What I call “laughin’ and scratchin’, I’ve been doing a long time. I grew up in Chicago, and the long and winding road of radio brought me to Kalamazoo in January of ‘87. Had an awful lot of fun at one special radio station, next door, but like Tom Brady, let’s see what we can do here. Both my sons were born here. Michael lives here and is a long time Rocker listener, and David is now living the dream in Chicago, hoping to be a comedy writer. Proud to say they're my best friends, as is the love of my life, Kathy, the hottest woman alive.
Benson
There’s Work Being Done On Kalamazoo’s Gull Road Tavern. Now What?
It was just a split-second thing. I was driving west on Gull Road towards downtown Kalamazoo, and it caught my eye just as I had passed it. There is construction work happening on the building that for a couple of generations was the Gull Road Tavern,
Michigan Meijer Free Delivery Offer Will Help With Safety, But What About The Future Of Shopping?
Meijer is making a very generous offer, giving customers the option free delivery (and pick-up) for the next two weeks until January 29th.
WMU Alum Tim Allen Signs On For ‘Santa Clause’ TV Series on Disney+
Former Western student and Kalamazoo resident and TV and movie star, Tim Allen, is going to the Santa Clause well one more time, and this time it's going to be a series.
Entertainment industry website Deadline.com says Allen is signed to do a series for Disney+, working with the same team behind his series "Last Man Standing"...
‘What Were Vices Are Now Habits': The New Pot Program at KVCC
Since the legalization of pot in Michigan, we've seen an explosion of pot shops. And you have to give credit to the folks running Kalamazoo Valley Community College. They've assembled an award wining beer program, and now they hope to do the same with cannabis.
When You Enjoy the Beauty of Meijer Gardens, Think of Lena Meijer
You may not have known Lena Meijer. As with many women of her generation, she was the backbone of the family. In this case, it's the family was the Meijer family, whose stores are all over the Midwest now. Lena Meijer was a daughter, a wife, a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and eventually a philanthropist. She died this past Saturday. Meijer was 102.
Detroit’s Grande Ballroom – Where Hard Rock and Punk Were Born
This is a rabbit-hole story. A simple tweet said that on this day in 1969 Led Zeppelin played the Grande Ballroom in Detroit.
New Latin-American Flavored ‘Roca’ Opens In Downtown Kalamazoo
Roca is the new restaurant, and it's upscale Latin American cuisine in downtown Kalamazoo. And if just looking at the menu means anything, foodies will be excited to try the place.
Remembering The Great Concerts On the Waterfront of Summer Celebration in Muskegon
Maybe it's because we were all younger then, and maybe it's because there aren't that many acts that a lot of people want to see, but I'm sitting here thinking I miss concerts. Summer Celebration was an annual event right on Muskegon Lake, right on the cusp Lake Michigan in downtown Muskegon. Eventually, organizers ran out of money a decade ago, (it was right after the Great Recession of 2008) so that's that.
Watching Video Of Muskegon’s Demolition And Comeback is Fun
I don't know all that much about Muskegon. I've been there three times. I drove a friend there for a job interview in an industrial area. I went with another friend to a wedding at a bowling ally, and in between took my boys to see Alice Cooper at the Summer Celebration in 2006.
One Kalamazoo Group Has A Million Reasons To Thank Larry Bell
It would be easy to simply take the money and run, but that's not what retired Bell's Brewery founder Larry Bell did. He rightfully has earned the right to take a victory lap, but on his way out the door (figuratively) he wrote a check for a million dollars to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo.