On May 13, 1980, Kalamazoo faced an unprecedented F3 tornado that carved its way through the downtown central business district destroying everything in its path. The devastation resulted in several deaths and millions of dollars in damages to practically every downtown business. Journalist Blake Naftel has been collecting video and other data on the tornado [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Culture’
March 30, 2010
Ben Lando from Iraq Oil Report Discusses Reporting in Iraq, Complex Energies Market
Journalist Ben Lando, the Iraq bureau chief of Iraq Oil Report, stopped by the Nonchalant Café Hour recently for a conversation about the challenges of covering the oil energies market in the heart of the Middle East. Lando, a former general manager at WIDR FM during his studies at Western Michigan University, is also regularly [...]
March 4, 2010
Get Affected with Kalamazoo Spoken Word Duo Kinetic Affect
Gabriel Giron and Kirk Latimer, who make up the award winning Kinetic Affect, stopped by the Nonchalant Café Hour recently to discuss their upcoming Get Affected series at Studio 246. Not a group to shy away from difficult, challenging and important issues, Get Affected will showcase performances on the theme “We Are At War” focusing [...]
February 27, 2010
Kinetic Affect’s Gabriel Giron and Kirk Latimer Discuss Get Affected Series
NCH WEB EXTRA NCH WEB EXTRA NCH WEB EXTRA NCH WEB EXTRA Gabriel Giron and Kirk Latimer, who make up the award winning Kinetic Affect, stopped by the Nonchalant Café Hour Friday for a little conversation about their upcoming Get Affected show at Studio 246. In an NCH Web Extra, the Kalamaz0o-based duo has a [...]
February 17, 2010
USA Curling Nationals Set To Throw Rocks at Houses in Kalamazoo
Got your curling fix yet? I didn’t think so. Don’t worry, shortly after your Olympic fever subsides, Kalamazoo will host the 2010 USA Curling Nationals March 6–13 at Wings Stadium. Jason Hall, Kalamazoo Curling Club VP, stopped by the Nonchalant Café Hour recently to discuss the inner workings of curling and the growing popularity of curlers throwing rocks at houses. [...]
September 18, 2009
Kinetic Affect to Release New Live Recording
Kinetic Affect, fresh from a voyage to the West Coast for a spot on America’s Got Talent, will release their latest recording Friday Sept. 18, at the Fire in Kalamazoo. One half of the duo, Gabriel Giron, stopped by the Nonchalant Café Hour to discuss the release and making of live recording and the spoken-word group’s latest projects [...]
September 9, 2009
Sugarcult to headline Bronco Bash 2009
Western Michigan University is gearing up for Bronco Bash 2009 to welcome the students back into Kalamazoo. Over 400 student organizations, university departments, and businesses are expected to take in the annual event along with an entertainment lineup that includes California-based Sugarcult as the headliner. Bronco Bash coordinator Andrew VanWasshnova stopped by the NCH recently to [...]
July 17, 2009
KalamaBrew uncovers beer festivals and rye beer at Bells
This week in the KalamaBrew podcast listen in for all the lastest in Michigan beer festival news. The esteemed writing staff at KalamaBrew has all the festival details for the remainer of the summer season. Also tune in for an intriguing day full of rye beer at Bells Brewery known as the rye day Friday (clever [...]
July 10, 2009
Interview with Ken Schramm, author of the Complete Meadmaker
The godfather of mead in the United States, Ken Schramm, joined KalamaBrew bloggers Josh Smith, Anne Holcomb and NCH host Steven Davy for a chat about the mysteries of honey wine. Schramm is the author of The Complete Meadmaker which is recognized as the Bible on how to make mead. What the key to making good mead? Choose the best local [...]
June 30, 2009
A Bells bus trip to Detroit for a sweep of the Cubs
Regular NCH contributor and KalamaBrew writer John Liberty joins the show by phone from the beaches of South Haven to tell the tale of a trip to Detroit via the Bells beer bus. Despite the adversity of reporting live while the waters of Lake Michigan washed over his feet, Liberty recounts a recent Bells Brewery chartered [...]
