Every once in a while, I disappear to a place none of my friends have visited: Chile. Twenty-five years ago my dad, an American man named Tim, started working as a mining engineer in Tucson, Arizona. One weekend, he decided to vacation in Prague, in the Czech Republic A Chilean woman — Rosario — who...
“One teaspoon full of arsenic, then add half a teaspoon full of strychnine, and then just a pinch of cyanide.” That isn’t your aunt’s recipe for elderberry wine. But then again, Martha Brewster is no ordinary aunt. For those in search of a night of adventure, dark humor, and Theodore Roosevelt impersonations, Hillsdale’s Tower Player’s...
On Sunday, the full Hillsdale College orchestra and choir will give a joint performance for the first time in three years. The concert will feature 122 choral voices and 70 orchestra musicians. The repertoire will include Francis Poulenc’s “Gloria”and Vaughn Williams’ “Fantasia on Christmas Carols.” Poulenc’s “Gloria” is written for both orchestra and choir. According...
The floor won’t be breaking this year. Local pub 55 Below is the quintessential bar. Complete with filmy plastic barstools, pool tables, and ancient arcade games, it is a perfect new location for Phi Mu Alpha’s annual Battle of the Bands. But atmosphere is secondary. The pub’s greatest qualification is its six-inch-thick concrete floors....
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church will be holding its first-ever Advent Hymn Festival, open to all members of the community. The event, which will be held on Dec. 1 at 6 p.m., will feature a variety of religious hymns with both vocal and instrumental music. The idea behind this festival was to bring together all of...