Everything you need to know about one of Broadway’s funniest shows, which is coming to Butler University this week. Matt DiCarlo will be directing the perfected trainwreck of a play.
27 years in the making: 1 million attendees at Clowes Education Matinee series
A milestone 27 years in the making, the Clowes Education Matinee series surpassed its one million visitors mark, with a group of 44 second and third graders from Walnut Elementary School last Tuesday.
David Sheff, New York Times bestselling author, presents “The Addicted Brain”
The lecture, focusing on the realities of drug addiction, will be at 7:30 p.m. March 26 in Clowes Memorial Hall.
New Butler Arts Center director named
After working as interim executive director since July, AaronHurt was officially appointed to head Butler Arts Center.
Review: “Beautiful” dazzles at Clowes Hall over weekend
Before she was Carol King, the famous singer-songwriter, she was Carol Klein, a girl from Brooklyn who had to fight her way into the male-dominated recording industry with nothing but her talent and her determination.
Graffiti: Not your mother’s portraits
BRITTANY GARRETT: STAFF REPORTER “Tagging”—the art of graffiti—has only recently found its way into the world of accepted art forms. Existing in the nebulous region between self-expression and public desecration, the idea is still quite controversial. Despite this, exhibitions of graffiti art have sprung up in established and venerated artistic venues from Los Angeles to…
Star Fountain repairs continue
From fountain hopping to bubbling, Star Fountain has been the focus of many lasting memories for Butler students. Today, it stands out as a black eye on campus. While undergoing maintenance over the summer, a construction worker accidentally backed his pickup truck into the fountain, knocking several pieces of limestone loose. Junior Rachel Head, a…
Modern opera travels from IU to BU
Packed up and delivered all the way from Indiana University, “Akhnaten” comes to life on stage at Clowes Memorial Hall this weekend. Indianapolis Opera partnered with IU’s opera theater program to present this modern production about the Egyptian pharaoh Akhnaten. The partnership between IU and Indy Opera has been in the works for a number…
The Butler dance department presents: The Midwinter Dance Festival
Different styles, music and costumes can be brought together by one essential element: dance. All these components will mesh and be put on display to encompass the tradition of the Midwinter Dance Festival at Butler University. The middle of three major Butler dance department productions, the festival is a “mixed-bill production,” meaning there are a…
Successful artist inspires greatness
Greatness. Not good, greatness. Common said that word repeatedly as he spoke at Clowes Memorial Hall last Thursday to a sold-out crowd. “This is a chance for me to talk to the future,” said Common, a Chicago native.“ Butler University has the components to make the future full of greatness.” Common is a two-time Grammy…