In this Quick Hits, Public Services Librarian Brenna Wade talks squirrels, Wales, and movies. What book are you reading right now? “Tales from the Café” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, second book in the “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” series. How long have you wanted to be a librarian? Ever since junior year of high school, around...
After a whopping $715 million budget, the producers and directors of the new Amazon show, “The Rings of Power,” should have remembered the old saying, “all that glitters is not gold.” On Friday, Sept. 10 a group of friends and I sat down to watch the show’s first episode. There was quite a range of...
From the stars, to the sea, to the Shire, the symphony orchestra will bring the screen to the stage in their concert this weekend. “A Tribute to the Film Composer – Music from the Big Screen” will take place in Markel Auditorium on Saturday, March 5 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 6 at 2...
Bach and Mozart are back, but this time with Frodo. Multiple student ensembles, including strings, horns, and percussion, performed a diverse selection of pieces from Bach, Mozart, and “Lord of the Rings” in Christ Chapel last weekend. The opportunity to take part in a chamber performance is a unique one, said professor of music Melissa...
A free meal on campus is always an “unexpected party.” Perhaps only at Hillsdale College, though, would students feast in honor of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins’ birthdays and call it “second breakfast,” which is exactly what happened in the Heritage Room at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. “It’s a very Hillsdale thing— something unique to us,”...