Grand Rapids Public Museum celebrates space exploration during ‘Roger That!’ event
This year’s event, which honors the life of Roger B. Chaffee, will feature NASA Astronaut Guion “Guy” Bluford along with several other events.
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On Tap: Museum Beer Explorers, Ann Arbor brews and Valentine’s Day darks
These are still the dark days of winter, despite Valentine’s Day looming. But there are plenty of events on tap on the local beer scene.
By:On the shelf: ‘The Whites’ by Richard Price (writing as Harry Brandt)
By Grand Rapids Public Library Price’s retro NYPD police procedural skips back and forward from the early “run and gun days” of the ’90s, [Read More]
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GRAM’s popular ‘Andy Warhol’s American Icons’ exhibit will end its run this Sunday
Organized by the Grand Rapids Art Museum, “Andy Warhol’s American Icons” showcases Warhol’s vision and celebration of America.
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Pianist Akansiima a guest for Jazz in the Sanctuary at Fountain Street Church
The concert series continues this week with special guest Ivan Akansiima joining series host Robin Connell and bassist Chris Kjorness.
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Sunday Night Funnies begins its 10th year at new location, Wyoming’s Woody’s Pressbox
This month, the long-term adult comedy group Sunday Night Funnies will mark the start of its 10th year with a new location, Woody’s Pressbox.
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GR Ballet’s first 2018 MOVEMEDIA program embraces diversity of modern ballet dance
So Grand Rapids Ballet’s MOVEMEDIA: Diversity two-installment contemporary dance series premieres this week, with diverse works by a diverse group of choreographers on the subject of diversity.
By:On the shelf: ‘The Rook’ by Daniel O’Malley
By Kristen Krueger-Corrado, Grand Rapids Public Library It is not very often that I finish a book and want to run out and tell [Read More]
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Local artist Edye Evans Hyde featured performer at Museum’s next ‘Concerts Under the Stars’
The Grand Rapids Public Museum continues the 2018 Concerts Under the Stars series on Thursday, Feb. 8, hosting local jazz vocalist Edye Evans Hyde for a fully immersive audio and visual experience in the Chaffee Planetarium.
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Grand Rapids Symphony unveils its 2018-19 season with something special for everyone
The Grand Rapids Symphony unveiled its 2018-19 season with classical blockbusters, eminent soloists, pop/rock music favorites, great films and much more.
By:On the shelf: ‘When Evil Came to Good Hart’ by Mardi Link
A popular true crime thriller is Mardi Link’s “When Evil Came to Good Hart.”
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The force is with the Grand Rapids Symphony as it presents Holst’s symphonic suite, ‘The Planets’
“Star Wars” producer George Lucas encouraged composer John Williams to take inspiration from Gustav Holst’s “Mars, the Bringer of War.”
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Incomparable Judy Collins, undefinable Rhiannon Giddens coming to St. Cecilia stage
Classic and groundbreaking: The music center’s Folk Series just keeps getting better and better this season.
By:GVSU Opera Theatre presents ‘Oklahoma!’ in early February
By Matthew Makowski, Grand Valley State University Grand Valley State University Opera Theatre students will bring to life Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first collaboration, Oklahoma!, [Read More]
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World Affairs Council’s 2018 Great Decisions global discussion series begins Jan. 29
The first lecture topic is “Are Dictators Getting Smarter?: Media and Foreign Policy”, with William Dobson, chief international editor at National Public Radio — and now the series will offer two options to attend.
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Harry Potter returns to Grand Rapids with ‘The Prisoner of Azkaban’
The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to DeVos Performance Hall with “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” in Concert, the third film in the Harry Potter series.
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On the shelf: ‘Stealing Buddha’s Dinner’ by Bich Minh Nguyen
By Chris Byron, Grand Rapids Public Library Stealing Buddha’s Dinner is a vivid, funny, charming memoir of growing up in the 1980s and assimilating [Read More]
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Festival of the Arts to reveal 2018 poster this Thursday
Festival of the Arts is to reveal the 2018 poster and artist behind the poster at a special event this Thursday at Grand Rapids City Hall.
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GVSU presents Guest Artist Recital: Yoo Jin Noh, piano on Jan. 31
By Matthew Makowski, Grand Valley State University Yoo Jin Noh made her debut with the Cape Ann Symphony Orchestra as a soloist in 2017. She [Read More]
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On the shelf: ‘The Shipping News’ by E. Annie Proulx
By Amy Cochran, Grand Rapids Public Library, Seymour Branch As the weather turns colder, I like to curl up with favorite reads of years [Read More]
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Songs from ‘Wicked,’ ‘Lion King,’ ‘Phantom of the Opera’ at Grand Rapids Pops’ Blockbuster Broadway
The Grand Rapids Pops presents Blockbuster Broadway, with music from some of Broadway’s biggest and best-loved shows such as “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Les Misérables,” “Chicago,” and many more.
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Be neighborly: One Wyoming brings back Winterfest community-wide event to seven neighborhoods
After a successful debut last year, the 2018 version of One Wyoming’s Winterfest community-wide series of events will return Saturday, Jan. 27.
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On Tap: Perrin hosts benefit winter fest, Bier Distillery goes all Tesla
Perrin Brewing’s second annual “Perrin Ice Jam Winter Festival” is a benefit for the local Kids’ Food Basket of West Michigan.
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