Art galleries around the nation are being forced to close their doors in epidemic numbers. After 11 years in Hillsdale County, Jonesville’s Gallery 49 closed on March 30. Rhonda Foster, president of Gallery 49 Artists’ Co-op, said a lack of funding and artists forced them to close their physical location. “We always had just barely...
Month: April 2019
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Letter: Hillsdale students are generous with their time, energy
Dear Editor: I walk the Baw Beese Trail and Oak Grove Cemetery each day. On Sat., April 6, I passed two groups of Hillsdale College students picking up trash as part of the annual Day of Service. I know that other groups were engaged in community service that day also. I have been impressed with...
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Historian and novelist Arlan Gilbert reflects on 38-year Hillsdale career
While considering the job offer for College President several years ago, Larry Arnn came across a historical novel about Hillsdale College — and it was partly what inspired him to take the job. The novel was written by a former history professor named Arlan Gilbert, who taught at the college from 1960 to 1998. Arlan...
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Harry James Orchestra plays jazz ‘at a higher level’
As the audience laughed softly at the story just told onstage by conductor Fred Radke, Radke turned from the microphone to the Harry James Orchestra and counted off, “One, two, a one, two, three,” and the sounds of trumpet, trombone, and saxophone filled the Searle Center. Off to the side of the stage, couples and...
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Former professor introduces Great Books program at University of Nebraska
Director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture and former Hillsdale College professor John Freeh is introducing the Great Books program to inspire the “pursuit of wisdom” at their center on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s campus. The Newman Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, according to its website, is an educational program in...