Relax with a yoga session among the tulips

Yoga in the Tulips is returning for the third year to Holland’s annual Tulip Time Festival.

Bank launching prom dress drive in Kalamazoo

Students in need will be able to choose from a variety of free prom dresses and accessories this month, thanks to a bank in the region.

KCHD delivers COVID-19 booster shots

The Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccine is now available for eligible individuals as of Tuesday, Sept. 28, at all three Kent County Health Department (KCHD) locations.

Pet dental care

Dental health is a very important topic, one that I believe isn’t spoken about often enough.

Designing our outdoor spaces

While you might not know Mark Vysoky personally, you’re surely familiar with his work. Vysoky is a landscape architect whose resume includes such green spaces as Thornapple Riverbend and Millennium Parks.
Spoke Cycling/Strength exterior pre-open Breton Village

Indoor cycling studio coming to Breton Village

A new indoor cycling studio is preparing to open at a shopping center in town.

Survey: Nearly 2 in 3 Michiganders believe vaccine passports should be issued

Despite the federal government not mandating COVID-19 passports, 63% of Michigan citizens believe some sort of passport should be given to those who have received the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study by MyBioSource.com.
Anna Chapman, owner of Studio Barre Grand Rapids.

Anna Chapman Traded in a Corporate Gig to Open Studio Barre

After Anna Chapman took her first barre class in North Carolina, she knew she wanted to share the practice with others. While she had been active before finding barre, she saw results she had never seen before and loved the focus that the class brought to her mental state.

Build strength, fuel metabolism

Menopause is a major transition in a woman’s life, marked by a drop in estrogen that brings noticeable changes in the body.

Year-end student exhibition returns to KCAD

After a two-year hiatus, Kendall College of Art and Design (KCAD) is resuming its annual undergraduate student art exhibition.

Women’s fashion: what’s trending

If your type of spring cleaning includes a wardrobe refresh, read on to discover four fashion trends that will have you dopamine dressing your way into sunnier weather and sunnier dispositions.
Shannon Andrus reflexology

A footnote for better health

Your feet might just hold the secret to better health.

Report: Grand Rapids has 20th most homes selling above asking price

More than half of the homes sold in Grand Rapids were purchased above the asking price this year, according to a recent report.

Carol’s Ferals shifts to trap-neuter-return focus

A nonprofit that works to end feline overpopulation in West Michigan is discontinuing pet adoption services and transitioning back to its trap-neuter-return focus for cats born in the wild.

Hollywood Glam meets the Mitten Man

Welcome to the urban chic remodel project of the Dynamic Design Duo: Natalie Pickup and Will Bransdorfer.

Ageless Beauty day spa moving to Wealthy Street

Medical skin and day spa Ageless Beauty will be expanding to a new location on Wealthy Street in Grand Rapids.

Wolverine partners with distillery on limited-edition boots

Wolverine joined up with a Kentucky distillery for the second time to produce a new limited-edition boot that will support workers in the skilled trades.

How to shop like a pro

Local businesses abound in Grand Rapids, so much so, it can be hard to know exactly where to go to find what you are looking for.
Phillip Boutte Jr. has created costume concepts for some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters.

Black Panther Costume Concept Designer Makes GR Visit

With costume concepts featured in “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” “Man of Steel,” “Star Trek,” “Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” “Inception” and upcoming projects that include Disney's “A Wrinkle in Time” and Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther,” Phillip Boutte Jr. has helped define fashion.
Deer Haven home. Photo courtesy of Jason Keen.

Homes that Have It All

At first glance, passersby might not assume that two homes — one on a large, secluded plot in the woods of Cascade, the other on a small lot in residential Grand Rapids — have much in common beyond a modern façade.

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