Zinta Aistars

Zinta Aistars is the creative director of Z Word, LLC. She is the producer and host of the weekly radio show, Art Beat, on WMUK. 

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Going the (short) distance to make a difference


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Pilot program offers a second chance for young people


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Latitude 42 hops forward with Portage's first microbrewery


Feature Story Janice Marsh-Prelesnik, founder of Creative Health Arts

For this community healer, life is a friendly mystery


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BC Pulse strengthens the heartbeat of Battle Creek


Feature Story Tabitha Farm Urban Homestead and Community Garden
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Feature Story Open Road Thumbnail

Open Roads opens doors for Kalamazoo's young people


Feature Story Boonzaaijer Bakery Thumbnail

Kalamazoo's bakeries are the frosting on the cake


Feature Story Urban Farming Thumbnail

Much more than vegetables grow at Sprout Urban Farms


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Keeping kids out of trouble by making truffles


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One-of-a-kind jams, foraged foods keep elder fires burning


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Rugby players in their element during Snowball


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Forum finds common ground in the earth beneath our feet


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Battle Creek elementary brings the community to school


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A Kalamazoo wine distributor's mission to save a great grape


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Two consumed by fire set the community alight