All Ears Theatre harnesses the power of imagination to draw in listeners
As All Ears Theatre enters its 19th year it still knows how create a whole world in your head through sound.
Mark Wedel's Latest Articles
Eastside Voices: Oral history project captures neighborhood stories for book and video
Remembering the Eastside's past and looking ahead to its future come together in the oral history project "Eastside Voices."
Big ideas: Can art galleries and collections preserve history and be relevant to today’s audiences?
As the end of the Black Refractions exhibit at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts nears Dec. 8, leaders discuss the roles of art galleries and collections in today's culture.
KIA’s Black Refractions exhibit tells a shared story of complex people living in a complex place
Black Refractions is the kind of exhibit that takes more than one visit to take it all in. Second Wave's Mark Wedel and Rehema Barber, the KIA's new chief curator, reflect on the pieces that evoke deep responses from them.
Day of the Dead observances grow in Kalamazoo as more understand traditions behind the celebrations
A Mexican tradition of welcoming the spirits of departed loved ones will take place at Art Hop Nov. 1 and the Kalamazoo County Expo Center on Nov. 2.
Can four Kalamazoo-area nonprofits working together improve services to those they assist?
A plan two-years in the making has come together. Now four organizations that help adults and children reach their potential in the Kalamazoo area are working with one another.
Ride of 275 miles from Great Lake to Great Lake draws the biking faithful
The Great Lake-to-Lake Trails plan includes five routes through both peninsulas, linking the big Lakes. So far, Trail #1 is about 70 percent trail. And 70 people recently took the first ride on the 275-mile route.
Area artists, 25 local groups come together as KIA hosts only Midwest stop of ‘Black Refractions’
12 weeks. 200 pieces of art. Nearly 40 events. Participation by more than 25 community organizations. As the KIA brings in the touring exhibit from The Studio Museum in Harlem, Black Refractions, and two related exhibits the community celebrates what we have in common.
A conversation with Imams about the past, present, and future of building community
Imam Warithudeen Mohammed II has a message of love. He talked about that and more when he visited Kalamazoo recently.
How the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo plans to infuse art and culture across the region
This is how the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo is tackling the big questions of arts in the community.
