Nobuntu, an a cappella group made up of women from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, will share their beautiful voices with the community Oct. 10 at College Baptist Church. James Holleman, chair of the Hillsdale College Music Department, said the performance is part of the Professional Artist Series held by the Fine Arts Department. “It’s very unique to...
When Stanley Kubrick released “Barry Lyndon” in 1975, he shocked — and then disappointed — sci-fi-hungry audiences with a costume drama whose action seemed overshadowed by the director’s obsession with the tedious minutia of 18th-century English culture and custom. In his previous two films, “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) and “A Clockwork Orange” (1971), Kubrick...
Under the glow of $4 Christmas lights hung by nails found in the lawn, nine young men recline in chairs scavenged from campus. Passing by, you’ll hear any music from Alicia Keys to Dropkick Murphys to XXXTentacion. After construction in Galloway Residence displaced the men who lived on the dorm’s fourth floor, the college gave...
Barbara Bushey, professor of art, draws inspiration from the beautiful scapes of Michigan where she grew up. But her art has more than one purpose: Bushey draws attention not only to the beauty of but also threats to the environment. Bushey’s latest project is ‘Prayers for the Great Lakes,’ a series of five hand-dyed and...
Last night in Markel Auditorium, the Tower Players performed the first show of the season, Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s Spanish comedy “Life is a Dream.” When I sat down in the darkening auditorium to watch the dress rehearsal performance of “Life is a Dream,” a plummy purple glow lit up a zodiac pattern on...