Students, faculty, and community members have the unique opportunity to hear big band jazz that’s straight from the middle of the last century this weekend. The Harry James Orchestra will be performing in the Searle Center at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, along with several student jazz combos while audience members can listen, eat hor d’oeuvres,...
On Thursday senior Glynis Gilio will fulfill her 10-year-long dream: to perform the musical “The Last Five Years.” Gilio’s passion for singing developed in middle school when she attended a fine arts camp in northern Michigan. During the those two summers she learned about Jason Robert Brown and his 2001 musical “The Last Five Years.”...
Somewhere in early April of my freshman year, I found myself attending the 11:30 a.m. Sunday Mass at St. Anthony’s nearly every weekend. This was not because I loved the semi-Latin liturgy. I had found a place to drink, sing, and smoke indoors on late Saturday nights. Most current Hillsdale students are too young to...
What do you get when students studying art, English, Latin, and math walk into a gallery? “Ars Poetica,” the poetic arts — a reference to the Horace poem. The senior art show featuring Katie Davenport, Madeline Greb, and Elsa Lagerquist begins Sunday with a reception from 6-8 p.m. featuring the artists, food, and music. Showcasing...
Down in the depths of the Sage Center for the Arts, there’s a windowless room full of fabrics, clothes, and cheerful student workers. On any given day, Bryan Simmons will be pinning dresses on mannequins or sewing buttons onto a coat, all while humming to whatever might be playing on his radio. This is the...