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Grace Church Suite offers lodging, wedding venue
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Grace Church Suite offers lodging, wedding venue

Visitors to the college can stay in a renovated historic church in Jonesville just minutes away from Hillsdale. Grace Church Suite is a bed and breakfast located at 36 E. Chicago St. in Jonesville. Alex and Amanda Stemme have owned it since the fall of 2020 when they purchased it at an auction. Guests can...

An empty tree makes full hearts: ‘The Giving Tree’ provides to Hillsdale residents in need
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An empty tree makes full hearts: ‘The Giving Tree’ provides to Hillsdale residents in need

In front of Michelle Wollet’s real estate business in downtown Hillsdale is a small Christmas tree her husband Joe built — a simple wooden frame covered with chicken wire and Christmas lights. Gloves and mittens hang from clothespins, covering the tree like ornaments. A handwritten sign reads, The Giving Tree Have One, Leave One Need...

Attendees enjoy Dawn Theater's private grand opening. Collegian | Josh Newhook
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Dawn Theater celebrates with private grand opening

The Dawn Theater celebrated its completed rehabilitation with a private grand opening on Saturday, Feb. 19. Inside the decorated brick building, supporters of the theater mingled to see the space in its completed form for the first time. More than 200 people turned out for the event, said Calvin Stockdale ’10, one of the project’s...

‘Threepenny Opera’ opens this weekend
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‘Threepenny Opera’ opens this weekend

Crime, affairs, and corruption thrive in the back alleys of 1928 London—and in the Tower Players’ production of “The Threepenny Opera.”  Directed by Theatre Department Chairman James Brandon, “The Threepenny Opera” is based on an English play, “The Beggar’s Opera,” written in 1728. The show follows the illegal dealings of Macheath, played by junior Mathieu...

Swim team wins GMAC/MEC meet
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Swim team wins GMAC/MEC meet

After an undefeated season, the Hillsdale College swim team is the G-MAC/MEC champion for the third year in a row. The Chargers finished the four day meet with a total score of 1631.5, 87 points ahead of their main rival, University of Findlay. “Even though we’re undefeated, and we have beaten Findlay not just this...