By: MARY ULLMER
Photography: TERRY JOHNSTON
NEW YORK – When Jay Richardson entered the ring at Madison Square Garden, he was greeted with some familiar – and some not so familiar – faces. But it was the half-black, …
PHOTOGRAPHER TERRY JOHNSTON
Design types are renown for being insanely passionate and, at times, a bit obstinate. Traits that proved to be quite handy one recent Thursday evening – when despite a paralyzing snowstorm – the creative community came out …
BY TERRI FINCH HAMILTON
PHOTOGRAPHER T.J. HAMILTON
Jonse Young can thank her great-granddaddy for her name. Well, for one of her names.
Her mom gave Young her real first name: Johngerlyn. Say it with a soft “g.”
“My …
Story: Brian VanOchten
Photos: Tim Motley
GRAND RAPIDS – Upon graduation from college, Cathy Holbrook started down an extraordinary career path that she never guessed would’ve ended up with her returning home and becoming the executive director of St. …
Photos: Terry Johnston
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 6, 2013- ArtPrize, the radically open, international art competition, today announced plans that will guide the organization into 2013 and beyond, including a new partnership experiment with the Walker Art …
By Brian VanOchten
Photographer Ian Anderson
GRAND RAPIDS – The heartfelt standing ovation inside elegant Royce Auditorium at St. Cecilia Music Center lasted several minutes Thursday night following the second performance of the season in the 2012-13 NYC2GR series featuring …
Story: Brian VanOchten
Photos: Terry Johnston
GRAND RAPIDS – It is 4:30 p.m. on the Saturday before Super Bowl XLVII when Troy Evans, pastor at The EDGE Urban Fellowship, arrives at the hip-hop church he planted in …
TABLE TALK
Story: Brian VanOchten
Photos: Ian Anderson
EAST GRAND RAPIDS – In our first installment, Stellafly sits down with food blogger George Aquino and entertainment writer Todd Chance, both of MLive Media Group-Grand Rapids, as …
“Grand Statements”
February 7, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. TICKETS: $35 / $30 / $10 student / subscriptions Program includes: Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18 by Strauss “Aftermath” A Song Cycle for Voice, Piano, Violin and Cello by Rorem …