Nightlife Features
Thursday, November 05, 2009
You'd think that there would be a lull in activity in the first weeks of November, but G-Sync’s Tommy Allen says it's really the calm before the storm. Find out why.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
I would kick Santa to the curb and say that the true community-building holiday celebration that trumps them all is Halloween – a time where our creativity can really shine without the aid of electricity, red velvet and popcorn garland.
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Kelly Quintanilla
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Scott Naylor deals in "purposeful art," where a creation can incorporate sound and lighting as well as sculpture for use by companies, bars, restaurants or even someone's own entertainment center. Get an earful about Loud Art Design.
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Matthew Gryczan
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Cast your ballots online for your favorite corporate citizens that you think add to the quality of life in their locales. Using our handy widget, you can vote for neighborhood businesses both large and small as your candidates to receive People's Choice awards in 13 categories.
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Stephanie Doublestein
Thursday, October 15, 2009
All aboard this year's ride through fall weather, when thoughts turn to hot donuts and fresh squeezed cider for the kids and its fermented cousin-with-a-kick, hard cider, for the adults. Paul Vander Heide has carved out a niche for crafted hard ciders, following the lead of locally made beers and wines.
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Kelly Quintanilla
Thursday, October 01, 2009
One boutique is a find, but several boutiques collaborating on a fashion show is a feast for local trendsetters. Fashionista Angie Austin and her compadres want to bring a bit of New York to Grand Rapids this month.
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Amy Ruis
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Even though its the second largest population center in Michigan, metro Grand Rapids is surrounding by farms that grow everything from blueberries to turkeys. So it only stands to reason that the city folk would blog about what the country folk do.
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Keleigh Wolf
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Pack 300 designers and artistic types into a building for three hours, and the result is nothing short of Nosh Night, a cross-pollination of the artistic disciplines that creates a sum greater than its parts.
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Bona Van Dis
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Paul Stansbie thinks the Grand Rapids metro area is more than holding
its own when it comes to hosting visitors: it's taking on larger cities
in the hospitality industry
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Andy Dragt
Thursday, February 19, 2009
If a fledgling group of local artists have their way, downtown Grand Rapids could become a new type of canvas. Check out Brian Kelly's Projection Initiative.
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