music
Local musicians work to promote supplemental education programs
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 08-04-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS
As Hugo Claudin, proprietor of multi-dimensional creative space Mexicains Sans Frontieres, painter, musician and veteran of Grand Rapids art scene puts it, “While we promote the arts and education, little effort is made to promote individual...
Local band Bigfoot Buffalo infuses genres, musical styles to make original sound
by (NGarbaty)
Submitted 07-30-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
Grand Rapids-based folk-rock band Bigfoot Buffalo will release its debut album August 6 with a CD release party at Founders Brewing Company, blending genres and tones to bring what it claims is a new “dimension” to the city’s...
A musical revue you won't want to miss! "Smokey Joe's Cafe" dances onto the HSRT stage!
by (HSRTheatre)
Submitted 07-04-2015 under NONPROFITS
HOLLAND, MI - Come out and join HSRT for a journey through rock and roll history. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller graced the charts with their unforgettable music and lyrics, and now you can hear nearly 40 of their hits all together in “Smokey...
Grand Rapids festivities to promote community, entertainment for national holiday
by (NGarbaty)
Submitted 06-30-2015 under NEWS
Celebrating independence and community is the main focus of this year’s Fourth of July festivities around the Grand Rapids area. From Grandville to East Grand Rapids, neighborhoods will hold several events to entertain and captivate people of...
Uptown: Eat Shop Rock continues the fun every Thursday in June
by (Neighborhood Ve...)
Submitted 06-17-2015 under NONPROFITS
We’re now in the third week of this summer’s Eat Shop Rock event; have you been out to see what’s UP in Uptown? If you missed the last two Thursdays, this week it’s time to get into the summer festival celebration mood, for a...
Grand Rapids Threshold Choir works to bring comfort to dying with song
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 06-09-2015 under NEWS
The Grand Rapids Threshold Choir is a local chapter of an international network of a cappella choirs whose singers serve to bring ease and comfort to those at the thresholds of living and dying. The Grand Rapids choir was started by Linda...
West Michigan Jazz Society moves free concerts from zoo to Ah-Nab-Awen Park
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 06-02-2015 under NEWS
Jazz in the Park, formerly Jazz at the Zoo, begins at Ah-Nab-Awen Park this summer on June 8. The yearly concert series is presented by the West Michigan Jazz Society. The jazz society has produced free jazz concerts in Grand Rapids for 14 years,...
DisArt closing performance to celebrate strides, continue conversation
by (mackenziebush13)
Submitted 04-21-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
The inaugural DisArt Festival, a multi-venue disability arts festival, is winding down. However, there are still opportunities to engage with this event, including the closing ceremony featuring Dis-Stories at Wealthy Theatre on Saturday, April...
GRandJazzFest
by (Molly Klimas)
Submitted 04-20-2015 under
GRandJazzFest presented by DTE Energy Foundation is West Michigan’s only free, weekend-long jazz festival! The 4th annual festival is Aug. 15 and 16, 2015, at Rosa Parks Circle, a central location in the heart of downtown Grand...
GRandJazzFest
by (Molly Klimas)
Submitted 04-20-2015 under
GRandJazzFest presented by DTE Energy Foundation is West Michigan’s only free, weekend-long jazz festival! The 4th annual festival is Aug. 15 and 16, 2015, at Rosa Parks Circle, a central location in the heart of downtown Grand...