
What's Going On This Month: October 2025

Samantha Bee: Hot Flashes While the World is On Fire

A Roundup of Openings, Closings and other Local Business News
Now the host of the hit storytelling series This Is Not Happening on Comedy Central and a regular correspondent on The Daily Show, Roy Wood Jr. has finally found his place in the comedy world, with the network having premiered his first-ever one-hour stand-up special, titled Father Figure, last year. But it was a long road for the 39-year-old comic to get there.
As a band, Motörhead turned up the volume on ’70s hard rock and the attitude of punk music in a manner that spawned a new genre of speed metal and thrash.
Although Frederik Meijer Gardens is always a great place to visit, it’s especially exciting during the Outdoor Summer Concert Series. And with performers like Styx, Alison Krauss, Jason Mraz and O.A.R., there truly is a concert for everyone in 2018.
If you’ve ever heard of the Wharton Center, you probably know that the theater tends to outdo itself every season. This year is no different, as the Wharton Center offers a wide variety of musical styles with the shows that have been selected for the 2018-2019 season.
Three years ago, Revue launched Best of the West, an annual readers’ poll asking you to vote for your favorite locally owned businesses, things and people in West Michigan.
As filmmakers from all over North America get ready to attend 2018’s Grand Rapids Film Festival, five of them won’t have to travel far.
You can believe the hype when it comes to Locker Lifestyle’sWrist Locker. This wristband can stash your cash, cards, keys, phone, an ID, pepper spray, fitness tracker, lip balm and more.
One of the undisputed masters of improv comedy, and the self-declared “Smartest Man in the World,” comedian Greg Proops truly needs no introduction.
A Roundup of Openings, Closings and other Local Business News
Mo Pop Festival is back again, and with some big names in tow.
Writing is hard enough without having your characters come to life, and therein lies the dread of Ryan Lieske’s new novel, Fiction.
Every other month in a bar in Grand Rapids, a group of people all over the community gather to read their own short stories: written in 440 words or less.
If there’s one thing Maria Bamford is best known for, it’s her truly unique voice. And not just her distinct speaking tone, which she often seamlessly flips onstage to an array of character impressions, ranging from her own Minnesotan mother to celebrity chef Paula Deen. Or her numerous voice-over roles on hit animated series like Adventure Time, BoJack Horseman and Word Girl.