Southwest Michigan’s Magazine: WMU students give glimpses into how words reflect this moment: Ally, Borders, Civility, Immigrants; Five Students give their ideas for fighting climate change, meet Sholanna Lewis who is leading a transformation in Kalamazoo by addressing the effects of racism and much more!
Southwest Michigan’s Magazine: Kalamazoo Moviemaker Chuck Bentley, Gloria, Badiner’s Glorious Glass Art, Kirsten Clemente Director of DeLano Farms, Knappen Milling’s Family Legacy and must see local music acts and much more!
Southwest Michigan’s Magazine: A Lot of Local Color, Drink like a Local, Fun Under $50, Streets with Great Names, and Meet Feed the Fight Kalamazoo and lots more!
Southwest Michigan’s Magazine: COVID-19 Porch Portraits, new Art Hop app, KYD Network, Authenticity Project and meet Ben Lando, the founder and publisher of NowKalamazoo and much more!
Southwest Michigan’s Magazine: Noreen Heikes makes aspiring vets learn by doing, the comedian and author Samantha Irby’s new book, Colleen Woolpert’s art and invention inspired by sight, Pianist Edward Callahan’s first CD, Meet Chris Praedl , Kalamazoo’s youngest commissioner and much more.
Southwest Michigan’s Magazine: The Art of Aaron Shafer, local efforts to combat climate change, the poetry of Margaret DeRitter, the KSO’s Jessica Mallow and more!
Southwest Michigan’s Magazine: The father of legal pot Martin Chilcutt, The Return of Pretty Penmanship, The importance of water in beer, Director of Community Planning & Economic Development Rebekah Kik.
Southwest Michigan’s Magazine: Northside’s Mattie Jordan-Woods, Attainable housing, Twelve Baskets Food Pantry, Kalamazoo Public Library’s Ryan Wieber, Best things about All Ears Theatre, and more!
Southwest Michigan’s Magazine: Our annual Revealed issue of unseen images from year of stories; holiday gift guide, Health House for women in recovery, the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo’s Kristen Chesak and more!
Southwest Michigan’s Magazine: Exploring Kalamazoo’s indigenous roots, Pastors on Patrol, the hard work of raising service dogs, locally made products we loved, meet KPS’ Chef Shaun and more!
The revitalization of the Vicksburg paper mill site, favorite haunted places, ‘happy’ produce at Soil Friends, the art of photosynthesis, meet Anika Johnson and more!
Southwest Michigan’s Magazine: African American artists in the spotlight, El Concilio helps Latinos find support, meet James Devers, who’s behind the Gull Lake Dam project, Schmaltz Museum of Earth History and more!
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