Get Out is Your Monthly Guide to What’s Great in the Great Outdoors. I can’t remember exactly what I was doing. Maybe it was climbing into a raft to go winter paddling. Or hiking up a steep hill. Or easing myself into a kayak. But whatever activity it was, when I got home, I realized that a lot of what I write about in this column isn’t accessible to everyone.
As vibrant spring vegetables and early summer fruits find their way into the sun, it’s the perfect time for farmers market season to begin in earnest.
Our guide to events, goings-on and things to do in Grand Rapids and all around West Michigan for the months of May and June.
Get Out is Your Monthly Guide to What’s Great in the Great Outdoors. It’s that time of year when we come out of winter torpor, stretch our limbs, and start getting busy with spring things. Though I try to get outdoors in all the seasons, it’s spring that really energizes me.
Relax at Rosa—Grand Rapids’ free lunchtime entertainment series—is back on Thursday, May 7.
Our guide to events, goings-on and things to do in Grand Rapids and all around West Michigan for the month of April.
This month, we have comedy shows including big names like Stavros Halkias and Kathleen Madigan, classic movies like Star Wars back on the silver screen, dance parties, Broadway shows, vintage markets, and more!
Get Out is Your Monthly Guide to What’s Great in the Great Outdoors. When the pandemic locked us all down in mid-March of 2020, I, like many other people, decided to up my gardening game. It was either that or learn how to make sourdough bread, and my kitchen already had enough going on.
It’s that time of year again, when the leprechauns come out to play, taps flow with green beer, and we all celebrate the joy and beauty of Irish culture.
Our guide to events, goings-on and things to do in Grand Rapids and all around West Michigan for the months of March and April.
Saugatuck is one of the few communities in the country selected to host films from Telluride’s renowned Mountainfilm Festival, bringing world-class documentary storytelling to our lakeshore on Saturday, March 21.
If you’re looking for a way to gather your girlfriends for a weekend of fun, shopping, dining, laughter, and bonding while supporting local businesses, look no further than Downtown Holland’s annual Girlfriends Weekend, taking place March 6-8, 2026.
Our guide to events, goings-on and things to do in Grand Rapids and all around West Michigan for the month of February.
There’s no better way to shake off the winter winds than to hit up a dance party. Lucky for us, venues and DJs around Grand Rapids are well aware just how much we need to move right now.
When the icy winds of winter arrive in West Michigan, we all need a good reason to actually leave the house. Lucky for us, Michiganders have a lot of practice going through this season (it happens every year, in fact). Which means we’ve found dozens of ways—at least 50—to have a great time despite the cold.
