Arts & Culture

Coverage of visual arts, performing arts, cultural events, and artistic entrepreneurs

Knee-High Naturalists introduces world of wonder

Petting reptiles and learning about amphibians too--it’s all in a day for Knee-High Naturalists. Margaret DeRitter reports on the program that draws kids from across the region to Binder Park Zoo for an up-close visit with nature.

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A chance to wander downtown, taste great chili, meet your neighbors and a charity event all rolled into one. That describes the recent Chili Cook-off in Kalamazoo. Second Wave's Erik Holladay was there, camera in hand. 

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Shifting fog, triple-digit weather, ticks: None could stop ‘Abduction Day’

It definitely is not Hollywood East, but Kalamazoo does have its own filmmaking scene--a small but passionate bunch of actors and behind-the-camera types. Bannon Backhus is the most recent of the group to step up the challenge. He tells Kathy Jennings about the making of Abduction Day.

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