VANESSA STAUBLIN | Staff Reporter Those in the hard-of-hearing and deaf communities will now get to experience sound on a whole new level during performances at Clowes Memorial Hall. Clowes Hall installed eight new chairs that are designed to enhance concert experiences. These seats are considered “audio sensory enhanced seating.” They are the first ones…
Gallery Preserves Legacy of Master Photogtapher
BRITTANY GARRETT | Staff Reporter In a floodlit gallery, more than 80 photographs transport passing visitors into a black and white world of beauty and natural elegance. These photographs were hand-picked by their photographer Ansel Adams and hang in the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. “A bulk of the works are images…
New Art All Over The Schrott
BRITTANY GARRETT | Staff Reporter Cinderella’s bloody slipper, animals experiencing the necessary evils of life, mechanically made surges of color and more can currently be seen in art hanging in the Schrott Center. All three galleries in the center are showing very different exhibits. The Lower Gallery is featuring student and faculty work in a…
Violin Lullabies Lead to Modern Cello Showpieces
KEVIN VOGEL | Arts, Etc. Editor The past few weeks The Butler Collegian has been speaking with musicians from the Jordan College of the Arts who are preparing senior recitals. This week, The Collegian sat down with senior cello performance major Marina Ito to discuss her recital. The Collegian: How did you put your…
Broadway’s Backstage
MALLORY DUNCAN | Asst. Arts, Etc. Editor When the curtains go up at Clowes Memorial Hall, any number of performances could be on the stage. From Butler University events to outside productions, that stage has seen it all. But the shows that have always intrigued me are the Broadway shows. Last week, The Collegian had…
“Blankets” Brought to Life
MALLORY DUNCAN | Asst. Arts, Etc. Editor The Collegian sat down with senior composition major John Albert Harris to talk about his upcoming senior recital. Butler Collegian: Tell us a little bit about your project. John Albert Harris: Last summer I didn’t want to go home, so I was looking for things to do. I…
Student Educator Wins Fulbright to Teach in Greece
VANESSA STAUBLIN | Staff Reporter Senior Emily Seibert will be closing a chapter in her life next month at Butler University’s commencement. But as her time at Butler comes to an end, another adventure begins. Seibert is a recipient of the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship. For the second time in her life, Seibert will be…
The Two Maples
KEVIN VOGEL | Arts, Etc. Editor “A fairy tale about a mother’s love, which is able to overcome any obstacles to save her enchanted sons.” Thus begins the description of the Russian fairy tale play “The Two Maples,” from the Theatre for Young Spectators in Khabarovsk, Russia. Here in the U.S., the story is completely…
Three JCA Factions, One Show
BREANNA MANLEY | Staff Reporter Butler University’s theatre, dance and music departments are banding together for one night as part of the 2014 ArtsFest. On Thursday, the departments will collaborate with one another to present “The Soldier’s Tale” under the direction of theatre professor Owen Schaub at 7:30 p.m. in the Schrott Center. Composed by…
Butler Symphony Orchestra to Perform with Opera Soloist Angela Brown During ArtsFest
BRITTANY GARRETT | Staff Reporter Murder, scandal and drama will take center stage for the Butler Symphony Orchestra’s next concert tomorrow. The concert includes “Scheherazade” and highlights from “Porgy and Bess,” featuring operatic soloist Angela Brown. Brown travels extensively and has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, the National Opera of Paris, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra…