Take a day to pause, breathe, and reconnect. Join us for a&nbsp;FREE Mindfulness Meditation Retreat&nbsp;on Saturday, April 18, from 10:00 AM–3:00 PM&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 10441 Shaver Rd, Portage.
Experience guided practices in mindfulness, gentle yoga, and compassion to support rest, renewal, and emotional balance.
Please bring a bag lunch; coffee and tea will be provided. Bring whatever helps you feel comfortable—yoga mat, cushion, sweater, or water bottle.
Space is limited—visit <a href="https://tinyurl.com/uuccSpringRetreat2026" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">tinyurl.com/uuccSpringRetreat2026</a> to register today!

Local Event: FREE Spring Mindfulness Retreat

Kalamazoo County

Kalamazoo-Portage

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FREE Spring Mindfulness Retreat

Take a day to pause, breathe, and reconnect. Join us for a FREE Mindfulness Meditation Retreat on Saturday, April 18, from...

Dalton Center

The Ariel Quartet is a string quartet known for its virtuosic and impassioned performances. It has captivated audiences worldwide for over 25 years. Formed as teenagers, the quartet is now Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, and recent recipient of Chamber Music America’s prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award. They will present a compelling program featuring works by Haydn, Berg, Shaw and Beethoven at 7:30 pm in the Dalton Center’s Recital Hall on WMU’s main campus. Tickets are $15-$35 and can be purchased by calling 269/250-6984 or at www.fontanamusic.org.

Local Event: Ariel Quartet Concert

Ariel Quartet Concert

The Ariel Quartet is a string quartet known for its virtuosic and impassioned performances. It has captivated audiences...

People's Church

This month’s program will showcase Daniel Bernard’s year of birding across America. In 2025, Daniel Bernard embarked on a birding journey as crazy as it was unique: a quest to travel the entire country and see 100 species of birds in every single lower-48 state, meet up with local birders all across the country, and visit birding locales both legendary and unknown. This life-changing journey to explore the "People, Places, and Birds" of the American birding world saw Daniel living out of the back of his Subaru Crosstrek and would be filled with hardships and setbacks, but in the end - after travelling the farthest south, east, north, and west he'd ever been, birding with over 300 different birders across the country, and tallying 607 different species ─ Daniel would accomplish his goal of becoming perhaps the first person ever to see 100 species in every lower-48 state in a single year.Growing up the son of an avid birder and naturalist, Daniel Bernard has held a lifelong enthusiasm for biology and nature, but the particular passion of birding eluded him for most of his life. After finally caving and accompanying his dad to the Biggest Week in American Birding Festival at Magee Marsh in 2018, Daniel quickly took to the hobby with an obsessive passion, and in 2022 set out to do a Michigan "Big Year" during which he recorded 337 species in Michigan.We hope you'll join us on Monday, April 27th, at People's Church, 1758 North 10th Street, Kalamazoo. This program is geared to all audiences, and we enthusiastically invite families and nature lovers of any age to join us! Come at 6:30 PM (new time – half an hour earlier this year) for some refreshments and socializing. Snacks and beverages will be provided. It's helpful if you bring your own coffee cup. The one-hour program will start at 7:00 PM. Handicap parking and access is at either the front or the rear entrance of the building.We will have a simultaneous Zoom link to the meeting for those who can’t make it or feel uncomfortable as yet to attend in person. This link will be available shortly before the meeting in the May newsletter that is emailed to members and on our website event's calendar - <a href="https://kalamazooaudubon.org/calendar/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">kalamazooaudubon.org/calendar/</a>. We will also be recording the meeting for later viewing.

Local Event: People, Places, Birds!

People, Places, Birds!

This month’s program will showcase Daniel Bernard’s year of birding across America. In 2025, Daniel Bernard embarked on a...

Join us for an all-friendly Canadiana Fest fundraiser supporting the Can Am Peace Jam featuring a rollicking musical lineup of early Acadian roots and classic rock 'n' roll. Enjoy authentic Canadian comfort food like poutine and peameal bacon sandwiches while competing in backyard curling and crokinole. Guests are encouraged to wear their best plaid or Canadian Tuxedo to meet iconic mascots Kalam A Moose and Bobbie Beerver.&nbsp; Get your tickets today!

Local Event: The Moose Soir'EH!

The Moose Soir'EH!

Join us for an all-friendly Canadiana Fest fundraiser supporting the Can Am Peace Jam featuring a rollicking musical lineup of...

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