The Hillcats, Hillsdale’s faculty jazz band, will perform “The Music of Joni Mitchell,” from her iconic “Big Yellow Taxi Cab” to her later jazz work at 8 p.m. Saturday in Markel Auditorium. The concert features Sunny Wilkinson, Hillsdale’s resident jazz vocalist, in her final concert at Hillsdale. Wilkinson will be singing Mitchell’s versatile music...
Lamplighters, the senior women’s honorary on Hillsdale College’s campus, is celebrating the induction of its new eight members at the Honors Ceremony on Saturday. Founded in 1949, Lamplighters was established at Hillsdale to recognize outstanding women and to stand as a counterpart to the men’s honorary, the Mortar Board. The current senior members selected junior...
More than 160 years ago, Hillsdale soldiers ran drills in preparation to give their lives for Michigan and the Union during the Civil War where today’s residents relax and enjoy the outdoors. To commemorate their sacrifice, Bill Smith, a native of Hillsdale County, is heading up an effort to establish an historical marker at that...
Handmade Sandwiches and Beverages offers the best sandwiches in Hillsdale, with an extensive menu of breads, meat, cheese, and vegetables for a 7-inch build-your-own sandwich starting at $7. Don’t forget to grab a drink, but the shakes, coffee, soda and organic juice will make it hard to choose just one. This recent downtown development also...
For the first time since its founding in 1951, the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra will perform for a national audience. The ensemble will play at the College Orchestra Directors Association’s national conference in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Friday, Feb. 3. The conference runs from Feb. 2 to Feb. 4. Hillsdale’s orchestra won the chance to...