The Notre Dame Marching Band performs its pregame Concert on the steps at Bond Hall
This week, Football Fridays at the Eck, an Irish culture fair and a game day rosary are among the events open to University of Notre Dame visitors before the 7:30 p.m. football game against University of Southern California.
Highlights from the weekend include:
Friday (Oct. 16)
- Notre Dame Stadium tunnel tours, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fans are invited to explore the north tunnel of the stadium, where the players walk onto the field.
- Live music with John Kennedy Jr. and Chris O鈥橞rien, noon-2 p.m. at the ND Live Stage outside the Eck Visitors Center. Kennedy, an award-winning singer and guitar player, will join O鈥橞rien, who specializes in the fiddle, tenor banjo and vocals, as part of the Alumni Association鈥檚 .
- 鈥淩ockne鈥檚 Ramblers and the Rise of the Storied ND/USC Rivalry,鈥� part of the lecture series, 2-3 p.m. in the Eck Visitors Center Auditorium. , senior associate athletic director and executive editor of Athletics Media Relations, and Jim Lefebvre, author, speaker and sports historian, will share stories, stats and video on this college football tradition.
- Catching Up With Tim Brown, 3:3-4 p.m., and Marc Edwards, 4-4:30 p.m., at the ND Live Stage at the Eck Visitors Center. Both Notre Dame football alumni, Brown is a Heisman Trophy winner and NFL Hall of Famer and Edwards is a former star fullback and Super Bowl champion.
- Irish Culture Fair, 5-8 p.m. in the Dooley Room of the LaFortune Student Center. All are welcome to enjoy tea, food, book readings, a performance from the Irish Dance Team, a ceil铆 and more.
- USC Pep Rally, 5:45-7 p.m. on the Library Quad.
Saturday (Oct. 17)
- 鈥淎ugustine: Saint of Suspicion,鈥� 10:30-11:30 a.m. in the Andrews Auditorium of Geddes Hall. Part of the Institute for Church Life鈥檚 series, this lecture from , the institute鈥檚 director and professor of theology, will examine the works of St. Augustine.
- 鈥淐ompassionate Care in Medicine: How Notre Dame is Preparing Future Physicians with the Science of Compassion?鈥� part of the College of Science鈥檚 , 1-2 p.m. in Jordan Hall, Room 101. Dominic Vachon, director of the , will talk.
- The Dooley Society Lecture Series, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in Jordan Hall, Room 105. Matt Hubbard, assistant professor of surgery in the Yale Bariatric Surgery Program, will discuss bariatric surgery.
- Game Day Rosary, 3:30-4 p.m. at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. All are invited to pray the rosary.
- 鈥淗ow Our Siblings Shape Us: Evidence from Economics,鈥� part of the College of Arts and Letters鈥� , 4-5 p.m. in the Snite Museum鈥檚 Annenberg Auditorium. , Brian and Jeannelle Brady Associate Professor of Economics, will discuss if big families are better for children and if there are any advantages to being the oldest child.
- Marching Band Concert, 6-6:30 p.m. on the front steps of Bond Hall. The band will perform several songs before making its way to the stadium.
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