Euripides’ “Medea” is getting a new face. The Hillsdale College Theatre Department’s adaptation of the Greek tragedy gives the classic storyline a familiar setting in the Great Lakes region of 1680 America. Instead of the characters being Corinthians and Greeks, Native American tribes collide with French fur traders. The merging societies come together in one of the play’s most unique...
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Historic art at their fingertips
The drawing shown is an original limited edition 1993 print of Chief Baw Beese, a Potawatomie village chief of Hillsdale County, by artist Jim Wildt of Litchfield, Mich. The background was created based off of a photograph taken on the east side of Baw Beese Lake in February of 1993. This is the only known accurate depiction of Chief Baw...
Historic art at their fingertips
The Grosvenor House Museum in Jonesville was home to Michigan Lieutenant Governor Grosvenor in the late 19th century and remains the home to many original pieces of history from the time. One of the most interesting of these artifacts is the carriage, which provides a look into the past ways of transportation, as well as local history of the Jonesville...
Movie review: ‘The Master’
“The Master” created a significant amount of buzz when the project was announced almost two years ago. The character of Lancaster Dodd, played by the talented Phillip Seymour Hoffman, was widely known to be based on Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Given how protective the Scientologist community has been about perceived attacks on its church, many observers expected it to...
