The Kalamazoo Roller Derby all-gender team started in 2021 when approved by a vote of the entire league. One of the main points of creating all-gender teams is there are just more people to play the game with, team members say. "More people, more fun."
It can be hard to find hip hop music shows in this area, though it seems there is starting to be more acceptance of hip hop at Kalamazoo shows. Caged Lotus wants to speed things up.
“Violence, academics, sports,” are the most important issues facing youth today, says Percy Gordon, adding that youth don’t intend on choosing violence first. “Violence is a mechanism of people, how we were raised. Violence is everywhere.”
Dreamscene Placemaking and Kalamazoo Parks and Rec team up for the arts section of the 2022 All Things Possible program.
Voices of Youth lifts up the issues important to youth in our community. This year the youth wanted to report on transportation, youth mental health, and policing.
Davison Sarai was a part of the pro wrestling scene as a commentator for a year before her surprise debut as a wrestler in 2021. Her involvement helped and she says most people have been supportive of her wrestling.
In garages and living rooms of the Kalamazoo house music scene, the bands and their fans have returned. Here's how they are keeping things safe as the pandemic goes on.
What happens when you give 150 youth each a 27 exposure, single-use, 35-millimeter film camera? City Snaps 2021.
Joshua Diedrich recently unveiled his latest piece of public artwork outside the Bronson Methodist Children's Hospital in memory of John Polzin.
The anti-racism tool Brave Spaces requires radical truth-telling. It's usually not comfortable but it is necessary. Find out more about this event coming up at OnePlace at the Kalamazoo Public Library.
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