May/June 2023
Features
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Family Medicine
In this edition you’ll see a list of the top doctors in Grand Rapids, the physicians and caregivers who rose to meet the challenges of medicine in West Michigan over the past year.
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Grand Rapids celebrates Asian-Pacific culture
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage month – a time to celebrate Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, cultures that have enriched America’s history and are instrumental in its future success.
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54th Festival marks beginning of Summers
Art, music, dance, food and lots of fun await at the 2023 Festival of the Arts in Calder Plaza, which starts Friday, June 2.
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Festival highlights Asian & Pacific Island culture
Back for its seventh year, the Asian-Pacific festival invites people from the community to learn about and celebrate the diverse cultures of Asia and the Pacific Island nations.
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Pride Festival going strong after 35 years
The 35th Annual Grand Rapids Pride Festival will take over Calder Plaza on June 17 from noon-10 p.m.
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Food + Drink
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¡Viva las pupusas!
In El Salvador, pupusas are more than a fad. These thick tortillas date back more than 2,000 years.
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An Enduring Community Institution
While there aren’t as many gay bars and social venues as there once were in Grand Rapids, The Apartment Lounge is one of those community institutions that has endured.
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Look + Feel
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Third generation ‘Harvest’
Henry Diedering’s grocery store chain started at the intersection of “necessity is the mother of all invention” and “the key to starting a successful business is to fill a gap in the marketplace.”
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Hollywood Glam meets the Mitten Man
Welcome to the urban chic remodel project of the Dynamic Design Duo: Natalie Pickup and Will Bransdorfer.
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People + Places
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Scratching the surface of creativity
Grand Rapids Magazine writer Ann Byle has written a book entitled “Chicken Scratch: Lessons on Living Creatively from a Flock of Hens.” The book will be published by Broadleaf on May 23, 2023.
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Momentum continues on Riverfront Amphitheater
For years, Grand Rapids has been in the midst of a surge in downtown development — with a forest of tower cranes building apartments at Monroe North, or expansions along Medical Mile, or new hotel space in the city center.
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Gold Record for local music duo
When Grand Rapids residents Angela Mattson and Jeffrey Mendel became pregnant 11 years ago they were planning on giving up on the dream of performing in the band they had formed.
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