Zinta Aistars

Host of 'Between The Lines'/Freelancer

Zinta Aistars is our resident book expert. She started interviewing authors and artists for our Arts & More program in 2011.

Aistars is creative director, writer, and editor at Z Word, LLC. She's also the published author of three books in her native Latvian language. Aistars regularly contributes to many print and online publications in addition to freelancing for WMUK.

Art Beat: Painting Big

By • Aug 6, 2020
Leonard Swanson

It's hard to miss the bright and colorful art of Ellen Nelson. It’s big. So, you’ve probably seen her murals in and on the outside of buildings throughout Kalamazoo.


Art Beat: Half

By • Jul 30, 2020
Sara Cramer

What's it like to be an identical twin, so close that you share almost every thought and emotion? That’s the subject of Michigan native Sharon Harrigan’s debut novel, Half (University of Wisconsin Press, 2020).


Art Beat: Art And Social Justice

By • Jun 25, 2020
Courtesy Ellen VanderMyde

For a young artist, Ellen VanderMyde has acquired an impressive list of experiences.


Art Beat: Art That Transforms

By • Jun 18, 2020
Courtesy Denise Lisiecki

She is the director of the Kirk Newman Art School at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. But Denise Lisiecki did not start her career in the arts.


Art Beat: Singing Virtually

By • Jun 11, 2020
Rachel Carson

When associate professor Chris Ludwa was asked to teach music to an empty classroom at Kalamazoo College because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he blinked once — and then got creative.


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