Entertainment

Country music hall of famer Alan Jackson is coming downtown this weekend for a night of hits.

LaughFest Central is opening downtown on Monday.

This weekend features teams of human Hungry Hungry Hippos competing in a "winter wonderland" downtown. And much more.

A musical featuring “Dancing Queen” and other hit songs by ABBA is coming downtown.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park has announced three of the acts that will be part of its summer concert series.

Broadway Grand Rapids has announced its schedule for the 2019-20 season.

Hip-hop and classical music are colliding this weekend.

Did you know short films are honored by the Academy Awards?

This weekend features a long lineup of local bands performing at a single event downtown — and much more.

Monday Night Raw is coming to Grand Rapids.

The group that’s been making Grand Rapidians laugh for 25 years is celebrating its anniversary with a special performance.

The Grand Rapids Ballet is leaping into the new year with seven world premieres — in a single performance.

It's easy to enjoy the teenagers who take center stage in the latest production by Actors' Theatre, "The Burnt Part Boys." The family dynamics between older and younger teens, separated by just four years, is explored. The 14-year-olds are still in a bit of a make-believe world, while the older boys are taking on the realities of manhood. The conflict that ensues puts each on an adventure up a West Virginia mountainside, one group hot on the trail of the other. It's within that concurrent journey their stories emerge.

The Grand Rapids Children’s Museum is hosting a dress-up "play date" soon — just for adults.

This year, Fred Meijer would have been 100 years old. Next year, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park will turn 25. They’re in the middle of a huge expansion project, continuing to grow from an idea to have a little garden behind a new Meijer Thrifty Acres on the Beltline. The new exhibition at Meijer Gardens — which opened this weekend — tells the story of a legacy built over time.

The Grand Rapids Art Museum is filling its halls with classical performances again.

This weekend features the celebration of an ancient Chinese tradition downtown. And much more.

Vernis Schad has been part of the fabric of Grand Rapids for more than 70 years. She’s seen the best the city has to offer and lived through some of the most difficult years.

For author Tom Carr, writing about the crimes of Michigan’s past allows him to travel through time and witness some of the most interesting and sordid events in history.

Walking through the doors of Nomad Gallery at The Morton, 55 Ionia Ave. NW, visitors can reimagine the space as it was in the 1920s, The Morton Hotel. What was once a grand lobby filled with wandering guests is now a vast space filled with art.