The Department of Theatre at Hope College will present Smokefall by Noah Haidle on Friday and Saturday, October 11-12, and Thursday through Saturday, October 17-19 at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a free matinee on Sunday, October 13 at 2:00 p.m. All performances will be held in the DeWitt Studio Theatre. Directed by Professor…
Walking into the De Pree Art Gallery, one could feel as though they are entering a sensory playground at a Children’s Museum. Eyes are immediately focused on the architectural sculpture at the center of the current gallery exhibit, fashioned from steel, colored glass, mirrored spheres, piles of powder, and yarn balls. Light warps the eye,…
On Monday, September 23, the Hope College Department of Music hosted its first guest artist: soprano MeeAe Nam. A current Professor of Voice at Eastern Michigan University, Dr. Nam has worked throughout America, Europe, and Asia. She has been a guest artist and clinician at schools such as Korean National University of Arts in Seoul,…
Hope College Concert Series had their first event of the year last Friday night. Through shared music, the Concert Series “aim(s) to inspire the West Michigan and Hope College community in areas of diversity, originality, and openness”. This concert took place in the Knickerbocker Theatre, featuring local band The Skinny Limbs as opening act, and…
“I had a wonderful dream on Friday night. I dreamed the river ran free that on its roaring horse it rode over stones, past the border of farms” These words, from Persian poet Latif Nazemi’s work entitled “A Word for Freedom,” appeared momentarily on the screen of Dewitt Theatre’s stage on Sept. 19 and…
Song. Play. Oration. 84 years of friendly competition, dazzling performances, and Nykerk Love. Nykerk is a competition between freshman and sophomore women in three different areas: song, play, and oration. Junior and senior coaches arrange the music, write the plays and guide the orators as they craft seven-minute monologues. After 21 days of practice and…
If you’re looking for a way to engage with great literature, talented writers and thoughtful community, the Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series (JRVWS) might be the perfect opportunity. This fall, Hope College will be hosting three award-winning authors—Mira Bartók, Heather Sellers and Julia Alvarez—to give readings of their work and share insights in a Q&A…
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…