Hollywood will visit Hillsdale through the crime dramas of the 1940s and 1950s next week at the Center for Constructive Alternatives’ “Film Noir.” According to the CCA website, film noir is a genre with “a distinctive visual style, edgy themes, violent plots, and bleak urban settings.” The program will feature Alain Silver, director, producer, and...
50 years later, “The Godfather” still makes us an offer we can’t refuse. Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the Academy Award-winning film “The Godfather” which premiered in 1972. Set in New York City during the late 1940s, the iconic film tells the story of the Italian mafia under patriarch Vito Corleone, starring Marlon...
Entrepreneurs should establish principles that guide their small businesses, said Patrick Whalen at a talk on Friday, hosted by the Kehoe Family Initiative for Entrepreneurial Excellence. Whalen, assistant to the president, is a former Marine Corps officer who opened both a boys’ highschool called St. Martin’s Academy in southern Kansas and a coffee roastery in...
The Hillsdale City Council approved funding for the police department and made a new appointment to the Tax Increment Finance Authority board at its meeting Feb. 7. The council approved a proposal presented by Police and Fire Chief Scott Hephner for a new undercover vehicle for the department. “We’d like to get our vehicles replaced...
I don’t know if it was the weird smells after 12 hours of driving, the salty snacks that filled the gut, or the people sharing the whole row with me in the back seat, but family road trips always develop strong memories. For the Callaghans, they started at 4:30 a.m. My brothers and sisters and...