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Thomas Murphy | Friday, March 22, 2019
Members of the Notre Dame community gathered Thursday evening at Browning Cinema in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center for a panel discussion about the upcoming pro-life film “Unplanned” hosted by the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. The panel, whose discussion was partly based on clips from the film shown to the audience, was
Alexander Daugherty | Monday, March 4, 2019
“Listen to your heart.” This phrase is, at least on the surface, the message of junior Jorge “Jay” Rivera-Herrans’ new musical, “Stupid Humans.” Though this is generally a tired and eye-roll-worthy aphorism, Rivera-Herrans’s musical takes the message quite literally. “Have you ever tried freestyling to a heartbeat?” protagonist Indigo asks during an open-heart surgery he
Sarah Kikel | Friday, March 1, 2019
Alfred Hitchcock, cinema’s “Master of Suspense,” has directed some of film’s most thrilling scenes. This semester, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center’s “Learning Beyond the Classics” series brings 14 of his startling films to the Notre Dame community. The series organizes Hitchcock’s films into four categories, two of which — “Crimes and Criminals” and “Women, Guilt, and
Erin Swope | Monday, February 4, 2019
“Let’s do what we do best: dancing to hot jazz and drinking bootleg gin,” vocalist and emcee Michael Cunio said at Saturday night’s Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ) concert, a statement that perfectly captured the mood of the evening. Featuring numerous costume changes, bottles of beer and glasses of liquor, PMJ pulled out all of the stops
Cate Von Dohlen | Friday, January 25, 2019
When Ted Mandell, film professor, founder and faculty organizer of the Notre Dame Film Festival, took a film production at the University, there was no means for showing student films to the larger Notre Dame community. “You would show your film to your professor and to your parents at graduation weekend, and that was our
Nora McGreevy | Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Kristin Chenoweth is not afraid to get candid. In a series of short clips on her website, for instance, she — along with, presumably, her marketing team — has posted a series of sweet, short glimpses into her life on tour, including her “Life Hacks” series. In one video, Chenoweth calls out her unicorn slippers
Charlie Kenney | Thursday, September 6, 2018
“If you keep your ear to the ground in search of awesome indie music, you probably know him already,” is the way that former Scene writer Owen Lane described Notre Dame student and musician Felix Rabito in an article last spring. That sentiment, over the last couple of months, has not changed. Felix is one
Serena Zacharias | Tuesday, April 17, 2018
To complete the semester, the Notre Dame Film, Television and Theatre (FTT) department will perform renowned rock musical “Spring Awakening.” The musical will be directed by FTT head of musical theatre Matt Hawkins and will run from April 18 to April 22 in the Patricia George Decio Theatre in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (DPAC).
Patrick McGuire | Monday, November 20, 2017
Though it sounds like a module first-year students will watch at high speed for Moreau, “Sorin: A Notre Dame Story” offers a poignant performance and impressive production — paired with some inescapable Notre Dame indulgence. Starring Matthew Goodrich as the play’s namesake, this one-man show sponsored by the University portrays the storied life of Fr.
Lucy Lynch | Thursday, October 5, 2017
This year’s keynote Notre Dame Forum event, “Views from the West Wing: How Global Trends Shape U.S. Foreign Policy” was held Wednesday night in the Leighton Concert Hall in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Moderated by Maura Policelli, executive director of the Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs’ Global Policy Initiative, the keynote speakers were Andrew