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Connecting Chords brings an eclectic mix of global music, dance, film, and cultural traditions to Kalamazoo, continuing a 25-year mission of connecting audiences through the shared power of art.
Gull Meadow Farms is giving adults their turn at fall fun with the return of Adult Only Night on Oct. 1, featuring classic farm attractions, hard cider, food and games for guests 18 and older.
Under the leadership of new Executive Director Dr. Sophié van der Westhuizen, Fontana Chamber Arts kicks off its 25th season featuring four premier ensembles — from innovative early music to vibrant global sounds.
Kalamashoegazer, Kalamazoo’s 17-year-old celebration of dreamy, guitar-heavy shoegaze, proves the genre is less about standing sadly in a corner than getting lost together in a transcendent wall of sound.
Kalamazoo’s inaugural Black Pride Festival aims to uplift queer Black voices, honor LGBTQ+ history and create a joyful space for community and belonging.
From youth rock bands to funk, hip-hop, reggae, and blues, Beats on Bates has turned a humble alley into the soundtrack of Kalamazoo's summer Wednesdays.
On Friday nights at Martini's, The Birdseed Salesmen's jazz drifts across the wildflower-edged patio where conversations about sled dogs, art weirdos, punk rock, and everyday life reveal the quirky sense of place that makes Vine unlike anywhere else in town.
For our third edition of Poet's Press, we feature a poem about Kalamazoo's Edison Neighborhood by Jezreel Cruz alongside the artwork of Savannah Scheffers.
Amy Williams, the new president of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, brings a community-focused vision shaped by her success in Savannah, aiming to make symphony music more accessible and inviting to people across Kalamazoo.
At the Gilmore Piano Festival finale in Kalamazoo, Grammy-winning pianist Sullivan Fortner and fellow jazz innovators delivered a daring, emotionally charged performance that proved the city’s audience is sophisticated enough to embrace adventurous modern jazz.
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