Culture

KATHERINE SHELTON | STAFF REPORTER A visit to Lilly Hall these next two weekends will send you straight to 1989 Romania. Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest, told in three acts, details the terror and passions of average citizens in Romania during a radical political shift. In short, the audience will face three distinctive themes: corruption, revolution and…

ASHLEY WALDEN | STAFF REPORTER On the evening of Valentine’s Day, Chloe Boelter performed her Sophomore Recital for Butler students, faculty, family and friends. Her performance showcased a variety of music, from pretty classical pieces to peppy jazz numbers. This recital was unique, since it was not a required junior or senior recital, but rather…

ALEX TARNOWSKI | STAFF REPORTER Butler Ballet presented the annual Midwinter Dance Festival last week at the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts.  A group of dancers in gray rolled through a cloud of fog, imitating the rain. Girls in white shifted through intricate formations and circles, portraying the spokes of a wheel. A…

ASHLEY WALDEN | STAFF REPORTER With a beautiful and wide array of choral pieces, both the Butler University Chorale and the Chamber Singers seek to inspire the audience’s inner voice in their upcoming concert. The concert will take place on Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts.  …

WESLEY SEXTON | STAFF REPORTER BayStreet Brassworks visited Butler University last night to take part in the Duckwall Artist Series at the Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall. The Duckwall Artist Series began in January, and BayStreet Brassworks was the fifth of many ensembles and artists to perform. For what comparisons are worth, BayStreet Brassworks’s performance was a…