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Saugatuck Center for the Arts Poetry Reading with Keith Taylor and Alison Swan Seven Steps Up Annie & Rod Capps The Strutt Smoking Popes Tip Top Deluxe Big Dundee Roo UICA LaughFest Event Book Reading with SNL Writer Alan Zweibel Voigt House An Afternoon of Fashion and Tea Water Street Gallery Pigment, Recent works by Chuck Meyers Exhibit Wealthy Theatre 2012 Fly Fishing Film Tour Wellspring Theatre Dance Forms West Side Inn William Van Dyke, Mr.Segrin


SATURDAY 3.17


36th Street Lounge St. Patty’s Celebration feat. Stone Throw Bell’s Dragon Wagon Blue Water Grill Jake Stevens Cannonsburg Ski Area Neff “Beach Bash” Rail Jam and Pond Skim DeVos Performance Hall GR Symphony: Live and Let Die- The Music of Paul McCartney DeVos Place LaughFest: Martin Short, Kevin Nealon with Alan Zweibel


Downtown Holland St. Patrick’s Day Parade Farmers Alley Theatre An Evening with Scott Coulter Fenian’s Irish Pub Fenian’s 25th Annual “Wearin’ of the Green” St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Traditional Irish Hooley (Party) Fifth Street Hall St. Patrick’s Day and reubens with Dan Markowski Founders St. Patty’s Day Party with Rootstand Foundry Hall Third Coast Ensemble Fountain Street Church Bob and Tom Comedy All-Stars, Bo Burnham Frauenthal Theatre Slide Gallery Uptown “Seasons on the Grand” Fine Arts Show GR Art Museum Art in Bloom, Rauschenberg Exhibitions GR Civic Theatre Bye, Bye Birdie Grand Woods Lounge Party on the Patty-O feat. Head Trip, Jimmy Coe Kalamazoo Nature Center Maple Sugar Festival Little Rivers Casino and Resort Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Mangiamo! Mark Kahny Master Arts Theatre The Elves and the Shoemaker McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon Irish on Ionia 2012 Featuring the Kreelers Ottawa Tavern John Gist Papa Pete’s Deadbeatz The Pyramid Scheme Smoking Popes Rocky’s Bar Saint Patrick’s Day Party with The Wallace Collective, FishLips, Northern Skies


San Chez, A Tapas Bistro Night of Illusions: The Art of Female Impersonation Saugatuck St. Patrick’s Day 10th Annual Pet Parade Saugatuck Brewing Company Irish Breakfast featuring Celtic band String Cheese, St. Pat’s at night featuring Kinfyre The Venue Blessed Engine Voigt House An Afternoon of Fashion and Tea Water Street Gallery Pigment, Recent works by Chuck Meyers Exhibit Wealthy Theatre LaughFest: WTF with Marc Maron-Live Podcast Taping Wealthy Theatre Front Studio Mustard’s Retreat West Side Inn Spit-Spat Showcase


SUNDAY 3.18


36th Street Lounge Industry night, Open Mic with Big Nick, Free Pool DeVos Performance Hall GR Symphony: Live and Let Die- The Music of Paul McCartney, Gilda’s LaughFest: Rodney Carrington The DAAC Hardcore Show Farmers Alley Theatre An Evening with Scott Coulter Founders GR Jazz Orchestra Fountain Street Church Sinbad Gallery Uptown “Seasons on the Grand” Fine Arts Show


GR Art Museum Rauschenberg Exhibitions, Sunday Classical Concert Series, Art in Bloom GR Civic Theatre Bye Bye Birdie Kalamazoo Nature Center Maple Sugar Festival Master Arts Theatre The Elves and the Shoemaker Salt of the Earth Buddy Mondlock San Chez, A Tapas Bistro Cooking Cabaret UICA Chiaroscuro International Film Series: 1981 Van Andel Arena The Black Keys Water Street Gallery Pigment, Recent works by Chuck Meyers Exhibit Wealthy Theatre Front Studio LaughFest- Badenya Family Event


MONDAY 3.19


36th Street Lounge DJ Prodigy Cobb Great Hall Doug Stanton Curry Street Theatre Checking Out The DAAC Punk Show Gallery Uptown “Seasons on the Grand” Fine Arts Show Grand Valley State University Art Gallery Regionalism and the Art of the WPA: Selections from the Muskegon Museum of Art Master Arts Theatre The Elves and the Shoemaker Music Building Auditorium, MSU Cello Plus... Chamber Music Festival


The Pyramid Scheme D.R.I. Water Street Gallery Pigment, Recent works by Chuck Meyers Exhibit


TUESDAY 3.20


The Establishment Eric Engblade and Friends Gallery Uptown “Seasons on the Grand” Fine Arts Show GR Art Museum Rauschenberg Exhibitions Grand Valley State University Art Gallery Regionalism and the Art of the WPA: Selections from the Muskegon Museum of Art Master Arts Theatre The Elves and the Shoemaker Miller Auditorium Jersey Boys Rocky’s Bar Acoustic Open Mic Hosted by Sam Kenny


WEDNESDAY 3.21


36th Street Lounge Elzinga DeVos Performance Hall Jane’s Addiction Gallery Uptown “Seasons on the Grand” Fine Arts Show GR Art Museum Rauschenberg Grand Valley State University Art Gallery Regionalism and the Art


BEST BET: Jazz


of the WPA: Selections from the Muskegon Museum of Art The Intersection The Milk Carton Kids Kalamazoo Public Library Sierra Negra in Concert Kalamazoo State Theatre Henry Rollins Mangiamo! Steve Talaga Master Arts Theatre The Elves and the Shoemaker Miller Auditorium Jersey Boys Ottawa Tavern John Shea Trio Papa Pete’s Hump This Rocky’s Bar Dollar Beer Night with Super String Theory Tip Top Deluxe The Hi-Risers Wings Stadium Elton John & His Band


THURSDAY 3.22


36th Street Lounge Open Mic with Dirty Dave The B.O.B. Simien The Whale Billy’s Life Size Ghost Claddagh Irish Pub Tim and Clark from Hat Trick Dr. Grins Josh Sneed The Establishment Three’s A Crowd Founders Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys, Red Tail Ring The Intersection Front Lounge Go Radio Gallery Uptown “Seasons on the Grand” Fine Arts Show


APOLLO’S FIRE St. Cecilia Music Center, Grand Rapids March 8, 7:30 p.m. $35, $30, $10 for students. scmc-online.org , (616) 459-2224


WHEN MOST PEOPLE HEAR the word ‘Baroque,’ they picture stodgy conductors wearing tailcoats and droning music that puts the audience into a deep slumber. However, Cleveland-based chamber orchestra Apollo’s Fire takes that notion, crushes it into a ball and shoots it into the sun. Led by Music Director Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo’s Fire routinely performs for sold-out crowds both at home and abroad. The group’s 17 studio albums are


frequently in the top 10 on Billboard’s classical chart. Performances are dynamic and thrilling, with musicians often standing and swaying to the music as opposed to sitting and snoozing. The quality of performers is exceptional, thanks to a stringent invitation and audition process that weeds out the wannabes and all who aren’t up to snuff. The program, “Mediterranean Nights,” at St. Cecilia is based around Baroque love songs and dances from Spain and Italy. Yes, people did write love songs in 1634. The combination of Apollo’s Fire’s powerful performance style and the acoustically superb Royce Auditorium make this concert a must-see for every West Michigan lover of quality live music. Reported by Carl Dunker


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DINING | SIGHTS | SOUNDS | SCENE


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