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Creative Cafe — 256 episodes
Natchez the Documentary
Fauna Stitch - The Intersection of Art and Taxidermy
September 2026 Art Hop - Join the Journey!
Edison Market Gallery Artist Residency
Concerts in the Park - Otsego Jazz Ensemble 40 years of making music
Community Arts Awards 2026 - Nominate Now
Survival of the Species Exhibition by Randy Walker
Mtnwoman Silver and the Journey to Kalamazoo
Debut of the Classica Album - My Favorite Things
40th Anniversary of Black Arts Festival Kalamazoo
Celebrating a remarkable artist at July Art Hop - Fran Dwight
Patriotic Pops with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Lake Effect Jazz Big Band - Coming to a Venue Near You
A Black Artist's Path - Creative Development Ecosystem
We were LIVE at Art on the Mall 2026!
Celebrating 40 years of Art on the Mall
Reverend Millard Southern III - Music, Faith, Democracy, and Community
New Executive Director of the Stulberg International String Competition - Dr. Garrett Jones
Bars for a Cause: A Mic for Meals Initiative
Glow Hall - Kalamazoo's newest space for creativity
Lavendar Home Project - Drue McPherson Part II
House, Human, Home - Drue McPherson Part I
Creativity in Action - Edison Neighborhood
Nike Designer Wilson W. Smith III - Don't miss it!
A Conversation Through Us - Negar Dena Afazel
Akiko Yamamoto, Prairie Ronde Artist Residency - Part III
Catching up with Queer Theatre
RADFest 17
Art Hop 2026 - Kalamazoo Candle Company
Angels in America at the Civic - AIDS Quilt makes a visit
Mariana Norena, Prairie Ronde Residency Artist - Part II
Xingyu Huang, Prairie Ronde Spring Residency - Part I
Eclectic Glass Guild - Celebrating 10 years
Purpose-Driven Hip Hop - Slym Beno
Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks at the KIA
Institute of Public Scholarship - "We See You"
The Power of Storytelling Part 2
The Power of Storytelling Part 1
New Year's Fest Kalamazoo is 40!
Visiting Brush the Block - Festivals and the economic successes that follow
Celebrating the Community Arts Awards - CMA recipients Robin Nott and Brad Wong
CREATE! Art Hop December 2025
Celebrating the Community Arts Awards - CMA Recipients Fran Dwight and Al Harris, Jr.
Celebrating the Community Arts Awards - Epic Award!
Celebrating the Community Arts Awards - Hoogstraten Award and Business Arts Award
Celebrating the Community Arts Awards - Young Artists Award
Celebrating Knowledge at the November Art Hop!
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Annual Holiday Sale
Kalamazoo Violin Choir!
Season 45 - Wellspring
The Kalamazoo Kiln Room
ICYMI: Brush the Block Mural Festival Panel Discussions on RFQs and RFPs
Artist Happy Hour! Budgeting for Artistic Priorities
Canadiana Fest is back!
September Art Hop is almost here!
Community Arts Awards Nominations Now Open
Brush the Block - Meet the Artists Part Three
Brush the Block - Meet the Artists Part Two
Brush the Block - Meet the Artists Part One
Season 18 - Farmers Alley Theatre
Shonda Buchanan Part II
Brush the Block Mural Festival Artists Announced!
July Art Hop is Almost Here!
Vicksburg Arts has a New Leader
The Lost Songs of Nina Simone by Shonda Buchanan
Wallace and Grommit and Shaun the Sheep in Kalamazoo!
We were LIVE at Art on the Mall!
JumpstArt Weekend is Almost Here!
SPLICE Music - Profoundly Connected to Kalamazoo
Summertime Live! 125 Concerts, 13 Venues, 1 Summer of Fun!
Artist Happy Hour - Director's Cut - An Artist's Online Presence
Kalamazoo Violin Choir
May Art Hop 2025 - the Mega Hop! with Brendan Barnes
Brush the Block - the Inaugural Mural Festival for Kalamazoo
Starlite Collective - Making Space for Creatives, Literally.
Grants! Suzuki Academy talks about the ups and downs of submitting a grant
Grants! Headband Henny talks about how grants helped his artistic journey
Grants! Laura Citino talks about her work and how grants have helped her
Kirk Newman Art School at the Kalamazoo Insitute of Arts
Into the Woods! KCC and What-A-Do Collaboration
Sourced From the Zoo!
RADFest 2025! Don't miss it!
Queer Theatre Kalamazoo
Artist Happy Hour - Creative Expo 2025!
Celebrating the work of Murphy Darden, Sr.
Discover - Discover Kalamazoo!
Encore Magazine!
Stulberg International String Competition
Monoform Cinema at the Dormouse Theatre
Happy Holidays! A special reading of Little Women
Gilmore Car Musuem's new Executive Nick LaCasse
Community Arts Awards 2024! Celebrating Lanny Potts and Mary Whalen
Celebrating William Glass and looking forward to December Art Hop!
Celebrating the 2024 Community Arts Awards - Miller Auditorium and Elizabeth Start
Celebrating the 2024 CAA Award Recipients! DeNooyer Chevrolet and Friends of Poetry
Celebrating the 2024 Community Arts Award Recipients - Arts Leadership!
Celebrating the 2024 CAA Award Recipients! Young Artist Awards
Art Hop November 2024 with Sarkozy Bakery
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts - 100 years under new leadership
Dann Sytsma And Crawlspace - Where Are They Now?
Artist Happy Hour - How to Get the Gig!
Farmers Alley Theatre 24-25 Season!
Kzoo Folklife Organization! 34 years and still going strong
Jennifer Hudson-Prenkert on the Sounds of the Zoo
Brad Wong talks Fontana's new season!
Aubrey Jewel Rodgers and September Art Hop!
The Druid Drummer
We Need You to Nominate! CAA Nominations are Now Open!
The Good, The Bad, and The A.I. – Artist Happy Hour
Jamari Taylor - Paying it forward, one art student at a time
Marvinetta Penn - How Storytelling Can Change Everything
Movement Reservoir Dance Company - an interview with Lachan Niedbala
Michigan Arts and Culture Council - New Grants!
July Art Hop 2024 - Celebrating Black Arts
Lots of arts this Summer in Vicksburg - Interview with Syd Bastos and Sharmane Flanders
Kristian Walker Talks Photography & Teaching
Juneteenth Celebration 2024!
Art on the Mall 2024
Art on the Mall and Concerts in the Park
Artist Happy Hour- Queer Artists Showcase
Black Arts and Cultural Center - Gearing up for Black Arts Festival 2024!
Interview with Josiah DeNooyer - Drop of his Album
Summertime Live Preview - Get ready for free music all summer!
May 2024 Art Hop - Celebrating Public Art
Stacy Belinsky and her Coloring Party for Stress Relief!
Literacy Council's Literacy Lane in Edison Neighborhood
Blue Skies Busking!
Gilmore Piano Festival 2024!
Washington Avenue Art and Culture Crawl
The Clover Room
WMU Theatre presents Argonautika!
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center - A Gem in Our Community
March 2024 Art Hop is Here!
RAD Fest 2024
Community Living Options - Signs of Peace
Artist Happy Hour Part 2 - Don't miss out - Teaching Artist Job Fair
Artist Happy Hour Part 1 - Teaching Artist Job Fair!
Happy Chinese New Year from the Kalamazoo Chinese Academy
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra 2024 season including Special Event - Symphony of Brotherhood Concert
2024 Art Hop Dates and Themes Announced
Face Off Theatre - A Kwanzaa Story from Marissa Harrington
Bike Friendly Kalamazoo!
Signature Artists - 36 years and counting
Community Arts Awards - Community Medal of Art Recipients Denise Miller and Carolyn Koebel
Community Arts Awards - Volunteer Linda Dickey and Young Artist Isaac Byler
Community Arts Awards - Leadership Award Recipients Dr. Michelle Johnson and Liz Youker
Community Arts Awards - Kalamazoo Academy of Rock and Wellspring/Cori Terry and Dancers
Community Arts Awards - CMA Frank Meintz and YAA Braeden Davis
An Interview with V Word - Blacksheep Music and Art and Culture Collective of Battle Creek
Kalamazoo Film Society - Local Filmmaker Showcase
All About Arts Council Grants!
Artists and Art in Portage
Chinma Nnebedum Talks about the Journey of a Young Artist in Kalamazoo
Nominate Now - An interview with Cara Lieurance about the Community Arts Awards
Blended Narratives: Kalamazoo RESA Education for the Arts most recent Teaching Artist Exhibit
Dr. Khalid el-Hakim and Ernie Paniccioli - Hip Hop and Kalamazoo
Artist Happy Hour! Marketing Yourself
Art Hop with Public Media Network - Celebrating Storytelling
James Palmore and Kim Shaw talk Community Arts Awards
Kalamazoo Valley Blues Association - Blues Bash at Old Dog Tavern
Meet Chloe Ray, Elopement Photographer in Michigan
What A Do Theatre and What They Are Doing Now
L. Samantha Zhang and her new book The First Dragon Boat Festival
Yolonda Lavender and Gabriel Giron talk about Creating Space at the next Artist Happy Hour - EXTENDED CUT
Art Hop! July 2023 - Celebrating Therapeutic Arts with Rootead
Spotlight on Summertime Live Concerts - Grace Theisen and KSO's Jessica Mallow Gulley
Jack Austin and Unity Theatre
Mitch Voss & Kevin Dodd on WITTENBERG
A Conversation with V Word
LIVE at Art on the Mall!
Brian Shetterly with Kalamazoo Concert Band
Hannah Elless and Jeremy Koch - An Evening with Bright Stars
Artist Happy Hour - Gigging in the 21st Century
May Art Hop 2023 - Public Art with Brent Harris and Ellen Vandermyde
Interview with new Director of Engagement Nicki Poer
Busking is Back! And Semi-Monthly Member Meetups Have Just Begun!
Bob Rowe from Renaissance Enterprises - Bringing music and entertainment to those in nursing homes
The State Theatre according to Harry Phillips
The Grants are Here for 2023! Along with Other Artist Opportunities
Brad Wong and the Fontana Chambers Arts
The Gilmore Piano Festival
Cathy Huling and Ballet Arts Ensembl 40th Anniversary
RADFest is here! Kate Yancho talks to us about the Dance Festival in Kalamazoo
Marissa Harrington and Face Off Theatre Company
L Samantha Zhang and her new book The First Lantern Festival
Interview with Jon Hayes - debut album!
A New Grant Program and An Interview with Artist Jeanne Fields
Your Public Media Network
All Things Art Hop
Happy New Year and the Tra Si Drah Exhibit
Karen Trout, Kalamazoo Public Library,on reading out loud
New Year's Fest!
This day in history plus an interview with Advertising Director Janet Gover
This Day in History plus Part II of Cal Gill-Street interview from the CAAs
Community Medal of Arts Award Recipients John Speeter, Bertha Barbee-McNeal and Cal Gill-Street are honored
CAA recipients Krystal Gast of Jerico, and Stephanie Hinman of the State Theatre
2022 CAA Recipients Kim Shaw (Leadership Award - Educator) and Syd Bastos (Distinguished Volunteer)
2022 CAA recipients - Dr. Gerald Case-Blanchard and Bridget Fox
Rehema Barber with Unmasking Masculinity and Dann Sytsma talks about the Epic Award
Joe and Austin Rounds and announcing the 2022 Community Arts Awards
Stephanie Lee of Unwinding Movement
On this Day for October 15 and Art Hop November 2022 - Celebrating Our Students Artists!
Ergo Sum: A Crow A Day - Karen Bondarchuk WMU
Brad Poer, Theatre Director - Kellogg Community College
Chrysalis Institute and the Milkweed Learning Cohort for emerging BIPOC artists
Neurodiversity in the Arts - An Interview with Ish Klein
Michigan Arts and Culture Council is coming to Kalamazoo - listen to Alison Watson
Community Arts Award recipient Bryan Zocher talks about the awards
A HeLa Story! and Art Hop September featuring Digital Art and Nayda Collazo-Llorens
More education in arts in Kalamazoo: Gilmore Piano Festival and MRC Artworks
Education in Theatre - Kalamazoo College and The Civic Internship
La Luna Recording Studio give free workshops, and Julia Devers talks about education at KIA
Public Art in Kalamazoo and August 2022 Art Hop
The new Community Box Office and Theatre Kalamazoo
Artist Spaces and You'd Never Believe It - the one-woman show
July Art Hop preview and Basic Comfort announces a journey to a new album
Summertime Live! Schlitz Creek in Oshtemo and SHOUT! in Richland
Juneteenth! and the Black Arts Festival
Blueback is back! and Princess Mackie Buys a House
Live on the Mall - It’s Art on the Mall 2022
Preview June Art Hop and Art on the Mail 2022
The Gilmore Piano Festival Part 2 and Artist Happy Hour!
The Gilmore Piano Festival! and KNAC (What is that?)
May 2022 Art Hop Preview - State Theatre
Sustainability and Grants - Theatre Part 4 of 5
Sustainability in the Arts and Grants Part 3
Sustainability and Grants! - Part 2
Celebrating Earth Month! And We Have the Grants - part 1 of a 5-part series
Art Hop for April 2022 and Chanticleer!
Grants! and Marie Lee from Encore Magazine
Soul Artistry, TRHT, and Venue rentals (and jobs!)
Live at RADFest 2022!
Art Hop Artist Kylie Taft and Preview of RADFest
Michigan Festival of Sacred Music March Performances and WMU Dance!
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts exhibitions and Bach Festival collaborators for Love Is...
Farmers Alley Theatre and Kellogg Community College
Lunar New Year Celebration and Black Arts and Cultural Center new space!
Kenjji Jumanne Marshall and Tanisha Pyron
Artists of Color Initiative and Face Off Theatre
Dwandra Lampkin and Beadventure kicks off the New Year
Looking Back at 2021- Ringing in 2022
Celebrating 100 years of the Symphony, and the Historic State Theatre!
Mark DeYoung and Liz Weddon on Design Crew at KVCC Center for New Media
Community Medal of Arts Award Recipients for 2021
CAA Epic Award Recipient Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and the Holiday Market
CAA Young Artist Award Recipient Morgan Brown and new student member Lucy Lowis
Community Arts Awards Gayle Hoogstraten Leadership Award winners
CAA Distinguished Volunteer Award Recipient and November Art Hop Spotlight - WMU BFA Students
Announcing the 2021 Community Arts Awards
CAA Business Award - Bell's Brewery and Dia de los Muertos with El Concilio
Introducing the New Haymarket Plaza and higlights from Member Kama Mitchell of Rootead
Highlighting Artist Happy Hour and Our Members
October Art Hop spotlight - KVCC Center for New Media and LKF Marketing
Busking! and Artist Happy Hour - Creating Space
Arts Fund Grant and Summertime Live
Who the Heck is the Arts Council?