BINDA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
The Binda Performing Arts Center, also known as the Binda Theatre, is the main theater space at Kellogg Community College. The Binda was constructed on the College’s North Avenue campus in 1961 and christened the Binda Performing Arts Center in 1997 in honor of Elizabeth H. Binda, who served for 27 years on the KCC Board of Trustees. Extensive building renovations in 2014 doubled the size of the lobby, improved acoustics and other functional aspects of the theater space and allowed for the integration of new technologies.
In addition to hosting several internal College and community events each semester, the theater space and lobby of the center are available for rental for use by the public. Inquiries regarding facility rental may be directed to Jennifer M. Philp, manager of the center, at 269-565-2087 or binda@kellogg.edu.
View upcoming events and activities scheduled at the Binda Performing Arts Center below.
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15mar7:30 pmKCC Theatre presents "Pando"World Premiere Run7:30 pm
Event Details
Kellogg Community College will present the world premiere of the original play “Pando” this month on campus in Battle Creek. The play is an original work
Event Details
Kellogg Community College will present the world premiere of the original play “Pando” this month on campus in Battle Creek.
The play is an original work written by KCC Theatre professor and Theatre Program Coordinator Brad Poer and will run for six showings March 15-17 and 22-24 in the Binda Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek. Friday and Saturday shows will start at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday shows will start at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $10 each for students, KCC faculty and staff and seniors, and $15 each for the general public. They can be purchased onsite before each show or reserved in advance through the KCC Theatre Box Office by calling 269-965-4154.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward defraying the cost of travel for those participating in the August 2025 KCC Theatre trip to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, where a shortened version of “Pando” will be performed for international audiences.
Poer, who in addition to writing the show will also direct it, calls “Pando” a “philosophical comedy set in the many worlds of video games.” It consists of six short one-act plays, each set in a different video-game-inspired universe and connected via a handful of short scenes between them.
A core group of nine actors play the characters in the games, Poer said, while other actors play the humans “playing” the games on a couch.
The play is “a comedy about how to translate the digital world into the analog world, and how imagined worlds can help us become better humans in the real world,” he said.
“Within the games themselves, there are lessons from ancient and contemporary philosophy concerning what it means to be human today and how to process the ups and downs of life. Content-wise, this premiere production is aiming at the Pixar template, with lots of laughs for kids and emotional depth for grownups. Though it’s set with video games as a backdrop, it’s aimed just as much at those with no interest in games as it is for lifelong gamers like myself.”
“Pando” is Poer’s first original work since his 2017 adaptation “Antigone: Closure,” which was also produced at KCC. Written so that nearly anyone can play any role, and with allowances made in the script for the actors to alter dialogue to fit their own preferences, Poer said the play was originally inspired by a conversation he had with a friend in graduate school.
“We both loved video games and thought it was sad that there wasn’t more theatre about gaming,” he said. “There’s a lot of natural crossover when it comes to role playing and figuring out who we want to ‘be’ when we play games, not unlike actors figuring out how to portray someone else.”
Individuals who can’t make a show but who would like to donate directly to support the group’s upcoming trip to Scotland can email Poer for details at poerb@kellogg.edu.
For more information about the upcoming production, contact Poer or visit the KCC Theatre Facebook page at facebook.com/KCCTheatre.
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Time
(Friday) 7:30 pm
Location
Binda Performing Arts Center
450 North Ave.
16mar7:30 pmKCC Theatre presents "Pando"World Premiere Run7:30 pm
Event Details
Kellogg Community College will present the world premiere of the original play “Pando” this month on campus in Battle Creek. The play is an original work
Event Details
Kellogg Community College will present the world premiere of the original play “Pando” this month on campus in Battle Creek.
The play is an original work written by KCC Theatre professor and Theatre Program Coordinator Brad Poer and will run for six showings March 15-17 and 22-24 in the Binda Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek. Friday and Saturday shows will start at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday shows will start at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $10 each for students, KCC faculty and staff and seniors, and $15 each for the general public. They can be purchased onsite before each show or reserved in advance through the KCC Theatre Box Office by calling 269-965-4154.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward defraying the cost of travel for those participating in the August 2025 KCC Theatre trip to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, where a shortened version of “Pando” will be performed for international audiences.
Poer, who in addition to writing the show will also direct it, calls “Pando” a “philosophical comedy set in the many worlds of video games.” It consists of six short one-act plays, each set in a different video-game-inspired universe and connected via a handful of short scenes between them.
A core group of nine actors play the characters in the games, Poer said, while other actors play the humans “playing” the games on a couch.
The play is “a comedy about how to translate the digital world into the analog world, and how imagined worlds can help us become better humans in the real world,” he said.
“Within the games themselves, there are lessons from ancient and contemporary philosophy concerning what it means to be human today and how to process the ups and downs of life. Content-wise, this premiere production is aiming at the Pixar template, with lots of laughs for kids and emotional depth for grownups. Though it’s set with video games as a backdrop, it’s aimed just as much at those with no interest in games as it is for lifelong gamers like myself.”
“Pando” is Poer’s first original work since his 2017 adaptation “Antigone: Closure,” which was also produced at KCC. Written so that nearly anyone can play any role, and with allowances made in the script for the actors to alter dialogue to fit their own preferences, Poer said the play was originally inspired by a conversation he had with a friend in graduate school.
“We both loved video games and thought it was sad that there wasn’t more theatre about gaming,” he said. “There’s a lot of natural crossover when it comes to role playing and figuring out who we want to ‘be’ when we play games, not unlike actors figuring out how to portray someone else.”
Individuals who can’t make a show but who would like to donate directly to support the group’s upcoming trip to Scotland can email Poer for details at poerb@kellogg.edu.
For more information about the upcoming production, contact Poer or visit the KCC Theatre Facebook page at facebook.com/KCCTheatre.
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Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Binda Performing Arts Center
450 North Ave.
17mar3:00 pmKCC Theatre presents "Pando"World Premiere Run3:00 pm
Event Details
Kellogg Community College will present the world premiere of the original play “Pando” this month on campus in Battle Creek. The play is an original work
Event Details
Kellogg Community College will present the world premiere of the original play “Pando” this month on campus in Battle Creek.
The play is an original work written by KCC Theatre professor and Theatre Program Coordinator Brad Poer and will run for six showings March 15-17 and 22-24 in the Binda Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek. Friday and Saturday shows will start at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday shows will start at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $10 each for students, KCC faculty and staff and seniors, and $15 each for the general public. They can be purchased onsite before each show or reserved in advance through the KCC Theatre Box Office by calling 269-965-4154.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward defraying the cost of travel for those participating in the August 2025 KCC Theatre trip to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, where a shortened version of “Pando” will be performed for international audiences.
Poer, who in addition to writing the show will also direct it, calls “Pando” a “philosophical comedy set in the many worlds of video games.” It consists of six short one-act plays, each set in a different video-game-inspired universe and connected via a handful of short scenes between them.
A core group of nine actors play the characters in the games, Poer said, while other actors play the humans “playing” the games on a couch.
The play is “a comedy about how to translate the digital world into the analog world, and how imagined worlds can help us become better humans in the real world,” he said.
“Within the games themselves, there are lessons from ancient and contemporary philosophy concerning what it means to be human today and how to process the ups and downs of life. Content-wise, this premiere production is aiming at the Pixar template, with lots of laughs for kids and emotional depth for grownups. Though it’s set with video games as a backdrop, it’s aimed just as much at those with no interest in games as it is for lifelong gamers like myself.”
“Pando” is Poer’s first original work since his 2017 adaptation “Antigone: Closure,” which was also produced at KCC. Written so that nearly anyone can play any role, and with allowances made in the script for the actors to alter dialogue to fit their own preferences, Poer said the play was originally inspired by a conversation he had with a friend in graduate school.
“We both loved video games and thought it was sad that there wasn’t more theatre about gaming,” he said. “There’s a lot of natural crossover when it comes to role playing and figuring out who we want to ‘be’ when we play games, not unlike actors figuring out how to portray someone else.”
Individuals who can’t make a show but who would like to donate directly to support the group’s upcoming trip to Scotland can email Poer for details at poerb@kellogg.edu.
For more information about the upcoming production, contact Poer or visit the KCC Theatre Facebook page at facebook.com/KCCTheatre.
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Time
(Sunday) 3:00 pm
Location
Binda Performing Arts Center
450 North Ave.
22mar7:30 pmKCC Theatre presents "Pando"World Premiere Run7:30 pm
Event Details
Kellogg Community College will present the world premiere of the original play “Pando” this month on campus in Battle Creek. The play is an original work
Event Details
Kellogg Community College will present the world premiere of the original play “Pando” this month on campus in Battle Creek.
The play is an original work written by KCC Theatre professor and Theatre Program Coordinator Brad Poer and will run for six showings March 15-17 and 22-24 in the Binda Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek. Friday and Saturday shows will start at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday shows will start at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $10 each for students, KCC faculty and staff and seniors, and $15 each for the general public. They can be purchased onsite before each show or reserved in advance through the KCC Theatre Box Office by calling 269-965-4154.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward defraying the cost of travel for those participating in the August 2025 KCC Theatre trip to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, where a shortened version of “Pando” will be performed for international audiences.
Poer, who in addition to writing the show will also direct it, calls “Pando” a “philosophical comedy set in the many worlds of video games.” It consists of six short one-act plays, each set in a different video-game-inspired universe and connected via a handful of short scenes between them.
A core group of nine actors play the characters in the games, Poer said, while other actors play the humans “playing” the games on a couch.
The play is “a comedy about how to translate the digital world into the analog world, and how imagined worlds can help us become better humans in the real world,” he said.
“Within the games themselves, there are lessons from ancient and contemporary philosophy concerning what it means to be human today and how to process the ups and downs of life. Content-wise, this premiere production is aiming at the Pixar template, with lots of laughs for kids and emotional depth for grownups. Though it’s set with video games as a backdrop, it’s aimed just as much at those with no interest in games as it is for lifelong gamers like myself.”
“Pando” is Poer’s first original work since his 2017 adaptation “Antigone: Closure,” which was also produced at KCC. Written so that nearly anyone can play any role, and with allowances made in the script for the actors to alter dialogue to fit their own preferences, Poer said the play was originally inspired by a conversation he had with a friend in graduate school.
“We both loved video games and thought it was sad that there wasn’t more theatre about gaming,” he said. “There’s a lot of natural crossover when it comes to role playing and figuring out who we want to ‘be’ when we play games, not unlike actors figuring out how to portray someone else.”
Individuals who can’t make a show but who would like to donate directly to support the group’s upcoming trip to Scotland can email Poer for details at poerb@kellogg.edu.
For more information about the upcoming production, contact Poer or visit the KCC Theatre Facebook page at facebook.com/KCCTheatre.
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Time
(Friday) 7:30 pm
Location
Binda Performing Arts Center
450 North Ave.
23mar7:30 pmKCC Theatre presents "Pando"World Premiere Run7:30 pm
Event Details
Kellogg Community College will present the world premiere of the original play “Pando” this month on campus in Battle Creek. The play is an original work
Event Details
Kellogg Community College will present the world premiere of the original play “Pando” this month on campus in Battle Creek.
The play is an original work written by KCC Theatre professor and Theatre Program Coordinator Brad Poer and will run for six showings March 15-17 and 22-24 in the Binda Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek. Friday and Saturday shows will start at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday shows will start at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $10 each for students, KCC faculty and staff and seniors, and $15 each for the general public. They can be purchased onsite before each show or reserved in advance through the KCC Theatre Box Office by calling 269-965-4154.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward defraying the cost of travel for those participating in the August 2025 KCC Theatre trip to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, where a shortened version of “Pando” will be performed for international audiences.
Poer, who in addition to writing the show will also direct it, calls “Pando” a “philosophical comedy set in the many worlds of video games.” It consists of six short one-act plays, each set in a different video-game-inspired universe and connected via a handful of short scenes between them.
A core group of nine actors play the characters in the games, Poer said, while other actors play the humans “playing” the games on a couch.
The play is “a comedy about how to translate the digital world into the analog world, and how imagined worlds can help us become better humans in the real world,” he said.
“Within the games themselves, there are lessons from ancient and contemporary philosophy concerning what it means to be human today and how to process the ups and downs of life. Content-wise, this premiere production is aiming at the Pixar template, with lots of laughs for kids and emotional depth for grownups. Though it’s set with video games as a backdrop, it’s aimed just as much at those with no interest in games as it is for lifelong gamers like myself.”
“Pando” is Poer’s first original work since his 2017 adaptation “Antigone: Closure,” which was also produced at KCC. Written so that nearly anyone can play any role, and with allowances made in the script for the actors to alter dialogue to fit their own preferences, Poer said the play was originally inspired by a conversation he had with a friend in graduate school.
“We both loved video games and thought it was sad that there wasn’t more theatre about gaming,” he said. “There’s a lot of natural crossover when it comes to role playing and figuring out who we want to ‘be’ when we play games, not unlike actors figuring out how to portray someone else.”
Individuals who can’t make a show but who would like to donate directly to support the group’s upcoming trip to Scotland can email Poer for details at poerb@kellogg.edu.
For more information about the upcoming production, contact Poer or visit the KCC Theatre Facebook page at facebook.com/KCCTheatre.
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Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Binda Performing Arts Center
450 North Ave.
24mar3:00 pmKCC Theatre presents "Pando"World Premiere Run3:00 pm
Event Details
Kellogg Community College will present the world premiere of the original play “Pando” this month on campus in Battle Creek. The play is an original work
Event Details
Kellogg Community College will present the world premiere of the original play “Pando” this month on campus in Battle Creek.
The play is an original work written by KCC Theatre professor and Theatre Program Coordinator Brad Poer and will run for six showings March 15-17 and 22-24 in the Binda Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek. Friday and Saturday shows will start at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday shows will start at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $10 each for students, KCC faculty and staff and seniors, and $15 each for the general public. They can be purchased onsite before each show or reserved in advance through the KCC Theatre Box Office by calling 269-965-4154.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward defraying the cost of travel for those participating in the August 2025 KCC Theatre trip to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, where a shortened version of “Pando” will be performed for international audiences.
Poer, who in addition to writing the show will also direct it, calls “Pando” a “philosophical comedy set in the many worlds of video games.” It consists of six short one-act plays, each set in a different video-game-inspired universe and connected via a handful of short scenes between them.
A core group of nine actors play the characters in the games, Poer said, while other actors play the humans “playing” the games on a couch.
The play is “a comedy about how to translate the digital world into the analog world, and how imagined worlds can help us become better humans in the real world,” he said.
“Within the games themselves, there are lessons from ancient and contemporary philosophy concerning what it means to be human today and how to process the ups and downs of life. Content-wise, this premiere production is aiming at the Pixar template, with lots of laughs for kids and emotional depth for grownups. Though it’s set with video games as a backdrop, it’s aimed just as much at those with no interest in games as it is for lifelong gamers like myself.”
“Pando” is Poer’s first original work since his 2017 adaptation “Antigone: Closure,” which was also produced at KCC. Written so that nearly anyone can play any role, and with allowances made in the script for the actors to alter dialogue to fit their own preferences, Poer said the play was originally inspired by a conversation he had with a friend in graduate school.
“We both loved video games and thought it was sad that there wasn’t more theatre about gaming,” he said. “There’s a lot of natural crossover when it comes to role playing and figuring out who we want to ‘be’ when we play games, not unlike actors figuring out how to portray someone else.”
Individuals who can’t make a show but who would like to donate directly to support the group’s upcoming trip to Scotland can email Poer for details at poerb@kellogg.edu.
For more information about the upcoming production, contact Poer or visit the KCC Theatre Facebook page at facebook.com/KCCTheatre.
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Time
(Sunday) 3:00 pm
Location
Binda Performing Arts Center
450 North Ave.
27marAll DayMental Health Symposium Pre-Registration DeadlineEvent is April 11(All Day: wednesday)
Event Details
Kellogg Community College’s Education and Human Services programs will host a free Mental Health Symposium next month on campus in Battle Creek. Pre-registration is required
Event Details
Kellogg Community College’s Education and Human Services programs will host a free Mental Health Symposium next month on campus in Battle Creek. Pre-registration is required by March 27.
The KCC Education and Human Services Mental Health Symposium will be held from 4:30 to 8:45 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at the College’s Binda Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek.
The event is free and open to the public but individuals interested in attending must pre-register by March 27 via the online form at https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=7n1B8nqxmU2AuHZxT3slWVxGmUE2XMRJksokBe0vJ_xUNDVMN1FDQlhKSEU4VlBIMlhKWkpYS0NQSy4u&origin=lprLink&wdLOR=c4573ADC6-8BD2-45DE-82D7-F8582F941B28.
The event will feature presentations on topics related to mental health as well as a keynote address from counselor and social worker Dr. Jennifer Harrison, a professor at Western Michigan University’s School of Social Work.
Harrison will speak on strategies for reducing stigma and supporting mental health recovery. Additional speakers and topics include:
> Suicide Prevention Facilitator Scott Teichmer, of Summit Pointe, will speak about suicide prevention
> Dr. Caelan Soma, chief clinical officer of Starr Commonwealth, will speak on the overlap of trauma and mental health
> Dr. Odell Miller, of Off the Bench, will speak about the impact of physical health on mental health, and strategies to keep yourself healthy
All speakers will also participate in a final Q&A panel session following the last presentation.
An informal box dinner will be offered at the start of the event, with door prizes and certificates awarded throughout. Participants will also be able to collect information from vendor tables immediately before and after the speaking presentations.
For more information about the Mental Health Symposium, which is made possible thanks to a Program Initiative Grant from the KCC Foundation, email education@kellogg.edu.
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Time
All Day (Wednesday)
april
11apr4:30 pm8:45 pmMental Health SymposiumPre-Registration Deadline is March 274:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Event Details
Kellogg Community College’s Education and Human Services programs will host a free Mental Health Symposium next month on campus in Battle Creek. Pre-registration is required
Event Details
Kellogg Community College’s Education and Human Services programs will host a free Mental Health Symposium next month on campus in Battle Creek. Pre-registration is required by March 27.
The KCC Education and Human Services Mental Health Symposium will be held from 4:30 to 8:45 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at the College’s Binda Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek.
The event is free and open to the public but individuals interested in attending must pre-register by March 27 via the online form at https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=7n1B8nqxmU2AuHZxT3slWVxGmUE2XMRJksokBe0vJ_xUNDVMN1FDQlhKSEU4VlBIMlhKWkpYS0NQSy4u&origin=lprLink&wdLOR=c4573ADC6-8BD2-45DE-82D7-F8582F941B28.
The event will feature presentations on topics related to mental health as well as a keynote address from counselor and social worker Dr. Jennifer Harrison, a professor at Western Michigan University’s School of Social Work.
Harrison will speak on strategies for reducing stigma and supporting mental health recovery. Additional speakers and topics include:
> Suicide Prevention Facilitator Scott Teichmer, of Summit Pointe, will speak about suicide prevention
> Dr. Caelan Soma, chief clinical officer of Starr Commonwealth, will speak on the overlap of trauma and mental health
> Dr. Odell Miller, of Off the Bench, will speak about the impact of physical health on mental health, and strategies to keep yourself healthy
All speakers will also participate in a final Q&A panel session following the last presentation.
An informal box dinner will be offered at the start of the event, with door prizes and certificates awarded throughout. Participants will also be able to collect information from vendor tables immediately before and after the speaking presentations.
For more information about the Mental Health Symposium, which is made possible thanks to a Program Initiative Grant from the KCC Foundation, email education@kellogg.edu.
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Time
(Thursday) 4:30 pm - 8:45 pm
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