Lost Mary member Luke Martin stands next to a vintage Ford. COURTESY | Jack Cote While Hillsdale County has rapidly changed over the years, it has kept the quiet simplicity of most Midwestern towns — at least according to alumni band Lost Mary’s new song “Vintage Ford.” “Vintage Ford” follows a single the band released last year, part of...
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Orchestra to play this weekend
The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra. Courtesy | Hillsdale College Picture rugged mountains, coarse sand, and salty sea waves as they crash against the rocks. This is what Felix Mendelssohn encountered when he visited the Hebrides, an island chain off Scotland’s west coast. Hillsdale’s symphony orchestra will perform the German composer’s translation of his experience, “Die Hebrides,” at its Saturday...
Whalen to perform at Dawn
Greg Whalen plays the guitar in Lost Mary’s Studio COURTESY | Jack Cote Six months after releasing his first EP “American Deployed,” senior Greg Whalen will perform 18 original songs at Hillsdale’s Dawn Theater this weekend. Whalen will perform the concert, “An American Story,” Feb. 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. and it will reflect Whalen’s journey over the...
Art department hosts annual colloquium
The Pisa Cardinalilio, by Allesandro Allori. COURTESY | Thomas Brown Thomas Brown solved a mystery of an old painting and a songbird after visiting an art museum in Portugal. The painting, which depicts a bright red cardinal held in Joseph of the Holy family’s hand in the 1602 painting, is by Alessandro Allori called the “Rest on the Flight...
