Hear more about Tu B'shvat from Rabbi Harvey Spivak
Holidays change. Halloween wasn’t always about getting candy and the first Thanksgiving probably didn’t involve watching football. Saturday is Tu B’shvat, or ‘New Year for the Trees,’a minor Jewish holiday that’s changed at least three times.
Kalamazoo band Pleasant Drive will play Friday night at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum. Band members Jason Curtis and Evan Kincaid describe their music as dynamic. From song to song, you could hear influences from Pink Floyd, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime, or The White Stripes.