Category: Culture

GRAPHIC DESIGN: NOW IN PRODUCTION   The art show “Graphic Design: Now in Production” features 21st century designs of logos, posters, film titles and more. The show is hosted by Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Mich. and co-organized by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and Cooper-Hewitt from the Smithsonian Institution...

After 11 months of writing, revising, planning, and rehearsing, senior Lauren Hughes has brought her play, “Among the Others,” to the stage. Hughes play, an original script, was performed at 8 p.m. on April 9 and 10 in the Hames room of the Sage Arts Center by the Hillsdale Tower Players. “My show is entitled...

200 miles off the North African coast lies the Portuguese island Madeira. Europeans and Africans know the island for its beaches and surfing, but Professor of Economics Ivan Pongracic appreciates other aspects of this island. Nine years ago, Pongracic and three others created a surf band called Madeira, inspired by the island’s surfing culture and...

Paul Poiselle, a 19th century French poet, paces the streets of downtown Hillsdale ravenously puffing on a weary pipe. His long mustache tickles his lips and reaches for his twitching jawline, the tips of his mustache bobbing a bit with each fervent step. Senior Mark Keller follows the foreign figure with a camera to capture...

A friend of mine here, when we were only just acquainted, referred to me as the “kid who dances all the time.” She was criticizing me for having danced more than talked at the party where we’d met. She may have had a valid point. I have no regrets about the dancing, however. Perhaps I...