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Orchestra performs ‘Reformation’
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Orchestra performs ‘Reformation’

The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra opens its 67th season this weekend with a diverse repertoire featuring works from the 19th and 20th centuries, highlighted by Felix Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 5 in D major,” also known as the “Reformation” symphony. The Orchestra will perform on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in Markel...

Shakespeare Society reimagined
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Shakespeare Society reimagined

After playing the leading lady in the Shakespeare Society’s production of “Taming of the Shrew” in the spring, junior Molly Kate Andrews swooped into a leadership position in the club. As president this year, Andrews has big plans to revamp the club by adding new events that appeal to a broader audience. The Shakespeare Society...

ArtPrize features students’ work
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ArtPrize features students’ work

How did people react to your art? Rachael Reynolds, senior: “The piece is called ‘Textured Soul: Recluse, Rumination and Resolve.’ I used the language of the tattoo on my model to tie the first and third prints together. It tells a story through the texture. At some point, you have to start putting yourself out...

Teaching technique
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Teaching technique

Julio Suarez walked into his blank-walled office and took off his large black painter’s smock. As he sat down, he spread out a few art pieces on his desk.  “Those were done by my students,” he said. They were collages made from magazine clippings, modeled after famous works like Johannes Vermeer’s “The Milkmaid.” “They did...