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Butler Arts and Events Center

The Butler Arts & Events Center (BAEC) is home to Butler University’s event facilities including performance venues, conference and meeting rooms, outdoor spaces, and housing. Its performance venues welcome more than 300,000 visitors annually, led by Clowes Memorial Hall, which ranked as the 80th theatre in the world for most tickets sold in 2023. 

The BAEC is comprised of seven performance venues including its flagship venues Clowes Memorial Hall, Schrott Center for the Arts, Shelton Auditorium,  Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, The Krannert Room, and Lilly Hall Studio Theatre as well as non-athletic events in Hinkle Fieldhouse. Programming includes the Butler Arts Presents series featuring popular entertainment acts, BAEC’s Education Matinee Series for K-12 students, Jordan College of the Arts performances, Broadway In Indianapolis weeklong productions, various Butler lecture series, performances from local performing arts organizations, and a variety of national touring shows.

How can you help?
Support the Butler Arts & Events Center by making a gift and joining The Marquee Club!
Donations to the Butler Arts & Events Center Gift Fund help provide Indianapolis with professional arts and entertainment experiences. The BAEC is a not-for-profit theatre that relies on the generosity of our patrons to bring top notch performances to Butler’s campus for our university community as well as central Indiana.

The Marquee Club 
As a thank you for your support, all BAEC donors of $250 and above will have access to the Marquee Club for the next year.  The Marquee Club is the premiere lounge in Clowes Memorial Hall. Patrons with access to the Marquee Club receive complimentary concessions and drinks for both them and their party from a private bar, upgraded lobby seating before the show and during intermissions, a private balcony overlooking campus, and special lobby experiences as available.

$2,500
LAS Faculty/Staff Challenge
Let's go Dawgs! Thank you to Dean Jay Howard for sponsoring this challenge in support of LAS!
100 / 100 Gifts
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Areas of Campus Leaderboard
See which areas of campus are leading the pack on Day of Giving!
Rank Area of Campus Gifts
1 Athletics 506
2 College of Communication 365
3 Lacy School of Business 207
4 Scholarships 172
5 Live Mascot Program 166
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$100,000
Lead the Pack - Give Back!
We did it Dawgs! Thanks to your generosity we were able to unlock $100,000 towards student scholarships. Thank you to Ken Massaroni '83 and Lori Ziemba '82 for helping to fund this challenge.
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Butler Regional Community Leaderboard
Check out which Butler Regional Communities are making the largest impact on Butler Day of Giving!
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Rank Answer Gifts
1 Central Indiana Community 69
2 Chicago Community 32
3 Greater Boston Community 12
4 Bay Area Community 10
5 Greater Detroit Community 9
6 Washington, DC Community 7
7 Greater New York Community 7
8 Cincinnati Community 6
9 St. Louis Community 4
10 Atlanta Community 3
11 Mile High Community 2
12 Fort Wayne Community 1
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