Rather than performing their annual mini Nutcracker, the Tower Dancers have put together a showcase concert this December featuring themes of fantasy, nostalgia, and human connection, and a decorative holiday dance. On Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. the Towers Dancers will perform their first annual showcase concert with special guests from Jodie Randolph Dance...
‘The Crown’ season three: ‘We all have a role to play’
A staple of modernity in the United States is an unwillingness to take on responsibilities and recognize our roles in the broader picture. As it turns out, Netflix’s new season of “The Crown,” like the previous ones, gives us a model to follow. In the third season of the hit drama, Claire Foy passes...
Multiple casts for Op Shop’s ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’
The theatre department will perform a rendition of the classic Christmas operetta, “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” for their 26th annual Opera Workshop this weekend. Voice professor Melissa Osmand and piano instructor Debra Wyse are directing. “‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ is very historically significant,” junior cast member Gabriel Kramer said. “It was originally...
“Everyday Life” revives old Coldplay
I was a senior in high school when I picked up Coldplay’s 2015 album “A Head Full of Dreams” at Target. It was the same Target where I’d bought all of the British pop-alternative band’s previous albums throughout my childhood and early teenage years. The album wasn’t bad. But it wasn’t satisfying, either. The...
Orchestra, choirs perform ‘Battle of the Bells’
On Nov. 24, Hillsdale College’s Symphony Orchestra, College Choir, and Chamber Choir performed together for the first time to a packed audience at Christ Chapel. According to Music Director James Holleman, this performance was the first time that all 192 musicians could fit together on one stage. “Music is alive and well in the liberal...




