West Michigan's Arts & Entertainment Guide
Worth a Thousand Words: Language Artists improves writing, equity and accessibility for third graders
Written by Marla Miller | Wednesday, 28 March 2018 13:05 |An innovative program developed by Grand Rapids Art Museum positions the museum as an extension of the classroom.
Seeing Other People: 'No Exit' explores what true Hell is, while opening doors for students
Written by Kayla Tucker | Wednesday, 28 March 2018 13:03 |Imagine you are brought to a mysterious room by someone you don’t know. You don’t know where you are, and there are two other people with you.
First Shift at Neverland: 'Lost Boy in Whole Foods' examines why refugees come to America and how we treat them
Written by Jane Simons | Wednesday, 28 March 2018 13:00 |In 2001, the United States resettled 3,600 “lost boys” in cities across the country. Ten years earlier, these boys had walked 800 miles from Sudan to escape civil war, landing in Kenya. There, many of the boys ate nothing but grain every day.
Thawed Out and Fired Up: Columbinus looks back on 19 years of school shootings, and how today’s students have changed
Written by Kayla Tucker | Wednesday, 28 March 2018 12:58 |Aquinas College’s free reading of Columbinus is, of course, a direct response to the recent school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
Quite a Catch: Fontana snags Artemis Quartet for rare return
Written by Jane Simons | Wednesday, 28 March 2018 12:56 |Those on the hunt for world-renowned music should visit the Artemis Quartet at Kalamazoo College’s Stetson Chapel.
You Can Go Home Again: New West Michigan Symphony executive director happy to be back in Michigan
Written by Marla R. Miller | Wednesday, 28 March 2018 11:52 |After working odd jobs for a couple of years in Traverse City, Andy Buelow, a graduate of Wisconsin’s prestigious Lawrence University, wasn’t sure of his career trajectory or what to do with a music degree.
Back to New York: With second Carnegie Hall trip, the Grand Rapids Symphony looks to the future
Written by Samara Napolitan | Wednesday, 28 March 2018 11:46 |Almost 13 years ago, the Grand Rapids Symphony (GRS) ventured beyond Michigan’s borders for the first time. The destination: Carnegie Hall, New York City’s iconic concert venue.
Review: Diversity II is just as bold, surprising and moving as its predecessor
Written by Marin Heinritz | Sunday, 25 March 2018 11:31 |Dance has the power to interpret and recreate worlds of experience without explaining or intellectualizing. Without words, it invites us into an experience through the universal language of the body, of movement. When done well, that experience is transcendent, and elicits an emotional response born of communal creation as well as private connection.
Review: ‘Building the Wall’ starts a powerful, captivating conversation
Written by Kayla Tucker | Saturday, 24 March 2018 14:13 |A conversation was sparked after the first production of “Building the Wall” by playwright Robert Schenkkan premiered in Michigan last night. The 70-minute-play, directed by Carrie McNulty, has already sparked controversy and confusion in the city with its artwork of an angry Donald Trump on the poster. What’s important to be pointed out though, is that the Actors’ Theatre Grand Rapids production is less about Trump and more about the messages and ideologies that existed long before the last election.
Spring break theater camp teaches kids about theater, self-expression
Written by Kayla Tucker | Friday, 16 March 2018 11:03 |For the first week of April, kids from all over Grand Rapids will indulge in all things writing and theater for the Ebony Road Players’ Spring Break Theater Camp.
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