Arts & Culture

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

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.

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Crawlspace Eviction Training Center
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.

The artists: Sarah Mueller, Maleeha Elsadr, Jenna Para, Tamara Hirzel, and Abbie Nelson
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.

Mounted Police and their horses
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.

Drake Farmstead
Are changes ahead for Drake Farmstead in Oshtemo?
Beyond Basics Salon
Beyond Basics: New salon opens in Benton Harbor
Rebekah Kik, Kalamazoo City Planner
Cyclists say: Give us a lane
Celebration of Spring blooms at Inn at Harbor Shores

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