New and exciting happening in West Michigan businesses since 2007.

New and exciting happening in West Michigan businesses since 2007.

From a $300,000 upgrade to the DeVos Performance Hall to arts institutes that are using technology to connect with the public, it's no mystery: West Michigan wants more of the arts. We highlight it all in our annual Arts Issue.

Q&A Chris Protas, director of the Firebarn Gallery in Grand Haven

If you look up Conklin, Mich., on Google Maps, you’ll see a post office, Fenian’s Irish Pub and not a whole lot else. Tucked between some utilitarian-looking shops and a dusty grain elevator, Fenian’s isn’t really where you’d peg a celebrated West Michigan synth-pop group to have come to life.

 Fennville sculptor Jessica Bohus talks to REVUE about winning the West Michigan Area Show’s People’s Choice Awards, sculpting air with wire and contradictions as an artistic process.

New and exciting happenings in West Michigan businesses since 2007.