‘Best of Broadway’ kicks off Tibbits’ summer season

The Tibbits Summer Theater will official open its season on June 16 with a fun musical theatre revue.

By:Tibbits Opera House

Car Fest 2021 set to return in June

The event is scheduled to take place June 26 in downtown Big Rapids.

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Yes Toto, Grand Rapids Civic did just announce its 2021-2022 season

After a year of being dark, Grand Rapids Civic Theater announces its 2021-2022 season that includes the showstopper “The Wiz.”

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Saugatuck Center for the Arts host free event to kick of the summer

The June 4 event will include live music, visual arts, community art projects, all-ages activities, local vendors and other activities.

By:Megan Schermerhorn, Saugatuck Center for the Arts

Live local theater options keep expanding as more companies announce shows

Grand Rapids Civic is the latest to announce a show this summer with Circle presenting its second show and Barn Theatre preparing to celebrate 75 years.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Hudsonville announces summer concert series

The popular Breana Band will kick off the Concert on the Green series on June 3.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Street performers set to return to downtown Holland June 19

Starting June 17, downtown Holland will once again be hosting the Street Performer Series during the summer.

By:Downtown Holland

Turtles come to the Lakeshore Museum Center

The new exhibit gives visitors the opportunity for a turtle’s-eye view of life in the “slow lane.”

By:Jackie Huss, Lakeshore Museum Center

SWMI Tourist Council encourages visitors to get ‘creative’ with new tourism game

Participants can pick up a Creative Connections brochure and start collecting stamps.

By:Millicent Huminsky, Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council

Returning after lost 2020, Whitecaps open home season, gain first home win since ’19

The West Michigan Whitecaps rallied for a 9-8 walk-off victory over the Great Lakes Loons Wednesday, May 12, at LMCU Ballpark.

By:WKTv Staff

No ‘Accidental’ plan to get through pandemic hibernation — West Michigan band makes new music, longs for the road

If The Accidentals plan works the way they envision, Katie, Sav and Michael will be playing music off their just-dropped release, “TIME OUT (Session 1)”, live and in front of an audience in Kentwood and elsewhere this fall.

By:K.D. Norris

Nunica Cemetery is noted for its ghosts leading to the founding of Michigan’s most

GRASPP will host its next Paranormal Summit for Paranormal professionals May 14 – 16 in Manistee.

By:Wayne Thomas, Grand Rapids Ghost Hunters

Vintage train rides return to West Michigan

Coopersville & Marne Railway announces 2021 opening.

By:Nick Anderson, Coopersville & Marne Railway

Circle Theatre opens its season with a witty comedy

After being dark last year due to COVID, the company will usher in live theater for the area with its first production, “The Gin Game,” which opens this weekend.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Rose all May with Leelanau Peninsula Trail

The event will give participants the opportunity to sample wines at 21 different wineries.

By:Nick Hartmann, Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail

Grand Rapids Public Museum gets ready “to rumble” in Curator Battles

The Grand Rapids Public Museum has challenged the Michigan Science Museum to a Curator Battle, which is set to take place May 4.

By:Kate Kocienski, Grand Rapids Public Museum

Painting consevator uncovers Cranach Mystery on May 6

Is it true that a painting conservator is also a detective? According to acclaimed conservator and art historian Barry Bauman, every painting has its secrets.

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‘Little Free Art Galleries” popping up in Frankfort

Need art, take art. Have art, leave art. Frankfort hosts free little art galleries for the summer.

By:Mercedes Michalowski, Oliver Art Center

WKTV premieres Chickasaw documentary

The film explores the Chickasaw Nation’s first encounter with Europeans and how the Chickasaw people survived an attempted conquest.

By:Dana Lance, Chickasaw Films

LowellArts invites residents to ‘Getaway,’ its newest gallery exhibition

The new exhibit opens May 1 and will run through June 12.

By:Janet Teunis, LowellArts

2021 Lighthouse Tour Guide now available

This is a free poster-sized publication which details all of the lighthouses located on the shores of Lake Michigan, as well as the Circle Tour driving route to guide motorists around the lake.

By:Adrienne Brown-Reasner, West Michigan Tourist Association

Whitecaps set to open season in May with new safety precautions but same ol’ ballgame fun

With their first game May 4 and first home game May 11, the West Michigan Whitecaps are gearing up for a season that is bound to be unlike any they have had in the past.

By:Ellington Smith, WKTV Intern

Public Museum hosts annual collections and cocktails event

The event supports the Grand Rapids Public Museum’s collections and the stories, preservation and education efforts of artifacts within the Collections.

By:Kate Kocienski, Grand Rapids Public Museum

BBQ Festival returns to Big Rapids

A partnership will bring the event back to Big Rapids which will include blues music and brews.

By:By Sandra Braden, Mecosta County Visitors Bureau

Mackinac State Historic parks get ready for opening day

With the parks set to open in a few weeks, summer events have been announced.

By:Dominick Miller, Mackinac State Historic Park