It's been a long time since the Kalamazoo Friends of Poetry presented poems on local buses. Now the poems are back. They are some of the winners of the Poems That Ate Our Ears Contest.
Local food banks that serve both rural and urban constituencies are being hit hard by fluctuations caused by the pandemic. In 2020, donation sources closed, food drives stopped. In 2021, food prices rose, deliveries slowed, food was being diverted to commercial use as restaurants and other businesses opened. Nonprofits' needs continue to be great.
If you've been seeing writer and illustrator David Small's name popping up around Kalamazoo lately the events and recognition come as Western Michigan University Archives has acquired an archive of his works and that of his wife Sarah Stuart.
How is the protection of Kalamazoo's wilder spaces going? We brought together some of those who are doing the work to find out.
Jerry Dixon, a 1979 Kalamazoo Central grad who went on to become a Broadway actor, then director, returns to his hometown to turn "Songs for a New World" at Farmers Alley Theatre into a healing, cathartic experience for people trying to create a new new-normal for themselves.
Affordable housing is being built, but the progress is slow. Two agency executive directors talk about possibilities for getting work done as Second Wave explores common concerns and solutions to those issues in rural and urban Kalamazoo county.
What youth do when they are out of school can determine their success later on. Organizations that work with KYD Network find youth feel ownership of the projects they're participating in and are therefore more engaged.
Facing a choice between continuing her career as a lawyer and heading a community theater in a challenging time, Laura Zervic went with what she loved.
A big part of the motivation behind Run This Town is the need to make all runners in Kalamazoo feel comfortable running in public, organizers say.
Policies at all levels affect the day-to-day life of all young people. Today's youth are making it known they want a say in those policies. The Voices of Youth program offers youth of Kalamazoo County the opportunity to use journalism to express their views.
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