Psychedelic Stand-up: Shane Mauss talks life and science on new comedy tour

Psychedelic Stand-up: Shane Mauss talks life and science on new comedy tour

It’s safe to say that rising stand-up comedian Shane Mauss has been on the best trip of his life over the last year.

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The Chiaroscuro Film Series Brings Films, Food and Discussion to UICA

The Chiaroscuro Film Series Brings Films, Food and Discussion to UICA

Nothing beats a free movie — unless, of course, you add some free food to the mix. Now in its 11th year, the Chiaroscuro International Film series does all of this and much more. 

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Grand Rapids Film Festival Presents 36-Hour Test of Skills

Grand Rapids Film Festival Presents 36-Hour Test of Skills

It’s no secret that making a movie is a huge undertaking. 

Hell, Avatar alone took 10 years to make. And yet the Grand Rapids Film Festival is challenging participants to make a movie in just 36 hours.

OK, so the finished films are expected to be around six minutes, and the budget is admittedly smaller than anything James Cameron would have to work with, but it’s still damn impressive what people can pull off with such time constraints. 

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Raking Up the Past

Raking Up the Past

One lake. Two-hundred and sixty-five acres of open water. Fifty-two feet down, at its deepest point. And centuries of history. This is Reeds Lake.

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Distinct, Dapper and Dashing

Distinct, Dapper and Dashing

Men, the time to complete your outfits is long overdue. Welcome to our humble guide of haberdashery and accessories for the discerning gentlemen. 

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Beverly Pepper’s career-spanning archives gifted to Meijer Gardens’ permanent collection

Beverly Pepper’s career-spanning archives gifted to Meijer Gardens’ permanent collection

American sculptor Beverly Pepper, 94, is giving her print and drawing archives covering nearly seven decades of work to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park.

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Submissions open for area art show with $5,000 in prizes

Submissions open for area art show with $5,000 in prizes

The 2017 West Michigan Area Show is now accepting submissions from local artists until Jan. 23.

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West Michigan Native Educates Next Generation of Storytellers

West Michigan Native Educates Next Generation of Storytellers

After feeling like a misfit her entire life, a film set was the first place Liz Merriman felt like she belonged. Merriman feels the industry is filled with other beautiful misfits — beautiful people who truly work hard together.

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Forever Fresh: The Sovengard’s Rick Muschiana and Patrick Conrade discuss their ever-changing menu

Forever Fresh: The Sovengard’s Rick Muschiana and Patrick Conrade discuss their ever-changing menu

One of Grand Rapids’ latest restaurants, The Sovengard, is taking a cue from the New Nordic movement — with a Scandinavian-influenced, local, “hyper-seasonal” menu despite cold climates for farming much of the year. Revue sat down with Chef Patrick Conrade and founder Rick Muschiana to see how the experiment is faring.

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New Holland Brewing Co. and Pabst Brewing Co. announce partnership

New Holland Brewing Co. and Pabst Brewing Co. announce partnership

Holland-based New Holland Brewing Co. and Los Angeles-based Pabst Brewing Co. have announced a deal aimed at increasing New Holland’s sales and distribution.

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Interim president and CEO appointed by Grand Rapids Symphony

Interim president and CEO appointed by Grand Rapids Symphony

With President and CEO Peter Kjome departing in February, the Grand Rapids Symphony has appointed Peter Perez as interim president and CEO.

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Grand Central Market in Grand Rapids expands

Grand Central Market in Grand Rapids expands

A longtime downtown Grand Rapids deli has expanded.

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WMEAC and UICA Explore New Era with Screening of Environmental Documentary "Anthropocene"

WMEAC and UICA Explore New Era with Screening of Environmental Documentary "Anthropocene"

One of the best things about movies is their ability to take you out of the real world for a short while. On the other hand, cinema also gives us the opportunity to delve head first into our global community’s most pressing issues in the form of investigative, informative documentaries. 

The Grand Rapids-based West Michigan Environmental Action Council is a huge proponent of the latter, and has been teaming up with the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) for more than five years to bring eye-opening documentaries to its theater as part of the WMEAC Film Series. 

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Comedy vs. Racism: Alonzo Bodden tackles modern day issues at Dr. Grins

Comedy vs. Racism: Alonzo Bodden tackles modern day issues at Dr. Grins

If there’s one thing longtime stand-up comedian Alonzo Bodden knows, it’s the healing power of humor. From donating a kidney to his brother to confronting institutionalized racism onstage, Bodden is a big believer in laughter as medicine for those who are hurting in mind, body or soul.

Many will remember him best from his two seasons on NBC’s reality competition series Last Comic Standing, where he won the grand prize during season three back in 2004. 

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