Zinta Aistars's Blog, page 6
November 19, 2015
People's Food Co-op continues to transform the local food scene
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
November 19, 2015
Photography by Zinta Aistars
Chris Moore and Bree Bird at People's Food Co-op in Kalamazoo, MI
Forty-five years after Kalamazoo, Michigan’s People’s Food Co-op opened its doors to the public, the co-op’s management and shareholders continuously consider its relevance. Is there still a place and role for People’s?
In 1970, the co-op was a small retail program started by a group of students and recent gra...
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
November 19, 2015
Photography by Zinta Aistars
Chris Moore and Bree Bird at People's Food Co-op in Kalamazoo, MI
Forty-five years after Kalamazoo, Michigan’s People’s Food Co-op opened its doors to the public, the co-op’s management and shareholders continuously consider its relevance. Is there still a place and role for People’s?In 1970, the co-op was a small retail program started by a group of students and recent gra...
November 16, 2015
Between the Lines: Poet Traci Brimhall
by Zinta Aistars
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Traci Brimhall
Traci BrimhallCREDIT FRESHWATER PHOTOGRAPHY
Poet Traci Brimhall is well known and much loved in Kalamazoo...
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Traci Brimhall
Traci BrimhallCREDIT FRESHWATER PHOTOGRAPHYPoet Traci Brimhall is well known and much loved in Kalamazoo...
November 7, 2015
Between the Lines: Writing Combat
by Zinta Aistars
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Dick Westerman and John Dean
Writing certain words can trigger memories. Words like helmet, boots, and shrapnel. Military ve...
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Dick Westerman and John Dean
Writing certain words can trigger memories. Words like helmet, boots, and shrapnel. Military ve...
October 30, 2015
Between the Lines: Ladislav Hanka - In Pursuit of Birds
by Zinta Aistars
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Ladislav Hanka
Lad Hanka with his collaborative art with live bees (Photo by Zinta Aistars)
Ladislav Hanka of Kalam...
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Ladislav Hanka
Lad Hanka with his collaborative art with live bees (Photo by Zinta Aistars)Ladislav Hanka of Kalam...
October 28, 2015
Between the Lines: Iliana Rocha and Karankawa
by Zinta Aistars
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Iliana Rocha
Iliana RochaCREDIT ALYSSA JEWELL
Iliana Rocha has had a remarkable year. Her work was chosen for the B...
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Iliana Rocha
Iliana RochaCREDIT ALYSSA JEWELLIliana Rocha has had a remarkable year. Her work was chosen for the B...
October 20, 2015
Between the Lines: T. Geronimo Johnson
by Zinta Aistars
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: T. Geronimo Johnson
T. Geronimo Johnson (Photo by Elizabeth Cowan)
Four university students in Berkeley, California, fri...
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: T. Geronimo Johnson
T. Geronimo Johnson (Photo by Elizabeth Cowan)Four university students in Berkeley, California, fri...
October 14, 2015
Investing in what's working: GRPS offers diverse options
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Rapid Growth Media
(Photos by Adam Bird)
Investing in what's working: GRPS offers diverse optionsZINTA AISTARSTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015
At Grand Rapids Public Schools, neighborhood schools offer traditional education, theme schools offer experiential education in unique surroundings, and Centers of Innovation offer students a career-based curriculum that connects them to community business leaders. With so many choices in schools and approaches to learning, GRP...
Published in Rapid Growth Media
(Photos by Adam Bird)
Investing in what's working: GRPS offers diverse optionsZINTA AISTARSTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015
At Grand Rapids Public Schools, neighborhood schools offer traditional education, theme schools offer experiential education in unique surroundings, and Centers of Innovation offer students a career-based curriculum that connects them to community business leaders. With so many choices in schools and approaches to learning, GRP...
October 13, 2015
Between the Lines: Nicole Mullis and her Little Brother at Work
by Zinta Aistars
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Nicole Mullis
Nicole Mullis reading at Battle Creek Books (Photo by Jim Donahue)
She writes a column for the Battle Creek Enq...
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Nicole Mullis
Nicole Mullis reading at Battle Creek Books (Photo by Jim Donahue)She writes a column for the Battle Creek Enq...
October 4, 2015
Between the Lines: Four-Legged Girl
by Zinta Aistars
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Diane Seuss
Diane Seuss - CREDIT GABRIELLE MONTESANTI
Kalamazoo has a well-deserved reputation for being rich in the lit...
for WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Diane Seuss
Diane Seuss - CREDIT GABRIELLE MONTESANTIKalamazoo has a well-deserved reputation for being rich in the lit...
October 1, 2015
Vibrant Schools, Vibrant City: Will Grand Rapids invest in its future?
ZINTA AISTARSTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 01, 2015FOR RAPID GROWTH MEDIA
Photography by Adam Bird
This is the Second in a series of four articles about grand rapids public schools in grand rapids, michigan.
What’s Best for the Kids
One phrase stuck out in the mind of Larry Oberst, chief financial officer for Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS), when he met the new superintendent, Teresa Weatherall Neal. It had become her mantra, and it convinced Oberst that he wanted to work alongside her.
“She kept...
Photography by Adam BirdThis is the Second in a series of four articles about grand rapids public schools in grand rapids, michigan.
What’s Best for the Kids
One phrase stuck out in the mind of Larry Oberst, chief financial officer for Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS), when he met the new superintendent, Teresa Weatherall Neal. It had become her mantra, and it convinced Oberst that he wanted to work alongside her.
“She kept...
