The Hope College Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Arts Collective will present its spring con- cert on Wednesday, March 15. The concert, entitled “Hope on the Road,” will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts. The public is invited, and admission is free. The concert…
Hope College’s Department of Dance kicked off Dance 43 last weekend on March 3 and 4. The performance took place at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland and featured student dancers. Department Chair, Matthew Farmer, explained the event’s theme in the program notes, writing, “Tonight the Dance Department celebrates 43 years of presenting works to…
Hope College students Ashley Arnoult (’19) and Abbey Peecher (’18) may seem like typical funny college friends, but recently they’ve taken their funniness to a whole new level by recording themselves for the entire world to hear. The pair has created a podcast, entitled “This Is Definitely A Podcast,” which can be listened to for…
Global Ambassadors for the Fried Center for Global Engagement are hosting a movie series this semester. The series will kick off Thursday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fried Hemenway Auditorium, where Alexandria Watts (’17) will be showing “Rams,” an Icelandic film. Each movie has been chosen by different Global Ambassadors to represent the…
Six Hope College musicians were featured at the Hope College Symphony Orchestra’s 45th Annual Concerto-Aria Concert on Saturday, Feb. 18. The concert was held in the concert hall of the Jack H. Miller building and was also live-streamed online. Soloists included Madalyn Navis (’17) on violin, Stanna Dorn (’17) on piccolo, Hilary Hunsberger (’17) on…
(Photos by Kelly Ocock) The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series kicked off the second half of its 2016 – 2017 season with poet Natalie Scenters-Zapico and writer Lauren Acampora. The two read in the John and Dede Recital Hall in the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2….
The Hope College Department of Theatre will present new play “Love and Information” on Feb. 17-18 and 22-25, at 7:30 p.m. in the DeWitt Center Main Theatre. Written by Caryl Churchill, the play explores human interaction in the digital age. Director Daina Robins is excited to explore that mystery and challenge through “Love and Information.”…
The new and soon-to-be releases that every avid novel-lover will be purchasing at the bookstore this year Bookworms, rejoice. This year a plethora of highly anticipated books from poets and novelists are set to be released. The issues addressed in these upcoming paperbacks include everything from race, young love and loss. Here are a couple…
Tony Monaco and Rhonda Edgington will present an organ concert titled “Tony and Rhonda Go to Church” on Thursday, Feb. 9. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts. Admission is free, and the performance is open to the public. The concert…
(Photos by Kelly Ocock) This semester on-campus women’s Bible studies are taking inspiration from an exhibition on display at the Kruizenga Art Museum (KAM). The exhibit entitled “Gospel Stories” features 47 pieces designed by German artist Otto Dix and Japanese artist Sadao Watanbe. Both 20th century artists portray Jesus in their pieces, as they were…