With Valentine's Day in the mix, February is a great time to stop hatin' and start lovin'. This month, REVUE makes that really easy with our annual Love Issue. We are bringing people together with stellar date ideas — plus, we're even footing the bill for a few lucky readers. Check out what this year's Love Issue has to offer.
As if you didn't have enough competition, now children have the ability to look more fashionable than you and it's all thanks to Sydney's Boutique (1479 Lake Dr. SE, Grand Rapids). The Mini Mogul Group clothing line is something to love. It's clothing for kids, by kids—a project in partnership with Sydney's owner Kristian Grant and her daughter Sydney, whom the boutique is named after.
Had her entire life not gone literally up in flames back in 1980, Debra Marquart would not be the writer she is today. In fact, she may have never even taken up writing at all.
Oh, the pressure! Valentine's Day is all about stress: finding a date, making your date happy, figuring out how to distract yourself if you're without a date. It's all too much to handle sometimes. Don't stress too much, though. We're here to help.
Oh, the pressure! Valentine's Day is all about stress: finding a date, making your date happy, figuring out how to distract yourself if you're without a date. It's all too much to handle sometimes. Don't stress too much, though. We're here to help
Let's be honest – February got the short end of the stick as far as months go. Nestled smack dab in the middle of winter, it's a point in time where the snow and ice has lost its charm, but spring is nowhere near close. Lose yourself in film this month and forget about what it's like outside.
It's that amorous time of year again. If you're dating or coupled up on Valentine's Day, you likely feel compelled to plan something at least a little special. Luckily, there's more than one way to spend quality time together. Rather than scrambling to secure an obligatory reservation at a fancy establishment, why not instead team up with your sweetheart to cook a romantic dinner at home?
Oh, the pressure! Valentine's Day is all about stress: finding a date, making your date happy, figuring out how to distract yourself if you're without a date. It's all too much to handle sometimes. Don't stress too much, though. We're here to help.
Many comedians are ecstatic to perform the next biggest club or to branch out on a U.S. tour. Alonzo Bodden, however, prefers to branch out a little farther.
Scrap the play dates this month and show your child how special they are with a date on the calendar just for them, circled in a big, red heart. It can be an outdoors romp, playing a silly game, making valentines or a traditional date where you dance the night away.
Indie-rock band The National is scheduled to perform at Calvin College's Van Noord Arena on April 12. The band, known for its dreamy, melancholy songs and frontman Matt Berninger's haunting baritone is touring in support of its latest album, Trouble Will Find Me, released in May 2013.
The Grand Rapids Public Museum is giving you the opportunity to roam around with a Tyrannosaurus Rex — a.k.a. the greatest dinosaur of all time. The museum is bringing this pre-historic celebrity alive on Feb. 14-16 for its Dinosaur Walk.
Sound Tribe Sector 9, simply known as STS9, will be taking a break from their winter tour, announcing the postponement of their upcoming show dates through February. This includes the band's Feb. 9 stop at The Orbit Room in Grand Rapids. The cancellation stems from the split between bassist David Murphy and the band.
The bone-chilling weather is an ugly reminder that summer is still a ways off. However, organizers of the 45th Festival of the Arts in downtown Grand Rapids are already beginning to mobilize artists and performers for the upcoming event, which will be held June 6-8.
