Connecting Communities
Video podcast series
Connecting Communities: ‘Confections With Convictions’ Gives Sweet Second Chances
Dale Anderson and Jennifer Faketty discuss how their local chocolate shop is creating jobs for community members in need of a second chance, whether through a safe work place for recovery, or those with other barriers to employment. All while…
Connecting Communities: Bow In The Clouds, The Beginning
Sister Ginny of the Sisters of St. Joseph shares the origins of Bow in the Cloud preserve and how she and others have tended the land for teaching and the love of what it provides us.
Connecting Communities: K College Outdoor Programs – Opportunities for Students and Community Members
Join this episode of Connecting Communities to hear about how wild adventure can be more accessible that you might think. K College has become a resource for students and community members to learn and experience rock climbing, backpacking, and more.…
Connecting Communities: Exploring the Night Sky with the Kalamazoo Valley Museum Planetarium
Only a few hundred years ago, our ancestors were just as familiar with the night sky as they were with the daytime sky. Now we are quite separated from it. Steven Crawford, the Planetarium Technician at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum,…
Connecting Communities: Naturalizing the Kalamazoo River, Battle Creek Unlimited
Battle Creek Unlimited is an economic development non-profit that has aquired 10 acres along the Kalamazoo River that runs through downtown. For decades, this area has been a highly industrial one, with the banks of the river reflecting that. A…
Connecting Communities: Monoform Cinema at the Dormouse Theatre
Monoform Cinema is a group that is bringing a curated, non-commercial film experience to Kalamazoo. The team (Gabe Ybarra, Jaycie McGruder, Steve Remenapp, and Carman Goodrich) remember the days when the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema was operating and people could go…
Connecting Communities: Yes, There Really is a Podcast Episode About a Kalamazoo Meme Page
Residents who follow the page "Yes, There Really Is A Kalamazoo Meme Page" on Facebook and Instagram frequently comment on the page's original memes saying "This is so true." The page nods to neighborhood inside jokes, winks about local heroes,…
