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A chance to dazzle
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A chance to dazzle

 At the beginning of each spring semester, more than 20 students — music and non-music majors — vie for a coveted spot to perform a solo with the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra. On Monday the music department announced this year’s winners: Sophomore Keely Rendle, junior Thomas Ryskamp, and senior Susena Finegan will perform in the...

Inside Aaron Zenz’s art and the child’s imagination
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Inside Aaron Zenz’s art and the child’s imagination

Aaron Zenz said he used 119 Prismacolor pencils — taking each from great big pencil to little, itty bitty stub you can’t even hold — and broke 251 pencil tips in the making of his first children’s picture book, “The Hiccopotamus.”  Zenz’s casualties stem from his unorthodox use of colored pencils. His manipulation of this...

Reduced Shakespeare Company to perform the Bard’s ‘first play’
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Reduced Shakespeare Company to perform the Bard’s ‘first play’

The Reduced Shakespeare Company, a touring three-man comedy troupe, will perform “William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged)” at 8 p.m. Friday in Markel Auditorium. “It’s kind of an irreverent, accessible comedy,” theater department chairman James Brandon said. Those interested in attending can reserve tickets by emailing or visiting the box office. Brandon said the...