Join us for the Fridays at  Noon concert, which features short performances by  Department of Music students: Andrew Mangini  ’26, viola Brigid O’Driscoll ’26, soprano Kate Turner ’25, soprano Rachael Vu ’28, piano Watch a livestream of this recital. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

Panelists Jeffery Angles, Brooke McCorkle, Jessica McManus Warnell, and Yuki Miyamoto will discuss environmental messages in the Godzilla films and books. Professor Amanda Kennell will moderate.Godzilla is a perfect metaphor for what is happening now in the Anthropocene: humankind has wounded nature so seriously that nature has no choice but to fight back. Jeffrey Angles, Interview with Toho KingdomYuki Miyamoto, Professor of Religious Studies and Global Asian Studies, DePaul University Jeffrey Angles, Professor of Japanese, Western Michigan University Brooke McCorkle Okazaki, Assistant Professor of Music, Carleton College Jessica McManus Warnell, the Rex and Alice A. Martin Faculty Director of the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership, University of Notre Dame Moderated by Amanda Kennell, Assistant Professor of Japanese, East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Notre Dame Godzilla Fest is a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the 1954 release of the film "Godzilla" by Toho Studios in Tokyo. The giant monster, who attacked Japan after being awakened by hydrogen bomb testing, went on to become a global icon. Godzilla has starred in 38 films and has appeared in comic books, games, novelizations, advertisements, toys, and more. The king of the monsters has also been interpreted widely as a symbol for the destructive nature of humankind—from nuclear war to climate change. Godzilla Fest is organized by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the St. Joseph County Public Library, and the Browning Cinema at Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. More information is available at asia.nd.edu/godzilla. In support of the Liu Institute’s growing commitment to sustainability, we will no longer be offering drinks at our public lectures and panels. We encourage audience members to bring their own water bottles or to drink from nearby water fountains. Thank you for your understanding. Originally published at asia.nd.edu.

The Nanovic Institute is thrilled to join Actors From The London Stage, the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, and Shakespeare at Notre Dame in hosting this special presentation in The Art and Scholarship of Academic Storytelling series. Before the performance of Twelfth Night on November 1,  Jenny Thorup Birkett, postdoctoral research associate in the Department of English, will lead a pre-show discussion with Scott Jackson, the Mary Irene Ryan Family Executive Artistic Director of Shakespeare at Notre Dame. All are welcome to join this vibrant discussion to "set the stage" for an amazing performance by Actors From The London Stage, but please ensure you have purchased your tickets. Buy Tickets Now Light refreshments will be offered in the lobby between the conclusion of the lecture and the start of the performance to allow conversations to continue. Then, after the curtain falls, the institute will host a special post-show Q&A with both the actors and the executive director. About the SeriesThe Art and Scholarship of Academic Storytelling series explores the connections between “The Arts” (music, theater, dance, poetry/creative writing, filmmaking, drawing, painting, photography, and sculpting) and “Scholarship” on the topic of storytelling. Story and narrative are critical in the transmission of human ideas and culture. Thus, the institute and its partners across campus seek to understand how these methods of transmitting ideas may be practiced within an academic context. To do so, it seeks out the expertise of practitioners of the arts who do this type of storytelling in their work. Students, faculty, staff, and the general public are all invited to join these events, which are sometimes scheduled in tandem with performances on campus or in the local community, to consider this fascinating topic that cuts across disciplinary lines and appeals to academic and general audiences alike. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.

Love, deception, ambition, and desire collide in Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s great romantic comedy. A delightful blend of mistaken identity, disguises, and love triangles, Twelfth Night features some of Shakespeare’s most famed passages, with its effervescent comic energy carried swiftly by deeper currents of grief, forgiveness, and transformation. Fast, energetic, and above all gloriously entertaining, Twelfth Night is one of the great playwright’s most popular and enduring stories. Actors From The London Stage, the renowned five-actor touring group, brings Twelfth Night back to the touring circuit in fall 2024. With each actor portraying multiple roles, this dynamic, self-directed ensemble brings a fresh and vivacious energy to each new performance. Shipwrecked on the isle of Illyria, Viola, separated from her twin Sebastian, dresses as a boy and works for the Duke Orsino, with whom she falls in love. Orsino is in love with the Countess Olivia, and sends Viola to court her for him, but Olivia falls for Viola instead. Sebastian arrives, causing a flood of mistaken identity, and marries Olivia. Will Viola ultimately be able to be with the one she loves? CAST: Shona Babayemi: Olivia/Maria/OfficersSarah Finigan: Toby Belch/Antonio/CurioSam Jenkins-Shaw: Orsino/Feste/FabianThuliswa Magwaza: Viola/SebastianHayden Wood: Malvolio/Sir Andrew/ValentineTOUR SCHEDULEWeek 1 - 9/23/-9/29: Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA Week 2 - 9/30-10/6: TBD Week 3 - 10/7-10/13: University of Texas - San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Week 4 - 10/14-10/20: University of Florida - Gainesville, Gainsville, FL Week 5 - 10/21-10/27: University of Tennessee - Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN Week 6 - 10/28-11/3: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Week 7 - 11/4-11/10: University of North Alabama, Florence, AL Week 8 - 11/11-11/17: DePauw University, Greencastle, IN Week 9 - 11/18-11/24: TBD Originally published at shakespeare.nd.edu.

Notre Dame’s flagship vocal ensemble presents a typically wide mix of choral masterpieces from the Renaissance to the 20th century. For tickets, call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

Celebrate Godzilla's 70th anniversary with a talk by Professor Jeffrey Angles, Western Michigan University, who translated the Japanese novellas "Godzilla" and "Godzilla Raids Again" by Shigeru Kayama. Jeffrey Angles is a professor of Japanese at Western Michigan University. He is the author of "Writing the Love of Boys" (Minnesota, 2011) and award-winning translator of Orikuchi Shinobu’s "The Book of the Dead" (Minnesota, 2017) and Hiromi Ito’s "The Thorn Puller." His book of poetry, "My International Date Line" (Watashi no hizukehenkosen ), won the 2017 Yomiuri Prize for Literature, making Jeffrey the first American to win this prestigious prize. Godzilla Fest is a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the 1954 release of the film "Godzilla" by Toho Studios in Tokyo. The giant monster, who attacked Japan after being awakened by hydrogen bomb testing, went on to become a global icon. Godzilla has starred in 38 films and has appeared in comic books, games, novelizations, advertisements, toys, and more. The king of the monsters has also been interpreted widely as a symbol for the destructive nature of humankind—from nuclear war to climate change. Godzilla Fest is organized by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the St. Joseph County Public Library, and the Browning Cinema at Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. More information is available at asia.nd.edu/godzilla. Originally published at asia.nd.edu.

Celebrate, this year belatedly, el Día de los Muertos with our annual Pfinklepfunder screening of Coco. Born into a family with a tight ban on music, young Miguel aspires to perform like his local idol from yesterday, Ernesto de la Cruz, himself a reference to Golden Age Mexican Cinema stars like Pedro Infante. Desperate to perform music, Miguel lands in the Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster named Héctor, the two new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history. GET TICKETS!  

Celebrate Godzilla Day and the 70th anniversary of Japan's iconic monster with a screening of the 1954 film. Come in costume and enter the Godzilla Look-Alike Contest. Godzilla wreaks havoc after being awakened by underwater hydrogen bomb testing. This film is not rated. Watch the TrailerDirected by: Ishirô HondaStarring: Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada96 minutes. Japanese with English subtitles Godzilla Fest is a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the 1954 release of the film "Godzilla" by Toho Studios in Tokyo. The giant monster, who attacked Japan after being awakened by hydrogen bomb testing, went on to become a global icon. Godzilla has starred in 38 films and has appeared in comic books, games, novelizations, advertisements, toys, and more. The king of the monsters has also been interpreted widely as a symbol for the destructive nature of humankind—from nuclear war to climate change. Godzilla Fest is organized by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the St. Joseph County Public Library, and the Browning Cinema at Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. More information is available at asia.nd.edu/godzilla. Originally published at asia.nd.edu.

The Fischoff Competition Grand Prize and Senior String Division Gold winner, Trio Azura, was founded in 2022 at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. "Azura" comes from azure blue, representing their school color and musical sensitivity. As a rapidly emerging chamber ensemble, Trio Azura has built incredible chemistry and developed a comprehensive repertoire despite only recently being formed. Welcome the ensemble for a triumphant return to the center, this time performing in their Presenting Series debut! GET TICKETS  

Angolan-Portuguese director Carlos Conceição's audacious and enigmatic Tommy Guns invokes the ghosts of Angola's colonial past while embracing the symbolic power of genre filmmaking. The story begins in 1974, just one year before the country's independence from decades of Portuguese rule. Wealthy colonists are fleeing the country as Angolan revolutionaries gradually claim their land back. A tribal girl discovers love and danger when her path crosses that of a Portuguese soldier. Another group of soldiers, completely cut off from the outside world, blindly follow the brutal orders of their commander in the name of serving their country. But nothing stays fixed in this genre-shifting cinematic puzzle, which playfully swerves from art house drama to war film to zombie flick to escape thriller with exhilarating control. GET TICKETS!  

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp. Get Tickets This screening is co-hosted with Nanovic Institute faculty fellows Vittorio Hösle, the Paul G. Kimball Professor of Arts and Letters, and Sarah Edmands Martin, assistant professor of design.This is a free but ticketed event. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office one hour prior to the performance. To guarantee your seat, please pick up your tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the show. In the event of a sell-out, unclaimed tickets will be used to seat patrons waiting on standby. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.

Acclaimed pianist Renana Gutman presents a program of Jewish composers who perished during the Holocaust, alongside works by their contemporaries — Berg, Ravel, and Debussy. This is event is free and not ticketed.  Originally published at music.nd.edu.

Whistleblowers have a prominent place in Hollywood films, and a growing subgenre within focuses on government employees who release classified information. This biopic follows Reality Winner (Sydney Sweeney), a former Air Force intelligence specialist, who leaked a private report demonstrating that Russia interfered in the 2016 United States presidential elections. In 2017, the FBI visited Reality's home in Georgia and questioned her about her involvement with the leaks. Her unauthorized release of information landed her a prison sentence of five years, which she wrapped up serving in 2021 with an early release. GET TICKETS!  

Comprised of five short parts (or a prelude and four parts) filmed in sections over a three-year period, Dog Star Man follows a woodsman (Stan Brakhage), his axe, and his dog as they climb a snowy mountain in order to chop down a tree. That odyssey serves as Brakhage's bracketing for the larger story, which includes various visions and abstractions encountered by the woodsman along the way. GET TICKETS  

The Glee Club’s annual fall concert features classical and popular music for men’s choirs, ranging from motets of Victoria and songs of Schubert and Mendelssohn to arrangements of hits by The Beach Boys and The Beatles. For tickets, call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

The original Broadway production of Annie opened in 1977 to instant success. Soon after that in 1982, the somewhat surprising choice of John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, The Night of the Iguana) directed the film adaptation. After a standard made-for-TV-Disney remake in 1999, the franchise updated the musical for this adaptation in 2014. For example, it's now set in Harlem, Daddy Warbucks becomes Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx), and the Depression Era is swapped out for the mid-2010s tech boom. The musical's bones, however, largely remain. Annie (Quvenzhané Wallis) resides at Miss Hannigan's (Cameron Diaz) orphanage with an optimism far beyond what her means should support. A chance encounter with Stacks, a mobile phone mogul running for Mayor of New York City, begins one of the most famous Algeresque Broadway stories ever. GET TICKETS!  

Made by a Palestinian from Lyd and a Jewish American, this documentary provides much-needed context for this moment, as it goes deep into the history of the Nakba from the perspective of Palestinians who survived. As the film cuts between fantastical and documentary realities, it ultimately leaves the viewer questioning what future should prevail. The film imagines an alternate reality where Palestine was never occupied and Palestinians of all religions (Muslims, Christians, and Jews) live in a liberated Palestine. Narrated by Palestinian actress Maisa Abd Elhadi who personifies the city, the viewer is guided through the lifespan of a five-thousand-year-old city and its residents. GET TICKETS  

Pandit Sandip ChatterjeeSandip Chatterjee, a disciple of Santoor maestro Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya and vocal maestro Pandit Ajey Chakraborthy, is a rich and accomplishes Santoor player of our time. He has been heralded as a torch bearers of two Gharanas at the same time—Maihar & Patiala. He has a unique style of playing with one hand, where he uses his left hand to lift the strings(plucking chikari) to play Alap, Jod, Jhalla & part of Bandish. Sandip has extensively performed in many music festivals and concerts around the globe. He has collaborated with many musicians across genres such as jazz, rock, new age. His expertise has been utilized by renowned music directors like A.R Rehman, Jatin Lalit, Gulshan Kumar and Rabindra Jain. He has won many awards and laurels such as President of India Award, Sangeeth Ratna Award, Abhinaba Kala Sanman, Howrah Ratna Award, etc. Pandit Ramdas PalsuleRamdas Palsule is a popular name amongst Indian Classical Music enthusiasts and has carved a niche for himself since a very young age. Born into a well-educated family in Pune, his father, Shri. Gajanan Palsule, was a recipient of the prestigious Kalidas Sanman President’s award for his work in Sanskrit literature and for his Sanskrit book on Veer Savarkar. An alumnus of prestigious alma–maters like Jnana Prabodhin Prashala and College of Engineering, Pune, Ramdas has a strong academic foundation. He was introduced to Tabla by Pt. G.L. Samant. Later, he became the disciple of world-famous Tabla Maestro Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar. It was after achieving his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering that he chose his passion as his profession. Ramdas chose his passion over a beaten path and an assured successful career in engineering at the age of 23 and ever since has been a devout torchbearer of the illustrious tradition of Indian Classical Music. Under the capable guidance of Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar, Ramdas, with his natural ingenuity, relentless toil and insatiable thirst for knowledge made quick strides as an acclaimed soloist and a versatile accompanist. Veena Vidhushi Smt. Nirmala RajasekarNirmala Rajasekar is well known as a premier Saraswathi veena artiste in the world today. A dynamic and vibrant musician, she has performed in top notch venues in India and around the world, including the Music Academy, Narada Gana Sabha, (Chennai), Sawai Gandharva Mahotsav (Pune), Carnegie Hall, the United Nations (New York) and the Rumi International Festival (Turkey), to name a few. Nirmala is an established vocalist and composer and has been recognised internationally as a "Carnatic Ambassador" and a leader in forging new paths on the Saraswati Veena. Nirmala has become the first Carnatic musician to appear on the Billboard of Times Square in New York City (March 2024) and at the Cannes Film documentary 'Global Women in Music' (May 2024) in France. Mridangam Exponent Tanjavur K. MurugaboopathiVidwan Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi (Boopathi) is one of the world’s most celebrated mridangam players today. His techniques and creative ability in accompaniment, solo renditions, and jugalbandhi programs with his North Indian brethren have earned him much acclaim around the world. Murugaboopathi hails from a family of musicians and artists of several generations. He is one of the few performers in the world today who trained in the rare ‘Gurukula’ method (living with one’s guru while learning) with Mridangam maestro Guru Tanjore Upendran for more than 10 years. Boopathi initially trained under Shri. T R Srinivasan from the Tamil Nadu Music College, Chennai before his gurukula training. Sponsored by the Asian Indian Classical Music Society. Free! Review the poster.

The Thinking Game presents a fascinating journey into the heart of DeepMind, one of the world's leading AI labs, as it strives to unravel the mysteries of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Inside DeepMind's London headquarters, founder Demis Hassabis and his team are relentlessly pursuing the creation of AI that matches or surpasses human abilities on a wide range of tasks. Filmed over five years, the documentary puts viewers in the room for the pivotal moments of this quest, including the groundbreaking achievement of AlphaFold, a program that solved a 50-year grand challenge in biology. RESERVE TICKETS  

This in-person event features Notre Dame Press authors Charles Lamb and Elizabeth Hogan sharing a behind-the-scenes look at their recent book on the photography of Notre Dame football throughout the program’s history. This event is part of the Notre Dame Press Book Festival and Dirty Book Sale. The festival and all its events are free and open to the public.