The 10 Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Kalamazoo, Michigan (MI)

The Kalamazoo Brew Bus is a hop on hop off bus route. For ten dollars you can visit five different breweries on the route (and a sixth on request). You may also check out many other locations that are in walking distance. The bus arrives at each location every 30 min on a constant route. If you are looking for an easy, guided way to navigate the Kalamazoo Brewery scene, then the Brew Bus is for you. We also offer private tours.

Kalamazoo's only shop making hand crafted truffles and other confections exclusively from Fair Trade, organic certified chocolate. Chocolatier Dale Anderson's original recipes contain fresh local fruits, honey, and maple syrup. Vegan and gluten free options are always available. Closed Sunday and Monday. Open Tuesday thru Saturday 10 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

Green Door Distilling Co. is an award-winning distillery located in Kalamazoo Michigan. We focus on unique and adventurous spirits. Connecting people, connecting with spirits, connecting with community.

Walk into an ordinary looking room. Find a message that seems to lead to a clue. You discover that there is a mystery to be solved and you are the one that can do it. However, you have a limited time to find out what it is, 60 minutes to be exact. Can you solve all the riddle, complete the puzzles, find The Final Clue?

Puzzles & Brain-Teasers. ONE TEAM of 4-8 people. ONE ROOM filled with puzzles and brain-teasers. ONE HOUR to solve challenges together & escape that room. Downtown Kalamazoo is home to CLOCK N LOCK ESCAPE ROOMS, just a few blocks south of the Radisson Hotel & Convention Center on the Kalamazoo Mall, located upstairs from Morrison Jewelers. Perfect for families and looking for an hour of adventure together in Downtown Kalamazoo and corporate teams looking for something fun to do outside of the workplace for team-building!

The Kalamazoo Valley Museum features exhibits on science, technology and the history of Southwest Michigan. The Museum is currently open limited hours with registration. Please visit our website for more information and to register.

A visual arts museum with 11 galleries featuring 3-4 loaned exhibitions and permanent collection galleries focused on American art. Free and family programming includes a first-Friday Art Hop, monthly Art Detectives gathering on the 2nd Saturday of the month; and a Friday Teen Night. A family gallery offers hands-on fun for children 2 and up, with a black light corner, book nook, mechanical drawing "robots", pegboard art-making, a drawing walli, even a n antique communication device: a typewriter!

Kalamazoo's New Vic Theatre was founded in 1966 by Kalamazoo residents Ted & Mary Jo Kistler. For over 45 years, The New Vic Theatre has entertained Southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana audiences carving a unique place for itself in the economy and theatrical tradition of the area.The New Vic's original production of "A Christmas Carol" (recipient of a "Special Tribute" from The State of Michigan in 1999) and the annual Christmas Concerts featuring The New Vic Theatre Chorus are among Kalamazoo's oldest on-going holiday presentations and have become an integral part of the holiday season for thousands of Southwest Michigan theatergoers.Located close to the heart of downtown Kalamazoo, the theatre's comfortable cabaret-style seating and intimate size, enhanced by a concession that serves a variety of hot & cold non-alcoholic beverages, lend to its unique atmosphere.The New Vic's flexible modular auditorium allows for innovative staging ranging from the complete round to conventional proscenium format. Efficient central heating and air conditioning allows for comfortable year-round operation.Of The New Vic's more than 325 productions to date, over 80% have been plays introduced to Kalamazoo audiences for the first time. Several plays ("Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Green Julia" by Paul Abelman, "Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been" and "The Memoirs Of Pontius Pilate" both by Eric Bentley) were presented to New Vic audiences prior to their Broadway premieres.The New Vic Theatre's season of productions begins in early February and runs through December 29 each year. January dates are normally reserved for the New Vic's popular January Concert Series, featuring a variety of musical groups or individual performers.Playing primarily weekends only -- except during the holidays when the performance schedule is greatly expanded -- and with only 100 available seats for each performance, The New Vic plays to over 10,000 theatre patrons annually bringing thousands of dollars to the downtown Kalamazoo area.The New Vic is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation (New Vic Theatricals, Inc) and owns its own facility at 134 E. Vine St. in Kalamazoo.