Last week’s highly enjoyable Tower Players production of The Drowsy Chaperone was a surprising exploration of how individuals understand art and apply it to their own lives. The frame narrator, a character known only as Man in Chair (played by the engaging, ever effervescent junior Matthew Sauer) walks the audience through his beloved recording of “Gable and Stein’s ‘The Drowsy...
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Fighting cabin fever: businesses come together to offer activities
The cure for cabin fever is here in Hillsdale. Two local businesses, David’s Dolce Vita and Toasted Mud, are teaming up to create the “Cabin Fever Series,” events that take the foci of different businesses and combine them in activities. The first event in the series occurred in January, when 26 locals gathered to paint a wine goblet while wine-tasting,...
Next for Tower Players: ‘Vanja and Sonya and Masha and and Spike’
Two middle-aged siblings who’ve held down the fort at home are confronted by news from their actress sister, who comes home with a boy-toy boyfriend and wants to overturn their complacent lives. This is the plot of Christopher Durang’s newest show, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” which the Tower Players will perform in April. “It’s an exploration of...
Thursday is jazz day at Hillsdale
Before heading over to Broad Street Market Thursday nights for Jazz from the Underground, students can now join their peers in Conrad Recital Hall at 6:30 p.m. for a vocal jazz club. Sophomore Gianna Marchese is founding the club under the direction of music faculty. The college has a thriving jazz program, but the singing side needed an organizational push....
