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Sauk holds ‘Titanic’ auditions

Jonesville’s Sauk Theatre will hold auditions tomorrow and Saturday for their upcoming production of the musical “Titanic,” which will take place June 11-21. “Titanic,” which won five Tony Awards, including “Best Musical,” when it opened in 1997, will be the Sauk’s third production of the 2015 season. The epic musical tells the stories of a...

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Hearing from the professors’ younger selves

Assistant Professor of Philosophy Lee Cole ’04 captivated an enthusiastic audience in Lane 125 yesterday afternoon with a letter written to his freshman self. Cole’s lecture was the most recent entry of Academic Services’ new “Letters to my Undergraduate Self” series, in which Hillsdale professors turn back the clock to relate what they wish they...

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Here from Chicago, August Hotel

In January 2011, freshman Dean Sinclair and the other members of alt-rock band August Hotel were just four kids from the northwest suburbs of Chicago, cobbling together a last-minute winning set for a church-basement battle of the bands in Des Plaines, Illinois. Four years later and 220 miles away, August Hotel opened Phi Mu Alpha’s...

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Bob Dylan uncovers Sinatra in ‘Shadows of the Night’

For a cover album, Bob Dylan’s “Shadows in the Night” is full of surprises. It is surprising to begin with that Dylan, who in 35 previous studio releases has never produced an album devoid of original content, would opt to make one at the ripe old age of 73. It is more surprising that Dylan...

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Next for Tower Players: ‘Vanja and Sonya and Masha and and Spike’

Two middle-aged siblings who’ve held down the fort at home are confronted by news from their actress sister, who comes home with a boy-toy boyfriend and wants to overturn their complacent lives. This is the plot of Christopher Durang’s newest show, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” which the Tower Players will perform in...