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National storytellers to speak at Clowes

Both speakers at Clowes Memorial Hall next week are respected nationwide for their stories—but not quite for the same reasons. Humorist and best selling author David Sedaris will speak Tuesday night as part of the Clowes season, and journalist Dan Rather speaks Monday night as part of the Celebration of Diversity Lecture Series. Tickets are

‘Coppélia’ brings out comedy of dance

“Places.” Dance department chair Larry Attaway’s command immediately changes the atmosphere in the dance studio. Dancers in bright costumes move to the sides of the room, standing up from benches or coming in from the hallway where they were stretching. The talk and laughter gradually grows into individual preparation: practicing arm and hand movements, jumping

LILLY HALL AFTER DARK | Students stay long after the lights go down

As the sun set on Thursday, Lilly Hall was bubbling with activity. Musical scales and melodies echoed outside the practice rooms on the second floor, classes were wrapping up in the ensemble rooms on the first floor, and the Butler Theatre was alight with people preparing for a week of tech rehearsals. “[Lilly] is my

Dev featured at Butler’s first music festival

Classes are wrapping up, exams are approaching and Program Board’s concerts committee and MEISA, the recording industry club, are providing students with one last shebang. The annual spring concert line-up was announced Wednesday. Dev, Zion I, DJ Benzi, Shiny Penny and the Critical Shoes and The Tribe and Big Cats! will perform at the first

Lyric theater sets sail with “H.M.S. Pinafore”

The lyric theater students are taking to the high seas of laughter for their latest spring production. Set in the 1800s, “H.M.S. Pinafore” is a classic love story about Josephine (played by junior Lacey Kriston and sophomore Gina Ceragioli), the daughter of a captain, destined to be married to a much older Sir Joseph Porter

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