Valentiger
Celebrating Pride: Grand Rapids Gears Up for the 2022 GR Pride Festival
by (AlaynnaDressler)
Submitted 06-03-2022 under LOCAL LIFE
In June of 1988, the very first Pride Celebration in Grand Rapids was held in the downtown Monroe Ampitheater -- now known as Rosa Parks Circle. The event included live entertainment, informational booths, and a number of guest speakers. The...
Google I/O Extended Conference to be held in Grand Rapids on May 18
by (GRTV)
Submitted 04-19-2016 under NONPROFITS
An exciting Google conference, I/O Extended, will be held in Grand Rapids on May 18 at the Harris Building. Each year, Google holds their annual I/O event in California to gather the technology and developer communities and to announce new products...
More than 20 local groups to perform at WYCE Jammie Awards
by (Marie Orttenburger)
Submitted 01-13-2015 under NEWS
On Friday, February 13, the Grand Rapids independent radio station WYCE will host a five-and-a-half-hour long award show featuring a long list of favorite Michigan musicians. The Jammie awards showcase and honor the work of local musicians and...
VALENTIGER Album Release Party
by (brentshirey)
Submitted 07-10-2014 under
SAT July 12 2014The Pyramid Scheme {link} 68 Commerce SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 21+, START:8PM ///// END: 11:55PM There are four acts: Nathan K (acoustic solo act - also releasing an album) The Handgrenades (from Detroit - awesome...
Finding Home premieres with music from Valentiger
by (brentshirey)
Submitted 03-29-2013 under VOICES
Valentiger found themselves at the theater on a Thursday night, attending the premiere of Finding Home, a movie project to which they had contributed music. There was excitement in the air not unlike that of album release parties we'd thrown in...
West Michigan Indie Podcast: Episode #13- Valentiger
by (jquatrine)
Submitted 10-02-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
In this episode Icicles' keyboardist, Joleen Rumsey, and I drank some beers at Billy's Lounge with Brent Shirey, Scott Rider, and Bill Kahler of Valentiger. Podcast includes excerpts of their tracks: Oh, To Know!; Another Cool Move; Why I...
If you don't know, now you know: Valentiger to perform at Jammies
by (alexfluegel)
Submitted 02-13-2012 under OPINION
“Oh, to know!” is the name of the WYCE Jammie-nominated song and album by local trio Valentiger, and can also be used to describe the feeling after hearing the band for the first time. A mix of instinctual harmonies, homegrown guitars...
Valentiger: The Speed of Culture
by (WYCE_Matt)
Submitted 05-05-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
Matt Jarrells catches up with independent Grand Rapids band Valentiger in the wake of the release and tour in support of Oh, To Know! The interview was recorded at a corner table at west side best-kept-secret The Kopper Top Restaurant, Tuesday...
[MIDTOWN] Midtown resident harvests crops grown in his truck bed
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 07-29-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
On any sunny evening in Midtown, Eric Kehoe's truck is probably basking on the corner of Grand NE and Hawthorne NE. Arranged neatly in the bed are tomato plants, bell pepper plants, herbs, garlic and salad greens. Crops have been sprouting out of...