Gonzo’s Top 5: Get tempted this weekend with sports, spring fun and Broadway
Griffins and the Gold have games and a ton of spring break activities make for an action-packed weekend.
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Suzanne Ramljak, UM grad with Guggenheim experience, joins Meijer Gardens as chief curator
Ramljak, who started work March 28, will oversee Meijer Gardens’ expanding exhibition programing and acquisitions for the permanent collection.
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Posing with Princesses, training with Superheroes coming to Gilmore Saturday, April 2
“Cars & Characters: A Celebration of Princesses and Superheroes”, a family-focused event scheduled for this weekend at the Gilmore Car Museum.
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Ain’t too proud: the story of The Temptations comes to DeVos Hall
The story of Motown’s original Fab Five comes to life this week, March 29-April 3.
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St. Cecilia’s chamber music series finale examines ‘The Jazz Effect’ with works of Gershwin, Marsalis
The program will include Ravel, Milhaud, Marsalis’ ‘Selections from At the Octoroon Balls’, and Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ with four-hands piano.
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Gonzo’s Top 5: Big trucks, 80s music, pet, toys, and cottage living shows
Could they pack anymore into the weekend? Mega 80’s and monster trucks along with the Pet Expo, Toy Show and Cottage and Lakefront Living Show.
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Three groups face-off for final round of Battle of the Bands
The Friday night event at The Stray Cafe will feature three groups, two from Grand Rapids, and one from Detroit, all with unique, individual sounds.
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After renovations, Meijer Gardens sculpture galleries reopen with artistically commanding works of Yinka Shonibare
Works of the past three decades, many never shown in the United States, will include sculptures, paintings, photographs, collages, embroidery, and film.
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Gonzo’s Top 5: LaughFest, butterflies, and doing the Irish Jig 5K
We’re backing in all the month’s milestones: Butterflies at the Gardens for spring; the Spectrum Health Irish Jig for St. Paddy’s Day, and the West Michigan Women’s Expo for Women’s History Month.
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March is Reading Month: The Phantom Tollbooth
Today’s March is Reading Month selection is from East Grand Rapids Kilwins co-owner Rosalie Kaser.
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GVSU to host special presentation of theater production ‘Anne and Emmett’
The free production is set for March 24 at the Loosemore Auditorium on GVSU’s Grand Rapids campus.
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Art auction will raise funds for Mel Trotter, Heartside Ministries
Mel Trotter Ministries is hosting its first Art & Experience Auction on Thursday, March 24, featuring 85 items up for bid.
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HarborFest scheduled to return in June
According to organizers the popular event will return in 2022.
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Gonzo’s Top 5: GR Ballet Junior, St. Paddy’s Day, and the ultimate sports show
More signs of spring as GR’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is this weekend along with the Ultimate Sports Show and the Fulton Street Farmers Market opens.
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March is Reading Month: How Do Dinosaurs…
Today’s March is Reading month book selection comes from Children’s Healing Center Program Manager Deb Winn.
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Tea time anyone? GR Ballet School’s Junior Company will stage ‘Aladdin’ after a two-year postponement
The ballet will be on stage two weekends starting this weekend — and starting with a special ‘Aladdin & Jasmine’s Royal Tea’ celebration.
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Area’s first outdoor concert series along with John Ball Zoo announce start dates
Things are shaping up for the summer as the John Ball Zoo announces a new exhibit and Lowell announces its outdoor concert series lineup.
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Jazz ‘fearless voyager’ Dee Dee Bridgewater joins fellow GRAMMY winner, pianist Charlap, at St. Cecilia concert
The adventuresome singer, who was born in Memphis, will likely sing songs from her latest CD release, “Memphis, Yes…I’m Ready.”
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Gonzo’s Top 5: Comedy, bourbon, flying dinosaurs, and the home and garden show
All the signs of spring are showing this weekend as comedians head to Grand Rapids, the Grand Rapids Public Museum unveils its new exhibit, and the Home and Garden Show takes place at DeVos Hall.
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Featuring 15 emerging artists, the stage is set for The Stray’s first-ever Battle of the Bands
Fifteen bands will compete over the next three Fridays for a chance to face-off on March 25 for cash and other prizes.
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Spring is around the corner as the butterflies bloom at Frederik Meijer Gardens
A welcome sign of spring is when the butterflies return to the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. The exhibition opens on March 1 and runs through April 30.
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Gonzo’s Top 5: Ballet, poutine and beers
Cheers to the weekend! And there is plenty of opportunities to celebrate from Noodle Fest to Beer Fest or snag some Poutine before heading out to see the Grand Rapids Ballet or take Kentwood’s Luminary Walk.
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Special student tickets available for St. Cecilia WinterFest Jazz with Christian McBride
St. Cecilia Music Center has announced that special $10 student tickets are available for the this weekend’s three-day WinterFest “jazz festival”, Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 24-26, all shows with headliner bassist Christian McBride.
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