Freshman Lilly Williams and sophomore Dave Bellet perform a duet. Anna Northcutt | Collegian Students performed everything from original ballads to comedy sketches about being in church during “Storytime: A Variety Show,” hosted by sophomore Gabriel Schutte and Hillsdale College for Life Sunday Feb. 15. Proceeds from the $3 entry fee for the show will go to Hillsdale College for...
Culture
Don’t go solo to ‘Solo Mio’
Despite the film’s title, “Solo Mio,” Matt Taylor (Kevin James) manages to stay solo for about ten minutes. Sidelined at the altar in Rome, the upheaval of his life at nearly 60 years old leaves Matt confused and clutching at straws to try to restore his severed love life. By means of unsolicited help from strangers, luster returns to the...
Culture assistant is Hillsdale’s top critic
“En Route Pour La Pêche” by John Singer Sargent. Courtesy | National Gallery of Art The Dow Journalism Department and the Hillsdale Art Department hosted the inaugural Kenyon Cox Art Critics Essay Competition earlier this semester. This year, students were invited to imagine that The Metropolitan Museum and the Musée d’Orsay would lend Hillsdale College one of three works by...
American ‘high culture’ just looks different
As plastic beads and toilet paper filled the streets of New Orleans this Fat Tuesday, palaces in Vienna, Austria, hosted their final Viennese waltz of the season. Ball season in Vienna, which traditionally lasts Nov. 11 to Shrove Tuesday each year, attracts thousands of visitors to Viennese palaces that host hundreds of balls every season. With string ensembles, fancy attire,...
