This weekend Hillsdale can see meditations on life in motion at the Tower Dancers’ annual concert, featuring live music and productions worked on for the past year. The performances will be 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in Markel Auditorium. Admission is free, and no ticket is required. Students will perform five...
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March 26, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
My life as a would-be novelist
According to writer Joseph Epstein, 81 percent of Americans have a book they want to write. I have five. Here are descriptions of three sufficient to prove my ambitions while also not giving my ideas away: a) The story of a high school student struggling with that stage of life’s typical problems…while also losing control...
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March 26, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
‘Insurgent’ just another bad sequel
Last March, the movie adaptation of “Divergent” freed a good plot from a poorly written novel and made it worth watching. Since then, fans of Kate Winslet and Theo James have waited expectantly for the release of “Insurgent,” the sequel of “Divergent,” which was released this past weekend. As a fan of “Divergent”, I decided...
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March 26, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
“Flowers of Beauty”: Hillsdale Arts Chorale displays talent and history
Last Sunday at 3 p.m., the Hillsdale Arts Chorale performed the third concert of their 42nd season in the sanctuary of Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church. The performance, entitled “Flowers of Beauty,” featured a range of pieces with one unifying theme. “Today’s program was about love, and the different ways we as humans can love,” said...
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March 26, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
‘Cinderella’ a near-perfect movie
Many of us grew up enjoying Disney’s animated classic, “Cinderella.” As a kid, I was spellbound by singing mice, Cinderella’s sweetness, and, of course, the magic of the Fairy Godmother’s “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo.” But when Kenneth Branagh started production of a live-action remake of the fairy tale favorite, I was a bit skeptical. To be honest, “Cinderella”...