Twelve string musicians competed in the Michigan American String Teachers Association Solo Competition Nov. 18 in the Conrad Recital Hall at Hillsdale College. “The biannual event was created by the American String Teachers Association to promote excellence and incentives for the highly gifted young string players and teachers in America ages 18-23,” Professor of Music...
Only a maniac would adapt “Moby Dick” for the screen—so it’s a good thing John Huston was crazy. The American director best known for “The African Queen” (1951), “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948), and “The Maltese Falcon” (1941) almost always captained movies based on novels. But his 1956 adaptation of Herman Melville’s whale...
At 163 ½ Oak Street, the living room makes a great dance floor. The bottle of caramel vodka they found in the basement was great way to christen the house, and the roof is the perfect spot to stargaze on clear nights. Maddy Brylski likes playing her banjo in the living room, and the eight...
In the movie titled after his own despicable actions, the dark wizard Grindelwald commits no truly evil action. In the franchise that’s supposed to deal with fantastic beasts, the beasts hardly see any screen time in the newest film of the Harry Potter universe, “The Crimes of Grindelwald.” The film starts in 1927 with the...
To the disappointment of cheapskate film lovers everywhere, WarnerMedia recently announced that it will discontinue FilmStruck, its streaming service for classic, foreign, and independent cinema, on Nov. 29. The stated reason: not enough subscribers. The real reason: FilmStruck was structured poorly and allowed users to blow through an infinite number of free trials. And now:...