As a musician, Luke Woltanski never fit into a category. His piano teacher once refused to teach him because he was too inventive during lessons. He admits playing “normal music” is difficult for him, but being unconventional has served him well so far. Woltanski, a freshman studying biology at Hillsdale College, independently recorded three albums in high school and is...
Culture
Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize in Literature is right and noble
Bob Dylan just won a Nobel Prize in literature. It’s exactly the kind of lifetime achievement award such an endlessly inventive and prolific artist as Dylan deserves. Of course, everyone is mad about it. In The New York Times, Anna North laments that the selection committee passed over “writers who have made significant innovations in the form” and underrepresented...
Hillcats fuse jazz, rock, and funk in fall concert
The Hillcats Faculty Jazz Ensemble will rock the Markel Auditorium with rock beats and electronic instruments as they perform a concert of jazz-fusion music this Friday, Oct. 28, at 8 p.m. With a program full of jazz blended with classical, funk, and rock elements, Lecturer in Music and saxophonist Jonathon Gewirtz said this concert will cover material not usually...
Ecce Viri: Behold the men
Simpson dormitory has long had a reputation for craziness, but ultimately, what happens in Simpson stays in Simpson, right? Not for long. A 10-minute documentary of the infamous dorm directed by former Hillsdale student Josh Hamilton will premiere Nov. 11 at the 10th annual Lone Star Film Festival in Fort Worth, Texas. In past years, the festival has premiered blockbusters...
