The 40 members of The Hillsdale Town and Country Barbershop Chorus share a love for barbershop-style music and call upon the ubiquitous Hillsdale city motto, “It’s the people,” to explain their commitment to the Chorus — some of whom have been involved for nearly half a century. For many of these veteran singers, time’s passing finds them gray-haired but with...
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Former Simpsonite produces ‘ode’ to campus dormitory
Simpson Residence is a strange place. The residents’ antics, from taking homecoming week too seriously to dangling someone in the cafeteria to announce a party, may seem childish to an outsider. But to those living in dorm culture, Simpson is a community built on tradition, friendship, and personal growth. To many Simpsonites, the dorm is a place where boys become...
Hillsdale Camerata to perform Josquin, Mozart
The concert will feature performances of Bach’s Suite No. 2 and Contrapunctus No. 1, Mozart’s Symphony No. 23, and a vocal piece by Josquin des Prez in a relaxed setting along with with coffee and doughnuts. The Camerata is a chamber orchestra of about 20 students who want to play in a smaller setting. They rehearse and perform voluntarily...
Son of William F. Buckley Jr. satirizes Reformation in ‘The Relic Master’
When you have to sell the toes of saints for a living, you know something is rotten in the system. At first, “The Relic Master,” a comedy about the exploits of a Reformation-era businessman, doesn’t sniff of political commentary. But journalist Christopher Buckley’s new novel, published in December 2015, uses a relic collector’s run-in with the Shroud of Turin to...
