Next week students will have the opportunity to witness the fusion between art and science in Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play “The Physicists.” In the Quilhot Black Box Theatre at the Sage Center for Performing Arts, students will retell a tale of drama and suspense set in a Swiss sanitarium. Performances of “The Physicists” begin on April...
Category: Culture 2016
In review: Is anybody praying for Kendrick Lamar?
On Good Friday, was anyone praying for Kendrick Lamar? The rapper himself questions it on his newest album, “DAMN.” The internet burst into flame emojis as the Lamar’s fourth album went online overnight on April 14, yanking fans awake for a 55-minute look into the prominent rapper’s consciousness. Rumors of a second album coming...
Shakespeare in the Arb shakes it up with ‘Taming of the Shrew’
Springtime in Hillsdale: The sidewalk ice thaws, the snow turns to sleet, then to rain, then to sunshine, and as the students begin bravely to venture out of doors, so too do the theatrical productions. On May 6 in Slayton Arboretum, the curtain will rise on Shakespeare in the Arb’s 14th annual performance: Elizabethan rom-com...
Tower Dancers perform annual concert
The Tower Dancers’ 2016-17 season came to a close this weekend after their annual concert, which featured a dance set to music derived from radio signals of pulsars. Director Holly Hobbs said she was extremely proud of the dancers, choreographers, costume designers, and everyone else involved. “I thought it was a wonderful show,” Hobbs said. Hobbs,...
Father John Misty’s new album provides unexpected entertainment
On the fourth track of his debut album, “Fear Fun,” Father John Misty croons, “I’ll never leave the canyon, ’cause I’m surrounded on all sides / By people writing novels and living on amusement rides.” With his latest release “Pure Comedy,” he is still languishing in the canyon, but he has gotten some perspective on...