From left, First Congregational Church Pastor Nathan Dannison, KNAC Board President Dann Sytsma and First Baptist Church Pastor David Nichols talk in the First Baptist Church sanctuary, which doubles as a performing arts venue.

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Ice sheets on Lake Michigan near St. Joseph.

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A row of custom-designed, colorful houses, each boasting a front porch, faces an open common area in Belle Meade.

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Nature Center CEO Nathan Smallwood, left, walks one of the center’s trails with Luke Allison, KNC's landscape coordinator.

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An image of KSO musicians playing from the Prometheus Project video that was compiled by KSO Music Director Julian Kuerti.

Sue Ellen Christian speaks to students in her journalism class.

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