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As West Michigan venues prepare to welcome back crowds, Van Andel Arena, DeVos Hall, & DeVos Place have taken the past 18 months to upgrade their facilities and improve safety standards.

We’re Open: Grand Rapids Symphony finds new ways to perform during COVID restrictions and last updated 2021-05-27 10:09:03-04 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Nothing, not even a pandemic, can keep the Grand Rapids Symphony from performing. While the orchestra is accustomed to being onstage at DeVos Performance Hall in downtown Grand Rapids, orchestra management decided prohibitions against large gatherings could not keep them quiet. “We worked from Day One to bring our musicians into peopl...

Retirement requires a lot of planning and consideration. In addition to finances, you need to think about when and where you’ll retire. Forbes Magazine has come up with the top cities to retire in for each state.

Do You Remember Tootsie? Oh, do I remember Tootsie! Tootsie Van Kelly, the Red Hot Mama at Tootsies in the Amway Grand Plaza. What a great place. Tootsie Van Kellys aka Tootsies was a "good-time, fun-time saloon" located in the Amway from 1981 through 1995. GP Sports is in its place now. Tootsie, (Ruth Russell) who passed away in 2007, was a red-hot mama who sang with a gusto like no other. The Tootsie Facebook page says it all.She was a belter of show tunes, saloon songs, jazz and pop for loca...