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Zelda, Halo, Final Fantasy and more at Grand Rapids Symphony's 'Video Games Live!'
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 01-03-2017 under NONPROFITS
You’ve spent countless hours playing Mario™, Zelda™, Halo®, and Final Fantasy®. You know every tip and every twist. The upcoming release of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has you waiting with baited breath. You...
Christmas is in the air at Grand Rapids Symphony's Cirque de Noel shows
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 12-21-2016 under NONPROFITS
Christmas is in the air. You can see it in the eyes of a child, gazing on holiday decorations. You can hear it in the voices of carolers. In DeVos Performance Hall this week, you really will be able to see it and hear it in the air. The Grand Rapids...
Grand Rapids Ballet's 'The Nutcracker,' featuring the Grand Rapids Symphony, is a West Michigan tradition
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 12-14-2016 under NONPROFITS
The Nutcracker Ballet is one of the most enduring of all American holiday traditions. Never mind that the original story was written by a German, that the music was composed by a Russian or the choreography was created by a French choreographer and...
Grand Rapids Symphony's Wolverine Worldwide Holiday Pops ushers in the most wonderful time of the year
by (ArtswriterGR)
Submitted 12-06-2016 under OPINION
When the holidays beckon, it’s the most wonderful time of the year to be a musician. It’s even better to be in the audience at the Grand Rapids Pops. The weather outside wasn’t frightful, but the music sure was delightful for...
Grand Rapids Symphony's David Lockington returns to DeVos Hall for marvelous debut as Music Director Laureate
by (ArtswriterGR)
Submitted 11-22-2016 under OPINION
Every concert the Grand Rapids Symphony gives in DeVos Performance Hall is planned a long time in advance. One year ago, when the orchestra prepared the program for this week’s concerts, it was a natural fit to give the world premiere of a...
Mathias Alten painting inspires Grand Rapids Symphony cellist to compose original work for orchestra
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 11-15-2016 under NONPROFITS
Mathias Alten, whose paintings can be found throughout West Michigan, may be the most important artist Grand Rapids ever has produced. In 2008, an early 20th-century landscape by Alten was featured on PBS-TV’s “Antiques Road Show,...
'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' is inspiring, with live music from the Grand Rapids Symphony, it's thrilling
by (ArtswriterGR)
Submitted 11-08-2016 under OPINION
"E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" was one of film composer John Williams’ greatest triumphs. Typically, the way films are made, composers are brought on board as a film is being edited. After viewing the final cut, they have mere weeks to...
See and hear 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' like you've never seen it before with Grand Rapids Pops
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 11-03-2016 under NONPROFITS
Composer John Williams is the best-known film composer of modern times. Winner of five Academy Awards for films including "Jaws" and "Schindler’s List," Williams is that master at setting the scene for an epic battle...
GR Ladies Rock Mulligan's for Halloween benefit concert
by (Ben Wesley)
Submitted 10-24-2016 under LOCAL LIFE
The thirty-one days of Halloween are in full swing here in Grand Rapids, MI, where locals cheerfully greet sweater weather and warm up with beer city’s eclectic tastes. Thursday night series with Atmospheric Promotions continues into October,...
Grand Rapids Symphony goes clubbing at UICA for ArtPrize Eight
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 09-27-2016 under NONPROFITS
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids’ radically open art exhibition, is the place to see great art, bad art, big art, unexpected art and a whole lot more. A radical exhibition, expected to draw 400,000 visitors for the next two weeks, deserves radical music...