Arts & Culture

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

Geno Hinton

Edison Voices: Geno Hinton in his own words

Geno Hinton is a man of many talents. He's known for his music, but he's also a writer. And he knows his neighborhood.

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Facing a changing future, Midland reimagines its identity

In the wake of an historic merger between Dow and DuPont, Midland’s civic leaders are finding new ways to strengthen the city’s image for young talent.

Sybrina Fulton
Fulfilling America’s Promise: Racial Equity and Justice is 2017 Lee Honors College’s lecture series

Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old Florida youth shot by a neighborhood watch coordinator, will be the keynote speaker at the annual speaker series presented by WMU's Lee Honor College.

Musicians and artists will be popping up in Battle Creek

The people going against the conventional wisdom about Battle Creek.

You have one hour to escape: Game rooms popular in big cities make their way to Portage, Kalamazoo

In a building of secrets, people solve the puzzles that will allow them to escape. That's the idea behind escape rooms and now they've come to the Kalamazoo area.

Kalamazoo gets to show off its pride in WMU on ESPN GameDay

When ESPN comes to town football fans get a little excited.

Narissa Street
Practitioners and Partners: Artspace evolves Breaking Ground Into ‘Idea Lab’ that celebrates artists

Artspace’s annual Breaking Ground event evolves this year from one dynamic evening of speakers and performances to an immersive, two-day “idea lab” on Friday, Oct. 14 and Saturday, Oct. 15 in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

The Gathering Place: ‘People come here to be enlightened’

Supporting one another and working together is making dreams come true at the Gathering Place.

David LaMott
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.

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