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Christmas coming early

Chorale: from Rome to the Dome

ND Chorale's concerts over the years have brought people together from all over to appreciate music: students, alumni, family, friends — even strangers in Vatican City taking pictures like paparazzi.

Growing Up Potter

I was desperate for "Order of the Phoenix" by the time it came out, and I wasn't the only one. In the three years it took J.K. Rowling to pen her fifth and longest installment, Warner Brothers had popped out the first two films. Pottermania exploded to depths neither Rowling nor her original fans could have imagined.

Notre Dame Style Spotter

Name: James Denue

She & Him make indie Christmas gold in third album

Baby, it's cold outside! With Halloween in the rear-view, and with Thanksgiving fast approaching, it is prime time to break out the Christmas tunes. With the Oct. 24 release of "A Very She & Him Christmas," ZooeyDeschanel and M. Ward are just in time with the Christmas cheer.

Growing Up Potter

"Goblet of Fire" was published when I was nine. Up until that point, I had been playing catch up with J.K. Rowling — I finished one book and then started tracking down the next, either by adding my name to the waiting list at my school's library or pestering my mother to buy it for me. Book four, however, was the start of the waiting process that would stretch through my adolescence.

New to Your Queue

"A Knight's Tale"

Foreign Food Finds

One of the most touted restaurants in the Notre Dame area, J.W. Chen's is hardly a well-kept secret. Nestled between Ari's Grill and a Papa Johns, it is quite possibly the best Chinese food in the South Bend-Mishawaka region.

Growing up Potter

"Prisoner of Azkaban" would end up being my favorite Harry Potter book for years. It wasn't until the sixth book was released and spoke to my romantic tendencies that another one of Harry's adventures would overtake the book in which I met Sirius Black and Remus Lupin.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Rock the House

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis rocked the house Saturday. The atmosphere inside Legends during the performance exploded with energy, brought by both the artists and the crowd.

Fashion by Felicia

Life is a jungle.

Tower Heist'

"Tower Heist," a film that was supposed to be a funny "Ocean's 11," had more potential than any other recent comedy. Helmed by "Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner and featuring a star-studded cast, "Tower Heist" is the story of a group of luxury apartment building employees who lose their pensions in a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by one of the building's residents (Alan Alda).

Growing up Potter

 After I finished "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" fully immersed in Harry's world, I immediately began to seek out the second book. It proved a little harder than I imagined. Apparently every fifth grader in my school was on the waiting list at the library and my mother wanted to wait until Christmas to buy it for me. Christmas came early though, and the book was in my hands before any fifth grader had even reached chapter two.

Tower Heist'

"Tower Heist" tries to get laughs while creating a story in which the working-class underdogs triumph over the greedy Wall Street executive. It fails.

Underground Rapper

Things are about to get weird. Maybe not weird — Weird might be the wrong word. Let's go with unique. Things are about to get unique, as student favorite, Irish-heritage fanatic and undoubtedly unique underground rapper Macklemore and his partner Ryan Lewis come to campus Saturday at Legends.

Asian Allure

Lions, pandas and Pokémon, oh my! This Friday and Saturday get a taste of Asian culture with the annual Asian Allure show.

The Importance of Social Media

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ND grad returns to talk pop culture

Fred Nelson, president of the People's Choice Awards and 1987 Notre Dame graduate, arrives at Notre Dame this week through the Film, Television and Theater Department to give a talk about what he has learned from movies, TV and music.