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GRNow Weekly Preview September 19-25, 2011 |
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ArtPrize 2011 is finally here! The art competition featuring more than 1,500 artists officially gets underway on Wednesday at 6 p.m., and the first round of voting continues until 11:59 p.m. on September 28. Also this week: Oktoberfest, Avenged Sevenfold, Tuxes and Tennies, Komen Race for the Cure and the West Side Pizza Shoot-out.
- Monday, September 19 - Taste of Michigan
- Tuesday, September 20 - Swing Dancing with Java Jive, Uproar Festival w/ Avenged Sevenfold, Grove restaurant grand opening
- Wednesday, September 21 - ArtPrize Opening Night, Sculpture Today: New Forces, New Forms opens, ArtPrize Opening Night Party | A Cyg-nature Event, UICA Opening Reception, Mail Order Monsters, Dinner in the Dark & DeVos Place Opening Reception
- Thursday, September 22 - Free Qdoba at Rosa Parks Circle & JU Sushi & Lounge grand opening
- Friday, September 23 - Oktoberfest Grand Rapids begins, Westside Neighborhood GO TIME!, Grand Rapids Symphony & Rockford Harvest Festival begins
- Saturday, September 24 - ArtWalk & Center City GO TIME!, ArtPrize Concert #1, Post Family Farm Fall Festival begins, West Side Pizza Shoot-Out, The Famous Pumpkin Train begins & Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
- Sunday, September 25 - Hillside Neighborhood GO TIME! & ArtPrize Street Party
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Recent:
*Photos from Grove
*Just announced: Grove restaurant in East Hills opens September 20 at 5 p.m.
*The Dirty Hippie on S. Division will serve coffee, be the spot of a reality series and allow bartering beginning Oct. 1
*Just announced: Drumline Live at Van Andel Arena
*Explore GR art & history at a family-friendly scavenger hunt during ArtPrize
*"The most interactive and innovate entry in the history of ArtPrize" will be revealed Sep. 20 at The B.O.B.
*Photos: Honor and Remember 9/11 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
*A look at September 10 around GR in photos, including the West Michigan Healing Field
*Katy Perry Concert postponed until December 1
*Photo sneak peek of Ruth's Chris Steak House
*DeVos Hall will host chefs Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert Feb 19
*ArtPrize sneak peek photos from GRAM
*Republic Rockwell owners to open new establishment November 16
*ArtPrize:'Mail Order Monsters' will perform video game music at Ah-Nab-Awen
*Announced: Beer and blues festival Hoptoberfest in downtown GR Oct 15
*Construction on Bagger Dave's Legendary Burger Tavern set to wrap mid-October
*Civic Theatre announces Night of the Living Dead zombie t-shirt contest
*Grand Rapids Urban Adventure Race Returns for ArtPrize
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