When Andy Dufresne, acted by Tim Robbins, plays an angelically beautiful opera aria over the prison PA system in “The Shawshank Redemption,” the camera pans across hundreds of convicts in the prison yard standing enraptured by the music. Photographer Mark James says that is what he wants to do with his photography. “I want beauty...
Year: 2014
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Hillsdale Community Foundation Distributes Winter Awards
On Jan. 3, 2014, the Hillsdale County Community Foundation announced the recipients of its biannual, winter grant awards. Many local nonprofits competed in a rigorous application and selection process for a portion of the foundation’s $39,618 to use for projects that are required to benefit a large number of Hillsdale County residents. “It’s helped us...
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Professor of art and wife purchase State Street Market
The new owners of Hillsdale’s State Street Market began renovating and expanding the existing store this last year. Hillsdale College Associate Professor of Art Anthony Frudakis and his wife, Vivian, recently purchased the market, located at 146 State St., with hopes of expanding it into a small neighborhood market complete with a fresh deli and...
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Concerto Competition winners announced
Featuring two strings, one voice, one woodwind, and a piano, this year’s concert cycle promises a well-rounded set of Concerto Competition winning musicians as has not been seen in several years. The jury selected five of the auditioned musicians, including seniors David Lehe on cello, performing the Antonin Dvorak Cello concerto, and Jacob Martin on...
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Great Glendenings: Joe the Show and his big bro
Hillsdale College football legend Joe “The Show” Glendening was one of the best running backs in the country from 2009 to 2012. Hillsdale’s all-time leader in rushing yards and touchdowns is not the only standout athlete in the Glendening family. Joe’s older brother, Luke Glendening, was a standout center on the University of Michigan hockey...