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Monon Food Company is a small eclectic restaurant a short walk down the Monon Trail from the busy main strip of Broad Ripple. It offers a wide variety of different food selections and is open for lunch and dinner. The restaurant itself is small, with most tables packed tightly together, resulting in a somewhat claustrophobic…

These days, animated films are always compared to those of Pixar. It’s just the way it is and probably always will be. “Rango,” though,  released by Paramount Pictures is just as good as those famous Pixar films. Maybe better, in fact. Voiced by the likes of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher and Ned Beatty, “Rango” is…

The Collegian asked 2011 Java Jams winners Lauren King and Katie Pederson about what makes them unique as musicians. Favorite song: KP: “The Cave,” by Mumford & Sons. LK: “White Balloons,” by Sick Puppies Favorite musician: KP: Jon Foreman LK: Imogen Heap Favorite lyrics that you have written: KP: “Even in my most impractical of…

Out of all the theaters, in all the towns in all the world, Kevin Smith is coming to Butler. Smith, who wrote and directed the film “Red State,” surprised everyone when he bought his own film—instead of auctioning it off—at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Now, he is taking the film on a cross-country…

Shakespeare meets the 1950s in Butler University Theatre Department’s mainstage production of “As You Like It,” which opens at 8 tonight in Lilly Hall Studio Theatre 168. Director Tim Hardy is the university’s first Christel DeHaan Visiting International Theatre Artist. It is a four-year program that will bring a theater professional from another country to…

It’s Oscar time again, so we at The Butler Collegian researched and voted to decide who we thought was most likely to take home the golden statue. It was an especially tough decision—especially when all of the best picture nominees are so unique and fantastic in their own right—but here, we present our choices for…

When Professor Susan McGuire of the dance department choreographed her piece for this week’s Midwinter Dance Festival back in 2005, she was inspired by Indonesian folk music and based it on a community coping with disaster. After she had decided on the theme and structure, Indonesia was struck with a tsunami. “It was a very…

“I am Number Four,” starring Alex Pettyfer, Dianna Agron and Timothy Olyphant, pits good alien versus bad alien in the film adaptation of the recently released book of the same title. Like most young adult novels turned into films, “Number Four” follows the same equation of boy with super powers plus quiet alt-girl that goes…

Radiohead is back with its eighth studio album, “The King of Limbs.” Released one day earlier then expected, it came as no surprise. The band is known for announcing album releases just days before the actual release date—this time just four days before. This compilation from Radiohead is different from its previous albums, but in…