Sue Ellen Christian speaks to students in her journalism class.

Glass artist Gloria Badiner in her Mattawan studio.

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Chuck Bentley and his wife, Donna Kaminski, in their Kalamazoo home, which doubles as a film set for many of his movies. Kaminski plays a pivotal role in the logistics of Bentley’s movies.

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Things are looking up on the downtown Kalamazoo mall in this coloring page image created from a photo by Brian K. Powers.

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Helen and Bob Coleman, of Portage, encourage togetherness.

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Aaron Shafer, with his cat, Ushikawa, in his Texas Township studio, and his signature pyrography work, Meet Me at the Mountaintop. Ushikawa, like Shafer, has unusual eyes (the cat’s are different colors).
Photo by Eric J. Shaeffer

Despite the cold, Mattie Jordan-Woods proudly poses outside affordable senior housing the NACD built in the Northside neighborhood.

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