Theatre and Dance charge on with renovations
A remodeled performance studio, black box renovations and a new dance honorary mark an exciting year of new beginnings for Hillsdale’s dance and theatre departments. In addition, Director of Dance...
View ArticleYou can find art all over Hillsdale, if you only look
With so much artistic talent within our school, it can be easy to overlook or neglect the artistic life of our local community. But to do so is to miss something valuable. There is something natural...
View ArticleTo build a chapel
If President Larry Arnn gets his wish, in less than three years Hillsdale’s new 27,000 square foot chapel will complete the Quad. The college must raise the remaining $13 million of the $26 million...
View ArticleFrom Berlin to Hillsdale: International concert pianist to perform, teach class
Andreas Klein promises his piano selections will dazzle, mystify, and surprise listeners, and reveal to them the true appreciation of witnessing music in person. Klein, a German pianist based out of...
View ArticlePolitics and the arts: Bill Clinton did it right
When late-night host Arsenio Hall strutted out on stage in his pleated pants in June of 1992, he was greeted by his band in typical funk fashion. The crowd was roaring, and while on a normal night his...
View ArticleHoward’s hours expanded
The Howard Music Building has changed its hours. The building used to close at 11 p.m. but now has extended its evening hours to 12 a.m. The purpose of this extension is to accommodate students. “Some...
View ArticleKim Smith of Perception Gallery on ‘Enduring Vision’
Now through Sept. 29, “Enduring Vision,” a selection from the Perception Gallery based in Grand Rapids, Michigan is on display in Hillsdale’s Daughtrey Gallery in the Sage Center for the Arts. The...
View ArticleTwo new artists: Art department adds two new faculty members
There are two new part-time professors in the art department this semester. Roxanne Kaufman will be teaching Basic Design and Cassandra Bacon ’10 is teaching the Drawing 1 and Intro to Oils just for...
View ArticleThe summer in movies: Jack Butler on the films that made and tried to make it
This summer was the worst for the box office since 1992. So leave it to me to see more movies during it than in any previous summer. Brief thoughts on each follow: “Captain America: The Winter...
View ArticleThings to do and see this week
Sept. 18 Karaoke Night The Dawn Theater 7:00 p.m. Sept. 19 Concert of American Music Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia McNamara Rehearsal Hall 7:00 p.m. Join the men of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia for their semesterly...
View ArticleEven professors practice: Melissa Knecht taking sabbatical
Director of String Studies Melissa Knecht will spend the semester on sabbatical, focusing her efforts on finishing a book, studying other professors in action, and performing with professional string...
View Article“Cheek to cheek”: a jazz love story in review
When describing pop-icon Lady Gaga, the words “smooth jazz” and “easy-listening” do not come to mind. However, the young megastar has yet another game-changing move up her sequined sleeve. She and...
View ArticleGoing for the gold: some early Academy Awards predictions
The summer movie season of box office wars waged among popcorn flicks and blockbuster spectacles has ended, and critics and moviegoers alike are gearing up for the films to change like trees from green...
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You can visit Almost, Maine: Tower players kick off year with popular...
Broken hearts in paper bags and love in big red sacks. Amidst snowy-white evergreens and under a starry sky the Tower Players began their production of “Almost Maine” yesterday. They continue...
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Wells, Welles, and Brandon: Theater professor reads lead role in classic “War...
Professor of Theatre James Brandon returns to the stage on Oct. 16 in the famous radio part of Professor Pierson in Orson Welles’ 1938 radio broadcast of “The War of the Worlds.” Adapted from H. G....
View ArticleJack White loosens up with “Lazaretto”
Jack White has always been eccentric. After all, this is the man who pulled the Biblical stunt of trying to pass off his (now ex-)wife and fellow band member as his sister for several years. White has...
View Article“Gone Girl” worth seeing, but flawed
Many moviegoers have come to recognize director David Fincher for his unpredictable storylines in movies such as “Seven,” “Fight Club,” and “Zodiac.” Fincher is at it again in an adaptation of Gillian...
View ArticleBrian Curtis returns to Hillsdale with “Stonehenge”
Stunning sunrises and skyscapes break over the mysterious rocks of Stonehenge in Brian Curtis’ exhibit, currently on display in the Daughtry Gallery of the Sage Center for the Arts. Curtis, a former...
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In Focus: Be careful what you listen to — music impacts the mind
Finding someone who doesn’t listen to music is about as hard as finding someone who doesn’t breathe. Music is everywhere. Practically everyone enjoys it. Music is popular because it’s powerful. It can...
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Underground you can find jazz, rock, and more
Junior Danielle Adams performs in Broadstreet’s Underground Broad Street Downtown Market in Hillsdale broadened its horizons to get more business from students when it recently opened its Downtown...
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