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Best of Grand Rapids List: Food & Drinks
This is it. Food & Drinks—the category we’ve all been waiting for in this year's Best of Grand Rapids readers survey.
The Best of Beer & Pizza
For more than a decade, the Mitten Brewing Company has quietly built a lasting pizza and beer haven.
New leader takes the podium at Grand Rapids Symphony
The Grand Rapids Symphony has entered a new chapter in its organizational leadership with the appointment of Sam Strater as Senior Vice President & General Manager.
Best of Grand Rapids List: Health & Beauty
We’re getting down to the wire—the night we celebrate all of you Best of Grand Rapids winners is almost here.
From Arts & Entertainment, to Retail & Services, and Community & Personalities, we’ve been highlighting...
City launches free weekend programs for teens
As summer approaches and school lets out, the City of Grand Rapids is rolling out a new effort to keep teens engaged, connected and safe after dark.
Lovely Leigh’s
It’s not that far afield to accuse me of being a clothes horse. I’ve even been caught wearing skirts to the stable, and maybe that’s why I hot foot it over to Leigh’s every chance I get—to get a feel for what is new and real.
Best of Grand Rapids List: Retail & Services
So far, we’ve released the winners of our Arts & Entertainment and Community & Personalities categories. Next up is our Retail & Services section of the annual Best of Grand Rapids readers survey.
Water, interrupted
By mid-April, West Michigan was already having an unusually wet spring.
Survey says: John Ball Zoo
Animals take center stage at John Ball Zoo—otters frolicking in their new home, snow leopards and sloth, pygmy hippos and red pandas—but the JBZ is also a winner in four Best of Grand Rapids...
Best of Grand Rapids List: Arts & Entertainment
Next up in our Best of Grand Rapids series: Arts & Entertainment.
Seis places to celebrate Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, is upon us
Puccini times two: Madama Butterfly and La Bohème
Opera lovers, take note: it’s a Puccini-packed weekend in West Michigan.Fans of Giacomo Puccini will have a rare chance to experience not one but two of the composer’s most beloved operas across the same weekend, courtesy...
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