MUSIC MOVERS AND MAKERS — Gallant (top) slows the beat while singing “Miyazaki.” Eryn Allen Kane (bottom) let the music move through her while on stage. (Photos by Kelly Ocock) The Knickerbocker opened its doors on Sept. 10 to a line of eager Hope College students and Holland community members. Premiering was the 2016 Concert…
Returning on Sept. 20 for the fall semester is the Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series (VWS). The kickoff will begin with Hope College alumna Emily Henry (’12), who published her first novel “The Love That Split the World.” Since graduating from Hope, where she studied creative writing and dance, Henry completed a writing residency at…
This past weekend, Hope College had the pleasure of hosting the Jazz Organ Summit on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9 and 10. The two days were jam-packed with clinics, a workshop, reception, presentation, sound check and concerts. At the clinic on Friday, the Organissimo group performed three songs and talked to the audience, while answering…
Take the technicolor dreams of Los Angeles, pair it with the fading memories of a childhood in New Orleans, blend it with drug-fueled wanderings in desolate cityscapes, sharpen it with deep reflection on memory, love and fame and you’ll have a decent, but not altogether satisfactory, view of Frank Ocean’s genre-defying “Blond.” After four years…
The Kruizenga Art Museum is hosting an exhibit called “After the Rupture” that will remain in the building until Dec. 17. The focus is on Mexican artists that make up the “Rupture Generation” and the new direction they were taking Mexican art during the mid-twentieth century. These artists were considered rebellious from the ideas of…
NIGHT JAMS — Chapel worship bands performed Aug. 29 in the Pine Grove, bringing the Hope community together. Students gathered to ease their minds the night prior to classes. The concert was split in half by an intermission, which also separated the different chapel bands. Bruce Benedict, the chaplain of worship, highlighted the seniors…
De Pree hosts gallery in remembrance of racism and segregation In light of recent racial tensions, the timing of the new De Pree gallery, featuring “Hateful Things” and “Resilience,” could not come at a more opportune time. There are two separate exhibitions that “will be on view concurrently in the De Pree Gallery from Aug….
1. Gilmore Girls With the reboot T-minus 86 days away, this is a must-watch on Netflix. This 90 minute, four part series comes nine years after the series finale. The seven-season show follows Lorelai and Rory Gilmore and their unlikely mother-daughter friendship through the ups and downs of life, which includes estranged family, dating, high…
Every person passionate about music should be pumped for the concert line-up this semester at Hope College, which will include a wide range of incredibly talented musicians. The Concert Series, hosted by the Student Activities Committee, consistently brings in artists that both cater to what students are interested in and challenge the music students…
Daina Robins has theater in her blood. Her maternal grandmother was involved in theater in Latvia, and Robins considers her to be her first director. Robins, her grandmother and her parents would go to a Latvian-speaking Lutheran church, where part of Sunday school involved learning about Latvian culture, as well as putting on plays. Theater…