Finding someone who doesn’t listen to music is about as hard as finding someone who doesn’t breathe. Music is everywhere. Practically everyone enjoys it. Music is popular because it’s powerful. It can cheer up the soul, it can make the heart sad. It can be beautiful, but sometimes it’s not. Now I’m not here to...
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Brian Curtis returns to Hillsdale with “Stonehenge”
Stunning sunrises and skyscapes break over the mysterious rocks of Stonehenge in Brian Curtis’ exhibit, currently on display in the Daughtry Gallery of the Sage Center for the Arts. Curtis, a former professor at Hillsdale from 1980 to 1983, returned homecoming weekend to unveil his oil-paintings of Stonehenge. Although he only worked at Hillsdale for...
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October 13, 2014July 12, 2022Culture
“Gone Girl” worth seeing, but flawed
Many moviegoers have come to recognize director David Fincher for his unpredictable storylines in movies such as “Seven,” “Fight Club,” and “Zodiac.” Fincher is at it again in an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel “Gone Girl,” which topped the box office last weekend with earnings of $38 million. While “Gone Girl” has the feel...
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October 13, 2014July 12, 2022Culture
Jack White loosens up with “Lazaretto”
Jack White has always been eccentric. After all, this is the man who pulled the Biblical stunt of trying to pass off his (now ex-)wife and fellow band member as his sister for several years. White has always fought to maintain his unique artistic voice. His new album “Lazaretto” channels that independence and defiance of...
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October 13, 2014July 12, 2022Culture
Wells, Welles, and Brandon: Theater professor reads lead role in classic “War of the Worlds” radio show
Professor of Theatre James Brandon returns to the stage on Oct. 16 in the famous radio part of Professor Pierson in Orson Welles’ 1938 radio broadcast of “The War of the Worlds.” Adapted from H. G. Wells’ novel, the original recording of “The War of the Worlds” was a 57-minute radio broadcast of a Martian...