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Green Spirit’s goal to demonstrate how we can protect water (and have fun, too)
Find out what you can do to preserve the Great Lakes at Green Spirit and enjoy the entertainment and fun, too.
Activate: Midwest gives audiences first peek at brand new plays
Because new plays are integral to the future of American theater there is Active: Midwest. The Western Michigan University Departments of theater and English will host the event June 16, 17 and 18.
New ashiatsu studio hopes to attract massage holdouts with unique therapies
Eva Borcherding wants to introduce the St. Joseph and Benton Harbor communities to a massage style that’s firmly within their comfort zone. You can keep your clothes on.
Crawlspace Eviction now teaches how to make it up as you go
Have you ever wondered how an improv actor makes people laugh? Crawlspace Eviction is teaching how it's done.
Nonprofit roundup: A run, a party, and funds for scholars
A half-marathon and 5K planned in Battle Creek. Brewers start a fund for beer scholars. It's almost tie for Eat Drink Give.
Gloria Steinem packs Miller, sends crowd home inspired
Gloria Steinem's Kalamazoo visit brings back local memories and a reminder that her leadership in the feminist movement is still as relevant as ever.
Artists build their creative skills in new KIA program
The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts is giving artist a chance to hone their skills. The first five are already at work.
Public sees the human side of police in the Mounted Division
What weighs between 1,200 and 1,500 pounds, is afraid of anything that's new to it, and yet has a great temperament for policing large groups of people? Correspondent Marin Heinritz has the answer.
Green Spirit’s goal to demonstrate how we can protect water (and have fun, too)
Find out what you can do to preserve the Great Lakes at Green Spirit and enjoy the entertainment and fun, too.
Activate: Midwest gives audiences first peek at brand new plays
Because new plays are integral to the future of American theater there is Active: Midwest. The Western Michigan University Departments of theater and English will host the event June 16, 17 and 18.
New ashiatsu studio hopes to attract massage holdouts with unique therapies
Eva Borcherding wants to introduce the St. Joseph and Benton Harbor communities to a massage style that’s firmly within their comfort zone. You can keep your clothes on.
Crawlspace Eviction now teaches how to make it up as you go
Have you ever wondered how an improv actor makes people laugh? Crawlspace Eviction is teaching how it's done.
Nonprofit roundup: A run, a party, and funds for scholars
A half-marathon and 5K planned in Battle Creek. Brewers start a fund for beer scholars. It's almost tie for Eat Drink Give.
Gloria Steinem packs Miller, sends crowd home inspired
Gloria Steinem's Kalamazoo visit brings back local memories and a reminder that her leadership in the feminist movement is still as relevant as ever.
Artists build their creative skills in new KIA program
The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts is giving artist a chance to hone their skills. The first five are already at work.
Public sees the human side of police in the Mounted Division
What weighs between 1,200 and 1,500 pounds, is afraid of anything that's new to it, and yet has a great temperament for policing large groups of people? Correspondent Marin Heinritz has the answer.
