your event tickets and parking ticket to the DPAC Ticket Office to receive a pre-paid parking voucher. An accessible lot for disabled patrons is available immediately adjacent to the center; a valid hangtag or license plate is required. There is a ten-minute parking zone on the north drive of the center for ticket pick-up; during inclement weather you are welcome to drop off guests in this area and proceed to parking. Originally published at ftt.nd.edu.