Encore Magazine | Southwest Michigan's Magazine

Summer Encore!

The days of wine and roses are truly here. So sit down with your favorite beverage and Encore and find a reason (several, actually) to hop in your car and take a tour of SW Michigan's rising wine region; catch a look at how the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center is keeping the art of making books by hand alive; learn how classically trained vocalist Svetlana Stone brings a little Russia to Kalamazoo. Plus stories on musician Elisabeth Pixley Fink and sculptor Kirk Newman.

The Next Napa?

With more than 20 wineries, Southwest Michigan is fast becoming a wine region on the rise.

Great Wine Finds

Wine expert Brian Lam outlines some of the tasty surprises awaiting wine-tourists in Southwest Michigan.

Handcrafted Books

From papermaking to printing and binding, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center is keeping the craft of making books by hand alive.

Singing Praises

Through her work and her singing, Svetlana Stone brings a little of her homeland to her adopted community of Kalamazoo.

Notes On Healing

Songwriting helps musician Elisabeth Pixley-Fink mend after tragic death

Images

Take a look at some of the great photography and art that’s been featured in Encore

Past Issues

Trying to recall a great story that appeared in a past issue of Encore? Click below to find issues of Encore dating back to 2006.

Welcome to Encore

Encore connects readers with stories of the good things, good works, great people and great places of Southwest Michigan. Through exceptional writing, art and photography, Encore explores the landscape, arts, people, culture, heritage and perspectives unique to our corner of Michigan.

Over the past 40 years, Encore has developed the area’s most desirable audience through exclusive distribution, targeted circulation and consistent, high-quality editorial content. Our loyal readership relies on Encore to bring them the stories that help them make the most of living in Southwest Michigan.

Encore Magazine is a publication of Encore Publications, Inc.