Hope College’s improv group, Vanderprov, is holding auditions next week, as they look for new members for this year’s shows of fun and laughter. Katy Smith (‘23) is this year’s president of Vanderprov and has been on the improv team since she auditioned her freshman year. The team has seven members (with junior, Emily Davidson,…
On Friday, September 9th, John Legend released his long anticipated album, LEGEND. The album contains 24 tracks that span several genres and portray several emotions. The album is the culmination of being a musician for years and knowing how to experiment to produce something new and fresh. Some of the big takeaway tracks from this…
Hope College has a myriad of different music tastes across its campus. Many students may like music from artists such as Luke Combs or Morgan Wallace, while others may be more attracted to artists like Lizzo or Ariana Grande. Whatever one’s music taste may be, we all had one album this summer that kept us…
This past year, the theatre and dance department said goodbye to their costume shop manager Darlene Veenstra after 22 years. With that being said, there was a new position that needed to be filled and it was filled by Anna Hill. Past Projects and Education Anna Hill is the new costume manager for the theatre…
Set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, the musical “Bright Star” weaves a beautiful story about love, grief, and hope in the 1920s and 1940s. Hope’s production, which opened last weekend, is directed by Daina Robins with music direction by Sarah VandenBrink and choreography by M. Linda Graham. Bright Star’s powerful cast of…
It has appeared to me that there now exists a definite media pipeline that includes the writing of Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Somewhere along the line of record collecting, being obsessed with A24 movies and collecting Criterions, one eventually reads “Norwegian Wood” and makes sure everyone within a five-mile radius knows about it. But maybe…
On a particular day two years ago in Phelps Dining Hall, a few theatre students gathered and watched the Lego stop-motion animation of “The Murder of Gonzago,” created by faculty member Eric Van Tassell, inspired by a scene within the famous Shakespearean play, “Hamlet.” From this, an idea bloomed from the ashes. “What if we…
The latest album from Rex Orange County, titled “WHO CARES?”, was released Friday, March 11, 2022. The album keeps true to the artist’s style and is a beautiful masterpiece that tackles topics of mental health with ease and grace. It contains eleven tracks that not only build on one another but constantly bring up new…
On February 25, 2022, Tears for Fears released their album “The Tipping Point.” The last album the band released was in 2020, titled “The Seeds Of Love (Deluxe).” Some of their older work that is most recognizable is the song “Everybody Wants To Rule The World,” released more than 35 years ago in 1985. This…
As much as I hate to admit it, I’m always intrigued by the Oscars year in and year out. Sure, it doesn’t really mean anything at the end of the day, and they hardly ever tend to get it right, but it’s always fun to root for your favorites and get unnecessarily angry when The…