Our Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen looks around the city to uncover why our spark might have dulled these past few weeks as well as how a few upcoming events might have the energy to bring the heat again.

Agent X's Andrew Rushmore blogs about the symbiotic relationship between art and technology and offers a few of his favorite examples.

Meet Love Collins, III. As the VP of Development at the Van Andel Institute, he has a lot resting on his shoulders. But be assured that his more than 20 years of experience in the areas of capital campaigns, planned giving, annual fund management and donor cultivation for companies and organizations including BellSouth Corporation and the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta have prepared him for the job.