Culture

  • REVIEW: “2016: Obama’s America” is compelling but one-sided

    Dinesh D’Souza’s film “2016: Obama’s America” successfully fulfills its purpose of providing scary, thought-provoking information to the public, but the highly controversial documentary limits itself to a very biased right-wing audience. The film begins with a history of D’Souza, the conservative author of “The Roots of Obama’s Rage” and the director of the movie. D’Souza…

  • JCA highlights music students in showcase

    Music ensembles take to the stage on Sunday for the first time this semester. Clowes Memorial Hall will be hosting the School of Music Showcase on Sunday at 3 p.m. The Butler University Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble and Chorale will each perform different pieces. The showcase is an annual concert that provides an…

  • BUDM gets Butler dancing

    It all starts with the tap of the foot, a shift of the hips, a shimmy of the shoulders and a rock of the head. It’s dancing, a simple act of expression where the movements of the body tell a story. Whether that story is of happiness, sadness, anger or carefreeness, it is brought to…

  • Eleventh hour negotiations fail

    Between contract negotiations, musicians are locked out and the ISO is at a stand-still. Downtown’s Hilbert Circle Theatre will be remarkably quiet this weekend and next. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra has cancelled its first two weeks of performances due to a failure to reach a new contract agreement between ISO management and the musicians’ union…

  • The Odd Life of Timothy Green

    Disney’s new film is darker than its viewers might expect. It is compelling and, in the end, rewarding.  Walt Disney Pictures has broken new ground with “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” (rated PG). The film does not carry the PG-13 rating of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, but this movie is much darker.…

  • Phoenix Theatre turns 30 this season

    Like a person trying to hush up hitting the big 3-0, the Phoenix Theatre will not be planning an elaborate party for its 30th anniversary this season. The reason is much different, however. Planning its anniversary season was much like laying out any other season, said Bryan Fonseca, producing director for the Phoenix. Since the…

  • Children make music through community school

    Twelve-year-old Selin Oh has been a part of the Butler University community longer than most Butler students. For three years, Selin’s mother drove her to Butler every Saturday to rehearse and study music through the Butler Community Arts School. The BCAS is an initiative of the Jordan College of Fine Arts that provides instruction in…

  • Bulldogs board their broomsticks

    Butler University is entering the magical world of Hogwarts and Harry Potter by establishing its first ever quidditch team this year. Quidditch is a fictional sport played by wizards on broomsticks in J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series.  The game consists of seven players: three chasers, two beaters, a seeker and a keeper. The objective of…

  • Boyd to play monumental piano piece

    On Sept. 4, Butler University’s Kate Boyd will be performing the renowned “Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano” by American composer John Cage in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Cage’s birth. Boyd, the head of the piano department in the Jordan College of Fine Arts, spent her semester-long sabbatical last spring mastering the piece.…