The crowds descended upon downtown Grand Rapids this past weekend for the third installment of ArtPrize. According to founder Rick DeVos, ArtPrize is all about “rebooting the conversation on art”. Based on the thousands of people who have already attended there is plenty to talk about. There are over 1,500 artists exhibiting in a three [...]
Now in its third year, ArtPrize is described by its organizers as a radically open art competition. Each year over 1,000 artists and hundreds of thousands spectators converge on downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan to take part in this event. ArtPrize opens on September 21 and runs until October 9. This is a unique competition to [...]
Grand Rapids – If you’re an active sort of person this is the weekend for you in West Michigan. Saturday, August 20th kicks off with the Grand Cycling Classic in downtown Grand Rapids. The featured event is the 2011 USA Cycling Professional Men’s Criterium National Championship. Professional cyclists from around the country will ride laps [...]
Kent County, MI – For some, August 3rd was a birthday celebration, for others a chance to voice praise and concerns, and for others a political organizing event. According to the Organizing for America (OFA) National Field Director, Jeremy Bird, 1,100 Barack Obama 50th birthday parties took place around the county. Six of those parties [...]
Rockford – Many area blues aficionados are familiar with the city of Rockford’s Rogue River Blues Series. Held every Tuesday night in the summer alongside the dam in downtown Rockford, this series brings in blues performers from all over the state. Last week’s concert featured the Thirsty Perch Blues Band for the last show in [...]
Thursday night, July 21 brought a howling good art show to the west side of Grand Rapids. Local artists Mark Bird and Victoria Mullen presented a mixed media show of some of their most recent work. Called the Twilight Bark and Meow Art Show, the pieces featured a fair amount of animal imagery. The mixed [...]
Kent County is becoming a cycling destination. There are several mountain bike trails in the area and Grand Rapids was selected as the best mountain biking town in the U.S. by Outside Magazine in 2010. There is also a road cycling culture, with area clubs sponsoring rides all summer long. One of the best rides [...]