Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk

Hope Summer Repertory Theatre's 2013 season: Hitchcock, Monty Python, Shakespeare and Elvis

mlive.com — GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A touch of Alfred Hitchcock, a dash of Monty Python, words by Shakespeare and music by Elvis all are coming to Hope Summer Repertory Theatre this summer. Not on the same night, of course.

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WOOD TV8's Ryan Takeo leaving Grand Rapids for a Top 10 TV market

mlive.com — GRAND RAPIDS, MI - WOOD TV8's Ryan Takeo, a California native, is heading home to the Golden State. Takeo is joining KPIX-TV in San Francisco as a general assignment reporter/MMJ, the CBS-TV owned station announced Wednesday. Earlier, Takeo announced his move on Twitter, posting: "LIFE CHANGE: I'm excited to officially announce I'm headed to @CBSSF!

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Meijer Gardens features beautiful, startling work of Chinese artist Zhang Huan this summer

mlive.com — GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Zhang Huan's career in art began with performance. Usually, the Chinese artist was naked, often doing revolting things such as coating his body with sugary water to attract flies. Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park will see none of that this summer, at least not live or in person.

Festival of the Arts 2013: What's new and different for the 44th event coming to Grand Rapids in June

mlive.com — GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Festival of the Arts, the annual start-of-summer celebration in Grand Rapids, is the traditional kick off to summer in the city. Hundreds of thousands of visitors pack downtown Grand Rapids near Alexander Calder's "La Grande Vitesse" to listen to music, munch ethnic fare and check out art exhibitions and art sales happening along Ottawa Avenue and Monroe Center.

Spring to Dance Festival welcomes Grand Rapids Ballet to St. Louis for company debut

mlive.com — GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Grand Rapids Ballet's 2012-13 season is over, and now the company's going - not to Disney World - but to St. Louis. The Emerson Spring Dance Festival is the destination for the Grand Rapids Ballet, one of 30 companies performing over three days, May 23 through May 25, 2013.

'Leaving Iowa' and 'It's a Wonderful Life' part of Master Arts Theatre's 2013-14 season

mlive.com — GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Master Arts Theatre believes it's one of Grand Rapids' best-kept secrets. With shows such as "Leaving Iowa," the theater company hopes to leave that behind as well. "This year we plan to change that," said Walter Williams, marketing manager for Master Arts Theatre.

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Cast your first ArtPrize vote Thursday for art in Legacy Trust Award Collection contest

mlive.com — GRAND RAPIDS, MI - ArtPrize 2013 is four months away, but a public vote is about to begin on art for the fifth contest. Artwork by 16 artists from the Grand Rapids area have been accepted for inclusion in the 2013 Legacy Trust Award Collection and a chance to be sponsored in ArtPrize.

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12-year-old musical sensation Ethan Bortnick appears in Grand Rapids for fundraiser

mlive.com — GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Guinness World records has declared Ethan Bortnick as the "World's Youngest Solo Musician to Headline his own Tour." Oprah Winfrey's dubbed him on of her "All-Time Smartest, Most Talented Kids."

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FOX17 sports broadcaster Tara Hernandez prepares for final show

mlive.com — GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Tara Hernandez can come up with many favorite memories from five years as a sports anchor at FOX 17. But, as she prepares for her final broadcast, finding No. 1 was elusive.