VISUAL ARTS
Four Exhibitions
Throughout the month
The Carnegie Center for the Arts
From steamrolled art to paper weaving, four very different exhibitions will be featured this month at the Carnegie Center, 107 North Main St., Three Rivers:
• Above – Below will feature works by more than 20 Southwest Michigan artists exploring the concepts of above and below as they relate to the physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, environmental and universal spheres.
• Birds, Bugs & Blooms! will highlight prints created using 12″x12″ carved wooden blocks and a steamroller during the 2024 South Street Print Fest at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
• Boundless: Innovation & Tradition in Paper will explore the artistic possibilities of paper, including paper weaving, sculpting, bookbinding and surface printing.
• What If? — Works by Roxie Vetter explore techniques in design, color and medium.
The exhibitions run through Sept. 9. For more information, visit trcarnegie.com
Show Me Your Papers /A Ver, Y Tus Papeles?
Aug. 19–Sept. 20
Richmond Center for Visual Arts, WMU
The Richmond Center description of this exhibition notes that every day around the world hundreds of thousands of people cross borders, and at these crossings governments ask individuals to present papers verifying their migration status. For migrants without documents, trying to avoid the command “Show me your papers/ A ver, y tus papeles? (Let’s see, and your papers?)” can force them to risk their lives. Having papers, therefore, becomes a matter of life or death.
The exhibition will feature print works by 12 artists exploring the concepts of borders, migration and dual identity. It will be displayed in the Richmond Center’s Albertine Monroe-Brown Gallery.
Gallery hours are noon–6 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday. For more information, visit wmich.edu/art/galleries.
THEATER
• Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot
• My Fair Lady
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Throughout the month
The Barn Theatre
Music and mystery are on the bill this month at the Barn Theatre:
• Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot, a whodunit about an actor who takes on the role of a detective in real life, will be performed Aug. 1–3.
• My Fair Lady, the musical classic about Professor Higgins transforming spirited Eliza Doolittle into a refined lady, will be staged Aug. 5–17.
• And How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, in which an ambitious window washer schemes his way to the top of the corporate ladder, will be featured Aug. 19–31.
Show times are 8 p.m. Tuesday–Friday and 5 p.m. Sunday at the Augusta theater. Tickets are $43–$51 and available at barntheatreschool.org or by calling 250-6984.
COMEDY
Comedy Performances
Throughout the month
Crawlspace Comedy Theatre
With a lot of improv and a little magic thrown in, the Crawlspace venue will offer plenty to laugh at this month. The scheduled performances are:
• Pants and Canned Champagne, Aug. 1
• Oh Hey! and TBD Improv Trio, Aug. 2
• Crawlspace Eviction, Aug. 8 and 9
• Stuart McDonald Comedy Magic, Aug. 15
• Canned Champagne and Blunder Bus, Aug. 16
• TBD Improv Trio and Baby Steps, Aug. 22
• What Sharp Teeth and Daddy’s Boys, Aug. 23
• Superstar Poetry Show with Emily Haines Lloyd, Aug. 29
• The Trial Improvised Courtroom Comedy, Aug. 30
All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. at the theater, located in the Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition building, 315 W. Michigan Ave. Tickets are $2–$15 and available online at crawlspacecomedy.com.
LITERATURE
Author Talks
Throughout the month
Various locations
Three Michigan authors will present talks this month at area libraries.
The Portage District Library will host two authors:
• Michael Delaware, author of Victorian Southwest Michigan True Crime, at 6 p.m.Aug. 6.
• And Tobin Buhk, author of Michigan’s Most Dangerous Women, at 6 p.m. Aug. 19.
Registration is required to attend the talks. To register or for more information, visit portagelibrary.info.
Angeline Boulley, author of Firekeeper’s Daughter, will discuss her book at 6 p.m. Aug. 19 at Richland Community Library. For more information, visit richlandlibrary.org.
Air Poetry
Aug. 23
Kalamazoo Poetry Festival
This outdoor event hosted by the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival, in partnership with Kazoo Books, will feature music, poetry and flash fiction.
It will be held from 4–6 p.m. outside the bookstore, located at 2413 Parkview Ave., with parking available behind the building.
The featured performers will be local singer Jessica Ivey, poet Markeva Love, and flash fiction writer Laura Citino. T-shirts featuring poetry written by clients and staff of YWCA Kalamazoo will be available for sale, with all proceeds to be donated to the YWCA.
MUSIC
Outdoor Concerts
Throughout the month
Various venues
Squeezing the most out of what’s left of summer, the outdoor concert season has another full month of shows across the region this month. The scheduled shows, show times and locations are:
• Y-Not, 11:30 a.m. Aug. 1, Bronson Park
• The Wateverly Brothers, 7 p.m. Aug. 2, Mahan Park, 101 Brady St., Allegan
• Zion Lion, 4 p.m. Aug. 3, Bronson Park
• Otsego Jazz Ensemble, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 3, Kindleberger Park, 122 N. Riverview Drive, Parchment
• Vinyl Tap, 5 p.m. Aug. 6, Gilmore Car Museum, 6865 Hickory Road, Hickory Corners
• SaxFifth Music and DJ Conscious, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 6, Bates Alley, located between Edwards and Portage Streets, in downtown Kalamazoo
• Cut’n Loose and Nautic Sound, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 6, downtown Vicksburg
• The Windbreakers and Mike Talbot, 6 p.m. Aug. 7, Overlander Bandshell, 7810 Shaver Road, Portage
• K-Nein, 11:30 a.m. Aug. 8, Bronson Park
• Dylan Tolbert, 6 p.m., and Tony Fields, 8 p.m., Aug. 8, Arcadia Creek Festival Place, 145 E. Water St., downtown Kalamazoo
• DJ Playhouse, 6:30 p.m., and Chi Beezy, Jon Godlee and Ed Genesis, 7:15 p.m., Aug. 9, Northside Association of Community Development, 612 N. Park St.
• Carrie McFerrin, 7 p.m. Aug. 9, Mahan Park, 101 Brady St., Allegan
• Out of Favor Boys, 6 p.m. Aug. 10, Texas Drive Park, 6603 Texas Drive, Texas Township
• Zero Sun, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 10, Kindleberger Park
• Barefoot Blondes, 5 p.m. Aug. 13, Gilmore Car Museum
• Duke and The Loose Cannons and DJ No Limit, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 13, Bates Alley
• The Mickeys and The Iconix, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 13, downtown Vicksburg
• Youth & Teen Talent Show, 11:30 a.m. Aug. 15, Bronson Park
• AP Dailey News, 7 p.m. Aug. 16, Mahan Park
• Zion Lion, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17, Kindleberger Park
• Jimmy and the Mortals, 5 p.m. Aug. 20, Gilmore Car Museum
• Work In Progress and DJ Playhouse, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 20, Bates Alley
• Shelagh Brown Band, 11:30 a.m. Aug. 22, Bronson Park
• Dog Patch Lullaby, 5 p.m., and Feel Frieda, 6:30 p.m., Aug. 22, Celery Flats Pavilion, 7335 Garden Lane, Portage
• Lighting Matches, 6 p.m. Aug. 23, Mahan Park
• The Andrew Fisher Quartet Stevie Wonder Tribute, 4 p.m. Aug. 24, Bronson Park
• Kitten and The Tonics, 6 p.m. Aug. 24, Flesher Field gazebo, 3664 S. Ninth St., Oshtemo Township
• Shout!, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 24, Kindleberger Park
• Trapped on Mars, 5 p.m. Aug. 27, Gilmore Car Museum
• The Skeletones and Sic Musiq, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 27, Bates Alley
• Jacob McLeod, 11:30 a.m. Aug. 29, Bronson Park
• The Williams Family Band, 6 p.m. Aug. 30, Mahan Park
A complete schedule is available at kalamazooarts.org/summertime-live.
