From the smooth jazz and cozy atmosphere of Rough Draft to the rock’n’roll-vinyl-selling Checker Records, there is a coffee shop for everyone located right here in Hillsdale, Michigan. Less than a mile from campus, Rough Draft offers a cozy study space and many coffee options from their specialty lattes to cortados to breves. Erin Freidenfeld,...
“The Retiree” by Karen Mark COURTESY | Karen Mark Artworks of Hillsdale, a nonprofit group, will host “An Afternoon of Art,” at Rough Draft May 4 from 12-4 p.m, featuring art by local artists. The group, located in Studio 42 which shares a space with Rough Draft, intends to promote local artistry in the...
David Youngman (left) and Dave Turner (right) play jazz at Rough Draft. Megan Li | Collegian It was Friday night, but sophomore Ava Jolley couldn’t relax just yet — she had a paper to write. There were few places better to do it than Rough Draft. The coffee shop’s foyer on the evening of...
Emma De Nooy stands in front of Rough Draft. Courtesy | Emma De Nooy Step aside Socrates and Aristotle fans, there’s a new philosopher on the Hillsdale scene: senior Emma De Nooy. “I actually thought about dropping out at the beginning of this semester to go cook for somebody,” De Nooy said. “I didn’t because...
Rough Draft is a coffee shop in Hillsdale. Courtesy | Facebook Rough Draft is hosting live music nights on the weekends in January and February. “We started it as another way to bring together the town and the college, which is a big goal of our founders,” said barista and Hillsdale College senior Anna Grace...