Of all the possible reasons to overhaul an orchestral program for the semester, being selected to perform at a national conference is one of the best. The college orchestra was selected to perform at the College Orchestra Directors Association’s annual conference at George Mason University this Feb. 2 through 4, one of only two...
The National Book Award selection panel pulled no punches with their poetry winner this year. But Daniel Borzutzky’s achievement was a political victory, not a poetic one. In “The Performance of Becoming Human,” Daniel Borzutzky’s National Book Award-winning collection, poetry is a political weapon, a bombshell meant to explode Americans’ delusions about their privileged position...
Gamble’s support of the Turkish translation of Russell Kirk’s “The Conservative Mind” will assist a small, growing group of conservatives hoping to bring stability to a country in chaos. At the request of Annette Kirk from The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal and the Turkish Journal of Conservative Thought, Professor of History Richard Gamble...
After World War II, U.S. Army Airman Walter M. Miller, Jr., feared that the world would explode. In his novel, it already had. “A Canticle for Leibowitz,” Miller’s only novel, was published in 1959 amid fears of nuclear holocaust. Today, this classic work of science fiction brings us face to face with the darker...
Derek Spiteri, son of Checker Records owner John Spiteri, opened the sandwich shop Handmade in the old Oakley building on Hillsdale Street last week, after a year of renovations. The old Oakley-style bread is back, with all sorts of new additions: the sandwich shop also features specialty coffee drinks, ice cream, and a cool...