Helanius Wilkins has devoted himself to using the lenses of Black masculinity and cutting-edge choreography to rethink race, class, identity, human diversity and tragic turns of inhumanity…”— Clarence E. Page, […]
WHO'S UP FOR A POST FAT TUESDAY MARDI GRAS PARTY? WE SURE ARE! Save the date for Thursday, March 3rd beginning at 7pm (doors at 6:30pm) with live entertainment from The Kanola […]
Create during an evening of art! The biennial Hands-On event is returning to the Kirk Newman Art School on March 4, from 5-8 p.m. Participants can try their hand at […]
Sometimes a book saves your life. It shows up just in time, and you cling to each page. They don’t always tell you love can be an endless stormy ocean, […]
We're celebrating the Americas with engaging music from Dvořák, Copland, and Soro and are thrilled to present Derrick Parker in his KSO debut singing Aaron Copland’s playful and sentimental "Old […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
