As the in-laws and relatives are piling into your space for the holiday, escape to Downtown Kalamazoo. Free your mind with the help of local artists at another monthly installment of Art Hop!
It’s finally warm outside, so take advantage of walking the Kalamazoo Mall and surrounding streets with friends and fellow artists this Friday.
For those who don’t know, Art Hop is like a museum in downtown Kalamazoo. Local artists display their work and participating businesses sponsor an exhibit or gallery of the artist. The art includes paintings, photography, jewelry, metal work, like music and dance, poetry, sculptures and more.
This month, my pic for a must-see is the Edible Book Festival at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Gallery, 326 Kalamazoo Ave, Suite 103A.
While this fest may seem like a nerdy venture through a library of cookbooks, it is actually a tasty display of creative concoctions inspired by books. It should be fun to see all the ways the artists form these dishes and see different interpretations of what a book is.
For a map of exhibits, visit kalamazooarts.com
As always, the Art Hop features free food and drinks, both non and alcoholic. If you want to partake in the freebies, get there early. Things get popping at 5 p.m. and simmer down at 9 p.m. Afterward, feel free to stop in at any of the featured Downtown Dates restaurants. To see reviews of some of downtown’s best dining venues, enter “Downtown Dates” in the Search box.
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