The Fretboard Festival is a celebration of Kalamazoo's stringed-instrument legacy and musical heritage. The 17th Annual Fretboard Festival by the Kalamazoo Valley Museum will be presented virtually on Saturday, March 5. This year's festival will feature four live-streamed musical performances and three live-streamed workshops. These will not be recorded and will only happen once, so […]
TIME OUT is an unforgettable songwriters in the round concert. Reminiscent of a night at the legendary Blue Bird Cafe where award winning writers swap personal stories and inspirational songs in an intimate setting, TIME OUT is a lyric lovers dream. The Accidentals (Sav Buist and Katie Larson) spent the better part of the last year […]
Cycles epitomize the power-trio format with ripping guitar, fat bass grooves played out through furious slapping, and viciously dynamic drum beats flowing over intricate tempo changes. Each member wields a unique take on their instrument that when played together, forms a truly fresh and cohesive sound. Patrick Harvey commands the guitar with speed and precision […]
Rising from the forests and rivers of central Wisconsin, Armchair Boogie's high-energy take on the Jamgrass genre fuses intricate arrangements of acoustic guitar and banjo with the funky back beats of electric bass and drums. Augie Dougherty (banjo, vocals) and Ben Majeska (guitar, vocals) started playing together in the fall of 2014 while attending the University […]
You don’t often hear about an artist reinventing their sound twenty albums into a celebrated career. But for Todd Snider, his latest release, First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder, isn’t so much a sudden change in direction as an arrival after years of searching. Since debuting in 1994, Snider has gone through his own incarnations. […]
For younger children, we’re offering our Rootead in Youth program, which meets once a week on Saturday mornings (March 5th - April 9th) and includes instruction on movement, songs, rhythms, and storytelling centering on the African Diaspora. The program is a great primer for youth who’ll move on to join the RYDC and RYDE programs. […]
Let creativity swirl around you! Join the Art Detectives as we read The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds, and look at the vibrant art of Linling Liu: Musical Meditations. At this extra special Art Detectives, we’ll be joined by Marisa Bianan from Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers and she will lead you through a dotty, swirling, […]
The Irish American Club of Kalamazoo is happy to announce that the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is returning to downtown Kalamazoo on Saturday, March 12 starting at 11:00 am. The parade route is the same as past years, beginning on Burdick St. at Michigan Ave., traveling south to Cedar St.
The Upjohn Mason Grandchildren’s Gallery is awash in vivid colors, fun shapes, and interesting patterns – some of the fundamental building blocks of art. Let’s explore how artists have used these elements in different and unique ways. Do any of these shapes surprise you? Can simple colors make a realistic picture? Can a pattern evoke […]
Linda Tellis wants you to smile. And it’s hard not to when she takes the stage as “Lady Ace Boogie”. Compelled to share both her story, and the stories of others; she conveys a message centered on personal growth, inspiration, and hopes to positively impact those who are listening. LAB’s acclaimed freshman album “Feel Good Music” […]
Museums are colonial institutions that traditionally prioritized academic knowledge and devalued traditional knowledge and lived experience. They have historically marginalized communities by hoarding their cultural objects while holding themselves up as the arbiters of cultural greatness. Current calls to action to address internal structures of racism in museums have inspired an uptick in hiring BIPOC […]
Known for her curation of thought-provoking traveling exhibitions, Reni Gower will take us behind the scenes and show us how she brings exhibitions to life. Gower is a visual artist, curator, and educator, whose award-winning work in painting and multimedia has been represented in many prestigious collections both nationally and internationally. Supported by the Visiting […]
