Reading Together Events

Aspects of War

Original prints from Kalamazoo Institute of
Arts’ permanent collection depicting imagery
of war and its aftermath throughout the centuries
March 9 – April 12

“War in the First Person”

Photographs influenced by the stories relayed in The Things They Carried, interviews with those affected by war and images of Vietnam

Mary Whalen & Students
black & white photography
March 9 – April 15

The Smithsonian Institution's traveling exhibition, Vietnam: Journey of the Heart, features a stunning collection of 52 color photographs of Vietnam taken by acclaimed photographer Geoffrey Clifford. 
February 14 - April 8

Reflections on a Recent Trip

Edo Weits, Western Michigan University Holistic Health Department, spent a tour of in Vietnam as a member of the officers' class that sustained the highest number of casualties. In February 2006 he, along with classmates and widows, returns to Vietnam as part of the humanitarian efforts of the East Meets West Foundation.