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    <updated>2012-05-31T08:05:38-04:00</updated>
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        <title>Super Saturday in Kalamazoo 2012</title>
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        <published>2012-05-31T08:05:38-04:00</published>
        <updated>2012-05-31T08:05:38-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Lots of great things happening this weekend in Kalamazoo. Check out the Kalamazoo Greek Festival, Kalamazoo Institute of Art's 61st Art Fair, and the downtown DoDah Parade.</summary>
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            <name>Chris</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.kalamazooblog.com/">&lt;p&gt;Lots of great things happening this weekend in Kalamazoo. Check out the &lt;a href="http://kalamazoogreekfest.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Kalamazoo Greek Festival&lt;/a&gt;, Kalamazoo Institute of Art's &lt;a href="http://www.kiarts.org/event.php?menu_id=3&amp;amp;page_id=3&amp;amp;calendar_id=1&amp;amp;event_id=568" target="_blank"&gt;61st Art Fair&lt;/a&gt;, and the downtown &lt;a href="http://www.downtownkalamazoo.org/Calendar/Calendar-Detail.aspx?EventId=1241&amp;amp;EventDate=06-02-2012" target="_blank"&gt;DoDah Parade&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Garage Sale Art Fair</title>
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        <published>2012-02-13T14:00:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2012-02-13T14:00:00-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Art fair + great bargains = 2012 Kalamazoo Garage Sale Art Fair on Saturday February 25, 2012 at the Kalamazoo Expo Center and Fairgrounds. You'll be sure to find something spectacular with over 100 artists displaying their art.</summary>
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            <name>Chris</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.kalamazooblog.com/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Art fair + great bargains = &lt;a href="http://www.garagesaleartfair.com/" target="_blank"&gt;2012 Kalamazoo Garage Sale Art Fair&lt;/a&gt; on Saturday February 25, 2012 at the Kalamazoo Expo Center and Fairgrounds. You'll be sure to find something spectacular with over 100 artists displaying their art.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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        <title>Mixers on the Mall 2011</title>
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        <published>2011-07-20T08:00:00-04:00</published>
        <updated>2011-07-20T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Don't forget about the weekly Mixers on the Mall taking place in downtown Kalamazoo each Wednesday afternoon. The lineup for the remainder of the summer includes: June 8 - Bronk Bros (www.thebronkbros.com) June 15 - Greg Nagy (www.gregnagy.com) June 22...</summary>
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            <name>Chris</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.kalamazooblog.com/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://tangent.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c79ca53ef015390038761970b-pi" style="float: right;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Kalamazoo-mall" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c79ca53ef015390038761970b" src="http://tangent.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c79ca53ef015390038761970b-200wi" style="width: 175px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Kalamazoo-mall"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Don't forget about the weekly &lt;a href="http://www.downtownkalamazoo.org/Visit/Events/Mixer-on-the-Mall.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Mixers on the Mall taking place in downtown Kalamazoo&lt;/a&gt; each Wednesday afternoon. The lineup for the remainder of the summer includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;li&gt;June 8 - Bronk Bros (www.thebronkbros.com)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;June 15 - Greg Nagy (www.gregnagy.com)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;June 22 - Harper (www.harper.biz)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;June 29 - Joe Wang &amp;amp; the Test Pilots (www.jwtp.com)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;July 6 - BluesFest Night (Fifi and the Dogs)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;July 13 - In Custody (www.incustodyrocks.com)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;July 20 - Out of Favor Boys (www.outoffavorboys.com)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;July 27 - Freddie Cunningham &amp;amp; The Root Doctors (www.rootdoctorband.com)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;August 6 - Seventh Son (www.myspace.com/7thsonblues)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;August 10 - Blue Effect (www.myspace.com/theblueeffect5)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;
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        <title>Kalamazoo Super Saturday in June</title>
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        <published>2011-06-03T10:48:07-04:00</published>
        <updated>2011-06-20T21:51:34-04:00</updated>
        <summary>Kalamazoo will be bustling this weekend with a variety of activities. The lineup includes: Theo &amp; Stacy's 35th Annual Greek Festival Do-Dah Parade KIA 60th Art Fair Check out the festival page on myKalamazoo.com for more details on summer festivals....</summary>
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            <name>Chris</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.kalamazooblog.com/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kalamazoo will be bustling this weekend with a variety of activities. The lineup includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kalamazoogreekfest.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Theo &amp;amp; Stacy's 35th Annual Greek Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kalamazoocity.org/portal/kzoolife.php?event_id=851" target="_blank"&gt;Do-Dah Parade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kiarts.org/page.php?menu_id=212" target="_blank"&gt;KIA 60th Art Fair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Check out the &lt;a href="http://mykalamazoo.com/festivals/index.htm" target="_blank"&gt;festival page&lt;/a&gt; on myKalamazoo.com for more details on summer festivals. Sign up for &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/kalamazooblog" target="_blank"&gt;periodic updates&lt;/a&gt; of great things happening in greater Kalamazoo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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        <title>Kalamazoo Garage Sale Art Fair</title>
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        <published>2011-01-28T10:00:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2011-01-28T10:00:00-05:00</updated>
        <summary>100+ art fair artists will be selling their leftovers, irregulars and supplies for rock bottom prices. If you are looking for great prices on handmade pottery, jewelry, glass, weaving, wood, photography, paintings, and more... "Come early for the best selection,...</summary>
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            <name>Chris</name>
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<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.kalamazooblog.com/">&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://tangent.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c79ca53ef0147e2078523970b-pi" style="float: right;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Kalamazoo garage sale art fair" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c79ca53ef0147e2078523970b" src="http://tangent.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c79ca53ef0147e2078523970b-200wi" style="width: 175px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Kalamazoo garage sale art fair"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 100+ art fair artists will be selling their leftovers, irregulars and supplies for rock bottom prices. If you are looking for great prices on handmade pottery, jewelry, glass, weaving, wood, photography, paintings, and more... "Come early for the best selection, come later for the best bargains." Located at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds on Saturday February 26, 2011. &lt;a href="http://www.garagesaleartfair.com" target="_blank"&gt;More information&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also of interest:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;
&lt;li&gt;Grab a copy of the Reading Together book &lt;a href="http://amzn.to/g8nko8" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Strength in What Remains&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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