Arts and Culture

Longform Making connections at Dinan Park.
Feature Story Randi Rossario Maples holding her newly launched book "Sis I Get It!"
Longform Yo-Yo Ma at the KSO 2025
Longform Ypsi Pride 2025 attendees.

Photo essay: Ypsi Pride 2025


Feature Story Squonk performs "Brouhaha."
Development News The proposed amphitheater at City Square Park in Fennville.
Feature Story Art advocate and educator Jason Stier poses with Wally the Walleye, a public art piece crafted by dozens of Blue Water Area residents of all ages.
Feature Story London Beck will be featured in the next installment of the Voices concert series at The Ark.
Longform Cheers to Queers founders Marisa Quiery and Danya Youssef-Agha.
Feature Story Shed 5 Flea Bowls
Development News A Vincent van Gogh reproduction from the DIA in downtown Farmington in 2022.
Feature Story Blue Water Pride 2023.
Feature Story Artist Bryan Pollard at Westside Art Hop.
Partner Content (from left to right): Ella Vokes (Memphis High School), Kaelin Morris (Yale High School), and Alan Daugherty (Yale Jr. High School), received awards for winning the artwork and creative writing portions of the Creative Arts Contest.
Feature Story Leslie Cieplechowicz, The Keel's new Community Correspondent.
In The News The Summer Art Fair runs Saturday-Sunday, June 3-4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Development News “Now visitors of all abilities can experience the beauty of a cedar forest, stunning views into protected wetlands, and safe crossings of Finch Creek, a cold water stream feeding the Grass River,” says GRNA Executive Director, Jenn Wright.
Development News The Chapin Mansion in downtown Niles was built in 1884.
Feature Story This scene in "Money Over Boyz," directed by Ypsilanti couple Yolanda and Keith Ragland, takes place on the Tridge in Ypsi's Riverside Park.