Tri-ARTs Calendar

Release party of "Jubilee" with Max Colley, III, Diego Rivera, Luther Allison, Liany Mateo, and Keith Hall
2018-02-25 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Detroit) | LaFontsee Galleries, 833 Lake Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI
Sunday, February 25th at 4 p.m. the Underground Music Series celebrates Max Colley III’s new recording “Jubilee” with a concert including Max on trumpet, Michigan State University’s Diego Rivera on saxophones, Luther Allison at the piano, Liany Mateo on bass and Western Michigan University’s Keith Hall playing drums. This performance is held at LaFontsee Galleries, 833 Lake Drive SE, Grand Rapids. See www.adventuremusic.org.
2017 marked the 100 year anniversary of Dizzy Gillespie’s birth, and social media was frowning over a perceived lack of Gillespie’s influence in today’s music. Wait a minute! On this new album “Jubilee” Max Colley III plays Dizzy’s composition “Tour De Force” with Gillespie’s principle protégé, now master musician in his own right, Jon Faddis. The legacy of Dizzy, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, in fact the entire history of jazz, is addressed on “Jubilee,” which features over 33 musicians ranging in age from 20 to 87 years old.
Adventuremusic.org is proud to introduce you to Max’s most ambitious recording project to date, a set including guest appearances by the last surviving member of Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue” sextet, and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, drummer Jimmy Cobb, as well as an array of local and “Big Apple” musicians.
A native of Grand Rapids, son of all-star music educator Max Colley Jr., Max Colley III was a member of the 1987 McDonalds All-American Band and Jazz Band. Max has performed for three presidents. Today he is the Jazz Events Coordinator at Michigan State University.
Adventure Music is dedicated to creating an outlet for unique live music in Grand Rapids, connecting essential artists to essential audiences. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door ($10 for students).
This year’s Underground Concert Series is underwritten in part by The Grand Rapids Therapy Group, providing West Michigan with experienced and innovative family, individual, and couples counseling at 500 Cascade W Pkwy SE #240, Grand Rapids, MI Phone: (616) 591-9000.
For information about www.AdventureMusic.org please call (616) 745-4353 or e-mail adventuremusicmail@gmail.com.

Music by the Fireplace: The Moxie Strings
2018-02-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Spring Lake District Library, 123 E. Exchange St., Spring Lake, MI, 49456, United States
Relax by the fireplace with live music. Free concert by The Moxie Strings at SLDL. Hailed by The Grand Rapids Press as “top-notch, instrumental wizardry,” The Moxie Strings offer listeners the unique opportunity to experience some of the world’s best-known instruments through a young, progressive lens. Diana Ladio and Alison Lynn, often joined by percussionist, Fritz McGirr, all hold Bachelor of Music degrees in music performance, which have given each the technical foundation to explore the limits of his/her instrument and helped the group build a reputation for musical excellence. The Moxie Strings compose the majority of their pieces and arrange melodies from many traditions, resulting in a genre-blurring blend of ear-catching melodies and foot-stomping, rock-influenced rhythms. Alison performs on a newly-invented, electric cello, and Diana on a contemporary 5-string violin, both through a variety of audio effects pedals. Fritz performs on a mix of world percussionist instruments and drum kit. Their polished, high-energy show and unique sound are redefining strings’ role in contemporary music, and have quickly made the band one of the country’s most promising instrumental acts.

A Midsummer Night's Dream
2018-02-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Grand Haven High School Performing Arts Center
Grand Haven High School Performing Arts Center
Tickets at the door; Adults $8; Students / Senior Citizens (60+) $5

A Midsummer Night's Dream
2018-02-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Grand Haven High School Performing Arts Center
7:00 PM in the Grand Haven High School Performing Arts Center
Tickets at the door; Adults $8; Students / Senior Citizens (60+) $5

Norma Lewis speaks at The Bookman
2018-02-20 19:00 - 20:00 | The Bookman, 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Norma Lewis, author of Wild Women of Michigan, will speak at The Bookman in Grand Haven Feb. 20th at 7 p.m. Lewis also is the author of Where Jesus Slept (with Katy Hudson), Lost Restaurants of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids: Furniture City, Dutch Heritage in Kent and Ottawa Counties, Connecting the Coasts: The Race to Build the Transcontinental Railroad, and others.
The Bookman is at 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI

Traditional Irish Music Session
2018-02-17 13:00 - 15:00
Whether a beginner or an advanced session player, bring your Irish musical instrument and participate in LDL’s merry band of Irish session players. Even if you do not play an acoustical instrument, come and listen. This program is in partnership with the Celtic band Uneven Ground.
Every third Saturday of the Month. Program Room A.

Sunday Afternoon Concert Series at Loutit District Library--Fortnight Singers
2018-02-11 14:00 - 15:30 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Fortnight Singers are proud to present a program of madrigals, motets, drinking songs, dances, and chansons both secular and sacred for your auditory enjoyment. The performance is suitable for all ages and will have a little something for everyone, from those interested in history and costuming to those just looking for a pleasant afternoon of merriment and song. There may even be dancing!
Upper Level Lobby

Robbie Fulks at Seven Steps Up
2018-02-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Seven Steps Up, 116 S Jackson Street, Spring Lake, MI, 49456, United States
Robbie Fulks is a singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, & songwriter. was nominated for two 2017 Grammy Awards: Best Folk Album (Upland Stories) and Best American Roots Song (“Alabama at Night”). He was also named in 2016 best-of-the-year lists by Rolling Stone, NPR Music, NPR Fresh Air, The Guardian, Salon, Chicago Tribune, and more.

Loutit District Library’s Featured Local Artist Bette Delvecchio
2018-02-03 - 2018-02-15 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Open during normal library hours
Lower level Hallway

First Friday Dance at D&W
2018-02-02 19:00 - 22:00 | The Grand Haven D&W Fresh Market, 1116 Robbins Road, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Dancers again will have a chance to dance the first Friday of the month at Grand Haven’s D&W Fresh Market, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, from 7-10 p.m. The dance is an outreach of The Salvation Army in the Tri Cities area.
The dance will be held in the store’s café area with spillover dancing in the aisles. In addition to dancing, patrons are welcome to sit and enjoy the music and maybe buy a cup of coffee, a soft drink, and something to eat.
The band Silverado, is a long-time local favorite, whose members play music ranging from County standards to early Rock’n’Roll, along with polkas, waltzes, and line dances. Three musicians comprise Silverado: Woody Woodrum, steel guitar and lead guitar, Cheryl Cook, rhythm guitar and vocals, and Tom Bourne, bass guitar, drums, and vocals. Among them they have well more than a century of musical experience.
The Grand Haven D&W Fresh Market is at 1116 Robbins Road.
The Salvation Army has been active in Grand Haven since 1922 and works to help people with both the necessities of life and to enhance the quality of their lives. The Salvation Army facility is at 310 North DeSpelder. The phone number is 616.842.3380.

Winter Arts Festival - Gallery Uptown
2018-02-02 17:30 - 20:00 | Gallery Uptown, 201 Washington St., Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Join us for a very special First Friday…
Meet the artists exhibiting at our 21st Annual Winter Arts Festival.
Opening Reception and Awards
Friday, February 2nd
5:30-8pm – Awards Ceremony 7pm
Gallery Uptown, 201 Washington Ave., Grand Haven

Over 40 West Michigan artists are on display during our 21st annual Winter Arts Festival! Sponsored and hosted by Grand Haven’s Gallery Uptown, the Winter Arts Festival is the first regional, juried exhibit of the new year, and annually attracts some of the best emerging and established artists in West Michigan.

The Winter Arts Festival exhibit will be on display through Sunday, Feb. 25.
Gallery Uptown Winter Hours:
10am-6pm Tuesday – Saturday, Noon-5pm Sunday, Closed Monday
Contact Gallery Uptown for more information @ (616) 846-5460.

First Friday Dance at Grand Haven's D&W
2018-01-05 19:00 - 22:00 | The Grand Haven D&W Fresh Market, 1116 Robbins Road, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Dancers again will have a chance to dance the first Friday of the month at Grand Haven’s D&W Fresh Market, Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, from 7-10 p.m. The dance is an outreach of The Salvation Army in the Tri Cities area.
The dance will be held in the store’s café area with spillover dancing in the aisles. In addition to dancing, patrons are welcome to sit and enjoy the music and maybe buy a cup of coffee, a soft drink, and something to eat.
The band Silverado, is a long-time local favorite, whose members play music ranging from County standards to early Rock’n’Roll, along with polkas, waltzes, and line dances. Three musicians comprise Silverado: Woody Woodrum, steel guitar and lead guitar, Cheryl Cook, rhythm guitar and vocals, and Tom Bourne, bass guitar, drums, and vocals. Among them they have well more than a century of musical experience.
The Grand Haven D&W Fresh Market is at 1116 Robbins Road.
The Salvation Army has been active in Grand Haven since 1922 and works to help people with both the necessities of life and to enhance the quality of their lives. The Salvation Army facility is at 310 North DeSpelder. The phone number is 616.842.3380.

Dancin’ at D&W
2017-12-01 19:00 - 22:00 | The Grand Haven D&W Fresh Market, 1116 Robbins Road, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Dancers again will have a chance to dance the first Friday of the month at Grand Haven’s D&W Fresh Market, Friday, Dec. 1 2017, from 7-10 p.m. The dance is an outreach of The Salvation Army in the Tri Cities area.
The band is Silverado, a long-time local favorite. That band was the first to open this series last month. And that first dance was subsidized by a single donation with the idea that any further dances would be funded by those attending. The Salvation Army kettle was filled with $1,240.35, enough for the next dance, and the next. The kettle will be out to keep the dances going.
The dance will be held in the store’s café area with spillover dancing in the aisles. In addition to dancing, patrons are welcome to sit and enjoy the music and maybe buy a cup of coffee, a soft drink, and something to eat.
Silverado plays music ranging from County standards to early Rock’n’Roll, along with polkas, waltzes, and line dances. Three musicians comprise Silverado: Woody Woodrum, steel guitar and lead guitar, Cheryl Cook, rhythm guitar and vocals, and Tom Bourne, bass guitar, drums, and vocals. Among them they have well more than a century of musical experience.
The Grand Haven D&W Fresh Market is at 1116 Robbins Road.
The Salvation Army has been active in Grand Haven since 1922 and works to help people with both the necessities of life and to enhance the quality of their lives. The Salvation Army facility is at 310 North DeSpelder. The phone number is 616.842.3380.

Blood on the Michigan Mitten
2017-10-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
The Bookman and Loutit District Library welcome Tom Carr, author of Blood on the Michigan Mitten.

Kathryn Remlinger at Loutit District Library
2017-10-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
The Bookman and Loutit District Library welcome Kathryn Remlinger, author of Yooper Talk: Dialect as Identity in Michigan’s Upper Penninsula.

Little Paris Bookshop - Bookman Book Club
2017-10-25 19:00 - 20:00 | The Bookman, 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
The Bookman Book Club discusses “The Little Paris Bookshop,” by Nina George. Discussion will be led by Liz Lystra
All are invited!!!

A 1,000 Mile Walk...: Loreen Niewenhuis
2017-10-22 16:00 - 17:30
Michigan author Loreen Niewenhuis comes to Grand Haven to discuss her experiences and adventures which lead to her books 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk, 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach,and 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure.
She appears at the invitation of P.E.O.: “Supporting Educational Scholarships for Women.” This public appearance is at First Presbyterian Church in Grand Haven at 4:00 p.m. The Bookman will be there with books!

Art at The Yard III--One Night Thirty Artists
2017-10-21 18:00 - 21:00

Notables Book Club with George Heartwell
2017-10-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Tri-Cities Historical Museum, 200 Washington, Grand Haven
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Introducing the first meeting of the Notables Book Club.
The Notables Book Club is a new series presented by The Bookman. Each meeting of this group invites a new special guest host each month to lead the club on a book of their choosing. In addition, each club meeting will be in a different and exciting location!
You can participate in the book club by either purchasing the book from The Bookman bookstore or online here, OR if you already own the book, you can attend by giving a $10 donation to the READ program on the night of the meeting.
Advance sign-up is required, and the number of attendees is limited.
Sign up at the store, or call 616-846-3520 to sign up, or ask any questions you have about the group.
The first book club meeting will feature George Heartwell, the former mayor of Grand Rapids. He will be presenting “Born A Crime” by Trevor Noah

Two Trees: Julie Beekman
2017-10-14 10:00 - 12:00 | The Bookman, 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Join us when we welcome Julie Beekman who will discuss and sign her memoir Two Trees.

Humanity for Prisoners, Fr. Greg Boyle
2017-10-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Lakeshore Middle School, 900 Cutler, Grand Haven
The Bookman is proud to continue our support for Humanity for Prisoners. HFP welcomes Fr. Greg Boyle, Tattos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion to Lakeshore Middle School.

Kekla Magoon, X: A Novel at Loutit District Library
2017-10-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
The Bookman supports Loutit District Library as we welcome Kekla Magoon, co-author of X: A Novel. Presented by The Great Michigan Read, Michigan Humanities Council
The Ebony Road Players will present excerpts from “The Meeting” at the event.

Kekla Magoon at The Bookman
2017-10-11 16:30 - 17:00 | The Bookman, 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Meet Author Kekla Magoon at the Bookman!
Co-Author of “X: A Novel” stops by the book store for a brief visit.
Come check out the 2017-2018 Great Michigan Read and meet the author. She can also sign your book!

Poetry Lives!
2017-10-10 18:30 - 20:00 | The Bookman, 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Poetry Lives Poetry Club at The Bookman
Share original or favorite poems. All are invited!

October Curiosities
2017-10-06 17:30 - 20:00 | Gallery Uptown, 201 Washington St., Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Gallery Uptown First Friday, October 6, 2017, 5:30-8:00 pm
Quirky, amusing, amazing works of art that will wonder and delight! Come and enjoy light refreshments and wine, stroll the art work and spend some time pondering our curiosities! ARTISTS: CHIP VANDERWIER, MARIE MARFIA, KRIS CAMPAU, SUZANNE MOYNIHAN, DAVID LANCASHIRE AND RAIN PLATTNER
https://www.pinterest.com/galleryuptown/october-curiosities-2017/
https://www.facebook.com/galleryuptown/

Detroit Poet Laureate Naomi Long Madgett to read at Loutit District Library
2017-10-05 19:00 - 20:30
Detroit Poet Laureate NAOMI LONG MADGETT will come to Grand Haven for a reading at Loutit District Library at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 on LDL’s Upper Level Lobby. She will be joined by Detroit poet Sonya Pouncy, and Grand Rapids pianist Robin Connell. And all of them will be welcomed and introduced by Grand Rapids’ Poet Laureate, Marcel “Fable, the Poet” Price.
The free event is sponsored by Loutit District Library (LDL) and The Bookman, Grand Haven’s independent bookseller. Oct. 5 at 7 p.m.
In addition to appearing at the Library, Madgett, Pouncy, and Connell also will be presenting to students at Grand Haven High School on Friday, October 6 as part of their visit to West Michigan.
Dr. Madgett’s books of poetry include Songs to A Phantom Nightingale (1941), One and the Many (1956), Star by Star (1965) Pink Ladies in the Afternoon (1972), Exits and Entrances (1978), Octavia and Other Poems (1988), Remembrances of Spring (1993), Phantom Nightingale: Juvenilia (1981), Octavia: Guthrie and Beyond (2002), Connected Islands: New and Selected Poems (2004). In addition she has edited any number of collections, perhaps the most notable Adam of Ife: Black Women in Praise of Black Men (2006). Her poems appear in numerous journals and more than 180 anthologies both here and abroad. Several have been set to music. She also has written her autobiography, Pilgrim Journey (2006). As founder and editor of Lotus Press (1972) she has published more than 90 collections, most of them first books for up-and-coming poets.
Dr. Madgett has served as Poet Laureate of the City of Detroit since 2001 and is the recipient of the 2012 Kresge Eminent Artist Award. Among her other honors are an American Book Award, induction into three halls of fame, four honorary degrees, and several lifetime achievement awards. She has recorded some of her poems for inclusion in the collections of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. When William Milliken was elected Governor–and at the request of Helen, his wife–Dr. Madgett wrote a poem for his 1975 inauguration and read it there. As Poet Laureate, she read her poem celebrating the tri-centennial of Detroit and watched it sealed in a time capsule Dec. 31, 2001, to be opened in a hundred years.
She was born was born in Norfolk, Virginia on July 5, 1923, the youngest of three children and only daughter of the Rev. Dr. Clarence Marcellus Long and Maude Hilton Long. Dr. Madgett earned a Master of Arts in English Education from Wayne State University and her Doctorate at Eastern Michigan University. She taught in Detroit Public Schools for 12 years prior to her appointment as Professor of English at Eastern Michigan University, from which she retired in 1984 as Professor of English Emeritus.
In 1993, the national Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award was established to recognize and publish an outstanding manuscript by an African American poet. This annual award continues under the sponsorship of Broadside Lotus Press.
SONYA MARIE POUNCY is a Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop Fellow and holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Central Michigan University. Her work has appeared in Callaloo, Temenos, the Central Review, Aunt Chloe: A Journal of Artful Candor; and Drum Voices Revue; as well as the anthologies Poet in the House; Abandon Automobile; and Eclipsing A Nappy New Millennium. She was a Broadside Press poet-in-residence for the Detroit Public Library and an InsideOut poet-in-residence for the Detroit Public School District. Currently, Sonya is working on a collection of poems about the life of Mrs. Henrietta Lacks, progenitor of the immortal HeLa cell line.
ROBIN CONNELL, originally from Detroit, is the West Michigan Jazz Society’s 2017 Musician of the Year. She follows in the tradition of singer‐pianists Shirley Horn, Diana Krall, and Blossom Dearie, leading her own jazz trio in original arrangements of time-honored jazz standards, such as those heard on her CD, A Beautiful Friendship. Honing her craft for over a decade in New York City, at places such as The Waldorf-Astoria and The Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, she brings the sophistication of The Great American Songbook to life in her own charming and inimitable way.
In 2016, Robin co-produced a concert series, Jazz at The Harris with her trio backing a different artist each week. In addition to leading her own groups, Robin is in demand as first-call pianist.
FABLE THE POET is the author of Adrift in a Sea of M&M’s. He is a bi-racial North American writer, teacher, community activist, performer, motivational speaker, and is the second place winner of The 2016 Missouri Review Audio Poetry Contest. A national touring artist, he is known for his audience interaction. He also is noted for his work with youth. He is an official partner of Mental Health America and has sat on panels across the country.
The evening’s performance will run through 8:30 and is intended to allow the poets/musicians to talk with members of the audience before the library’s 9 p.m. closing time.
For more information, visit the library’s website http://loutitlibrary.org or call 616-842-5560, ext. 212; or visit The Bookman’s website https://bookmanbookstore.indielite.org/ or call 616-846-3520.
Loutit District Library is located at 407 Columbus Avenue in Grand Haven, Michigan. LDL serves 345,187 residents of the City of Grand Haven, the City of Ferrysburg, Grand Haven Charter Township, Robinson Township and that part of Port Sheldon Township in the Grand Haven Area Public School District. LDL offers a collection of over 145,581 items and provides educational, informative, cultural, and recreational programs for all ages. LDL is a member of the Lakeland Library Cooperative.

Categories of Art Savvy
2017-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
It’s Art Walk! Learn about some different ways to view art from Holland-based artist, TJ Aitken. This event takes place at Loutit District Library.

Placing X: A Novel
2017-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Dr. Michelle S. Johnson, “Placing X: A Novel.” This is suggested for background information on the upcoming presentation by Kekla Magoon, co-author of X: A Novel, chosen by the Michigan Humanities Council for the Great Michigan Read. This event takes place at Loutit District Library.

A $500 House in Detroit
2017-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Spring Lake District Library, 123 E. Exchange St., Spring Lake, MI, 49456, United States
Book Signing/Reading. Drew Philip will share his story and book A $500 House in Detroit, Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City. This event takes place a the Spring Lake Public Library (123 E. Exchange St.).

Bookman Book Club
2017-09-27 19:00 - 20:00 | The Bookman, 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Discussion of Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly. All are welcome to join the discussion led by Liz Lystra. This event beings at 7pm at The Bookman.
