As the holidays inch closer and the long winter break looms, Hollywood is doing all it can to get your cash into movie theaters. But which movies this holiday season are worth seeing? Take a look at these promising flicks. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 — Nov. 19 The Harry Potter series is a generational story. This batch…
Lyric theatre brings classics to life
By Emily Delaney Butler University’s Lyric Theatre presented a variety of opera scenes in this year’s annual recital at Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall on Nov. 11 and 12. Directed by John Schmid and W.P. Sterneman III, the Lyric Theatre is made up of students in the Jordan College of Fine Arts who audition for a place…
Conan O’Brien back to late night
When Conan O’Brien hosted “The Tonight Show” for the last time on Jan. 22, his future was uncertain. He was leaving NBC and was not permitted to return to television until November, but he was going to receive a huge sum of money for his departure. What network or channel he would join next, if…
‘Unstoppable’ runs off tracks
When I first saw the trailer for “Unstoppable,” I wasn’t expecting much. My intuition was right. Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson, “Unstoppable” is about a runaway train that is closing in fast on the town of Stanton, Pa. and needs to be stopped before it derails and spills its hazardous cargo. The…
‘Due Date’ fails to deliver
Zach Galifianakis’ character, Ethan Tremblay, in the new comedy “Due Date” is sloppy, rude, backwards and lovable. Too bad it’s impossible to love the movie. Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) is a high strung architect trying to make it back to Los Angeles for the birth of his child. Before his plane is ready to…
Jordan Jazz unites students, professionals
By Emily Delaney Jordan Jazz, the vocal jazz ensemble at Butler, will host the Indiana Vocal Jazz Fest, an annual event which brings high school students to campus to learn vocal jazz. Directed by Tim Brimmer, Jordan Jazz has invited high school students from across Indiana and the Midwest to come to campus for a…
On ‘pointe’ with Butler Ballet: Seniors share lead role in ‘Nutcracker’ performance
With the holiday season approaching, Butler Ballet is preparing an annual tradition for the spotlight once again. “The Nutcracker,” a ballet originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is one, if not the biggest, production the Butler Ballet puts on each year. With many students in the…
Musically rising from the ashes
Their mixture of old style rock with a little country and blues is what makes Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights an electrifying phenomenon. This real world, no studio tricks band who was recently the late night act for “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and has rocked out while sharing the stage with musicians like AC/DC, Lynard…
A funny, heartwarming story
It starts on a trestle. A 16-year-old boy is walking across a trestle that hovers over a bustling New York City street. His parents show up and tell him how selfish he is for wanting to jump off and, a second later, he is falling into the water. The boy wakes up. “It’s Kind of…
Film’s prediction for future has its hits, misses, 25 years later
“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” This line, from 1985’s “Back to the Future,” is uttered by Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) to Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) moments before they take off in Doc’s Delorean time machine into the future. Thirty years into the future to 2015 to be exact. In “Back to…