The Tower Dancers celebrate their 15th annual dance recital this weekend with live music performed by students of the music department. Performances are Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., in the Markel Auditorium at the Sage Center for the Arts. Call 517-607-2848 or email sageboxoffice@hillsdale.edu to reserve your free...
Featuring two winners of the annual Concerto/Aria Competition, the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra will perform its first concert of the semester on Thursday. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in Markel Auditorium. Ticket reservations should be made by contacting the Sage Center Box Office either by phone or email. The program includes Bedřich Smetana’s...
As the Oscars draw near, so come musings about which film will win the Best Picture award, and this year nine movies are looking to claim the coveted gold man. And while “Dunkirk” is about bringing men home, it shouldn’t bring home an Oscar for Best Picture. It lacks the character development and backbone that...
A man with absurd ’90s glasses sits in a living room. He responds to an interviewer: “Everyone remembers The Incident differently and that’s a fact. Some people honest-to-god remember Tonya whacking Nancy herself.” The scene flashes to a woman in a pink figure-skating costume bringing down a baseball bat on a fallen figure. The woman...
Director Jordan Peele’s debut film, “Get Out,” a thriller-comedy with elements of psychological horror, challenges and expands the traditional American definition of racism, leaving audiences much to contemplate but little to act upon. “Get Out” is nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, and although Peele deserves recognition for the movie’s original commentary on race...