The Hillcats Faculty Jazz Ensemble will rock the Markel Auditorium with rock beats and electronic instruments as they perform a concert of jazz-fusion music this Friday, Oct. 28, at 8 p.m. With a program full of jazz blended with classical, funk, and rock elements, Lecturer in Music and saxophonist Jonathon Gewirtz said this concert...
Hiding behind a thick line of pines off of a Hillsdale County backroad, a 140-year-old house peeks out between fat shrubs and a cluster of brick-red barns. A soft murmur passing between chirping birds fills the natural hush of the countryside, and a couple cats yawn as they loll about on the front porch. Welcome...
The Greater Hillsdale Humane Society’s 28th annual Wiggle Waggle Pet Walk-a-Thon raised an estimated $1,500 in donations to help cover the monthly costs of its animal shelter on Saturday, Oct. 8. Housing about 150 dogs and cats, the animal shelter’s monthly bills average between $10,000 and $12,000. The Humane Society, a nonprofit, does not...
Nine male convicts squeeze into state-issued chairs and encounter great works of literature. One female English professor steers an erratic discussion, befriending a ragtag band of prisoners. This is the “Maximum Security Book Club.” In her new novel, Mikita Brottman assesses her time at Maryland’s Jessup Correctional Institution book by book, recalling the conversations and...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Statues pose on street corners, photographs frame restaurant walls, and canvases cover brick-walled storefronts. Grand Rapids, Michigan, has welcomed 1,453 artists to showcase their work within 3 square miles of town for 19 days in one of the most open and diverse international art competitions on the planet: ArtPrize. While the...