Kalamazoo Gazette Coverage
Sign Unveiling
Cheryl Clarke at Fire
Reinventing fashion: Students debut eco-friendly line at Friday's Art Hop
Kalamazoo spoken word duo Kinetic Affect to release live album ...
Feb 25, 2011 ... All proceeds from the contest will go to support the work of Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative. Spoken Word CD and Anthology
Fire Flies Photos & Pictures | MLive.com
All photos tagged with "Fire Flies" RSS · Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative. By Jill McLane Baker | Kalamazoo Gazette MLive.com ...
An example of giving back: K-College students earn STAR Award for ...
Apr 29, 2009... this summer as youth coordinator at Kalamazoo's Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative and in outreach work with youth in Madrid, ...
April, 2009 Monthly News Archives | Kalamazoo News - Page 4 ...
Apr 1, 2009 ... Most art at the Art Hop on Friday will hang on walls but the art at the Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative will be in motion. ...
Fairs/Festivals | Kalamazoo Entertainment - Page 14 - - MLive.com
Jun 9, 2009 ... Burnham & Flower Insurance Group, 315 S. Kalamazoo Mall. • Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, 1249 Portage Road. Full story
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/fairsfestivals/index_14.html
ticket Photos & Pictures | Page 3 - mlive.com
Steve “Quoi Quoi” Beyan of the local breakdance group kalamacrew performs Friday , July 17 at Fire. ... Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative ...
http://topics.mlive.com/tag/ticket/photos-3.html
Meeting to discuss Historically Black Colleges and Universities ...
Nov 19, 2009... and Universities Tour Experience is set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative, 1249 Portage Road. ...
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/11/meeting_to_discuss_tour_of_bla.html
John Liberty | Kalamazoo Gazette | MLive.com
The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College and Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, 1249 Portage Road, ...
http://connect-prod.mlive.com/user/jliberty/index.htm
Black Arts Festival wrapping up in downtown Kalamazoo | MLive.com
Jul 30, 2009 ... 8:30 p.m.: Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative presents Melodic ( spoken-word and eclectic R&B). 10 p.m.: Pamela Wise and the Afro ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/07/black_arts_festival_wrapping_u.html
kalamazoo gazette | Page 188 - MLive.com
Jul 17, 2009 ... Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative. By Jill McLane Baker | Kalamazoo Gazette MLive.com. July 17, 2009, 8:59AM ...
http://topics-prod.mlive.com/tag/kalamazoo%20gazette/index-188.html%22%3E188%3C/a%3E
February, 2011 Monthly News Archives | Kalamazoo Entertainment ...
The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College and Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, 1249 Portage Road, ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/02/index_16.html
Western Michigan University senior takes her final bow in ...
Jun 21, 2009 ... Nay also helped establish the youth-fashion program Style Studio at the Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative in Kalamazoo. ...
http://www.mlive.com/living/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/06/western_michigan_university_se.html
Local breakdancing group KalamaCrew entertains, educates | MLive.com
Aug 7, 2009... as "breakdancing" at Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative, ... the local breakdance group KalamaCrew performs July 17 at Fire. ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/08/local_breakdancing_group_kalam.html
July, 2009 Monthly News Archives | Kalamazoo Entertainment - Page ...
KALAMAZOO -- In terms of exterior appearance, Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative will officially arrive Friday. The nonprofit organization and ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/07/index_5.html
What's happening Saturday: Family Fun Day; animals and kids ...
Jul 17, 2009 ... Donations ($5 minimum) are being taken for Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. ...
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/07/whats_happening_saturday_famil_2.html
Nightlife: Live entertainment in Southwest Michigan | MLive.com
Feb 11, 2010 ... 16 — Carnivale/Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday, fundraiser for Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative, live music, drumming, dancing, ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/02/nightlife_live_entertainment_i_28.h...
Events happening in southwestern Michigan - MLive.com
Palisades Power Plant offers to buy fire simulator for Kalamazoo training ... minimum) are being taken for FIRE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ARTS COLLABORATIVE. ...
http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-34/124784224393500.xml&coll=7
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - mlive.com
Aug 20, 2009 ... Thanks also to thank Dr. Michelle Johnson and Denise Miller of the Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative for the great music that ...
http://www.mlive.com/columns/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/columns-6/1250779871100970.xml&coll=7
Project gives students a local history lesson - MLive.com
Jan 27, 2011 ... Michelle S. Johnson, executive director of FIRE Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, visited the classes several times to talk about ...
http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/citylife/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1243786841180380.xml&coll=7
Fall Arts Preview: Entertainment listings and events around ...
Sep 12, 2010 ... Denise Miller, co-owner of the Fire Arts Collaborative, will read from .... Event starts and finishes at Celery Flats Historic Area for 6- or 11-mile .... of New York and cultural anthropologist will speak, 2 p.m. Dec. ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/09/fall_arts_preview_entertainmen.html
June, 2009 Monthly News Archives | Kalamazoo Entertainment - Page ...
Jun 10, 2009 ... Burnham & Flower Insurance Group, 315 S. Kalamazoo Mall. • Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, 1249 Portage Road. Full story » ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/06/index_8.html
Kalamazoo, Michigan Entertainment News - MLive.com
Apr 2, 2010 ... The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College and Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, 1249 Portage Road, ...
http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/entertainment/kalamazoo/
Kalamazoo radio personality Buddy Hannah to read from latest book ...
Mar 3, 2009 ... Waiting at the train station moments away from good-bye / You caressing a single red rose / Me about to cry ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/03/kalamazoo_radio_personality_bu.html
poetry | MLive.com
Clay will read with poet Jennifer K. Sweeney as part of a poetry reading beginning at ... at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Fire, at 1249 Portage Road, in Kalamazoo. .
http://topics.mlive.com/tag/poetry/index.html
Local poet Chad Sweeney discusses the wonder of poetry, the poem ...
Nov 15, 2010 ... Local poet Chad Sweeney's third book of poems, "Parable of Hide and Seek ... Sweeney will read from his work at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Fire, ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/11/poet_chad_sweeney_discusses_th.html
poetry Blogs | MLive.com
Clay will read with poet Jennifer K. Sweeney as part of a poetry reading beginning at ... at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Fire, at 1249 Portage Road, in Kalamazoo. .
http://topics.mlive.com/tag/poetry/posts.html
Poetry | Kalamazoo Entertainment - Page 2 - - MLive.com
Sep 6, 2009 ... Local radio personality Buddy Hannah will read from and sign copies of his newest book of poetry this Friday at Fire, 1249 Portage Road in ..
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/booksauthors/poetry/index_2.html
Ad Lib: Teen open mic night at Fire | MLive.com
Nov 15, 2007 ... Grand Rapids teen to start open-mic night at Fire ... inviting anyone who wants to recite poetry or rap or dance or play music to join in. ...
http://blog.mlive.com/kalamazoo_gazette_extra/2007/11/ad_lib_25.html
Entertainment Q and A | MLive.com
Joseph P. Wood discusses the urgency of poetry, finding 'grace and ... a reading beginning at 9 p.m. tonight at Fire, at 1249 Portage Road, in Kalamazoo. ...
http://topics.mlive.com/tag/Entertainment%20Q%20and%20A/index-oldest.html
Local sorority Sigma Gamma Rho and CARES to commemorate National ...
Feb 4, 2011... Love Event at FIRE, 1249 Portage St. Dance, poetry and song focusing on HIV/ AIDS education, awareness and treatment with be featured, ...
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/02/local_sorority_sigma_gamma_rho.html
Entertainment Q and A | Page 2 - MLive.com
Tales of a 4th-grade nobody: Poet MC Hyland discusses poetry as a way to play, ... beginning at 9 p.m. tonight at Fire, at 1249 Portage Road, in Kalamazoo.
http://topics.mlive.com/tag/Entertainment%20Q%20and%20A/index-2.html
On the week: Entertainment listings for Southwest Michigan | MLive.com
Oct 14, 2010 ... Poetry reading featuring Rob Haight, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21, Fire, 1249 Portage Road. $3 cover. 269-344-6659, fire@thisisfire.com. ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/10/on_the_week_entertainment_list_30.h...
On the week: Entertainment listings for Southwest Michigan | MLive.com
Sep 16, 2010 ... Poetry Reading Denise Miller, co-owner of the Fire Arts Collaborative, will read from her new book “Speak Easy,” 7 p .m. Sept. ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/09/on_the_week_entertainment_list_26.h...
Plenty to do in and around Kalamazoo for the under-21 crowd ...
Sep 4, 2008 ... The roof is not on Fire. John A. Lacko | Special to the GazetteZach ... a 10 minute bike ride from campus -- is home to poetry events, ...
http://blog.mlive.com/kalamazoo_gazette_extra/2008/09/jonathon_gruenke_kalamazoo_gaz.html
NIGHTLIFE | MLive.com
Jul 9, 2008 ... Fire 1249 Portage Road, 344-6659. FRI -- Carry McGath, art exhibit and poetry, 5 -7:30 p.m. The Music Revue, soul and hip-hop, 10 p.m., $5. ..
http://blog.mlive.com/kalamazoo_gazette_extra/2008/07/nightlife_55.html
Poet Diane Seuss discusses her writing: 'I'm always plundering the brilliant inventions of the ancestors' By Simon A. Thalmann MLive.com December 13, 2010, 10:37AM Kalamazoo poet Diane Seuss will read from her work as part of the Poets on the Page reading series beginning at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Fire, at 1249 Portage Road, in Kalamazoo.  Full story »
Writer Paulette Beete discusses the language of music, sex in her work: 'My work is about a woman finding her voice,' she says By Simon A. Thalmann MLive.com November 05, 2010, 11:10AM Writer and editor Paulette Beete's poetry, fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous print and online journals, including Rhino, Third Coast and Provincetown Arts. Beete will give a reading beginning at 9 p.m. tonight at Fire, at 1249 Portage Road, in Kalamazoo. Full story »
Local poet Chad Sweeney discusses the wonder of poetry, the poem as 'an accident or the answer to a prayer' By Simon A. Thalmann MLive.com November 15, 2010, 7:00AM Local poet Chad Sweeney's third book of poems, "Parable of Hide and Seek," was published in October by Alice James Books. We caught up with Sweeney, 40, by e-mail to ask about his work in advance of his Poets on the Page reading at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Fire, at 1249 Portage Road, in Kalamazoo.  Full story »
Weekly African dance class is part yoga, part cardio - all workout ...
Apr 8, 2010 ... The loft at Fire vibrated with the sound and energy emanating from African drums ... surrounded by encouragement and some great live music. ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/04/weekly_african_dance_class_is.html
The meaning behind 'Da Cypha' | MLive.com
Apr 17, 2008 ... And I might live for somethin'" ... Related topics: Da Cypha, Fire, hip-hop, Kalamazoo, music, R&B, rap, soul, vocalists ...
http://blog.mlive.com/kalamazoo_gazette_extra/2008/04/the_meaning_behind_da_cypha.html

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Just Words Partnership with Arcus Center for Social Justice