Michigan Irish Music Festival Celebrates 20th Year
The festival returns to Heritage Landing in downtown Muskegon Sept. 12-15 and features Irish and Celtic music on seven covered stages.
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Sweet, often bittersweet, sounds of Mandolin Orange coming to Meijer Gardens amphitheater
Led by singer-songwriter Andrew Marlin and multi-instrumentalist Emily Frantz the band may well be new to most of the audience at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park outdoor amphitheater stage on Sept. 4.
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‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’ opens Aug. 16
Winner of 4 Tony Awards including Best Musical, it’s a wickedly funny mashup of ‘Downton Abbey’ meets Mel Brooks.
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Norwegian pop star makes her way to Calvin University
Sigrid leads an impressive line up for the 2019-2020 concert series at Calvin University.
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A present for its patrons: GR Symphony offers 30 percent on tickets for fall performances
For its 90th anniversary, the Grand Rapids Symphony is offering 30 percent off single price tickets for its fall performances.
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The Sunday Night Funnies Kingpin of Comedy competition enters its quarter-final round
Four quarter-final rounds are set for Aug. 11 – Sept. 1 with the Kingpin of Comedy crowned on Sept. 22.
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Comedy with a message, ‘Superior Donuts’ explores the past in order to change the future
Circle Theatre presents the comedy drama by Tony Award-winning author Tracy Letts for the next two weeks.
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Healthcare and the arts open mental health dialogue with rock musical ‘Next to Normal’
By Stephanie Burdick, Tibbits Opera House In a unique collaboration between healthcare and the arts, ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital, Pines Behavioral Health, and Tibbits Summer [Read More]
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Comedy with a message — ‘Superior Donuts’ at Circle Theatre opens Aug. 8
This comedy-drama explores the challenges of embracing the past and the redemptive power of friendship.
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Review: ‘American Made’ Margo Price shows off musical growth, grit at Meijer Gardens
Price and her latest release — “All American Made” — has moved beyond labels and expectations to be a singer/songwriter of artistically diverse and emotionally powerful music.
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New art exhibition ‘Inhaling the Universe’ at Krasl Art Center Aug. 9-Sept. 29
The artists have created specific pieces for the exhibit, including sculpture, cyanotype, and custom prints.
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Changing Times: Museum exhibit explores two pinnacle points in American History
The exhibit “Changing America” looks at two specific moments in time in American history that are exactly 100 years apart: the Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington.
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Tickets on sale now for April 5, 2020, ‘The Bachelor Live On Stage’ at DeVos Hall
For the first time in Grand Rapids, Bachelor fans become part of the search for love.
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Civic Theatre shakes up the summer by heading down the rabbit hole with two one-week only productions
A student from Wyoming and one from Kentwood are part of the Civic Theatre’s upcoming repertory performances of “Alice in Wonderland” and “All Shook Up.”
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Oliver Art Center opens creative space and library
This space will assist an underserved part of the local population: parents with young, preschool age kids, as well as older kids.
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Brioso String Quartet to perform July 25 at the Downtown Holland Street Performer Series
The popular Brioso String Quartet will appear at the Street Performer Series in Downtown Holland Thursday, July 25 from 6:30-8:30pm.
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Grand Rapids Public Museum hosts Planetarium double feature of Queen, Pink Floyd light shows
The final double featuring showing of the Queen and Plink Floyd light show is Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Tom Coverly Illusion and Magic Show at the Henderson Castle
The entertainer for the evening is one of the most-requested, clean adult entertainers in America.
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New series focuses on the music, culture of Africa
Looking to showcase the musicians and artists of African now living in West Michigan, Mirabel Umenei created the Motherland House Concerts with a performance set for Saturday.
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Hannah Rose & GravesTones bring ‘cross-pollination’ soul to Kentwood concert’s lawn
The band, they say, is “a bold foray into the funky, rhythmic refrains of a foregone era … a cross pollination of funk, blues, and rock ’n’ roll with soul”.
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Kentwood filmmaker creates film, purpose in helping the hungry
Kentwood filmmaker Romeo Kattookaran uses award winning film to help feed the hungry. The premiere is Saturday at 3 p.m. at Celebration! Cinema, Woodland Mall.
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Tulip Time 2020 Festival Artwork Competition announced
The annual competition, where the artwork for the Tulip Time poster is chosen, will take place Oct. 2 – 5.
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Andrew Bird, flying on his own winds and whims, returns to Meijer Gardens
Andrew Bird — musical multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and whistler, and songwriter … and all-around artiste, returns with new music.
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