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Upcoming Events for Spring 2013
Events - Summer-Fall 2013
Sat Jul 20 - Sun Jul 21, 2013
ShakeScenes
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Leighton Concert Hall, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
“All the world’s a stage!”
Have you ever imagined a cooking show starring Titus Andronicus? Or that the Two Gentlemen of Verona are two-stepping line dancers? Or that Cleopatra has some mad video game skills?
If you thought you knew Shakespeare, think again!
Over the course of one magical weekend, dozens of actors from throughout the community—neighbors, friends, and young and old alike—take to the stage with their own unique spin on some of Shakespeare’s most beloved works. Two different performances, each offering a series of ten-minute scenes, are sure to inspire and delight the entire family.…
Sat Jul 27, 2013
Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival presents The Comedy of Errors
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Potawatomi Park Pavilion, South Bend, Ind.
A fast-paced and adventurous romp awaits two sets of twins, masters and servants, torn apart from their brothers in a tempestuous shipwreck. When one pair unexpectedly arrives in the adopted town of the other, hilarity and hijinks ensue. The actions of the children may fulfill one parent’s search for his long-lost sons – or be the death of him.…
Sun Aug 4, 2013
Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival presents The Comedy of Errors
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Battell Park, Mishawaka, Ind.
A fast-paced and adventurous romp awaits two sets of twins, masters and servants, torn apart from their brothers in a tempestuous shipwreck. When one pair unexpectedly arrives in the adopted town of the other, hilarity and hijinks ensue. The actions of the children may fulfill one parent’s search for his long-lost sons – or be the death of him.…
Thu Aug 15, 2013
Printmaking Exhibition: Southern Graphics Council International Traveling Exhibition
All Day
Isis Gallery, O'Shaughnessy Hall
This exhibition of original prints, drawings, and other graphic materials (including sculpture and installation), by members of SGC International completed between 2008 and 2012, is jurored in by Frances Myers.
Myers is a print artist who works in and teaches etching. She continually reinvigorates her prolific career as a printmaker through her experiments with unusual materials and new technologies such as digital prints, installation, and video. She is chair of the graphics area of the Art Department at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.…
Tue Aug 20 – Sun Sept 1, 2013
Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival presents Richard III
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival’s Professional Company presents Richard III, Shakespeare’s blazingly entertaining portrayal of England’s most famous villain, a twisted and ruthless monarch. The recent discovery of King Richard’s remains by archeologists means there is no better time to see why the “winter of our discontent” turns into a “glorious summer” at the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival.…
Fri Aug 23 – Sun 25, 2013
First-Year Orientation
All Day
Across Campus
Orientation weekend is held each fall to introduce parents and students to campus life and to help them become more familiar with the University of Notre Dame. Among the planned activities across campus are:
official welcome
academic exploration sessions
orientation with dorm rectors
student services open houses…
Sun Aug 25, 2013
Exhibition: José Guadalupe Posada and His Legacy
All Day
Scholz Family Works on Paper Gallery, Snite Museum of Art
José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852–1913), was an important printmaker in pre-revolutionary Mexico. His bold, simplified, and direct manner of communicating his political views had a profound influence on the work and ideology of the artists who in 1937 formed the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Popular Graphic Arts Workshop) in Mexico City, and subsequent generations of printmakers in Mexico, the United States, and Europe. Posada’s illustrations were readily understood by the mostly illiterate Mexican population through his use of familiar images, such as the caricature of the calavera (skeleton), to satirize Mexican social and political abuses and injustices. …
Sun Aug 25, 2013
Photography Exhibition: "Heartland: The Photographs of Terry Evans"
All Day
O'Shaughnessy Galleries, Snite Museum of Art
Artist Terry Evans is known for her photography of different landscapes, particularly those centered on the prairies, people, and artifacts of the Midwest. A native of the Midwest, Evans was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She later lived in Salina, Kansas before moving to Chicago early in the 1990s.
Tues Aug 27, 2013
First Day of Class
All Day
Across Campus
Wed Sep 18, 2013
Theatre Performance: Shakespeare's Othello
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Shakespeare has no greater hero than Othello, from which lofty height—no character has further to fall. Set in Venice and Cyprus, Othello is a moving, sexy and ultimately tragic tale of betrayal and vengeance.
Performed by the Actors From the London Stage
Actors From The London Stage is one of the oldest established touring Shakespeare theater companies in the world. Housed and workshopped in England with academic tours booked through the auspices of Shakespeare at Notre Dame, this program is truly unique. Featuring minimal props, costumes, and set, the clever staging showcases the talents of the ensemble while keeping the focus where it belongs: on Shakespeare’s words.…
Friday, October 11-Saturday, October 12, 2013
International, bilingual conference, "Circulating French in the Classroom/Le Français bouge en classe." Co-sponsored by the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University, South Bend.
