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‘Badass outside demeanor with a heart of gold’ – NowKalamazoo

Dec 27, 2024 | nowkalamazoo.org | Ben Hoger

For someone who referred to himself as the “angry man in the chair,” people who knew Jon Reeves can’t seem to say enough nice things about him. Reeves, the co-owner of Combat Ready Art at the Park Trades Center in Kalamazoo, was diagnosed in December 2023 with glioblastoma, a fast-growing, aggressive, and malignant brain tumor.
The taste, smell, and sound of … dance – NowKalamazoo

Nov 22, 2024 | nowkalamazoo.org | Ben Hoger

As Wellspring/Cori Terry and Dancers enters its 43rd season – its first since the semi-retirement of its artistic director, founder, and namesake – the company is kicking it off with an innovative, collaborative, and multisensory performance that Kalamazoo has never seen, or heard, or smelled, or tasted before.
Good children, a garden, and a ruckus – NowKalamazoo

Nov 8, 2024 | nowkalamazoo.org | Ben Hoger

Robin Wall Kimmerer was leaving the stage this week when she paused and offered a piece of advice for those worn out from the election. Taking care of and replenishing the earth – an underlying theme of both her bestseller book “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants” and the next one which will be released in two weeks – can do the same for yourself.
How can the election process be improved? Part 2 – NowKalamazoo

Nov 4, 2024 | nowkalamazoo.org | Ben Hoger |Kristie May |Ben Lando |“Black Voices

Kalamazoo County’s first general election early voting experience is over and the final day to cast a ballot in this contentious election is tomorrow. What about future elections – is there a way for the system and process to be improved, regardless of who is on the ballot? We polled attendees at the Friday rally for Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, held at the private aviation hangar RAI Jets next to the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport.
How can the election process be improved? – NowKalamazoo

Oct 29, 2024 | nowkalamazoo.org | Ben Hoger |Caroline Bissonnette |Ben Jones

Early voting kicked off in Michigan over the weekend and, according to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Monday morning, more than 250,000 voters have cast their ballots. Many consider early voting to be the first step in improving the overall election process, but some attendees of the Harris-Walz presidential campaign rally at Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo on Saturday had some other ideas on how they would personally like to see things improve.
Special Screening: Biopic of killed Putin critic has Kalamazoo connections – NowKalamazoo

Oct 14, 2024 | nowkalamazoo.org | Ben Hoger

Telling the truth can be a dangerous profession. In total numbers, journalists aren’t dying at the same rate as loggers and roofers, which the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says are the deadliest occupations. But more than 1,800 journalists and media workers were killed between 1992 and 2024, according to the international press freedom group, Committee to Protect Journalists.
‘It’s not just a house’ – NowKalamazoo

Sep 9, 2024 | nowkalamazoo.org | Ben Hoger

Jacob Pinney-Johnson sees more than just his mother Susan Pinney standing on her front porch. From where he’s standing, in the home he just bought for him and his children across the street from his childhood home, he sees the physical connection between future generations to a past in Kalamazoo that embodies Black resilience of American history. “It is a house that was bought over a hundred years ago by my great-great grandmother,” Pinney-Johnson says.
Explore & Connect Archives – NowKalamazoo

Sep 9, 2024 | nowkalamazoo.org | Ben Hoger |Dave Person |Reid Williams |Catalina Gonzalez

Around every corner in the cities and down every county road, our amazing neighbors are putting their creativity, passion, and purpose on display.
Kalamazoo’s high-tech shield – NowKalamazoo

Aug 29, 2024 | nowkalamazoo.org | Ben Hoger

Jason DeVries used to store all of his computer data on an external hard drive and then “wrap it up in aluminum foil and back it up every quarter” to protect it from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) or a solar flare. That was more than a decade ago, when the ability to do things like remotely hack a signal to a vehicle and control it or send a signal to a mobile phone and delete all of its data was a futuristic premise in spy novels, TV shows, and Hollywood blockbusters.
Michigan Works! Southwest helps company's transition

May 21, 2024 | upjohn.org | Ben Hoger

By Ben Hoger, Michgan Works! Southwest When Jacquelyn Murray was asked to explain what Marshall Excelsior Company does, it didn’t take long before she mentioned their partnership with Michigan Works! Southwest, a local agency that has been foundational in helping Marshall Excelsior Company transition and grow through corporate change.