Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics

Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics

“I’d say that 100 percent of music is political, that music either supports the status quo or challenges the status quo, so every artist is political … If you’re not questioning authority, you’re tacitly submitting to authority.”...
Icons, Installations, Improvisations

Icons, Installations, Improvisations

One became an icon through his work with and original interpretations of iconic people, symbols and items; the other scatters iconic sounds and moments throughout his work. Both are on exhibit at Grand Rapids Art Museum, for a limited run. “Andy Warhol makes a...
Mom Stories to Warm Your Heart

Mom Stories to Warm Your Heart

MY BABY-TO-BE “When are you guys having kids?” Over and over we were asked. Let’s face it: together 18 years, married seven, seems like the next step. Little did people know, we were not “not trying”; it just wasn’t happening. We...
When It’s Time to Escape

When It’s Time to Escape

Red, yellow, green, blue: Look around to find your clues … It’s January. It’s typically dreary—the month when the sky, pavement and landscape seem to share an ominous dull-grey hue. Thus it would make sense that when you read the headline, you...