This Valentine’s Day brings a musical treat: violin and viola students in Professor of Music Melissa Knecht’s studio are performing a virtuosi concert Feb. 14 in Markel Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. “It is designed to be a fun concert to showcase the violins and violas that we have at Hillsdale,” Knecht said. “We really have an amazing amount of talent....
Culture
Q&A: John Jeremiah Sullivan
Visiting Writer John Jeremiah Sullivan came to Hillsdale College Feb. 11 and 12 to share his work with students. He is the author of “Pulphead: Essays” and “Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter’s Son.” How did you get started writing? I got my start from my mom and my dad. My dad, obviously, was a sportswriter and my...
Guns, gangs, and gas conflagrations
Men in dapper dress, a “tomato” of a doll, and a rubber-faced gangster populate the crooked city of Los Angeles in director Ruben Fleischer’s (of “Zombieland” fame) crime flick, “Gangster Squad,” which is inspired by a true story. This film ought to have been quite good, considering the source material, concept, and actors. It ought to have been good, but...
Sullivan to visit campus
Essayist and journalist John Jeremiah Sullivan will visit campus on Feb. 11 and 12 as part of Hillsdale’s Visiting Writers Series. On Monday, he will read an excerpt from his work. On Tuesday, he will deliver a lecture titled “The Essay and the ‘Mag Piece’: A Double Helix.” Associate professor of English John Somerville said that Sullivan is the first...
