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Tinsley Ellis

Kalamazoo Blues Fest has its own app thanks to WMU students

Music lovers attending the Kalamazoo Blues Fest, July 10-12 at the Arcadia Festival Site, have a new way to plan their festival experience thanks to an app created by two […]

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Kalamazoo River Valley Trail to grow by 5 more miles
Ben Fleckenstein, Ryan Sylvester, and Trevor Klimek
Michigan mead makers turn simple recipe into complex tastes

An ancient drink is making a modern comeback. In a state that can't get enough craft brew, Mead is finding its own niche. Michigan is now one of the top producers of the drink that depends on bees.

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May 16 is date for Art Walk in Battle Creek
At Kara’s Kottages you make your own bed and breakfast

Michigan has more than 400 B & B's, so it can take some work to create a retreat people want to visit. Kara Keller has done the work to create a unique getaway close to downtown Kalamazoo. Jane Parikh has the story of Kara's Kottages.

Cultural leaders open to each others members in May
Troy Thrash, President & CEO of Air Zoo
Air Zoo gives science education a seat in first class

From nine airplanes in one hangar to more than 60 air- and spacecraft and more than 200 voluteers assisting the staff, the Air Zoo has grown in the past 30-plus years. Now its horizon is expanding to deepen its commitment to education. CEO and President Troy Thrash talks about what is in the works. Tigers are involved.

Amy Waugaman of Boatyard Brewery
Women changing the ‘boys club’ nature of craft brew businesses

Not only do women like to drink craft beer, they also like to make it, and make places to make it. Jeremy Martin talks with some of those women.

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