The 31st annual Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Jingle Bell Parade will take place in downtown Grand Haven on Saturday, Dec. 3.
NEW YORK — Don’t look for plastic partitions or faraway benches when visiting Santa Claus this year. The jolly old elf is back, pre-pandemic style, and he’s got some pressing issues on his mind.
The clock on the outside wall of Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland says it’s “almost December.” Christmas is in the air.
NORTON SHORES — Each holiday season, the Mona Shores Choir presents the Singing Christmas Tree. Just like any other Christmas tree, this one needs an angel on top.
The Thanksgiving travel rush was back on this year, as people caught planes in numbers not seen in years, setting aside inflation concerns to reunite with loved ones and enjoy some normalcy after two holiday seasons marked by COVID-19 restrictions.
AAA The Auto Club predicts 54.6 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this coming Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
GRAND RAPIDS — As a multi-day winter storm hits West Michigan, the Gerald R. Ford International Airport is preparing for the weather, just a week ahead of the Thanksgiving rush.
SPRING LAKE — Your next trip along the Lakeside Trail in the Village of Spring Lake will feature two new vast pieces of art.
GRAND HAVEN TWP. — There may have been a few leaks here and there, but persistent precipitation has yet to fall inside Grand Haven High School’s Performing Arts Center.
After the Doss family sold Muskegon County-based Structural Concepts in 2018, there was a full-fledged assumption that they had washed their hands with the company. The paperwork was finalized, the keys were handed over and life would go on.
People still looking to book trips home to visit family or take a vacation during the holidays need to act fast and prepare for sticker shock.
SPRING LAKE — Spring Lake District Library will host a Music by the Fireplace concert this coming Sunday, Nov. 6, from 2-3 p.m.
HOLLAND — The Hope College Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, 221 Columbia Ave.
The next First-Friday Dance will take place at The Salvation Army campus in Grand Haven on Friday, Nov. 4, from 7-9 p.m.
HOLLAND – Tickets for the annual Hope College Christmas Vespers services, an 82-year tradition, will be sold to the public beginning Monday, Nov. 7, at the Events and Conferences Office in the Anderson-Werkman Financial Center, 100 E. Eighth St., Holland.
Brett Gish says he’s very much a skeptic when it comes to paranormal activity. But when he received the keys to the upstairs portion of the Grand Haven Elks Lodge a few Sundays ago, all it took was a handful of steps for his perception to flip.
There will be plenty of opportunities for tricks and treats as the Halloween holiday nears.
After 29 years, the annual Thanksgiving Community Feast has come to an end.
The Grand Haven Art Festival is featured on the cover of the November 2022 issue of Sunshine Artist magazine.
HOLLAND — The Department of Theatre at Hope College will present William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” this weekend and next weekend in the studio theater of the DeWitt Student and Cultural Center.
Grand Haven’s Centertown will host a day of food and art on Saturday, Oct. 15.
WEST OLIVE — Meet the artists, whose work is displayed at Hemlock Crossing Park, during an event from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15.
CHICAGO — As the new school year swings into gear, some students carry heavier worries than keeping up with homework: Demand has been growing steadily for children’s books that address traumatic events such as school shootings.
Name of book: “Chasing the Moon”
SPRING LAKE — Cruise & Travel Experts will host its fifth annual Lakeshore Travel Show from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Grand Haven Community Center, 421 Columbus Ave.
Registration for the 31st annual Jingle Bell Parade in downtown Grand Haven is now open.
DETROIT — How do you bring together 74 Vincent van Gogh works worth millions of dollars from museums, foundations and private collections all over the world for one massive exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts?
According to USA Today’s 2022 Best Fall Foliage Destination poll, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is No. 1 in the nation for fall color.
MUSKEGON — The Yankee Air Museum, in conjunction with the Muskegon County Airport and its professional management company, F3 Airport, announced Thursday that it will produce an inaugural aviation experience tour that will include an air show at the Muskegon County Airport.
CHICAGO — A glass shelf displaying some of the most notable challenged books in the country adorns the entryway of the Chicago Public Library’s Lincoln Belmont branch. The books are surrounded by yellow tape and red signs that inevitably steer the attention of those who walk inside to the ti…
The Spring Lake High School marching band swept the competition at Saturday’s Grand Haven Marching Band Invitational.
MUSKEGON — The Muskegon Museum of Art will debut a new exhibit, “Jonathan Thunder: Maamawi,” beginning Thursday, Sept. 29.
HOLLAND — The Hope College Great Performance Series continues its 2022-23 season with the Soweto Gospel Choir at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5.
HOLLAND – The Hope College Chapel Choir, College Chorus, and SPERA choirs will present the program “Voices of Hope” during an outdoor concert on Friday, Sept. 30, at 5 p.m. in the Pine Grove in the central campus.
TRAVERSE CITY (TNS) — A former Traverse City school music instructor and administrator will ascend the tower at the Big House this weekend.
GRAND RAPIDS — With the first day of fall singing true to its name, the world’s most attended public art event is well underway in West Michigan.
MUSKEGON — What would “Star Wars,” “Jaws” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” have been without the music of John Williams?
First Presbyterian Church’s Community Artist Series continues this coming Sunday at 4 p.m. with Dual-Art, a piano and organ duo.
GRAND HAVEN TWP. — The Buccaneer marching band will host its 15th annual Grand Haven Marching Band Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 5:30-9 p.m. at Buccaneer Stadium.
The Village of Spring Lake’s Social District was expanded this past Friday, allowing customers to consume their favorite beer or cocktails while strolling around an even larger specified downtown area. That includes the village’s new $3.5 million park project, along with the historic Barber School.
The Tri-Cities Puentes Initiative is hosting a weeklong celebration of Hispanic heritage in Grand Haven.
Grand Rapids’ biggest art festival is back with hundreds of venues and artists spread all across the city’s downtown and beyond.
The West Michigan Opera Project returns to The Village at the Pines on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m.
For nearly two decades, Amy Russell was an adrenaline junkie.
SPRING LAKE — The 98th St. Mary’s Parish Festival will take place this coming Saturday, Sept. 10, from noon to 8 p.m.
Librarians and their legislative allies are pushing publishers of electronic books to lower their prices and relax licensing terms, an effort that could make it easier for millions of library users to borrow the increasingly popular digital versions of books.
HOLLAND TWP. — Hundreds of books have new homes after a community effort to redistribute them from an Ottawa County school’s Paper Gator.
The Salvation Army’s September First Friday dance will kick off Labor Day weekend from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2.
Name of book: “Mysterious Michigan”
For one day, movie tickets will be just $3 in the vast majority of American theaters as part of a newly launched “National Cinema Day” to lure moviegoers during a quiet spell at the box office.
Nothing could put a damper on the Musical Fountain’s 60th anniversary celebration Saturday night – not even a nearly catastrophic equipment failure just days prior to the show.
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