On Tap: Railtown takes over Ionia, 57 Brew Pub sold, beer & doughnuts

Railtown Brewing Company will bring several holiday variations of its Good Mooed milk stout to a Tap Take Over at the Craft Beer Cellar.

By:K.D. Norris

‘Drawn from the Desert: Australian Aboriginal Paintings’ at GVSU through March 2

By Matthew Makowski, Grand Valley State University   From 1940-1960, the Australian government forced Aboriginal groups off their lands and into organized communities of the [Read More]

By:Matthew Makowski, GVSU

On the shelf: ‘The Killer Within: In the Company of Monsters’ by Philip Carlo

By Grand Rapids Public Library   The irony of being stalked by an remorseless killer is never far from Carlo’s mind, as he writes his [Read More]

By:Grand Rapids Public Library

‘Strange & Magical Beasts: Etchings by Tony Fitzpatrick’ on display at GVSU through March 2

By Matthew Makowski, Grand Valley State University   Tony Fitzpatrick was born in 1958, and raised in and around Chicago as a member of a [Read More]

By:Matthew Makowski, GVSU

On the shelf: ‘Have a Little Faith: A True Story’ by Mitch Albom

By Grand Rapids Public Library   “Enjoy yourselves… it’s laaaa-ter than you think…”   An eye condition had pretty much knocked out my ability to [Read More]

By:Grand Rapids Public Library

‘Landscapes, Color & Light’ Exhibition on display through March 2

By Matthew Makowski, Grand Valley State University   Virginia Jenkins is a professor and former chair of the Department of Visual and Media Arts at [Read More]

By:Matthew Makowski, GVSU

Holiday show wraps up 2017 Michigan Wurlitzer Organ Concert Series

Join the Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) for the final Mighty Wurlitzer Organ Concerts of the 2017 series with special holiday music performances by John Lauter.

By:Kate Moore, Grand Rapids Public Museum

‘Meet Finny’ a new virtual reality, touchscreen experience at the Public Museum

Public Museum visitors will have the opportunity to learn more about the Museum’s finback whale skeleton through a new virtual realty experience opening this month.

By:Kate Moore, Grand Rapids Public Museum

On the shelf: ‘Better Than Great’ by Arthur Plotnik

By Carl Meyering, GRPL Main Library   Want a New Year’s resolution that doesn’t make you sweat? How about a book that pumps up your [Read More]

By:Carl Meyering, GRPL Main Library

Holiday gifts On Tap: 5 years in Rockford, 20 Founders pours, and all-lll that swag

’ Tis the season, for brewery swag gifts for that special boy (or girl), and beer.

By:K.D. Norris

At the GVSU Art Gallery: Mathias J. Alten, An Evolving Legacy

By Matthew Makowski, Grand Valley State University   The German-born American artist Mathias Joseph Alten (1871-1938) is often referred to as the dean of Michigan [Read More]

By:Matthew Makowski, GVSU

Unwrap the holidays with the Grand Rapids Symphony in December

Decking the halls with boughs of holly and hanging the stockings by the chimney with care are favorite December traditions for many West Michigan families. So is spending the holidays with the Grand Rapids Pops.

By:Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk, Grand Rapids Symphony

St. Cecilia adds banjo royalty, Asleep at the Wheel to 2018 folk music lineup 

Fleck and Washburn will appear on Friday, Feb. 23, and Asleep at the Wheel will perform on Thursday, April 12, both at 7:30 p.m.

By:WKTV Staff

On the shelf: ‘The Wolf in the Parlor: The Eternal Connection between Humans and Dogs’ by Jon Franklin

By Lisa Boss, Grand Rapids Public Library, Main Branch   A man is haunted by a photograph. Taken at an archeological dig, at Ein Mallaha, [Read More]

By:Lisa Boss, GRPL

Muskegon Museum of Art winter exhibitions and the questions and toil of cotton

The exhibitions examine, in various ways, the influence of cotton upon history, economics and the environment.

By:Marguerite Curran, Muskegon Museum of Art

The Eagles head to Van Andel Arena, tickets on sale next week

“An Evening with the Eagles” will come to Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Arena March 15 with some pre-sale activities taking place this month.

By:Hilarie Szarowicz, Van Andel Arena

West Michigan Tourist Association: Christmas Fun in Northern West Michigan

In the final installment of on West Michigan holiday activities we head north to see what is happening in places like Traverse City, Bellaire and Sault Ste. Marie.

By:Jeremy Witt, West Michigan Tourist Association

Who says ‘bah humbug’? Not Van Singel as it presents ‘A Christmas Carol’

This December, PerSeverance Productions in conjunction with CMI Entertainment in New York, will present their national touring production of the holiday classic “A Christmas Carol” at the Van Singel Fine Arts Center.

By:Kathy Richards, Van Singel Fine Arts Center

West Michigan Tourist Association: Christmas Fun in Central West Michigan

In this second installment of holiday activities in West Michigan, we check out the Grand Rapids area along with Holland, Grand Haven and Grant.

By:Jeremy Witt, West Michigan Tourist Association

On the shelf: ‘The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir’ by Bill Bryson

By Lisa Boss, Grand Rapids Public Library, Main   Not since Gahan Wilson’s masterful creation of, “The Kid”, who inhabited the comic strip Nuts, has [Read More]

By:Lisa Boss, GRPL, Main

West Michigan Tourist Association: Christmas Fun in Southern West Michigan

In this first installment on Christmas activities in West Michigan, we head south to check out the fun in such places as South Haven, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek.

By:Jeremy Witt, West Michigan Tourist Association

2018 Stars On Ice Tour will keep the Olympic flame burning when it visits Van Andel Arena

Tickets go on sale this Friday for the “2018 Stars on Ice’ tour which will be coming to Grand Rapids next year.

By:Hilarie Szarowicz, Van Andel Arena

Last chance to visit the Public Museum’s puzzle room

Visitors to The Puzzle Room go on a quest unique only to the Museum and its Collections to convict local 1910s dentist Arthur Waite for the famous Peck Murders in Grand Rapids.

By:Christie Bender, Grand Rapids Public Museum

Review: Brad Mehldau Trio explores charted, uncharted territory at St. Cecilia

While Royce Auditorium regularly offers classical, jazz and even folk music, the music might well have been its own sub-genre: “experimental”.

By:K.D. Norris

On Tap: Grey Skies Distillery set to release ‘Breakfast Rye’ whiskey

Gray Skies Distillery will release its first rye whiskey on Sunday, Dec. 3, at their Grand Rapids tasting room.

By:K.D. Norris