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Observer Staff Report | Thursday, October 14, 2021
Notre Dame will host a keynote event Oct. 27 featuring actors reading scenes from Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King” in a virtual production as part of the 2021 ND Forum, “Care for our Common Home: Just Transition to a Sustainable Future,” University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an email Thursday. The virtual production will consist
Evan McKenna | Friday, May 7, 2021
“AcaFest,” Notre Dame’s premier a cappella event, has seen much turbulence in its short history. In the past, the event took the form of a “battle” between various student musical groups, asking attendees to vote for the winning group via text. In 2019, after a four-year hiatus, the event returned as a collaborative showcase between
Patrick McMonagle | Thursday, August 27, 2020
As campus enters its second week of virtual instruction and closed public spaces, live music is in scarce supply. [email protected] email digest lists no concerts, and solely instrumental masses underscore the large portions of liturgy usually celebrated through singing. Ending this absence of musical groups, the Student Union Board’s AcoustiCafe will resume their 9:30 p.m.
Alexander Daugherty | Monday, April 15, 2019
The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg survey the audience as they settle in for Anton Juan’s stage adaptation of “The Great Gatsby.” When the show starts, an unsettling short film, depicting fragments of 1920s culture in the United States, projects over Eckleburg’s gaze. The lights slowly rise over a party that most certainly could not
Ryan Israel, Dessi Gomez and Nia Sylva | Monday, February 25, 2019
Friday, indie-rock bands Sure Sure and Young the Giant played at Stepan Center for the Student Union Board’s spring concert. Our Scene writers offer their impressions of some of the concert’s best moments. Sameer Gadhia By Ryan Israel, Scene Writer Sure Sure put on a fitting opening performance, and there’s no arguing that — but
Alexander Daugherty | Monday, February 11, 2019
The Actors from the London Stage (AFTLS) are a gift from God to Shakespeare scholars and lay audiences alike. Five actors take on the often-extensive casts of each play they produce. Every year, AFTLS comes to Notre Dame for one week each semester to perform one of the Bard’s well-known works. This time, AFTLS came
Alexandra Muck | Friday, September 29, 2017
Members of the Notre Dame community will read works of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” in Italian during a flash-mob-style event called “Dante Now!” on Friday at 2 p.m. The participants will perform in groups starting at various locations across campus, and they will convene at the Grotto to read a final excerpt together, after which there will be a lecture
Marie Fazio | Wednesday, August 30, 2017
In 1842, 28-year old Fr. Edward Sorin arrived in Indiana with his Holy Cross brothers — none of whom spoke a word of English — and founded Notre Dame. 175 years later, four University graduates — director Patrick Vassel (’07), playwright Christina Telesca Gorman (’91), projection designer Ryan Belock (’11) and actor Matthew Goodrich (’09) — banded together
Emilie Kefalas | Wednesday, February 26, 2014
When audiences first see director Mark Abram-Copenhaver’s spring production of “Henry V” at Saint Mary’s, they might be surprised at the lack of male actors. The play, which takes place April 3-6, is the first of its kind to premiere at Saint Mary’s. Every role from the servants to the king herself is portrayed and