Get Out is Your Monthly Guide to What’s Great in the Great Outdoors. I’ve lived in West Michigan for just short of 40 years and, through all its changes, what has always been here are the green spaces. I spent time at Johnson Park in my 20s disc golfing, though I was never very good and often just tagged along.
The smell of popcorn, the rush to get a good spot, throwing blankets and pillows in a truck bed, tuning the radio to the required station … the nostalgia of an outdoor or drive-in movie in the summertime is strong.
West Michigan is full of festivals this year, with dozens of options covering everything from the mainstream to the obscure. We have fests for art, food, music, beer, culture and so much more. Here’s our list for the year ahead.
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.
