Do you like electronic based music? Are you sick of the generic pop music with the same four chords that dominates the radio waves? Are you looking to expand your catalogue of genres and artists within the local area?

Reggie Williams is a Music major at Henry Ford College. Reggie’s musical interests include drums, choir, and base guitar. As one of HFC’s many musicians, Reggie is adamantly involved in the music program.

I grew up in the early 90s with beloved female characters such as Rogue, Jean Grey, and Storm from the popular comic book series, the X-Men as well as Wonder Woman from the Justice League.

Nancy Owen Nelson is an adjunct professor at Henry Ford College as well as an author. For 23 years, Nelson worked at HFC as a full-time professor, but left for Arizona with her husband, and eventually returned to the college as an adjunct.

The theater program at Henry Ford College put on a live production of the classic film, A Christmas Story, which ended its run this past weekend.

Artwork, whether it’s a drawing, sculpture or photograph, is created to send a message or make an emotional impact. The phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words,” comes to mind.

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is hosting an exhibit called “30 Americans” which contains work from contemporary African American artists like Kehinde Wiley, Kerry James Marshall, Nick Cave, and others.

Kai Patterson: When the opportunity came to go to Youmacon, I was thrilled beyond words. I am probably the biggest nerd I know and until very recently, I wasn’t okay with that.

HFC’s Sisson Gallery hosted the Michigan Mud exhibit which features pottery work from both student artists and professional artists in their respective crafts. The event lasted from October 23 to the following day though the artwork is still on display at the Sisson. Fine Arts Professors such as Hashim Al-Tawil and Steve Glazer participated along with students like Nate Zrnich, Sophia Hart, and Sarah Boswell. All represented HFC in the exhibition that included various other schools from Michigan and Northern Ohio.

In Detroit, the decay of the urban landscape is nothing new. Entire neighborhoods are reduced to mere ghosts of what they were in their heyday. That is our reality. Nature is reclaiming what was once its own, with ivy vines covering entire sides of abandoned houses and moss reaching inside buildings to line the floors with fantasy-like carpet. With so many buildings falling apart, a question sneaks into the mind: should we allow nature to reclaim these symbols of our failures?