“I started playing the ukulele when I was 12,” John Puttrich (’17) said. He explained that he liked how the instrument was direct—what you are thinking travels through your hands into what you’re playing. Puttrich may have picked up the ukulele for its directness, but others are purchasing the four-string instrument for its popularity with…
The word ‘literature’ tends to spark thoughts of novels and writers like Charles Dickens. How many people hear that word and think of guitars, harmonicas and Bob Dylan? Probably not many. Naturally, that meant when Dylan received the Nobel Prize award in literature this past week, there was some controversy about the outcome; some loved…
The Hope College Department of Theatre will present “Roustabout: The Great Circus Train Wreck!” on Wednesday-Friday, Oct. 5-7, and Thursday-Saturday, Oct 13-15, at 7:30 p.m. in the DeWitt Center main theatre. “Roustabout” tells a story of the cost of war, the beauty of humanity and the power of redemption, while it builds a narrative for…
“America, who are you?” Jon Foreman, frontman of Switchfoot, shouted throughout the DeltaPlex. With the flick of a switch, a flashlight beam scanned the crowd where thousands of people from all generations cheered in response. This was only part of what made the Relient K and Switchfoot concert memorable for everyone in attendance. From the…
(Photos by Kelly Ocock) The popular art competition is already underway in Grand Rapids ArtPrize Eight is underway in Grand Rapids, Michigan and will continue on until Oct. 9. For 19 days in the fall, around 400,000 attendees trek across downtown GR looking at art in over 160 venues. Museums, galleries, bars, restaurants, theaters, hotels,…
Emily Henry, the first writer in this semester’s Visiting Writers Series (VWS), is a Hope alumna who graduated in 2012. Less than four years later, she has become an author with her debut novel “The Love that Split the World.” Currently she is halfway through her second book, “A Million Junes,” which will be released…
Though often cheesy and cliché, Once Upon a Time is a show beloved by millions. Since its first season aired in 2011, five seasons of twists and turns, heroes and villains, monsters, magic and mayhem have enraptured fans all over the world. In anticipation of the sixth season, which premiered Sunday, Sept. 25 on ABC,…
First in this semester’s Film Series at the Knickerbocker Theatre is “Our Little Sister,” a poignant Japanese film that focuses on three sisters. The subtitled film opens to sisters Sachi, Yoshino and Chika, who suddenly learn of their estranged father’s death. Their father left their mother for another woman, and then their mother followed suit…
Doors opened at 7:30 p.m. for the Wild Child concert at the Knickerbocker in downtown Holland. By the time the performance began at 8:00 p.m., students and community members were surrounding the stage in anticipation. The headliner’s special guest, SUSTO, performed first with an array of emotional country songs. All five band members immersed themselves…
How can love be explained? Love exists between friends. Between two men or two women. There is the love parents have for their children. Love between fathers and their sons. A love of God. Love without God. Love of music. Love of language. Love before and after death. Love of one’s community despite its flaws….