REVUE Magazine, West Michigan's Arts and Entertainment Guide

Ultimate Guide to Holiday Parties: How to plan a festive night to remember

We’ve all been there: the unprepared party. Maybe you were attending it, maybe you hosted it — I've certainly done both. Either way, there’s nothing worse than a group of people coming together to awkwardly stand around and wait for something interesting to happen. The good news is, it can easily be avoided. Read More

REO Speedwagon coming to West Michigan

REO Speedwagon has just announced that they're coming to Kalamazoo State Theatre this spring.
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The Itinerary: December 4-10

Welcome to the Itinerary, our weekly highlight of some of the best events coming to West Michigan.
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Soups, Stews and Brews, Oh My!

It’s finally that time of year, when the best comfort foods of all varieties come out. Yet as the weather dips below freezing, we especially turn to a seasonal favorite: soup.
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X-mas Ale Alternatives: Savoring the season without clove and cinnamon

Christmas always comes too early. The jingle bells on Halloween, the nativity scenes preceding Thanksgiving feasts — our capitalist machine thrives on yuletide fever.
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Music in the Air: GR Symphony’s ‘Cirque de Noel’ is a showcase of acrobatics and holiday favorites

Classical Christmas music and flying acrobatics might not be the most obvious duo, but it turns out whimsical circus acts and our favorite holiday songs really are the perfect pair.
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Seduction Malfunction: ‘The Last of the Red Hot Lovers’ is a guidebook for how not to cheat

Barney Cashman: middle-aged, happily married, sure; but to the only woman he’s ever been with, staring down mortality, gray and endlessly anchored — is it so wrong that he should get into trouble? For once, or maybe more, depending on his luck?
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Tough Nut to Crack: Grand Rapids Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ is a huge undertaking of artistic collaboration

Over 75 years, The Nutcracker has become a holiday tradition and showcase of talent for ballet companies and families across the nation. Yet while nearly every dance company performs a production for the holidays, it’s no easy feat.
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Wish Granted: How Aladdin’s Genie found himself making musical magic

Korie Lee Blossey is coming home. Well, close to home. Blossey, who lived in Bay City, will be in East Lansing at the Wharton Center when the national touring production of Aladdin arrives in December. Blossey will be easy to spot, as he’s playing the famous Genie.
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Soups, Stews and Brews, Oh My!

It’s finally that time of year, when the best comfort foods of all varieties come out. Yet as the weather dips below freezing, we especially turn to a seasonal favorite: soup.
Read more...
X-mas Ale Alternatives: Savoring the season without clove and cinnamon

Christmas always comes too early. The jingle bells on Halloween, the nativity scenes preceding Thanksgiving feasts — our capitalist machine thrives on yuletide fever.
Read more...
The Great Getaway: Max’s South Seas Hideaway is an immersive escapist experience

In today’s world, perhaps the greatest gift anyone can offer is an escape — from technology, from the stresses of life, from the world at large.
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Bold and Boozy: Revue’s stout taste-off

When the autumn winds blow in, there are two ways to warm oneself: from the outside and from within. For the former, we have coats and blankets. For the latter, we have stouts.
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Revue’s Best Albums of 2019

In a year filled with political and social unrest, many here in West Michigan turned to music as both an outlet and a reprieve from the tensions that ran high across the country.
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From Typewriters to Tape: Leif Vollebekk on songwriting and surprises

In less than a decade, Montréal-based musician Leif Vollebekk has written, recorded, and released four albums; been on tour with artists like Gregory Alan Isakov and Half Moon Run; was a shortlisted finalist for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize; and was awarded the 2018 Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year.
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Anamanaguchi is ready to throw an introspective dance party

Anamanaguchi’s new album, [USA], isn’t so much an identity crisis as it is an identity journey.
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Upon Closer Listening: Intimate new music venue Listening Room offers completely new experience

Up until now, Grand Rapids’ growing and thriving music scene hasn’t offered music lovers a place where close, careful listening takes center stage.
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