A new artistic movement is sweeping the nation and Butler University is about to dance its way in, literally. “Street art,” or “urban art,” is a catch-all phrase for practices like graffiti, parkour and hip-hop dancing, These terms are becoming institutionally accepted across the United States and around the globe. At Butler, urban art is…
Kick off your Sunday shoes
Identity crises, hard work and teenage angst turn out to be issues that span generations. The remake of the cult-classic “Footloose” speaks to an audience not all that different from twenty years ago. Directed by Craig Brewer, the film puts a modern spin on an old favorite. For anyone who is not a master of…
Making that good old harmony
Prepare yourselves, Butler University. Our two favorite a cappella groups have been hitting the rehearsal room and recording studio, ready to serenade the campus community within the next couple of months. Expect concerts, new CDs and covers of everyone from Amy Winehouse to Ben Folds. OUT OF THE DAWG HOUSE Out of the Dawg House…
Podium Expressions seeks big childhood names
Remember the Reading Rainbow song? That little ditty was a part of many a child’s Saturday morning ritual—sitting in the living room with a bowl of Cap’n Crunch, listening to the wisdom of LeVar Burton. And just think, Burton might be coming to Butler University, or at least, that’s the hope of Sarah Kuchinsky and…
Dueling Pianos event was entertaining, but lacked proper planning and participation
With Saturday’s performance by Dueling Pianos International complete, October events on campus are off to a lukewarm start. The performance, which took place from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., featured two good-spirited keyboarders on two quarter-sized faux-piano electric keyboards, which appeared comically small in the expansive Reilly Room. Brandon Kent and Landon Rocks were both…
Clowes brings the beauty, the beastly and a Broadway tour
Once upon a time just happens to be next week at Clowes Memorial Hall. Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is taking the stage at Clowes from Oct. 11 to Oct. 16. And don’t worry, the musical rings true to the ever-popular Disney movie. “I think most of us remember the movie from our childhood, regardless…
Autumn Rhapsody
[tab: Article] The air is getting crisp, the leaves are turning and pumpkin spice lattés abound. It’s this time of year that makes Butler look like the perfect campus, with students walking to class in their cardigans and boots; big trees turning from green to yellow and orange; and organizations sitting outside Starbucks, organizing for…
Nobel Prize nominee to address peace activism
As the war in Afghanistan nears the 10 year mark, America is on the minds of many and its role in a peaceful future. Cindy Sheehan, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and national director of Peace of the Action, will be speaking at Butler University in early October on the topic of “The War Economy…
Stop and smell the flowers
There’s a new addition to Butler’s gardens. The Thomas E. Willey Memorial Rock Garden, added in memoriam for a former history professor, is just behind the bell tower that you hear ringing as you head off to your 9 a.m. class. With this new addition, we wanted to explore just what is hiding behind Robertson…
Butler concert replays Chinese history
Mao Zedong is known for many things, but an appreciation for non-proletarian art is not one of them. “There is, in fact, no such thing as art for art’s sake, art that stands above all classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics,” he said in 1964. On Oct. 2, at least 100…