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🍎 From humble beginnings to sweet success: Our hard cider journey has been a labor of love. Starting small, each apple picked and pressed by local farmers, every batch a lesson in patience and persistence. We’ve faced challenges, tasted failures, but never gave up on perfecting our craft. Through trial and tribulations, we’ve scaled our business, refining flavors, and techniques along the way.

Today, we’re grateful for your support as we continue to grow and share our passion for exceptional hard cider. Cheers to perseverance and the art of craft! 🍏

Dessert First? New Kalamazoo ‘cakery’ brings sweet philosophy downtown While the shop will specialize in custom cakes and sweets, customers can also find affordable breakfasts and lunches.

Jeri here, relaxing front of my building (I mean, it has MY name on it), supervising one of my employees clean up the garden. Just wanted to hop on here to let you know it’s a great weekend to give me a visit. We’ve got a few events happening, check em out:

🐈 Washington Ave Arts + Culture Crawl Edison Neighborhood Association is this Saturday 4/13 from 12-4pm. I’ll be hanging out in the Jerico Gallery during debut exhibit. Check out our stories for a map of the neighborhood art crawl, or visit the page for info.

🐈 The Clover Room has 2 shows this weekend. On Saturday, Cold Mountain Child/Jon Hayes/Adam J Snyder will be sharing the stage 4/13 at 8pm. If you’re into indie-folk, shoe-gaze, and singer songwriter vibes, this show if for you.

🐈 On Sunday 4/14, The Clover Room will be hosting Sounds of the Zoo the Emerging Artist Showcase at The Clover Room with the likes of Zero Sun, The Cerulean Fish, and Chloe Webster. It’ll be an eclectic night of music, that I know I for sure will attend.

🐈 Lastly, is meeting up again this Sunday at 3pm, which is this super cool group who does super cool art together in the Jerico Workshop Room (I love playing in this room). You’ll just have to see for yourself.

Anyways, this was a lot of typing (you try typing with paws), so I’m gonna go nap in a chair now and pretend I don’t see you when you try to wake me up, then jump on your shoulder when you least expect it.

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Join the fun in making pasta sauce hosted by West Michigan Pasta & Provisions on April 28th!

Sauce Competition (Concorso di salse) Join us for this fun event where you can pit your cherished sauce recipe against all others to take the title of Sauce King!Is your Nonna's recipe the best?Do you have what it takes to win?Is is "gravy" or "sauce"?This event is sponsored by West Michigan Pasta & Provisions who will be helping to...

Save the Date! June 7 and 8, 2024 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair!

Join us with 100+ professional artists from across Michigan and the United States at Bronson Park for a unique, two-day experience that includes fine art works in jewelry, photography, sculpture, painting, ceramics, glass, fiber, leather, wood, and more!

2024 is an election year!
Rugger's Up and Under is hosting a FREE event on Monday, April 22nd, at 4:30pm where there is a chance to sit down and talk with elected officials from the local, state, and federal level.
If you are interested in politics and the upcoming election, this is the perfect chance for you to speak with likeminded individuals who are involved in it!

Rugger's Up and Under is located at 711 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007, which is downtown.
Free tickets can be found on Event Brite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/southwest-michigan-first-advocacy-and-ales-tickets-875493764417?aff=ebdssbcitybrowse

Join us for our ArtBeak, Laughter is the Best Medicine: Humor in Art, tomorrow, April 2 at 12:00 pm EST.

Humor has many beneficial effects. It is clinically proven to have a powerful impact on physical, emotional, and social well-being. Understanding the humor of a given culture can also help to define its values and beliefs. The advent of readily accessible — and inexpensive — printing techniques facilitated the widespread expression of humor in the visual arts. Since the late nineteenth century, several art movements, such as surrealism and funk art, have incorporated humor. The postmodern period of the late 1960s to the present has contributed a wealth of humor to the visual arts, expressed through outlets ranging from traditional media to memes.

Jim Carter is a retired physician who had a clinical practice of Internal Medicine in Kalamazoo for 36 years, also serving as an Associate Professor for Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and Program Director of Internal Medicine for MSU-Kalamazoo Center Medical Studies. He has been involved with the KIA for over four decades as a photography student, board member, board president, and docent. His major area of interest is the intersection of art with medicine.

Reserve your ticket here: https://pulse.ly/6he5i0szro

Step into the shoes of a newly-minted detective, tasked by Commander Mahoney to solve a gripping case... murder on the streets of Kalamazoo. During this crime solving audio adventure, you'll visit each of the 10 locations marked on the map, either in person or virtually via the web version (included).

https://www.getyourguide.com/kalamazoo-l101160/kalamazoo-mi-murder-mystery-detective-experience-t607728/