Zinta Aistars's Blog, page 16
June 19, 2014
Dream Big, Start Small says 'Your child deserves pre-K'
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
June 19, 2014
Because it's critical to reach children as early a possible if they are to be ready for school there is a new initiative called Dream Big, Start Small. Zinta Aistars has the story.
Jacque Eatmon, Great Start Collaborative coordinator, has seen many changes over her 35 or so years working in the organization.
"Up until a couple years ago, early childhood programs were seen as just babysitting," she say...
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
June 19, 2014
Because it's critical to reach children as early a possible if they are to be ready for school there is a new initiative called Dream Big, Start Small. Zinta Aistars has the story.
Jacque Eatmon, Great Start Collaborative coordinator, has seen many changes over her 35 or so years working in the organization.
"Up until a couple years ago, early childhood programs were seen as just babysitting," she say...
June 16, 2014
Z Acres Photography on Exhibit at Studio Grill
All photography copyright 2013/2014 by Zinta Aistars
If you are in Kalamazoo (Michigan) in June through the end of July, stop by Studio Grill (next door to Michigan News Agency) at 312 W. Michigan Ave., enjoy breakfast or lunch ... and while you are savoring your meal, enjoy the photography of Zinta Aistars on display, scenes from Z Acres. All photos (approx. 60, all high resolution) are for sale: $30 unframed; $35 framed.
Studio Grill was voted to have Michigan's #1 best burger !
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If you are in Kalamazoo (Michigan) in June through the end of July, stop by Studio Grill (next door to Michigan News Agency) at 312 W. Michigan Ave., enjoy breakfast or lunch ... and while you are savoring your meal, enjoy the photography of Zinta Aistars on display, scenes from Z Acres. All photos (approx. 60, all high resolution) are for sale: $30 unframed; $35 framed.
Studio Grill was voted to have Michigan's #1 best burger !
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June 12, 2014
Farm fresh art and artisan foods in Fennville
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
June 12, 2014
Dawn Soltysiak in her studio
An art gallery and specialty grocery store in downtown Fennville, is part of the creative package that Dawn Soltysiak offers. At her farm, her kiln is solar powered and there's more space for other artists' works. Zinta Aistars has the story.
Far, far into the green and open country, where the road winds into what the uninitiated call "middle of nowhere" but the initiated term "ahhh...
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
June 12, 2014
Dawn Soltysiak in her studioAn art gallery and specialty grocery store in downtown Fennville, is part of the creative package that Dawn Soltysiak offers. At her farm, her kiln is solar powered and there's more space for other artists' works. Zinta Aistars has the story.
Far, far into the green and open country, where the road winds into what the uninitiated call "middle of nowhere" but the initiated term "ahhh...
June 2, 2014
The Smoking Poet Summer 2014 Issue #26 with special announcement
THE SMOKING POET
"Guardian of Glenaraha" by Linda Rzoska, our feature artistThe last word …It’s time. With this 26th issue of The Smoking Poet, founded in 2006, I am closing shop on this wonderful literary endeavor. Yes. It is time. And I don’t doubt that is at least in part why it has taken me so long to get this final issue ready for publication. The other part—that’s the main reason why the doors are closing.About two and a half years ago, I left “corporate America,” that world o...
May 25, 2014
Ghost Voice
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Kalamazoo College's newsletter
BeLight
May 2014
You know you want to. Go ahead, do it. Just don’t get caught.Sneak into your sister’s room while she’s out to the party, fish under her fluffy ruffled pillow—and there it is, with its tiny gold key attached by a thin orange and black ribbon. Read her diary under the bed covers at night, using a flashlight to skim her rounded handwriting. All her secrets …
A picture of Claire Wight Payne from the scrapbook of her classmat...
Published in Kalamazoo College's newsletter
BeLight
May 2014
You know you want to. Go ahead, do it. Just don’t get caught.Sneak into your sister’s room while she’s out to the party, fish under her fluffy ruffled pillow—and there it is, with its tiny gold key attached by a thin orange and black ribbon. Read her diary under the bed covers at night, using a flashlight to skim her rounded handwriting. All her secrets …
A picture of Claire Wight Payne from the scrapbook of her classmat...
May 23, 2014
Earth Words
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Kalamazoo College's BeLight
May 23, 2014
“. . . we go to poetry … so that we might more fully inhabit our lives and the world in which we live them, and that if we more fully inhabit these things, we might be less apt to destroy both.” – Christian Wiman, poet
Gabriella Donofrio ’13 (left) and Alice Bowe ’13 sort and plant lettuces at Harvest of Joy Farm in Shelbyville, MI.Amy Newday plants seeds in soil (she runs her own farm), and she plants seeds in students...
Published in Kalamazoo College's BeLight
May 23, 2014
“. . . we go to poetry … so that we might more fully inhabit our lives and the world in which we live them, and that if we more fully inhabit these things, we might be less apt to destroy both.” – Christian Wiman, poet
Gabriella Donofrio ’13 (left) and Alice Bowe ’13 sort and plant lettuces at Harvest of Joy Farm in Shelbyville, MI.Amy Newday plants seeds in soil (she runs her own farm), and she plants seeds in students...
May 22, 2014
Long journey from Peru to Kalamazoo ends in success with Mamita's recipes
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
May 22, 2014
As the only Peruvian restaurant in Southwest Michigan, the owners of El Inka Peruvian Bistro were not prepared for just how popular it would be the minute they opened the doors. Zinta Aistars has the story, and the fascinating back-story.
Eighteen years old, just a few thin bills in her pocket, alone and with only the most minimum English skills, Sylvia Varillas left home in Lima, Peru, and fought her way to th...
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
May 22, 2014
As the only Peruvian restaurant in Southwest Michigan, the owners of El Inka Peruvian Bistro were not prepared for just how popular it would be the minute they opened the doors. Zinta Aistars has the story, and the fascinating back-story.
Eighteen years old, just a few thin bills in her pocket, alone and with only the most minimum English skills, Sylvia Varillas left home in Lima, Peru, and fought her way to th...
May 19, 2014
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Encourages Reading to Your Kids
by Zinta Aistars
For the Arts and More program
WMUK 102.1 FM Radio
Kalamazoo, Michigan's NPR affiliate
Listen Tuesday, May 20, at 7:50 a.m., 9:50 a.m., 4:29 p.m., 5:44 p.m., for Zinta Aistars' report on the 1,000 Books program on WMUK, 102.1 FM. Or listen online.
In January, Kalamazoo Public Library started a program that challenges kids, and their parents or mentors, to read 1,000 books together before they start kindergarten.About 370 children have signed up for the program so far and...
For the Arts and More program
WMUK 102.1 FM Radio
Kalamazoo, Michigan's NPR affiliate
Listen Tuesday, May 20, at 7:50 a.m., 9:50 a.m., 4:29 p.m., 5:44 p.m., for Zinta Aistars' report on the 1,000 Books program on WMUK, 102.1 FM. Or listen online.
In January, Kalamazoo Public Library started a program that challenges kids, and their parents or mentors, to read 1,000 books together before they start kindergarten.About 370 children have signed up for the program so far and...
May 15, 2014
Story about 1,000 books has a happy ending
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
May 15, 2014
If you were writing the book of a child's life wouldn't you like it to have a happy ending? Every day more children are signing up for a Kalamazoo Public Library program intended to give them a life that includes loving the reading of books.
Once upon a time there was a child hungry for words. Words strung together make stories, and stories make a child’s heart race and imagination soar, so this child picked u...
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
May 15, 2014
If you were writing the book of a child's life wouldn't you like it to have a happy ending? Every day more children are signing up for a Kalamazoo Public Library program intended to give them a life that includes loving the reading of books.
Once upon a time there was a child hungry for words. Words strung together make stories, and stories make a child’s heart race and imagination soar, so this child picked u...
