This past weekend, mysterious additions and disappearances were discovered in the Kruizenga Art Museum. None of these additions were scheduled, so workers quickly had to investigate the scene. On Oct. 27, all pieces in the museum appeared normal upon closing. Around midnight that night, surveillance images showed paintings from the Living Traditions collection mysteriously flying…
Every year around Halloween, people all over the country get in the spirit of the “spooky season” by playing tricks, staging scares and drinking lots of pumpkin spice lattes. Students on Hope College’s campus are no exception. Many students will decorate their dorms, dress up for parties and eat a little bit more candy than…
Film critic Richard Brody begins his review of “Gavagai” in The New Yorker, “Every now and then, I like to highlight noteworthy films that aren’t, or are hardly, available to the public, both because they should be and because their unavailability…is a kind of news in itself.” Beginning Monday, Nov. 12, this “hardly available” and…
The gallery in the DePree Art Center is silent, except for the hum of Hope College students and professors bustling about, conversing animatedly. The periodic sound of a shutter on a camera can be heard every few seconds. It seems a fitting setting for an exhibition which is centered on the familiar sights and scenes…
The Hope College Great Performance Series hosted its second group of the year on Friday night. As the clock reached 7:30 p.m., the John and Dede Howard Recital Hall came to life with the ethereal sound of Meng Su and Yameng Wang’s guitar playing. Known collectively as the Beijing Guitar Duo, Su and Wang have…
As the stage manager bustles and the master electrician finishes checking spotlights, actresses sit under the careful eyes of the costumers. The director and designers are sprinkled among the students in the intimate space of DeWitt’s studio theatre with their jobs finished—whether they like it or not. The lights go down, come back up and…
The Hope College Concert Series began its 2018-2019 show season with a powerful all-female lineup at the Knickerbocker Theatre on Friday night. Margaret Glaspy, a witty, intelligent and sentimental songwriter from New York, headlined the concert with just her voice and a red Fender electric guitar. Opening artist Stefanie Hapaala, a local musician from our…
The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series (JRVWS) has been a staple of Hope College’s vibrant event list for decades—to the English department and other oncampus writers, at least. While not widely attended or given as much traction or buzz as events such as the Pull or the Nykerk Cup, the JRVWS is a gem tucked…
Ever since they were founded in 2011, Bryn Cohn & Artists have been performing all around the country, with their latest destination being the Knickerbocker Theatre downtown. Bryn Cohn is a nationally recognized dancemaker, writer and educator, as well as the founder of the group. Cohn graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with…
Friday, September 21, Dr. Neal Sobana, a graduate of Hope College, class of 1968, taught a lecture entitled “Giving Art, Seeking Salvation: Encounters with Artists and Donors in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.” The lecture was intended to supplement the new exposition in the Kruizenga Art Center, open now until December 15. Dr. Sobana provided some…