Arts & Culture

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

Fair Food Matters looks for support underground

They don’t know where they are eating, they don’t know what they will be served, but adventurous diners are seeing that as a plus. Just three days after Fair Food […]

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Chili Cook-off draws a crowd to downtown Kalamazoo

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.

The magic of mannequins draws a crowd in St. Joseph

Live mannequins recalling holiday tales attracted a lot of welcome stares from those strolling downtown St. Joseph recently. It was part of an evening full of cheer that brought out lots of people. Erik Holladay was there to capture the moment with this slide show.

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