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GR music scene heats up
The absolute best time to go to concerts in West Michigan is during the summer and from outdoor festivals to arena shows Grand Rapids is gearing up for a loud season.The biggest collection of music fans in West Michigan will be found at the Electric Forest Festival in Rothbury. This three-day festival starts on June 28 and should be attended by about 50000 fans. Headlining the festival will be jam-band String Cheese Incident and electronic groups Bassnectar STS9 and Thievery Corporation. This annual festival includes much more than music including art camping and sports.
Annual art event moves through downtown GR
Art.Downtown. is an annual art show that helps introduce artists from West Michigan to art-appreciating communities. The venues are dispersed throughout downtown so patrons can ride on the Grand Rapids Trolley with guides to get from spot to spot.
April music scene
The Pyramid Scheme will be hosting the poprock group the Icicles on Sunday. This colorful five-piece describes themselves as 8220Cheery retro-futurist popsters.8221 The group may be most recognizable for their single 8220Sugar Sweet8221 was featured in a cellphone commercial. This should be a lighthearted show from a fun group that refuses to take themselves too seriously.
ROCK AGAINST RAPE
The annual concert Rock Against Rape will be held at the Fieldhouse Arena on Saturday and is a collaborative effort between different university and student organizations including Eyes Wide Open and the Women8217s Center.
Science, religion topic of upcoming annual conference
The worlds of science and religion are often seen as opposing forces but an upcoming conference is looking to find the balance between both.
Author Isabel Wilkerson to visit GV this week
Pulitzer Prize- winner Isabel Wilkerson will visit GVSU to support the Community Reading Project this week.
REVIEW: National comedian does not hold back for GV show
Some students may expect campus activities to be tame. This week though Spotlight Productions featured a national touring comedian that was anything but.
New artistic directors help shape chamber music in GR
As the arts scene continues to flourish in Grand Rapids the city8217s oldest music society has made a move to put West Michigan among the world8217s top chamber music communities.
Review: Mutemath leaves Grand Rapids deaf, but happy
Music fans at The Intersection on Thursday learned an important concert lesson if a drummer has to use gaffer tape looped around his head to keep his headphones on he means business.
GR event supports fight to defeat cancer through laughter
In 2010 the city of Grand Rapids was flooded with mysterious yellow advertisements and signs bearing only a smile. As time went on rumors began to circulate about what these logos could possibly mean all culminating to the final announcement that Grand Rapids would be hosting a comedy festival unlike any other.
MARCH'S musical forecast
March is typically when the Grand Rapids music scene starts to come out of hibernation. Many bands gear up for summer festivals and album releases with tours a few of which will be stopping downtown this month.
Eclectic film series in Grand Rapids redefines classics
Every Tuesday night the Meanwhile Bar and Wealthy Theatre combine efforts to show films that have long-since been pulled from the big screen. According to representatives from the Meanwhile these films are best enjoyed as a part of a routine that enhances the film viewing experience.
Comedian presents unique brand of laughs as part of 'Migrations of Islam'
Dean Obeidallah a writer social commentator and comedian will bring his unique blend of comedy to GVSU on Wednesday.
A weekend at The Scheme
In less than a year this venue has carved out a corner in the Grand Rapids music scene that will continue to belong to them as long as they keep inviting the right groups on stage.
9/11 seen through a different lens in upcoming play
Tomorrow Wajahat Ali will be in attendance for the Michigan State University theater department8217s staged reading of his play 8220Domestic Crusaders8221 at the Cook-DeWitt Center on Grand Valley State University8217s Allendale Campus.
Grand Rapids music scene ready for February
Grand Rapids was the host to some great shows in January including the Wu Tang Clan the Lemonheads and Class Actress. Promoters and bookers in town have been hard at work trying to keep fans happy with an equally exciting February.
Life-long dancer fosters skills at GV
Judi Jaekel has been dancing since she was three and has no intentions of stopping anytime soon. Her life in dance has brought her to multiple teachers and studios but for the past four years she has worked to improve her craft here at Grand Valley State University.
GV professor's play "Rust" printed in New York Times Magazine
8220Rust8221 is a play documenting the real-life events around the 2008 closing of the GM steel stamping plant in Wyoming Mich. Bunn8217s goal was to capture a glimpse of what an event like this closing does to a country state community and individuals.
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May 20
Posted in: Equilibrium - This is the time of our lives
May 17
Posted in: Equilibrium - Beat exhaustion with balance of perspective
May 14
Posted in: Equilibrium - Make up or break up
May 10
Posted in: Equilibrium - And runnin', runnin'
May 6
Posted in: Equilibrium
Pictures of the Year 2012-2013
Courtesy Photo/Joe Kargula and Erik Peterson run the Marathon leg of the Ironman Triathlon
GVL / Robert Mathews Quarterback Heath Parling (12) leading the offense past Notre Dame College.
GVL / Eric Coulter Senior Jake Isaacson placed eigth in the Spartan Invitational. Isaacson's time of 25:04 was the highest among Division II athletes.
GVL/Jessica Hollenbeck Student Senate President Jack Iott speaks to the assembly during Thursday's meeting.
Courtesy / gvsu.edu President Haas and Montcalm Community College President Robert C. Ferrentino sign the transfer agreement
Courtesy Photo/ GVSU Athletic Department Sophomore Chris Cunningham lines up a putt at a past match.
Courtesy Photo / GVSULakers.com Andrew Darrell prepares to return the serve earlier this season.
GVL / Jessica Hollenbeck President Haas cooks pancakes during Family Weekend's "Pancakes with Presidents".
GVL / Jessica Hollenbeck President Haas cooks pancakes during Family Weekend's "Pancakes with Presidents".
GVL / Archive Forward Briauna Taylor (31) chases down a lose ball in a game last season
Courtesy Photo / Dean Breest Sophomore Allyson Winchester was named the GLIAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year after finishing first with a time of 20:48.8.
GVL / Archive GVSU's Breland Hogan rises and fires over three defenders last season.
GVL/Bo Anderson Briauna Taylor leads the fast break during a game earlier this season.
GVL / Robert Mathews Associate Vice President for Facilities Planning, James Moyer, leading a walk through of the Mary Ideam Pew Library
Courtesy Photo / GVSU DII Men's Hockey Jeremy Christopher chases down a puck during a matchup last season.
GVL / Bo Anderson Students and faculty danced under the spectacular light show in the Devos Place Ballroom
GVL / Robert Mathews Martin L�wenberg, holocaust survivor, speaking at the Genocide Awareness Night presentation in the Grand River Room.
Courtesy / Dean Breest Senior Sam Lockhart finishes her indoor career with two individual national championships in weight throw and shot put at the 2013 National Championships.
Archive / Robert Mathews Giancarlo Brugnoni (40) rounding the bases during a previous game.
GVL/Bo Anderson Seniors Christ Koppenaal, Bill Madsen, and Mitch Weber measure the exterior of the Wesley House as part of an energy audit.
GVL / Robert Mathews Senior Anthony Campanella pitching against Tiffin University during the Lakers double header.
GVL / Eric Coulter Brother Jed Smock, a member of Campus Ministry USA, speaks with fervor to a student. Many students, all with differing views, came to watch the Campus Ministry members speak.
GVL / Sean Mouton A passing walker stops to admire some recently constructed pieces of Art Prize 2012.
GVL Archive Senior Nick Gunthorpe follows through and watches his shot at the Ardenson last year. This weekend the team will be playing in South Haven.
GVL / Bo Anderson GVSU's Katie Martin points to her teammate after safely reaching second base.
GVL / Robert Mathews Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons under construction.
GVL / Archive The Grand Valley Rowing Team during Spring Training in Florida last spring.
GVL / Robert Mathews Judge Glenda Hatchett, keynote guest for Monday's King celebration, speaks in the Grand River Room in Kirkhof.
GVL / Robert Mathews Judge Glenda Hatchett, keynote guest for Monday's King celebration, speaks in the Grand River Room in Kirkhof.
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