From the Great Lakes Kite Festival to Slash at The Orbit Room and the Grand Rapids Urban Adventure Race to the Bar Olympics, event choices run the gamut this week.
- Monday, May 14 - Literary Life Bookstore closing sale begins
- Tuesday, May 15 - Volbeat, BALLE Business Conference hosted by Local First begins & Swing Dancing at Rosa Parks Circle
- Wednesday, May 16 - The EPIC Awards
- Thursday, May 17 - The Start Garden Party & Slash at The Orbit Room
- Friday, May 18 - Mayfest Bluegrass Festival begins, Rob Zombie & Megadeth, Great Lakes Kite Festival begins, Grand Rapids Symphony & Glow at Crush
- Saturday, May 19 - Arts in Ada Festival, Grand Rapids Urban Adventure Race, Great Strides Walk, Bar Olympics & West Michigan Whitecaps
- Sunday, May 20 - Rob Bliss Flash Mob Dance Commercial & Whose Live Anyway?
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Recent:
*Erhardt Construction announces Building Our Community Contest
*Festival of the Arts 2012 poster unveiled
*Photos:Kilwins now open in McKay Tower
*Monument and Veterans Parks to be rehabbed
*GRAM on the Green returns in July
*Author Mitch Albom to visit The Wealthy Theatre in June
*Rockford Construction moving headquarters to 601 First St NW
*Free weekly line dancing at Rosa Parks Circle starts next month
*New restaurant Saburba in the works
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Coming up this week: the annual Fifth Third River Bank Run, Mother's Day brunches, Christina Perri, Trip the Light and more Tulip Time.
- Monday, May 7 - Tulip Time continues
- Tuesday, May 8 - Superhero Swing Dancing Night, Wine, Women & Art, Mayor's Bike Ride & Bostwick Lake Inn grand reopening
- Wednesday, May 9 - 'Jacobson's - I Miss It So!, Great Gardens Party & Whitecaps homestand vs. Great Lakes begins
- Thursday, May 10 - Christina Perri, TEDx Grand Rapids, Circle Theatre's 'Cabaret' begins & Social Charity Club of GR 1 Year Anniversary
- Friday, May 11 - GR Symphony: Behind the Mask
- Saturday, May 12 - Fifth Third River Bank Run & Trip the Light
- Sunday, May 13 - Mother's Day Brunches
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Recent:
*New Cranberry Hill Consignments Co. opens in Ada
*Monument and Veterans Parks to be rehabbed
*John Ball Zoo opens new gift shop & summer exhibits
*GRAM on the Green returns in July
*Announced: Dr. John & The Blind Boys of Alabama Oct 23
*Public Restaurant offers hand-crafted comfort food in Zeeland
*Announced: Luke Bryan at the Allegan County Fair
*Author Mitch Albom to visit The Wealthy Theatre in June
*Photos:Cinco de Mayo Fiesta GR
*Rockford Construction moving headquarters to 601 First St NW
*Free weekly line dancing at Rosa Parks Circle starts next month
*New restaurant Saburba in the works
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by Brandy Arnold
From the day Pyramid Scheme opened in 2011, Co-Owner Tami VandenBerg knew an outdoor urban festival would be one of many projects she and her brother/Co-Owner Jeff would undertake. VandenBerg is not only a huge fan of urban festivals, she’s been pretty successful at planning them in the past. She is the co-founder of Eastown’s Bizarre Bazaar, now a Grand Rapids institution.
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It's a week of food and festivals with the opening of the expanded Fulton Street Farmers Market, Cinco de Mayo events and Tulip Time.
- Tuesday, May 1 - Swing Dancing at Rosa Parks Circle & Kendall College's Federal Building soft opening
- Wednesday, May 2 - Art Battle for Community & Whitecaps homestand vs. Ft. Wayne begins
- Friday, May 4 - GR Ballet: Black Swan White Swan opens, To Holland, With Love, Fiesta 2012 begins, Rhyme Rumble & Opera GR: La Boheme
- Saturday, May 5 - Fulton Street Farmers Market Ribbon Cutting, Tulip Time begins, Cinco de Mayo Fiesta GR, Hunger Walk , Kielbasa Idol & Dave Ramsey's 'Total Money Makeover Live'
- Sunday, May 6 - Marilyn Manson
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Recent:
*Photos:Cinco de Mayo Fiesta GR
*Rockford Construction moving headquarters to 601 First St NW
*Free weekly line dancing at Rosa Parks Circle starts next month
*Win a family 4-pack of tickets to Meijer Gardens!
*Public Museum will host 'Overnight At Your Museum' in August
*Photos:Kendall College of Art and Design Federal Building 'Soft' Opening
*May 1 photos from the Fulton St. Farmers Market
*New restaurant Saburba in the works
*SiTE:LAB will return to Blandford Nature Center June 15 & 16
*Westside institution Kopper Top apparently closing
*Rick DeVos announces Start Garden, the next evolution of 5x5 Night
*See John Ball Zoo's baby camel, Henry
*Grand Rapids Brewing Co. seeking approval for outdoor seating that would face Van Andel Arena
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by Chelsea Slocum
500 of the nation's brightest sustainable business entrepreneurs are coming to Grand Rapids to participate in the 10th Annual BALLE Business Conference, and you can have a front row seat.
Local First, a non-profit organization focused on building a strong, sustainable economy in Grand Rapids, will be hosting the national event on May 15-18, 2012. Founded in 2003, they have formed partnerships with 600 local businesses and grown to become the largest organization supporting and advocating for locally owned businesses in the Midwest. "Hosting this conference is quite an honor," says Elissa Hillary, Executive Director of Local First. "This is our chance to showcase Grand Rapids on a national level and show participants what a vibrant and sustainable community we have developed."
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by Chelsea Slocum
Last Saturday Goodwill Industries hosted the grand opening of their latest, and most interesting retail concept store. Blue Boutique is open for business at two different locations, 974 Cherry St. in East Hills, and within the new retail incubator MoDiv at 40 Monroe Center.
The interior of the boutique is hip and eclectic, and while their clothing is eye-catching, the price is what stands out the most. Blue Boutique intends to create a new and refreshing shopping experience for Grand Rapids residents. New and gently used designer apparel and accessories will be offered at Blue for prices not normally associated with high-end retail items. "We wanted to give customers the boutique experience without the cost," says Susan Oestreich, Marketing Manager at Goodwill Industries.
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This week, the Whitecaps are back, the Civic Theatre presents Pinkalicious, Bark at The B.O.B. returns and the locally-filmed 'Touchback' premieres.
- Monday, April 16 - John Engler at Econ Club
- Tuesday, April 17 - Swing Dancing at Rosa Parks Circle
- Wednesday, April 18 - Fun.
- Thursday, April 19 - Gourmet Gone Wild, Bark at The B.O.B. & West Michigan Whitecaps homestand begins
- Friday, April 20 - Grand Rapids Symphony, Pinkalicious opens & Touchback movie premiere
- Saturday, April 21 - blue boutique grand opening, Founders Annual Black Party, Party for the Planet & Chilly Blues
- Sunday, April 15 - Locks 4 Rock
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Recent:
*Introducing the inaugural Michigan Cheeseburger Festival
*Broadway GR '12-13 season includes 'Billy Elliott' and 'Beauty and the Beast'
*Announced: Van Halen at Van Andel Arena
*Food Network judge Kerry Vincent visits GR for World Cup Pastry tryouts
*Kielbasa Idol is back!
*Arena District announces Cinco de Mayo bash for Ionia Ave
*Full Meijer Gardens Summer Concert series lineup announced
*Popular 90's venue the Reptile House returns for one night
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