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The Creator’s Take: Your Next Great Story Is Already in Your Hands

If you’ve ever waited for the perfect moment, the perfect idea, or the perfect gear before hitting “record,” you’re not alone. But here’s the truth every creator eventually discovers: the story you want to tell can begin right where you…

The Kalamazoo Philharmonia onstage, showing musicians wearing black and playing various instruments with a conductor at the front. Text in the corner reads 'Impact Spotlight.' A blue box on the lower half of the image, beneath the photo of the Philharmonia, there is white text that reads 'This is a useful reference resource for the performers’ continued musical growth, but it’s also a wonderful way for us to share our efforts more widely.' in quotes and an attribution beneath to Andrew Koehler, music director of the Kalamazoo Philharmonia at Kalamazoo College and the Kalamazoo Junior Symphony orchestra
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A single, ephemeral moment…

The impact of recording local orchestral performances goes beyond simply being able to watch from afar! “Being a performing musician generally means months, sometimes years of work for a single ephemeral moment – the concert. That is indeed a special…

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NEW: The “You Belong Here” Health and Wellness Fair on Access Kalamazoo

Join Azalia Gonzalez and WMU students Emma Nesbit, Jaelyn Amhdar, and Grace Fryer as they explain how health and wellness are important to the overall sense of community in Kalamazoo.

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Performing Arts Showcase: Kalamazoo Choral Arts presents “¡Vamos! – The Spirit of Latin American Music”

Kalamazoo Choral Arts welcomed a live band and guest vocalists for an evening celebrating the culture and community of Argentina, Mexico, and more! Experience a sacred mass, folk songs, and a scintillating Jazz vocalist and her quartet.

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Gavel to Gavel: Upcoming Local Government Meetings and Key Agenda Items – November 10 – 14

This week, watch Oshtemo Township Board, Comstock Planning Commission, Kalamazoo Township Board, City of Kalamazoo Zoning Board, and more! Monday (11/10): Oshtemo Township Board of Trustees (5:30 PM, PMN3): Oshtemo's Township Board will provide second reading of text amendments to…

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Beyond the Broadcast: Why Public Interest Media Still Matters

When cable television first came to our communities, companies received permission to use public rights-of-way - to run poles, conduits, and cables on land that belong to all of us. In exchange, they made a promise: to serve the public…

A young woman with blond hair tied into a bun, wearing glasses and a plaid shirt, interviews and points a camera at another woman with dark hair wearing overalls. They are seated in a workshop, with lots of scattered tools and materials on a work bench and the wall behind them.
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“You have something to contribute.” – Impact Story

Sarah Horton was simply looking to fulfill a requirement for her journalism classes when she discovered Public Media Network. One thing led to another and now she has an article published in Encore magazine!  Sarah completed the Frank Jamison Fellowship,…

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