Every First Friday is a celebration in downtown South Bend. Ride the free shuttle, enjoy free music and activities, and take advantage of deals and discounts from local shops and restaurants. https://www.downtownsouthbend.com/first-fridays

Labor Curious? Visit the Labor Café — where ND talks work! The Labor Café convenes the Notre Dame community for casual conversation on contemporary questions about work, workers, and workplaces. What rights and protections should those who work for others have? What’s the proper role for government in the economy? How should we address enduring problems of inequality, poverty, and lack of opportunity? And what does Catholic social tradition have to say about these labor questions? Participants choose the concrete topics, all people are welcome, and all opinions are entertained. https://socialconcerns.nd.edu/event/labor-cafe-april-2025/

You are invited to join our weekly bible study in Spanish! All undergraduate and graduate students are welcome. Mark your calendars for these Fridays: January 24, February 7, February 21, March 7, March 21, April 4, and April 18 from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. in 301 Coleman-Morse. Contact Victoria Basulto with questions. https://campusministry.nd.edu/calendar/2025/04/04/spanish-bible-study/

This event celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Chorale and the 32 years that Alexander Blachly, who is retiring in June, has been the Chorale's director. The program includes great works by Handel, Bach, Schubert, Schumann, Debussy, and Stravinsky. The first half of the concert features the Chorale with Paivi Ekroth as piano accompanist. The second half features the Chorale accompanied by the Festival Baroque Orchestra in six masterpieces of the choral literature. View Program https://performingarts.nd.edu/event/17968/notre-dame-chorale-50th-anniversary-concert/

The King will reply, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” —Matthew 25:40 During this Lenten season, come together in the Museum to explore and reflect on the parable of the goats and sheep in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 25:31-46). Through conversations about works of art and personal reflection in the galleries, discover how you can embrace and live out the Biblical passage. Thursday, April 3, 5:30–7:30 p.m. or Saturday, April 5, 1:00–3:00 p.m. FREE, but registration is required. Limited to 25 participants for each session. The program is the same for both dates. Register here for the April 3 session. Register here for the April 5 session. This program is part of the "Living Matthew 25" series of community events coordinated by First Presbyterian Church of Downtown South Bend. Originally published at raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu. https://cslc.nd.edu/news-and-events/events/2025/04/05/visualizing-matthew-25-4/

Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Abigail Washburn is a banjo virtuoso who became fluent in both the language and culture of China while prepping for a career in law focused on U.S.-China relations. Wu Fei, a Chinese musical prodigy and master of the 2,000-year-old 21-string guzheng, was destined for a professional career performing state-sanctioned works in her homeland. Diverging from those paths resulted in a convergence of musical careers that now boldly push the boundaries of what you expect to hear in concert. Blurring the lines between their different art forms and homes in Appalachia and China, the effervescent resonances of Fei's guzheng dance around Washburn's expressive banjo playing, creating a musical thread the two friends can't help but use to draw us all closer together. https://performingarts.nd.edu/event/17151/wu-fei-and-abigail-washburn/