Nearly 200 listeners packed Markel Auditorium on Saturday for an evening that highlighted traditional Native American culture through both classical and tribal music. Robert Mirabal, an acclaimed Native American musician, performed with the trailblazing string quartet ETHEL as part of the Hillsdale College Professional Artist Series. The group presented its album “The River.” Mirabal is...
“The fair!” These were the first words I heard from novelist and short story writer Joy Williams as John Somerville, professor of English and director of the Visiting Writers Program, introduced her at Monday night’s reading for her visit Sept. 25 and 26. Joy’s list of accolades is long — she was nominated for the...
Some 2,500 years ago, one industrious artist painted hundreds of ceramic Greek vases, adorning them with scenes of military and mythology. This year, the Princeton University Art Museum organized an exhibition of the anonymous Berlin Painter’s work, drawing more than 50 of the vases together from 15 private collections from the British Museum to the...
The latest album from faculty jazz band the Hillcats assures listeners that the Great American Songbook is still alive. “Lean on It” compiles tunes from across the spectrum of the mid-century’s jazz repertoire, arranged anew by Chris McCourry, Hillcats trumpeter and director of jazz ensembles. Hillsdale’s jazz faculty, joined by singer and Social Media Coordinator...
The lights dimmed, and the rustling theater-goers quieted in anticipation. That moment — between reality and the story — prepared the audience for a journey, either of laughter or tears, of entertainment or catharsis. Fourteen Hillsdale students had the opportunity to witness the lights rising on six professionally produced plays this past week at the...