When Kevin Nealon nervously approached Andy Kaufman on the sidewalk in front of The Improv in Hollywood back in the late ‘70s, it proved to be a surreal moment – one he vividly remembers.

While many may be in summer mourning, at least there is one great thing about fall we can all agree on: the diverse entertainment options local arts groups give us. With ArtPrize in its fifth year, the UICA and Kendall College for Arts and Design merging and Miller Auditorium and Broadway Grand Rapids continuing to bring in touring Broadway hits, our arts scene is growing by the year. 

The most exposure the majority of us Americans have had to rugby probably happened in one of Matt Damon's glorious moments in Clint Eastwood's Invictus. Marco Riolo, vice president and tournament director of the Grand Rapids Rugby Football Club hopes to change that, starting with Rugby City, U.S.A., a term given to Grand Rapids.