REVUE Magazine, West Michigan's Arts and Entertainment Guide

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. On every level, Max’s South Seas Hideaway is that escape. The new tiki bar and restaurant in Grand Rapids is a sort of alternate reality, an immersive experience rivaled — in my travels — only by the bars and eateries in Disneyland. I mean that as the highest compliment: Max’s has an attention to detail you’d typically only get from the Imagineers. Read More

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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'Hamilton' tickets going on sale in November

Tickets for Hamilton will be on sale soon, both in person and online.
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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.
Read more...
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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Review: ‘eLLe’ is a night of high-quality, totally original theater

Detroit-based, Western Michigan University educated playwright Shawntai Brown has been providing installments of “eLLe”, her episodic stage series loosely based on Showtime’s “The L Word”, for 10 years, and Kalamazoo audiences have been privy to the unfolding dramas and comedy of this localized cast of queer women through productions from different theaters.
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Review: ‘Les Misérables’ at Wharton Center is the best of the best

In 2019, basically 2020 at this point, can a musical about 19th century Frenchmen (and women) keep the attention of audiences for nearly three hours?
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Casual Classical: West Michigan Symphony's 'Beethoven & Blue Jeans' is as accessible as it gets

When pianist Charlie Albright isn’t on a stage performing, his go-to attire is blue jeans. He also enjoys taking the stuffiness out of classical music, so signing on for West Michigan Symphony’s Beethoven & Blue Jeans concert was a perfect fit.
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Musical Oasis: Why New York musicians love St. Cecilia Music Center

“Chicken wings and beer,” Wu Han said. “I remember it vividly.”
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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.
Read more...
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.
Read more...
Poultry Paradise: Heavenly chicken sandwiches in West Michigan

Popeye’s chicken sandwich was so powerful, the national chain was thrown into chaos for a solid week. Lines reached down the street, workers were pushed to the brink, and customers were starting actual, punches-thrown brawls over shortages.
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Brewery Guide

Revue’s compendium of breweries in West Michigan
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