Zinta Aistars's Blog, page 14
October 21, 2014
My WMUK Arts and More interview with Life of Pi author, Yann Martel
by Zinta Aistars
for WMUK 102.1 FM radio
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Arts and More program
Yann Martel with his bestseller, Life of Pi
Author Yann Martel is best known for his popular novel Life of Pi, about a boy who explores his spirituality while stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.Martel will give a talk called “Healing Journeys: Crossing the Pacific, Dealing with Trauma” as part of the Western Michigan University’s healing arts speaker series Thursday, October 23, at 7 p.m....
for WMUK 102.1 FM radio
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Arts and More program
Yann Martel with his bestseller, Life of PiAuthor Yann Martel is best known for his popular novel Life of Pi, about a boy who explores his spirituality while stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.Martel will give a talk called “Healing Journeys: Crossing the Pacific, Dealing with Trauma” as part of the Western Michigan University’s healing arts speaker series Thursday, October 23, at 7 p.m....
October 17, 2014
The littlest entrepreneurs: Money and teachable moments
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
October 16, 2014
Christian and his father shopping, downtown Kalamazoo (Photo by Susan Andress)
Stanley Steppes got his start in business at age 9. Now he's teaching children financial wisdom. Zinta Aistars reports.
When 5-year-old Christian wants to buy his mommy a birthday gift, nothing is big enough or good enough. After all, Christian’s mommy is the best in the world.
Shopping for mommy’s birthday gift with his fat...
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
October 16, 2014
Christian and his father shopping, downtown Kalamazoo (Photo by Susan Andress)Stanley Steppes got his start in business at age 9. Now he's teaching children financial wisdom. Zinta Aistars reports.
When 5-year-old Christian wants to buy his mommy a birthday gift, nothing is big enough or good enough. After all, Christian’s mommy is the best in the world.
Shopping for mommy’s birthday gift with his fat...
October 9, 2014
Green between the tracks: An urban nature park
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
October 9, 2014
Photos by Susan Andress
Turning brownfield to green space is the point behind the Urban Nature Park now being created in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan.
In the minds of the leadership at Kalamazoo Nature Center, there is no wrong side of the tracks. There’s just the green side.
Freight trains once moved across railroad tracks through the four-acre parcel in downtown Kalamazoo where now the beginnings of an...
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
October 9, 2014
Photos by Susan AndressTurning brownfield to green space is the point behind the Urban Nature Park now being created in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan.
In the minds of the leadership at Kalamazoo Nature Center, there is no wrong side of the tracks. There’s just the green side.
Freight trains once moved across railroad tracks through the four-acre parcel in downtown Kalamazoo where now the beginnings of an...
September 29, 2014
New Reading Together Book All About Great Lakes
by Zinta Aistars
Aired on WMUK 102.1 FM
September 29, 2014
Jerry Dennis
The Kalamazoo Public Library (Kalamazoo, Michigan) recently announced its Reading Together selection for 2015. It’s called The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas by award-winning Michigan author Jerry Dennis. My interview with Jerry Dennis on WMUK 102.1 FM, Kalamazoo, Michigan's NPR affiliate -- listen to the radio version or the full interview here, online:
The Kalamazoo Public Library recent...
Aired on WMUK 102.1 FM
September 29, 2014
Jerry DennisThe Kalamazoo Public Library (Kalamazoo, Michigan) recently announced its Reading Together selection for 2015. It’s called The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas by award-winning Michigan author Jerry Dennis. My interview with Jerry Dennis on WMUK 102.1 FM, Kalamazoo, Michigan's NPR affiliate -- listen to the radio version or the full interview here, online:
The Kalamazoo Public Library recent...
September 27, 2014
Next Questions
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Kalamazoo College's ezine BeLight
September 2014
May 2014, the first ever Kalamazoo College Economics and Business Development Senior Individualized Project (SIP) Symposium was underway, and the excitement at Hicks Center was palpable. President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran walked from project to project, leaning in to examine the details, taking time to question the seniors. The economics professors mingled, glowing like proud parents.
President Eileen B. Wil...
Published in Kalamazoo College's ezine BeLight
September 2014
May 2014, the first ever Kalamazoo College Economics and Business Development Senior Individualized Project (SIP) Symposium was underway, and the excitement at Hicks Center was palpable. President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran walked from project to project, leaning in to examine the details, taking time to question the seniors. The economics professors mingled, glowing like proud parents.
President Eileen B. Wil...
September 25, 2014
Musical minds: How a documentary on local Hot Tracks show is making autism more familiar
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Rapid Growth Media
Grand Rapids, Michigan
September 25, 2014
Photo by Adam Bird
With the documentary Musical Minds, two filmmakers hope to share the lives of two local people with autism with a wider community. Meet JB and Nick, passionate music critics, weekly hosts of the Hot Tracks show on WCET-TV, and singers of a song all their own as Zinta Aistars learns why this film had to be made.
JB wears a cap and one of his several Detroit Lions sweatshirts. His grin is wid...
Published in Rapid Growth Media
Grand Rapids, Michigan
September 25, 2014
Photo by Adam BirdWith the documentary Musical Minds, two filmmakers hope to share the lives of two local people with autism with a wider community. Meet JB and Nick, passionate music critics, weekly hosts of the Hot Tracks show on WCET-TV, and singers of a song all their own as Zinta Aistars learns why this film had to be made.
JB wears a cap and one of his several Detroit Lions sweatshirts. His grin is wid...
September 19, 2014
Montage Market in Allegan (Michigan) specializes in the local
By Zinta Aistars
Published by SW Michigan's Second Wave Media
September 18, 2014
Allegan (Michigan) is a small, quiet town of about 5,000 hardy souls, tucked up against the Kalamazoo River. Approaching the city on M-89, one of the first signs of entering downtown is the truss bridge, built in 1886, that crosses the river and leads into the center of the city. Take a quick left after crossing the bridge onto Brady Street, and the first to draw your eye are the brightly colored umbrellas over side...
Published by SW Michigan's Second Wave Media
September 18, 2014
Allegan (Michigan) is a small, quiet town of about 5,000 hardy souls, tucked up against the Kalamazoo River. Approaching the city on M-89, one of the first signs of entering downtown is the truss bridge, built in 1886, that crosses the river and leads into the center of the city. Take a quick left after crossing the bridge onto Brady Street, and the first to draw your eye are the brightly colored umbrellas over side...
September 18, 2014
Hard cider business is one way this family farm keeps changing
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
September 18, 2014
Diversity at Schultz Fruitridge Farm means more than 20 varieties of apples, grapes, peaches, asparagus, and more. Bill Schultz talks about the latest innovation for the farm: turning its apples into hard cider.
The air is crisp, the skies blue with plump white clouds, and a hint of a chill in the breeze hints at the coming fall. It’s apple season.
During the months of September and October, ...
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
September 18, 2014
Diversity at Schultz Fruitridge Farm means more than 20 varieties of apples, grapes, peaches, asparagus, and more. Bill Schultz talks about the latest innovation for the farm: turning its apples into hard cider.
The air is crisp, the skies blue with plump white clouds, and a hint of a chill in the breeze hints at the coming fall. It’s apple season. During the months of September and October, ...
September 11, 2014
Second chances for the two- and four-legged
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
September 11, 2014
Jesse
Dogs that no one wants are getting a second chance when they are trained by incarcerated inmates at Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Michigan. The trainers teach dogs what they need to know to find a home. Zinta Aistars has the story.
Jim Derks plays with JesseWhen the Lakeland Correctional Facility door opened, Jesse stood for a moment taking it all in: the blue sky, the fresh air, the road a...
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
September 11, 2014
JesseDogs that no one wants are getting a second chance when they are trained by incarcerated inmates at Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Michigan. The trainers teach dogs what they need to know to find a home. Zinta Aistars has the story.
Jim Derks plays with JesseWhen the Lakeland Correctional Facility door opened, Jesse stood for a moment taking it all in: the blue sky, the fresh air, the road a...
September 8, 2014
What's It Like In Someone Else's Head? Asks Author Monica McFawn
by Zinta Aistars
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Arts and More Program
Kalamazoo, Michigan's NPR affiliate station
Aired September 9, 2014
Monica McFawn
Grand Rapids, Michigan author, poet, and playwright Monica McFawn’s book Bright Shards of Someplace Else recently won the Flannery O’Connor award for short fiction. It’s a collection of 11 short stories based on that little assumption that we know exactly what someone else is thinking.
McFawn will be reading from her work Thursday night at 6 p.m. at Mic...
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Arts and More Program
Kalamazoo, Michigan's NPR affiliate station
Aired September 9, 2014
Monica McFawnGrand Rapids, Michigan author, poet, and playwright Monica McFawn’s book Bright Shards of Someplace Else recently won the Flannery O’Connor award for short fiction. It’s a collection of 11 short stories based on that little assumption that we know exactly what someone else is thinking.
McFawn will be reading from her work Thursday night at 6 p.m. at Mic...
