Start off your New Year right — take a few healthy (and fun) cooking classes!
Experience the magic of the season, Downtown Market-style and check out the January 2017 class schedule for your next fun food experience!
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The beautiful, barren Burren
The Burren is a region in County Clare and means “great rock.” It covers about 250 square kilometers, and the crisscrossing cracks in the limestone are called “grikes.”
By:It’s a Charlie Brown Christmas as Public Museum hosts musical
In connection to its current Charlie Brown-themed exhibit, the Grand Rapids Public Museum will host the musical “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown!”
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Grand Rapids Public Museum announces its 2016 ‘Night at Your Museum’ event
For one night only, the Grand Rapids Public Museum’s exhibits come to live with knights, Civil War soldiers, Cleopatra, Betsy Ross and more roaming the halls.
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Experience the Harry Potter Magical Holiday Ball Dec. 9
Fans of Harry Potter can continue to relive the magic at Barnes & Noble this holiday season.
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Sign up by Dec. 30 for ‘Kentwood’s Got Talent’!
Are you a singer, dancer or comedian? Do you play an instrument, perform magic or have other talents? Brush off those skills and start [Read More]
By:On the shelf: Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff
This is a book that gets under your skin. The author’s sheer storytelling skill accomplishes the Herculean task of sparking interest in a subject many would rather ignore: Detroit.
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‘Let It Snow’ Holiday Show returns to GRPM’s Chaffee Planetarium
This holiday season relax and recline as the Grand Rapids Public Museum’s (GRPM) Chaffee Planetarium celebrates the holiday season with a holiday show, “Let it Snow.”
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Get your tickets now to celebrate 100 years of tourism in West Michigan on Jan. 7
Wear your favorite 1920s attire! WMTA is embracing the era of the roaring ‘20s, which was working its way into full swing when the organization was formed in 1917.
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Join the discussion: ‘Family & Film’ Dec. 5
Grand Rapids Children’s Museum, 11 Sheldon Ave. NE in Grand Rapids, hosts Family & Film, Monday, Dec. 5 at 6 pm. Grand Valley State University (GVSU) [Read More]
By:On the shelf: ‘Haatchi and Little B’ by Wendy Holden
Anyone without a heart of stone will be moved by this brave boy and the fateful circumstances that brought Owen and the Anatolian together.
By:Popular Mighty Wurlitzer Organ Concert holiday show set for mid-December
The Grand Rapids Public Museum’s (GRPM) welcomes back Dave Wickerham for two holiday performances on the Mighty Wurlizter Theater Organ Dec.16 and 17. Wickerham [Read More]
By:Matchmaking and the art of perfume and chocolate
Lisdoonvarna is the matchmaking capitol of Ireland, and I just happened to be passing through during their annual festival. Even though I wasn’t looking to get matched, I was curious and have to say it’s hilarious.
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The Weekend Edition: Things to do Dec. 1 – 4
Wyoming Gives Back is Thursday with the big Wyoming and Kentwood parade this Saturday with lots of other holiday activities to fill the weekend.
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St. Cecilia opens jazz series with Grammy winning vocalist
You might say that songstress Cécile McLorin Salvant, the season opening performer for the St. Cecilia Music Center’s 2016-17 Jazz Series, wasted no time in adding Grammy winner to her already melodic name.
By:On the shelf: The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery
By Lisa Boss Grand Rapids Public Library I’m always afraid that a book with an animal on the cover will not offer more than a superficial helping of cuteness, [Read More]
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Grammy-nominated MercyMe performs at Resurrection Life Church
MercyMe, the group behind “I Can Only Imagine,” a song that became a symbol of the 9/11 terrorists attacks, will have its only Michigan performance at Resurrection Life Church Tuesday evening.
By:GR Public Museum returns Beer Explorers, with pour by Founders
Grand Rapids area beer lovers this fall will again get a chance to belly up the bar and learn more about their favorite libation as the Grand Rapids Public Museum returns its Beer Explorers program starting Thursday, Dec, 15.
By:Musical Tradition and Timeless Memories: Handel’s ‘Messiah’ Dec. 5
This year, celebrate the holiday season as the Grand Valley State University Arts Chorale and Orchestra perform the music of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.
By:On the shelf: Into the Beautiful North by Luis Urea
Luis Urrea took a serious issue, the U.S.-Mexico border, and wrote a comic, terrifying, uplifting book about it.
By:Expanded Beer City Passport, ‘Brewsader’ program debuts
The passport book now has an addendum adding nine additional beer stops to the original 23 locales — including Wyoming’s Kitzingen Brewery — where stamps and brews are available.
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The Weekend Edition: Things to do Nov. 25 – 27
Besides shopping until you drop, there are lots of holiday activities taking place this weekend including CARE Ballet’s annual performance of “‘Twas a Night Before Christmas.”
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Van Andel Arena is all wrapped up with a bow out front
Fans making their way to Van Andel Arena for the Stevie Nicks concert on Wednesday night will notice something bright and shiny on the front of the arena.
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