Last Thursday at Founders Brewing Co., the band Diane Coffee played a free show for 100 or so attendees. Coming on at around 10:45 p.m., the band strode through the bar and up to the stage, where they remained for the next two hours. The band opened with songs from both their inaugural and sophomore albums, titled…
“Phantom Thread” is a must-see with its carefully woven cinematography and unconventional love story. The film, starring well-renowned actor Daniel Day-Lewis, was released on Jan. 19 in area theaters. Since Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting this past summer, it is also most likely his final performance. Much like a well-made dress, the cinematography is…
Hope College’s Dance Department’s Striketime Dance Theatre presented “Dance for Children” last Friday and Saturday in the Knickerbocker Theatre. Striketime is a pre-professional dance company that provides outreach assemblies and performances for young audiences. Striketime aims to teach. Company members include Gillian Bourke (’19), Taylor Clegg (’17), Abigail Daniels (’19), Catherine Dustrude (’19), Victoria Homann,…
Until Feb. 9, faculty member and art department chair, Katherine Sullivan, will have her new body of work on view at the De Pree Art Center and Gallery. The newly completed body of work “Jamia | Studio.” is made up of paintings on canvas and paper, which a majority of was completed during Sullivan’s fall…
Although winter break is coming upon us quickly, and finals are around the corner, there is still time to attend a campus-related activity. Below is a summary of the last events of the semester: Tonight there will be a Wind Ensemble concert in the Jack Miller concert hall at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited…
The end of the semester is stressful and often consists of holing up in a corner of the library to write a paper, practice a presentation or study for a final exam. Once all this cramming is over, though, this stress needs to be relieved – and the Force is just the cure. Dec. 15…
The annual Juried Student Art Show at Hope College will run from Monday, Nov. 27, to Friday, Dec. 8, in the DePree Art Center and Gallery. The exhibition opened with a juror’s talk on Monday in Cook Auditorium, and there will also be a reception on Dec. 8, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. to conclude…
Leeann Tweedan, a radio host, claimed that Al Franken, current Minnesota’s junior Democratic senator, inappropriately groped her years ago and forcibly kissed her during a reversed skit for U.S. troops overseas. Since then, Franken has apologized, writing in a statement “While I don’t remember the rehearsal for the skit as Leeann does, I understand why…
A new band has entered the music fray and they are off to a strong start. Who are they? Almost Monday, a San Diego-based band comprised of Dawson Daugherty, Luke Fabry, Cole Clisby and Michael Leto. The widely popular Christian rock band, Switchfoot, first mentioned Almost Monday last fall across social media. Switchfoot consists of…
