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For actors of color, many roles are not available to them. The Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra is taking one step toward reversing that practice.
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Broadway veteran from Kalamazoo leads Farmers Alley’s ‘Songs for a New World’ to heal hurting souls
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.
With a new executive director, Kalamazoo Civic Theatre gets ready to turn on the footlights again
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.
Zoo City Farm and Food takes root: Food sovereignty group works to expand its network in Kalamazoo
Imagine a food system in which the people who produce, distribute, and consume food also control the mechanisms and policies of food production and distribution. It's called food sovereignty and Zoo City Farm and Food Network is working to bring it to Kalamazoo.
Face Off Theatre’s new season casts rebirth as work to make society more just, equitable, inclusive
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.
2020 leads Kalamazoo arts groups to discover how the show can go on and in 2021 it will
Whole seasons and series were canceled in 2020 as arts organizations sorted out how to deal with a situation where it was not safe in many cases to invite an audience to see their works. Creativity and new options ermerged.
Join the Great Apple Crunch and be part of 2 million apple crunchers across the region
This is the eighth year for the Michigan Apple Crunch. Organizers hope 2 million people will crunch into apples this year.
An attempt to flee 2020 with a 556-mile roundtrip bike ride into the woods
A bicycle ride through 90-degree weather, over dirt roads, through sand pits, up and down hills, hills, hills, and more hills. While towing a Burley Coho trailer with a Surly Troll loaded with camping gear. It doesn't get more 2020 than this.
Binder Park Zoo takes steps to become more friendly to those with sensory issues
Within the next two months, Binder Park Zoo hopes to offer tools that can help those who face sensory overload better deal with those situations.
The 2020 Kalamazoo Black Arts Fest will be a digital celebration
Kalamazoo’s 34th annual celebration of African-American culture, art, and innovation starts Friday, July 10, and continues through Sunday, July 12. This year it's online so everyone can stay safe.
Broadway veteran from Kalamazoo leads Farmers Alley’s ‘Songs for a New World’ to heal hurting souls
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.
With a new executive director, Kalamazoo Civic Theatre gets ready to turn on the footlights again
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.
Zoo City Farm and Food takes root: Food sovereignty group works to expand its network in Kalamazoo
Imagine a food system in which the people who produce, distribute, and consume food also control the mechanisms and policies of food production and distribution. It's called food sovereignty and Zoo City Farm and Food Network is working to bring it to Kalamazoo.
Face Off Theatre’s new season casts rebirth as work to make society more just, equitable, inclusive
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.
2020 leads Kalamazoo arts groups to discover how the show can go on and in 2021 it will
Whole seasons and series were canceled in 2020 as arts organizations sorted out how to deal with a situation where it was not safe in many cases to invite an audience to see their works. Creativity and new options ermerged.
Join the Great Apple Crunch and be part of 2 million apple crunchers across the region
This is the eighth year for the Michigan Apple Crunch. Organizers hope 2 million people will crunch into apples this year.
An attempt to flee 2020 with a 556-mile roundtrip bike ride into the woods
A bicycle ride through 90-degree weather, over dirt roads, through sand pits, up and down hills, hills, hills, and more hills. While towing a Burley Coho trailer with a Surly Troll loaded with camping gear. It doesn't get more 2020 than this.
Binder Park Zoo takes steps to become more friendly to those with sensory issues
Within the next two months, Binder Park Zoo hopes to offer tools that can help those who face sensory overload better deal with those situations.
The 2020 Kalamazoo Black Arts Fest will be a digital celebration
Kalamazoo’s 34th annual celebration of African-American culture, art, and innovation starts Friday, July 10, and continues through Sunday, July 12. This year it's online so everyone can stay safe.
