Community organizers have failed for decades to change Grand Rapids’ governing structure. A new effort hopes to change that.

A funny thing about legalizing marijuana: For most of us, day-to-day life will move on. Sidewalks won’t be littered with pot smokers. Contrary to what prosecutors and sheriffs have claimed, the sky will not fall. 

Few comedians have experienced the staggering highs and crushing lows that Tom Green has in his near 30-year career. A roller coaster ride filled with A-list celebrities, outrageous stunts and a brush with a fatal disease — his life has had it all. 

Gang, we live in Michigan and that means we own an obscene number of coats, but you can feel bad about it or you can feel the bitter cold — which is it going to be? 

The lights dim and cameras roll as people settle into their seats once again for the sixth year of the Grand Rapids Comic Con Film Fest, where local independent filmmakers can show off their short films. This year, however, the Grindhouse Film Festival is joining the lineup.

Best known as the star and co-creator of the hit Comedy Central series Workaholics, actor/comedian Adam Devine has personally embodied the show’s title with his busy career since the slacker cult classic ended its run last year after seven seasons.

We’re in a dark mood over here — dark like the bottom of a witch’s cauldron. Come October, we like to get a little gloomy and mysterious, and MODRN GR is down for it too. 

If it looks good on Kherington McFarland, it can look good on you too. September’s style child shows you how to work it as we head into fall. 

Earlier this month, two Grand Rapids high school students, Maeve Wilbourn and Aliya Hall, attended the first-ever International Congress of Youth Voices.

Jo Koy is far from the norm when it comes to the comedy world.