Saturday, May 22, a group of volunteers will meet at 305 Burr Oak Street in Kalamazoo to remove cement fiber siding from a house built around the year 1905. It's called a "great unveiling" by the Old House Network and the idea is to expose the structure's initial siding and restore the home to its original appearance. Sharon Ferraro heads up the nonprofit Network. She describes the house as a colonial revival transitional.
This is the third "unveiling" the Old House Network has organized. In 2006 they stripped siding off a Queen Anne house on South Westnedge and last year they uncovered fish scale shingles on a house on Minor Street in Kalamazoo's Vine Neighborhood.
Songwriter Buddy Mondlock lives in Nashville, Tennessee, but he is a Midwesterner, originally from the Chicago suburb of Park Forest. He has written songs for Garth Brooks and Joan Baez and is currently on tour in support of his album called The Edge of the World. Buddy Mondlock will be in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 23, in St. B's Coffeehouse at Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church in Portage. He says a lot of listeners compare his sound to that of songwriter and singer Paul Simon.
In other events:
The Kalamazoo Film Society presents the historical drama "The Last Station" Friday, May 21, through Sunday, May 23, at the Little Theatre in Kalamazoo. The film portrays the last and turbulent years of the marriage of Leo and Sofya Tolstoy.
To celebrate Kalamazoo's "Peace Education Month" a free children's art and literacy festival takes place Saturday, May 22, in Bronson Park. "Peace Pizazz 2: The Golden Rule" is from 1 to 4 p.m. with music and dance performances, a parade around the park and art displays.
The improv comedy troupe Crawlspace Eviction spoofs reality TV this weekend with the show "American Idle Hands." It's Friday, May 21, and Saturday, May 22, at 8 p.m. at Studio 246 at 246 North Kalamazoo Mall.
The band Smallmouth plays folk and rock music Sunday, May 23, at a concert for Kalamazoo's Loaves and Fishes. It's from 4 to 6 p.m. in the atrium lobby of the Gilmore Theatre Complex at Western Michigan University.
Combat Paper, a collective of veterans, turns fiber from uniforms into handmade paper. They will discuss the project with local veterans and others Sunday, May 23, at 7 p.m. at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center in the Park Trades Center.
The Indian Percussion Ensemble at Kalamazoo College is in concert Tuesday, May 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Light Fine Arts Building. The ensemble is led by percussionist Carolyn Koebel in the study of Indian Classical Music and percussion.