Join in for Open Studio, a monthly drop-in program to help you connect with your creative side. This program encourages participants to engage—in guided or freestyle ways—with materials inspired by the themes, techniques, and media of a featured work of art. This fall, we’ll focus on Quetzalcoatl by David Ocelotl Garcia. Each month, a different project will allow for new ways to connect with this work. The studio host will be available to guide you through the month’s project or support you in your own creative endeavors. All materials are provided. Drop in when you can and stay as long as you like. Parking is available in the Visitor Lot immediately north of the Sculpture Park for a fee during the week (before 4:30 p.m.). Free two-hour parking is available in the Eddy Street Commons Parking Garage or along Angela Blvd. After 4:30 p.m. and on weekends, parking is free and available in any non-gated campus lot. If traveling via South Bend Transpo, take the No.7 bus and use the Eddy St. Commons stop.   Originally published at raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu.

Professor Pfinklepfunder's $1 Sunday FilmsDirected by Dan BluthWith Judith Barsi, Burke Byrnes, Gabriel DamonRated G, 69 minutes, Blu-rayWhen the earth quakes beneath him, dinosaur Littlefoot finds himself in a land without his family that is also a land with bigfooted dinosaurs. Teaming up with other young dinosaurs who would also go on to become Pizza Hut puppets, Littlefoot navigates a mashup of the Late Jurassic and Late Cretaceous periods while learning how to band together with folks who may not look like him but still share a lot in common with him. GET TICKETS

Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of music! Featuring South Bend Symphony’s Aviva Hakanoglu, principal second violin, and Nicholas Jeffery, principal viola, as soloists, this season opener promises brilliance and heart under the direction of Music Director Alastair Willis.Part of the symphony's June H. Edwards Mosaic Series Purchase tickets.

Profoundly moving and surprisingly funny, Every Brilliant Thing invites you into a deeply personal story about finding reasons to keep going, even in the face of depression and loss. Under the assured direction of Stacy Stoltz, it's an exhilarating solo performance by Professor Matt Hawkins, director of theatre and musical theatre at the University of Notre Dame. This play engages the audience in a conversation about mental health in a nuanced, sensitive way.Every performance is unique, offering a fresh experience with each viewing. Intimate, honest, and full of hope, Every Brilliant Thing is a story about resilience and connection. Returning to these themes, Stoltz and Hawkins are also the acclaimed creative team behind recent DPAC Presenting Series successes like What the Constitution Means to Me (2023) and The Wolves (2024).This is theater that meets you where you are and gently, powerfully lifts you up. If you've ever needed a reminder of the beauty in everyday life, this is for you. GET TICKETS

Films to Talk AboutDirected by Rithy PanhWith Irène Jacob, Grégoire Colin, Cyril GueïNot Rated, 112 minutes, DCPIn French and Khmer with English subtitlesJournalist Elizabeth Becker scheduled to appear live!Meeting with Pol Pot was freely inspired by journalist Elizabeth Becker's account in When The War Was Over and takes viewers to Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) in 1978. There, three journalists are invited by the Khmer Rouge to conduct an exclusive interview of the regime's leader, Pol Pot. The country seems ideal. But behind the Potemkin village, the Khmer Rouge regime is declining, and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country. The regime is looking for culprits, secretly carrying out a large-scale genocide. Under the eyes of the journalists, the beautiful picture cracks, revealing the horror. Their journey progressively turns into a nightmare. GET TICKETS*This is a free but ticketed event. To guarantee your seat, please pick up your tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the show, at which point your unclaimed tickets may be used to seat patrons waiting on standby. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office beginning one hour prior to the performance.

This two-part event begins with a screening of "Meeting with Pol Pot," a fictionalized account of journalist Elizabeth Becker's book When The War Was Over. The film takes viewers to Cambodia where three journalists—including a character based on Becker—are invited by the Khmer Rouge to conduct an exclusive interview of regime leader, Pol Pot. The country seems ideal at first, but the Khmer Rouge regime is declining, and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country. The regime is secretly carrying out a large-scale genocide. Under the eyes of the journalists, the beautiful picture cracks, and the journey progressively turns into a nightmare. After the film, veteran journalist Elizabeth Becker will deliver the lecture "How to Act Like a Journalist." A former Washington Post correspondent and New York Times reporter and editor, Becker is an esteemed Vietnam War correspondent best known for her reporting on Cambodia. Her books include When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution and You Don’t Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War, which will be for sale after the film.Raymond Offenheiser, director of the McKenna Center for Human Development and Global Business and Liu Institute faculty fellow, will moderate the event. Sponsored by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics, and Democracy, and McKenna Center for Human Development and Global Business. The events are free and open to the public, but tickets are required for the film screening at performingarts.nd.edu. 112 minutes | Not RatedDirected by Rithy PanhOfficial Selection, Cannes Premiere, 2024 Cannes Film FestivalFrench and Cambodian with English subtitlesOriginally published at asia.nd.edu.