Tagged: kalamazoo expo center

Fashion & Design
6:55 pm
Mon April 8, 2013

Fashion show lets WMU students show their creativity

Credit Rebecca Thiele, WMUK
Fashion design students working around the clock at the WMU sewing lab.

Think about the shirt you’re wearing today. Although it was probably made in a factory somewhere, at one time that style was just someone’s idea. Someone designed it, cut out a pattern, cut or ripped the fabric, sewed it together, and prepped it for the runway.

That’s what Western Michigan University design students have been doing since December to prepare for their annual fashion show. The show put on by WMU’s Merchandising Opportunities and Design Association will be at the Kalamazoo Expo Center Friday and Saturday night starting at 8 p.m.

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Arts & More
9:30 am
Tue January 8, 2013

Stamp collectors not worried about U.S. Postal Service decline

Credit Discover Kalamazoo
The Kalamazoo Expo Center

  • Hear about the Stamp Expo in Kalamazoo

While your e-mail inbox may be overflowing, your mailbox is likely devoid of handwritten letters. Even so, stamp collectors are doing their best to keep the hobby alive.

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