Mime and mask expert Michael Cooper dazzled Hillsdale’s youth last Friday with his performance of “Masked Marvels and Wondertales”. People of all ages gathered at Markel Auditorium on Sept. 20 to watch Cooper put on eight different skits with the help of 15 different masks. From “The Baby and the Old Man,” a skit about a newborn learning about his...
Culture
Faculty art show to open Saturday
The Hillsdale art faculty will be holding a reception to celebrate the opening of a new visual art exhibit, this Saturday, Sept. 28th. This event is free and open to the public. The reception will be held in the Daugherty Gallery of the Sage Center for the Arts and will run from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibit is entitled...
Art department makes “Joyful Discovery”
“The past and the future meet in the present day classroom-studio where the pursuit of beauty in creative expression can become a doorway to a lifetime of joyful discovery,” reads the introduction to “Joyful Discovery,” the Hillsdale College Art Department’s new faculty publication. Hillsdale’s art department will host an exhibit Sept. 28 through Nov. 15 at the Sage Center for...
Colors that move: The Ballet Russes
In September 1919, a Russian exile named Serge Diaghilev and his friend, Igor Stravinsky, dropped by Henri Matisse’s home to make the painter an offer he couldn’t refuse: the opportunity to create something extraordinary, “like a painting, but with colors that move.” Within the year, Matisse was in London, personally producing the sets and costumes for the latest ballet of...
