Jazz It Up!

Jazz It Up!

Fall in love with jazz for the first time—or all over again—at the fifth annual GRandJazzFest. West Michigan’s only free, weekend-long jazz festival is being held August 20 and 21, 2016, at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids. “Jazz is the Great American Art...
Garage Bar & Grill Brings Block Parties Back

Garage Bar & Grill Brings Block Parties Back

Grand Rapids Garage Bar & Grill (GRBG) is bringing block parties back. For the second summer in a row, Garage Bar Block Parties are rocking Ottawa Avenue every Wednesday evening from June 15 through August 31. The parties run from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. in front of the...
AM Yoga Positions Itself on the West Side

AM Yoga Positions Itself on the West Side

AM, Grand Rapids’ first yoga studio to successfully bring yoga outside of studio walls, has opened its first permanent location, at 555 Fourth Street on the city’s West Side. As well as hosting yoga classes seven days a week, the new AM facility will...
Legacy Luncheon and Ball: Black History Month

Legacy Luncheon and Ball: Black History Month

February is National Black History Month. This annual celebration honors the achievements of black Americans and recognizes the key role these individuals played in U.S. history. Many West Michigan organizations have arranged events that will take place throughout...
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...