On the stage of the Globe Theater, men commonly played women who dressed up as men and were later revealed as women. On the stage of Markel Auditorium however, the Shakespearean formula has been reversed.
“In ‘Merry Wives of Windsor,’ we have two women who are playing men who are disguised as women at the end of the play,” said the show’s director, Professor of Theatre George Angell. “It’s an exact Shakespearean gender inversion.”
One press of the little red button and the Robot Coupe in AJ’s Café shudders to life. With a whirr and churr, it crushes two cups of fresh fruit into eight ounces of juice.
One of these tragically recent discoveries is the powerful, brazenly talented Etta James, who died last Friday morning in Riverside Calif. at the age of 73 due to complications from leukemia.
Four-time Grammy Award winner, member of both The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and The Blues Hall of Fame, James left an indelible mark on modern music. Adele cites James as her biggest influence. Flo Rida’s “Good Feeling” is a tribute. Beyonce Knowles played James in the movie “Cadillac Records.” Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, R. Kelly, and even The Rolling Stones attest to her influence.
Hillsdale is beautiful. Even when the sky is grey, the ground is mud, and the streets are slush; we are surrounded by stunning, new, Neo-classical architecture seldom associated with college campuses.