The Haunt is Exhumed in Wyoming

You need to go back to The Haunt. After 18 years, haunted house aficionados may think they know West Michigan’s premier scary attraction.
From Thinkstock Photos

Experience These 3 Unique Halloween Film Showings

Why curl up on the couch to watch your favorite Halloween films when you could partake in these spooky showings?
Pink Sky

Music in the Stacks Turns Up the Volume at the Downtown Library

Put down the books and turn up the volume—Music in the Stacks is back at the Grand Rapids Public Library. Once a month, the main library trades its hushed conversation for live music from local bands or artists in the Biography Room.
The Haunt

GR’s Spooky Side

Halloween isn’t just for kids. Thrillseekers looking for a fearful adrenaline rush, or even history buffs looking to learn something new, don’t need to go far from home to get their fix.

Dash If You Dare, Zombie Dash Returns to GR

The seventh annual Zombie Dash 5K returns to Grand Rapids on Saturday, Oct. 20. In this fun, role-play race, runners represent a small band of survivors who avoided a viral outbreak. In this dystopian plot, racers are on a mission to scout out the urban quarantine area at dusk and survive the ravenous zombies who roam at night.
"Number the Stars" at Grand Rapids Civic Theatre.

Review: “Number the Stars” is Full of Bright Spots

World War II is a dark night in world history, hardly the topic one expects for a children’s book or play. But “Number the Stars,” a play based on Lois Lowry’s award-winning book, twinkles with a sky full of bright spots like friendship, family bonds and bravery.
Grand Rapids Ballet dancer Yuka Oba in "Allegro Brilliante." Photo by Isaac Aoki.

Grand Rapids Ballet on Point with New Season

James Sofranko joined the Grand Rapids Ballet in July after first being announced as the organization’s new artistic director back in January. This month,...

GR|MAG’s Top Weekend Picks

Return to a time when dinosaurs walked the Earth this weekend with Jurassic Quest, a traveling dinosaur exhibit roaring into Grand Rapids. If you enjoy live music, you're going to have a great weekend. Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and violinist Damian Escobar will both be in town for performances.

Review: “Finding Neverland” Will Send Your Imagination Soaring

A tale with its head in the clouds and feet on the ground, the musical comedy “Finding Neverland,” is bringing magic and whimsy straight from Neverland to the 13th year of Broadway Grand Rapids.
Photo by Johnny Quirin

4 Orchards for Your Autumn Adventures

Whether you are looking for Gala, Honeycrisp or Golden Delicious apples, these four local orchards will help you stock up for the fall season, and they have plenty of family-friendly activities to keep you busy on a crisp Saturday afternoon.
Colby Roanhorse in front of his mural in the Creston neighborhood.

“UICA Outside” Mural Brings Navajo Culture to Creston Neighborhood

Colby Roanhorse said he wanted to leave a “permanent trace on Grand Rapids,” and after participating in the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art’s “UICA Outside,” public arts initiative, he hasn’t left just a trace—he’s left a narrative.

ArtPrize 10 Winners Announced

Over the weekend, ArtPrize 10 announced the winners of $500,000 in prizes.

7 Wicked Activities for Fall

As fall brings crisp weather, fallen leaves and pumpkin spice lattes, turn your resting witch face upside down and enjoy autumn to its fullest. Sipping cider, celebrating Día de los Muertos and running away from zombies are just a handful of the fall-tastic events that the whole family can participate in this October.
"White Cube Backpack" by Megan Galvin.

Mobile Venues Bring Artists’ Work Beyond “The White Cube”

Megan Galvin is a recent visual studies graduate from Grand Valley State University on a mission to remind us all to keep re-imagining the world. “I am interested in how and when people feel a sense of togetherness, and I want to investigate and celebrate that in my work,” she said.

GR|MAG’s Top Weekend Picks

If you are a fan of the AMC show "The Walking Dead" head to 20 Monroe Live on Sunday night for the season nine premiere. Looking for fun family activities this weekend? Frederik Meijer Gardens is hosting Family Fall Day. You can also enjoy classical music with the Grand Rapids Symphony, create your own artwork at the GRAM or check out several local food vendors making vegetarian and vegan treats at VegFest.
The Diatribe summer pop-up showcase 2018.

The Diatribe’s Grand Showcase Empowers Young Voices

For five years, The Diatribe, a local non-profit organization specializing in teaching poetry and spoken word, has been empowering the voices of Grand Rapids’ youth by giving young minds a platform to share their stories and express their true selves. On Saturday, Oct. 6, The Diatribe will create a stage for both local and nationally recognized poets with The Grand Showcase 2018 at Fountain Street Church.
Humane Society of West Michigan.

5 Activities You Don’t Want to Miss in October

Put these five fun activities on your calendar for October.
Mural on the backside of Stonesthrow by Evas've. Photo by Carbon Stories

Artist Teams Up with Former Students on Creston Mural

A group of artists came together over the past month to create a mural on the backside of furniture showroom and retailer Stonesthrow in the Creston neighborhood as part of “UICA Outdoors,” the Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts’ ArtPrize 10 project.
"Cacerolazo" by Saskia Jorda at GRAM. ArtPrize 10

ArtPrize Field Narrowed with Public Vote Finalists Announced

Round 1 of public voting has concluded and the field of ArtPrize 10 contenders has narrowed once again.
"The World Beneath the City" By Cracking Art - Milan, Italy. ArtPrize 10

8 Public Art Projects Not to Miss During ArtPrize 10

Returning for its third year is the ArtPrize Featured Public Projects program, which awards grants to five artists or collaboratives from around the country to install large-scale public art projects at prominent outdoor spaces within the ArtPrize district.

FOLLOW US

11,726FansLike
12,775FollowersFollow
240FollowersFollow
26,486FollowersFollow

NEWSLETTERS

MARCH/APRIL 2024 ISSUE