Last Friday, The Kruizenga Art Museum held its opening reception for the 2019 fall semester. First opened and dedicated in Sept. 2015, the museum is celebrating its fourth year as a medium of cultural celebration and an inspiration to Hope College students and faculty alike. The museum was named after Richard and Margaret Feldmann Kruizenga…
The beginning of a new school year means new course loads and new friends, but also…new art! On August 30, the exhibit “Deities and Devotion in Mongolian Buddhist Art” found a temporary home in the Kruizenga Art Museum. With over 100 artifacts on display, one could easily spend hours enjoying every painting, sculpture and devotional…
Rembrandt van Rijn, whose name has remained famous for centuries, was born in 1606 and lived to become a celebrated painter and champion of realism. He is most known for his Baroque paintings and, to a lesser extent, for his etchings, which display similar matters fashioned in different ways. Students, faculty and Holland residents now…
If the Hope College Theatre Department has taught us anything this year, it is that they excel at performing sorrowful plays. Their newest production, “Seagull,” can best be described to the modern reader as “extreme sad boi hours.” The Russian play, written by Anton Chekov in 1895 does not leave the audience with a warm…
On April 24, the Hope College Concert Band performed in the Jack Miller Center for Musical Arts. The band was directed by Dr. Gabe Southard along with several student conductors: Genevieve DeHart (’19), Jessica Proper (’21), Charles Jordan (’21), Samantha Savalle (’19) and Andrew DePree (’21). This group differs from many other Hope ensembles in…
Over the years, Hope College has fostered a space for musicians to spread their talents and support each other through all different styles and genres. Last Friday night, the bond that links musicians together and creates a positive, uplifting community for artists to share their music with each other grew a little bit stronger. Micah…
A well-known Hope College professor of dance took the campus by storm when a dance she had choreographed was performed for the first time for the public eye. Audience members flocked to the Knickerbocker Theatre on March 29 to witness the performance, and none were disappointed. “What an amazing performance! I was sobbing halfway through,…
It was a typical March afternoon at Hope College when the fight broke out in the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts lobby last Thursday. What seemed like an innocent debate escalated rapidly, ending with two students wrestling on the floor. The students, whose names have not been released to the public, were taken…
With the weather outside still fairly cold and miserable, it can be both more practical and fun to look for activities indoors rather than outdoors. In between midterms and looking at flights out of Holland for spring break, take a quick mental vacation without leaving campus by visiting the DePree Art Center and checking out…
On Thursday evening, the Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series (JRVWS) put on its final event of the semester, ending the year with two fantastic authors and a celebration of creativity. Hope College played host to writers Hilary Plum and Chen Chen, both of whom demonstrated their literary prowess when they gave live readings to students…