Before the set is built and the costumes designed, before the dress rehearsals and the opening-night butterflies, a director must choose a play and select the actors. The cast of “Dancing at Lughnasa,” Hillsdale College’s 2015 winter play, was announced Sept. 24. The play, which will run Nov. 18-21, stars seniors Matt Sauer and Allyn Morrison; junior Tyler Groenendal; and...
Culture
Pastels made in the great outdoors: ‘Sparkle with Repose’ exhibit hits Hillsdale Oct. 9
There are few artists left of William Truman Hosner’s kind. Professional painters today have nearly abandoned open-air painting for the convenience of a camera. After snapping pictures of an outdoor scene, they head indoors and create portraits from the photographs. But internationally renowned pastelist Hosner hasn’t used a camera in nearly two decades. Hillsdale College’s Daughtrey Gallery in the Sage...
Bookbinders on campus: Hillsdale student and professor craft handbound books
To create something both useful and beautiful is a “human” practice, according to Assistant Professor of English Kelly Franklin. “Think of the swords in ‘Lord of the Rings,’” Franklin said. “They’re tools of war, but they’re always beautiful.” Like swordmaking in Tolkien’s works, the art of bookbinding gives both functionality and beauty to text, according to Franklin. And today, as...
Hillsdale launches Little Big Band: New ensemble jazzes up music program
A new jazz ensemble has swung into the rhythm of Hillsdale College: the Little Big Band. According to saxophone instructor Jonathon Gewirtz, the band’s director, this smaller ensemble was added to the jazz program to provide jazz students with an alternative to Big Band. All but three of last year’s Big Band members returned this year, leaving Director of Jazz...
