Year long celebration SHAKESPEARE 1616 - 2016 to begin 16:16 on 6 Jan. 2016

from ND. edu-dot-com Campus Events:
In January, Shakespeare at Notre Dame will kick off “SHAKESPEARE: 1616-2016,” a yearlong series of performances, conferences and special events commemorating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death and his legacy. “Act One” of the celebration includes events slated during the University of Notre Dame’s spring semester, which runs January through April.
“First Folio! The Book that Gave us Shakespeare,” a national exhibition and tour curated by the Folger Shakespeare Library, opens in January at the University of Notre Dame. “First Folio” is a 50-state tour and exhibit of Shakespeare’s 1623 First Folio, the first published collection of 36 of his plays and one of the world’s most treasured books. Notre Dame marks the official first stop of the First Folio national tour and serves as the sole Indiana venue for the exhibition. The exhibition, which runs Jan. 6-29, 2016 will be housed in the Rare Books and Special Collections gallery of the Hesburgh Library. Select Notre Dame Shakespeare holdings will also be on display and curators will offer daily, guided tours.
The First Folio exhibit and Notre Dame’s year-long celebration officially launch at 16:16 (4:16 p.m.) Jan. 6, 2016 with the ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Hesburgh Library’s new North Entrance Gallery. Shakespeare at Notre Dame, the Hesburgh Libraries, the Robinson Community Learning Center, noted Shakespearean scholars from the College of Arts and Letters and members of the Actors from the London Stage company will host a diverse slate of events, including the Folio Friday Lecture Series, theatrical performances, special displays, and school workshops for more than 1,200 area youth. Special guest Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, will officially close the exhibition with a lecture at 4 p.m. Jan. 29, 2016.
Actors From The London Stage (AFTLS), a five-member British company touring university campuses from Massachusetts to Hawaii, will present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20-22 and Jan. 29, 2016 in Washington Hall (CAMPUS of Univ. of Notre Dame).