Superstar standup Fortune Feimster will be the first to tell you how lucky she feels to have the success she’s had in her nearly 20-year comedy career.

• DeVos Performance Hall
• comedy
• Fortune Feimster

Our guide to events, goings-on and things to do in Grand Rapids and all around West Michigan for the month of May. We have top-notch comedians like Nate Jackson, concerts like The Head and the Heart, Mandy Patinkin and Billy Strings, an annual food truck festival, art markets, dance parties, classic film screenings and more!

Over the past few years, golf has undergone a transformation, evolving from a leisurely pastime into a booming sport with widespread appeal. Whether it’s the lingering effects of the pandemic, the rise of technology-driven experiences, or the natural allure of the green, golf courses are filling up like never before.

• Golf
• Boulder Creek Golf Club

Get Out is your monthly guide to what's great in the great outdoors.

• Get Out
• Nature
• Parks
• Hiking
• Pickerel Lake
• Aman Park
• Proving Trails

When he’s out on tour, comedian Sheng Wang can usually be found in perhaps one of the strangest places for a standup comic: the nearby botanical gardens. Not one for the bar or party scene at this stage in his career, Wang enjoys his life on the road most by connecting with nature.

• comedy
• GLC Live at 20 Monroe
• Sheng Wang

Our guide to events, goings-on and things to do in Grand Rapids and all around West Michigan for the month of April. We have top-notch comedians like Marc Maron and Ali Macofsky, concerts like Reggie Watts, Bright Eyes and LInkin Park, an annual lantern festival, art markets, Riverdance, and more!

• What's Going On

Our guide to events, goings-on and things to do in Grand Rapids and all around West Michigan for the month of March. We have a citywide comedy festival, big concerts like Ludacris and Buckethead, monster trucks, maple sugar fests, St. Patrick's Day and more.

• The Pyramid Scheme
• The Intersection
• LaughFest
• van andel arena
• cedar springs brewing co
• Events
• GLC Live at 20 Monroe
• Things to Do
• Irish Off Ionia

If you’re looking for an independent bookstore to peruse, West Michigan has you covered. Grand Rapids alone has more local bookstores around the city than we can even cover here, thanks to so many people searching for an in-person shopping experience.

• Bookstores
• Indie Bookstores
• Schuler Books
• Cellar Bird Books
• Books & Mortar
• Pages & Grapes
• Black Dog Books and Records
• The Bookman

Get Out is your monthly guide to what's great in the great outdoors.

• Get Out
• Nature
• Barothy Lodge

Bookstores are back! Not that they ever vanished entirely, but Grand Rapids seems to now have more than I’ve experienced in 34 years of life here. We’ve recently seen small indie shops like Cellar Bird Books, Pages & Grapes and Black Dog open doors, and they’re doing quite well, while longtime institutions like Schuler Books expanded their Okemos location.

• Books
• Bookstores
• Indie Bookstores
• Schuler Books
• Cellar Bird Books