Hillsdale’s first edition, second issue copy of Walt Whitman’s 1855 “Leaves of Grass” has officially returned to the Heritage Room after several months of repairs — a restoration process that has left the book officially appraised at $25,000. “Our primary interest in restoring the book was in making it something that students could look...
Ron Hansen, best known for writing fiction on the American West, will be speaking at Hillsdale College on Tuesday about Shakespeare’s impact on his writing and his recent visit to the Holy Land. The lecture will be in Dow Rooms A & B at 8 p.m., with a book signing and reception held after at...
The Hillcats, Hillsdale’s faculty jazz band, will perform “The Music of Joni Mitchell,” from her iconic “Big Yellow Taxi Cab” to her later jazz work at 8 p.m. Saturday in Markel Auditorium. The concert features Sunny Wilkinson, Hillsdale’s resident jazz vocalist, in her final concert at Hillsdale. Wilkinson will be singing Mitchell’s versatile music...
Just a dozen pieces of artwork. That’s all — give or take a few — that the senior art majors select from their portfolios of almost four years to display in their senior art show. Two to four seniors share the shows, which typically begin with a reception and last a week. The first...
David Katz’s original play “Muse of Fire” will tell the modern-day story of a sorcerer and his apprentice in a battle to the death at 8 p.m. Friday in Markel Auditorium. Katz, a conductor, playwright, and actor, performs as seven characters in this one-man play based on his own life as a young student at...