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The Final Live Nonchalant Café Hour

It is a little bittersweet to file this report, but Friday will be the final live broadcast of the Nonchalant Café Hour.  After hosting the show since 2002, the Captain is moving on to new horizons and will air an … Continue reading

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Red Sea Pedestrians Drift by to Discuss “Adrift”: Today on the NCH

Kalamazoo, Mich.’s the Red Sea Pedestrians recently released their new album “Adrift”. The 12 new songs offer a unique voyage for listeners handcrafted by a band carving a path with sounds from Eastern Europe, Folk Americana, a slight touch of … Continue reading

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Bell’s Beer Garden Opener Head for the Hills: Today on the NCH

Colorado’s Head for the Hills, out on tour in support of their self titled latest release, will join Kalamazoo’s Greensky Bluegrass for the annual Bell’s Beer Garden opener weekend. Adam Kinghorn, H4TH’s guitarist, banjo player and vocalist, will join the … Continue reading

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Crawlspace Eviction Presents American Idle Hands | The KFS screens The Last Station: This week on the NCH

Crawlspace Eviction Theatre Productions will close out its 2009-2010 season with a show titled “American Idle Hands”. Continue reading

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May Erlewine Releases “Golden” at Bell’s: This Week on the NCH

Songwriter May Erlewine has released a new album titled “Golden”.  After a few preview listens, the Lake City, Michigan-based musician’s fifth solo recording feels like a breath of fresh air and is a perfect release after the long winter. Recorded … Continue reading

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The Kalamazoo Tornado 30 Years Later, Also Seth Bernard Releases Is This You: This Week on the NCH

May 13 marks a significant anniversary for Kalamazoo. In 1980, two F3 tornadoes touched down and carved paths through Van Buren and Kalamazoo Counties eventually winding right through the heart of Kalamazoo downtown central business district. Five people were killed, … Continue reading

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Tambourines to Glory Closes WMU Theatre Season and the KFS Presents The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: This Week on the NCH

Western Michigan University Theatre Department will close out its 2009-2010 season with Langston Hughes’ gospel musical play Tambourines to Glory. Tambourines to Glory, which features the WMU Gospel Choir, is the story of faith and friendship in a storefront church … Continue reading

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Gorilla Comedy Comes to the Strutt also Oberon is Released to the Masses: This week on the NCH

Stand up comedy is headed to the Strutt in downtown Kalamazoo as part of a new series called Gorilla Comedy. The first show of the series is scheduled for Monday April 5 and features some of Chicago’s “wildest” stand-up comedians … Continue reading

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Iraq Oil Report’s Ben Lando Back from Baghdad | and WMU Opens Chicago the Musical: This week on the NCH

This week on a WIDR WEEK edition of the Nonchalant Café Hour tune in for a conversation with reporter Ben Lando, the Iraq bureau chief for the Iraq Oil Report. Lando, a Kalamazoo, Mich. native, now resides in Baghdad where … Continue reading

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Donny McCaslin Headlines WMU Jazz Fest: This Week on the NCH

New York-based jazz musician Donny McCaslin is in Kalamazoo this weekend to headline the WMU Jazz Festival. Tune into the Nonchalant Café Hour for an interview with the saxophonist who is scheduled to play with the WMU University Jazz Orchestra … Continue reading

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