Rebecca Thiele

What does home feel like? Kalamazoo artist puts it on canvas

Rebecca Thiele — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:02:00 +0000

“As an adult, that feeling that I had as a child has escaped me. That comfort and the security and safety of home," says Kalamazoo artist Bonnie Pfingst. "That I’ve just now recently purchased my own home here in Kalamazoo and I’m loving it. Every day I can’t wait to get home and build a fire. And sit on the couch with my son and just enjoy life, just be.”

A memoir about murder, surfing, and that complex relationship we have with our parents

Rebecca Thiele — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:34:46 +0000

Author and Western Michigan University alum Kelly Daniels will read from his memoir Cloudbreak California on Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at Michigan News Agency in Kalamazoo. Cloudbreak California begins with Daniels’ father who confesses to murdering a man and then disappears. Then the story follows Daniels as he travels to places like Mexico and Guatemala, living simply, meeting colorful characters, and searching for a story to write.

Into the Woods: What happens after you get what you want?

Rebecca Thiele — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:34:37 +0000

Kalamazoo College’s Festival Playhouse is kicking off their 50th anniversary Thursday with the musical Into the Woods. Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine is about what happens to the characters in Grimm’s fairy tales after the ‘happily ever after.’

Crawlspace hosts the Kalamazoo Improv Festival

Rebecca Thiele — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:36:38 +0000

“It really isn’t just people jumping on a stage and trying to make you laugh. It really isn’t," says Dann Sytsma of Crawlspace Theater Productions. "It’s people on stage working together to create a story that’s never been told, that will never be told again. And they want you to experience that with them.”

'How to Survive A Plague': A history of AIDS activism

Rebecca Thiele — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:00:00 +0000

Kalamazoo College will screen the documentary How to Survive A Plague, directed by K-College alum David France, Sunday at the Dalton Theatre at 7 p.m. The documentary follows two major activists groups in the fight to keep people from dying of AIDS, the Treatment Action Group and the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. Now it’s set to be made into an TV miniseries on ABC.