The Sauk Theater was buzzing the evening of Thursday, Oct. 10 when director Trinity Bird’s cast put on Jonesville’s first theatrical performance of “Lord of the Flies” at the Sauk. This performance was deeply important to Bird; “Lord of the Flies” is a story that has been very close to his heart since he first...
I want to buy Ritz crackers. Is it wrong to save 20 cents and not grab the Susan G. Komen-labelled ones? Why do we have consumer “sins”? Are we responsible for how the company that designed my phone pays its workers? Or how the sheep which grew the wool for my sweater was handled? ...
Lauren Redding, an artist and curator based out of Naples, Florida, is bringing her art exhibit on silverpoint drawing to Hillsdale this Friday, Oct.18. Barbara Bushey, chairwoman and professor of art, welcomed anyone on campus to come enjoy the month-long exhibit. “The department is happy to show these drawings, executed in an old and exacting...
The release of the new Downton Abbey movie on Sept. 20 sent scores of white, middle-aged moms into a tizzy. The movie, which didn’t even have the courtesy of giving itself a real title besides “Downton Abbey,” was practically one very long, very undramatic, and almost-plotless episode of the original series that ran from...
When I was about 13, my dad went through a phase of playing Tom Petty in the car on Sunday mornings. As we drove down the highway to our Presbyterian church in Middle Tennessee, I would whine in the back seat about how annoying Petty’s voice was. The rest of my siblings enjoyed Petty; I...