On the shelf: ‘At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream’ by Wade Rouse
After chronicling his escape from rural life growing up gay in the Ozarks with his memoir, America’s Boy, Wade Rouse finds himself on three acres [Read More]
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February culinary classes at Downtown Market Grand Rapids
It’s February! (And you know what that means.) Downtown Market celebrates Valentine’s Day with a bevy of culinary classes. SINGLES VALENTINE’S DAY KICK-OFF Fri, [Read More]
By:Public Museum’s Under the Stars continues with local performer Janga
Join the Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) Thursday, Feb. 9, for the next performance of Concerts Under the Stars – a new series in the Chaffee Planetarium.
By:St. Cecilia brings Pokey LaFarge’s Americana sounds to Acoustic Café series
Pokey LaFarge bring his unique sounds and songs to the St. Cecilia Music Center’s Acoustic Café stage this week.
By:Grammy winner Lalah Hathaway stars in Grand Rapids
Three-time Grammy Award winner Lalah Hathaway, nominated for two more Grammys this year, is the special guest for the Grand Rapids Symphony’s “Symphony with Soul” Saturday, Feb. 18.
By:On the shelf: ‘America’s Boy: A Memoir’ by Wade Rouse
By Lisa Boss, GRPL Main And heeeeeere’s “Miss Sugar Creek”!! Summers in the late ’60s, with the extended family at the idyllic log cabin on Sugar Creek [Read More]
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Grand Rapids Public Museum expands science programs to Saturday
Starting in February, the Grand Rapids Public Museum will host Special Saturdays that will feature a Science Saturday program.
By:Harmony Brewing’s celebration offers something for under, over age 21
Harmony Brewing Company celebrates its fifth year Feb. 4 with an hour of kid-friendly family fun and then a little something special for the older crowd.
By:‘Sweeney Todd’ is the upcoming production of GVSU Opera Theatre
Benjamin Barker is a barber unjustly imprisoned for years by a corrupt judge. He returns to London bent on revenge under the guise of Sweeney Todd.
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On the shelf: ‘Agent 6’ by Tom Rob Smith
By Lisa Boss, GRPL-Main The final novel of Tom Rob Smith’s Soviet trilogy (Child 44, The Secret Speech), Agent 6 spans the time from the Cold War [Read More]
By:Expansive, impressive Ai Weiwei exhibit opens at Meijer Gardens
The Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park will open to the public its long-anticipated exhibition “Ai Weiwei at Meijer Gardens: Natural State” on Friday, Jan. 27.
By:Grand Valley Writers Series to feature two from GVSU
The Grand Valley Writers Series features two of its own this month: Amorak Huey and Caitlin Horrocks.
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On the shelf: ‘Okay for Now’ by Gary Schmidt
A good, hearty stew prepared with the right combination of vegetables, spices and meat can combine into a gourmet winter delight, tasty from the first bite to [Read More]
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On the shelf: ‘At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream’, by Wade Rouse
By Marie Mulder, GRPL-Main After chronicling his escape from rural life growing up gay in the Ozarks with his memoir, America’s Boy, Wade Rouse finds himself on [Read More]
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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]
By:‘Fashion and Tea’ vintage fashion returns to Grand Rapids Public Museum
By Kate Moore The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) kicks off its 2017 Fashion and Tea programming on Saturday, Feb. 11. Learn about [Read More]
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On the shelf: ‘American Salvage’ by Bonnie Jo Campbell
By Tim Gleisner, GRPL Main Imagine a world of broken down cars, underemployed people, dreams deferred, and you will get an idea of the National Book Award [Read More]
By:Registration for Science Night at Grand Rapids Public Museum now open
The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM), recently announced that registration is open to host a science booth at this year’s Science Night at the Museum, taking place on Tuesday, April 18.
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Work of Herman Miller designer featured in exhibit at Saugatuck Center for the Arts
The Saugatuck Center for the Arts opens its 15th anniversary season with an exhibition featuring works by designer Alexander Girard.
By:St. Cecilia’s next chamber music concert features works by Brahms, Fauré
St. Cecilia’s Chamber Music Series continues Jan. 26 with four of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s brightest stars playing works by Brahms, Fauré.
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‘An Unquiet Mind’ by Kay Redfield Jamison
A beautiful, compelling memoir about an exceptional life and a relentless disease, Kay Redfield Jamison’s fast-pa
By:Grand Rapids Pops performs ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ in concert Jan. 27-28
By Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk The Grand Rapids Pops will perform Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert with three performances Jan. 27-28 in DeVos Performance Hall as [Read More]
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Grand Ole Opry meets American Bandstand in national tour of ‘Pump Boys and Dinettes’
L.M., Jackson, Jim, Eddie, Prudie and Rhetta Cupp take over the Van Singel Fine Arts stage Jan. 26 with songs and fun.
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Film on government and the media kicks off SCA’s Real to Reel Film Series
The Saugatuck Center for the Arts’ Real to Reel Film Series kicks off this winter with a screening of “All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone” by Jeremy Scahill, Glenn Greenwald, and Michael Moore.
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