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Dutch Girl Brewery Set to Open in Spring Lake

The Great Gatsby, Sleepy Hollow Headline Civic Theatre’s 90th Season

GRNow Weekend Guide February 27-March 1, 2015

CityFlats Hotel Expanding into Former Louis Benton Space

Grand Rapids Planning Commission will Consider Expansion for The B.O.B.

Setting the Stage: Grand Rapids Theatre

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It's a great week for food, fun and music with the Winter Beer Festival, Jose Babushka's grand opening, Super Heroes Unite!, South Pacific, Vanessa Williams, Nickelback, Rusted Root and much more.

West Michigan will welcome another locally-owned microbrewery when Dutch Girl Brewery opens its doors in Spring Lake later this year. Located on M104 across from Vander Mill, Dutch Girl will have a tap room, mug club, live entertainment and a selection of locally made prepared foods. DGB was approved by Spring Lake Township on February 23, 2015. More info

The Grand Rapids Civic Theatre will celebrate its 90th season with a legacy season that will transport the audience through the decades, from the roaring 20’s through the Civil Rights movement, and into a world fairytale fantasy. Here’s a look at the complete list of productions that will begin in September, 2015: The Great Gatsby: The Roaring 1920’s: a time […]

Find the cure for cabin fever at the Winter Beer Festival, South Pacific, Nerd Prom, John Ball Zoo and more this weekend. Friday, February 27 Winter Beer Festival – Now in its 10th year, the popular festival celebrating Michigan breweries at Fifth Third Ballpark has been expanded to two days. Sample more than 1,000 varieties of beer from over 100 Michigan breweries […]

CityFlats Hotel will take over the former Louis Benton Steakhouse space at 77 Monroe Center in downtown Grand Rapids. The locally-owned boutique hotel will convert the location into an additional event area and a blow dry bar salon. Once renovations are completed this summer (2015), the new space will combine with CityFlats’ current Ballroom to provide four areas that can be […]

The B.O.B. may soon be taking a step forward with its downtown expansion. Greg Gilmore has submitted a request to the Grand Rapids Planning Commission for an entertainment venue at 12, 20 & 26 Monroe Ave NW with at least 2,256 seats, alcohol service and an outdoor beer garden. The entertainment space is a main component of The Venue at […]

Hot stage lights. A face pronounced by exaggerated eyes and contoured cheeks. Singing through synchronized choreography. Sprinting to seconds-long costume changes along stage wings. For some, this might sound like the thrill of a lifetime. For others, it’s reminiscent of a middle school nightmare where imagining the audience in their skivvies doesn’t stop your knees from knocking loud enough to […]

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