Rumor and misinformation have riled up residents who live near a narrow corridor of businesses and homes between West Lake and Austin Lake on Portage Road. A City of Portage steering committee has been studying the best way to make it safer.
The State Theatre is doing what it can to bring back live entertainment and to remind people that it's still a vibrant venue -- as vibrant as a global pandemic allows.
Together the group of nonprofits is working to transform the historic First Baptist Church in downtown Kalamazoo without losing its character and in a way that is financially feasible.
In the past 50 years, Colleagues International, now Global Ties Kalamazoo, has hosted thousands of international visitors from more than 100 countries in settings that let them get to know someone as a person.
If you are an undocumented immigrant in Kalamazoo County who has been affected by COVID-19 the MI Gente fund can help. And you are eligible to be vaccinated, too.
This year's juror for the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts regional Area Show, Larry Ossei-Mensah, has developed an eye for art by people who might not have the elite connections or other privilege that could lead to a successful career in art.
Two authors from two different Americas meet on a book tour, become friends, and write an award-winning book together. They will discuss 'Antiracism and You' on March 16.
"It's for us and it's by us," is the way Sharmese Anderson describes the work of Friends With Disabilities. The Kalamazoo group led by those with disabilities not only offers activities like movies, bowling, and barbecues but a chance to make friends, too.
Face Off Theatre is "coming out of our beginnings into a new era," artistic director Marissa Harrington says. So they are calling the 2021 season Rebirth.
At the recent National Day of Healing in Kalamazoo, community leaders explored the truths that can lead to healing and transformation.
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