KIA Exhibit!
Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass, featuring 120 pieces of glass art created by contemporary Native American and Indigenous Pacific-Rim artists, May 18–Aug.18.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #kia #glass #pacificrim

Spring Dance Performance!
Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers
May 17–19
The performance Tendrils will feature of collaboration of choreographers, dancers and musicians at the Wellspring Theatre.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #wellspring #dance

Carmen!
The Kalamazoo Philharmonia with West Michigan Opera Project tell the story of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Carmen, 3 p.m. May 19 at First United Methodist Church.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #carmen #opera

To the World: Peace
Kalamazoo Ringers
The 17-member bell choir will perform on seven octaves of handbells and six octaves of choir chimes in this concert
7 p.m. May 18 First United Methodist Church
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#EncoreKalamazoo #worldpeace #bellchoir #methodistchurch

Cinderella!
Performed by the dancers of Ballet Kalamazoo and guest artist Joseph VanHarn, will be presented at 6 p.m. May 18 and 2 p.m. May 19 at Comstock Community Auditorium.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #Cinderella #ballet

WMU Theatre!
May 17–26
Western Michigan University student actors will bring Shakespeare’s political thriller about the Roman dictator Julius Caesar to the stage this month in the York Arena Theatre.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #wmu #ilovetheatre #theatre

First Things! Something Green!
Expo Center to host Garden Fest!
You can to get your hands dirty from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. May 18, when the Kalamazoo Garden Festival plants itself at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #green #expo

72-Hour Play Festival! All Ears Theatre!
May 16
See what audio theater magic can be created in just 72 hours.
Four 10-minute plays will be performed in this free production.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #72hour #audiotistic

Spring Concert with Brass Band of Battle Creek!
Selections of flight-based music in honor of Battle Creek Airport’s 100th anniversary, 7:30 p.m. May 18 in Kellogg Auditorium.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #100thanniversary #springconcert #brassband

Looking for ‘Lost Radio’!
Don Ramlow hunts for and preserves Golden Age radio programs!
Read all about when Don first appeared in Encore - October 2005 with special online content and where he's at now!
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#EncoreKalamazoo #radioprogram #goldenage

First Things! Something Two-Wheeled!
Kalamazoo Bike Week!
Pump up those tires and get ready to roll as part of a week-long celebration of biking May 11–18.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #bikeweek #celebration #biking #Kalamazoo

Author Talk!
Ghassan Zeineddine, Arab-American author of the story collection Dearborn, will be on hand for two programs on May 11 at the Kalamazoo Public Library’s Oshtemo Branch
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#EncoreKalamazoo #dearborn #author #talk

Stulberg International String Competition!
May 17–18
Some of the globe’s most talented youth string musicians come to town for this competition.
Please see the website for schedule and locations.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #international #competitions #musician

First Things! Something Musical!
Belle and Sebastian to play at Bell’s!
The indie Scottish band Belle and Sebastian will bring their folk-pop to the Backroom of Bell’s Eccentric Cafe May 6.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #scottishband #bell #folkpop #band

First Things! Something Nostalgic!
Beatles tribute comes to Miller Auditorium!
Those who lived through Beatlemania and those who didn’t can revel in the music of one of the most iconic rock bands on May 14 .
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#EncoreKalamazoo #instamusic #beatlestribute

Be More Chill!
May 16–19 at Festival Playhouse
This play explores the adventures and pitfalls that occur when a teenage social outcast enlists a tiny supercomputer called “The Squip” to make him popular and cool.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #playhouse #adventures

Choral Performance!
Dreams, a concert by the all-female Kalamazoo Community Chorale, is set for 3 p.m. May 5 at First United Methodist Church.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #unitedmethodist #dreams #chorale

New Exhibition at the KIA!
The West Michigan Area Show, with more than 300 works by artists from 14 counties of Western Michigan, May 3–Aug. 25.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #kia #newexhibition #westmichigan

Author Talk!
Mark Nepo, local poet, philosopher and author of 25 books, will speak at 2 p.m. May 6 at the Kalamazoo Public Library.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #marknepo #localpoet #author #philosopher

Bravo! Competition Concert!
The winners of Fontana Chamber Art’s annual competition for local music students will present a free recital at 7 p.m. May 15 in the Epic Center’s Jolliffe Theatre.
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#EncoreKalamazoo #bravo #concert #winners