Tri-ARTs Calendar

Holiday Art Gifts
2019-11-26 - 2019-12-31 | Gallery Uptown, 201 Washington St., Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Gallery Uptown Holiday Art Gift Show
November 27 to December 29, 2019
with opening reception December 6, 5:30-8.
Fabulous gifts at smart prices!
…from “wearables” to “useables”
…from fine art to holiday inspired crafts
Gallery Uptown Holiday Art Gift Show is a don’t-miss-it destination for holiday shopping!
See gifts of art for home and hearth that include paintings, ceramics, candles and holiday decorations!
Enjoy the creations of guest artists Maggie Bandstra, Gini Cooper, Ferrell Cordle, Jane Feutz, Eleanor Goudreau, Bev Hundley, Yvonne Lynch, John Moliassa, Kathleen O’Brien, Jenn Pease, Sean Sterzer, Jane Stoepker, Carol Trojanowski, Teresa Wooden, and more; also work of Gallery Uptown members Margaret Benefiel, Lynne Boezaart, Deb Bowen, Doug Brinks, Marlan Cotner, Linda Foley, Jackie Helder, Cheryl Jordan, Helen Percy Lystra, Catherine McClung, Suzanne Moynihan, Brad Patterson, Colleen Rockey, Marilyn Ryan, AnnTrowbridge, and more.

Sunday Afternoon Concert - Traditional Celtic Band Uneven Ground
2019-11-10 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Detroit) | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Uneven Ground is a four-piece traditional Celtic band blending vocals with instrumentals to bring their listeners on a unique musical journey. “Grounded” in the roots of traditional Irish music, Uneven Ground presents a blend of songs molded from hundreds of pub tunes from around the Celtic region. By teaching the history of their music mixed with their nonsensical humor, each performance offers the listener an escape from the busyness of life.

Loutit District Library’s Sunday Afternoon Concert Series is generously funded by Carol Alexander and Kevin Carbary.
For more information, contact Larry Halverson at (616) 850-6922

Coffee and Coloring
2019-11-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Are you daunted by your coloring book? Paralyzed by color choices or complicated designs? Don’t know where to start? Coffee and Coloring is for you!
Join local artist and colorist Kerry FitzGerald the first Tuesday of each month for tips and inspiration during this free drop-in session. Learn how to see, break down, and create realistic color with advanced shading techniques using colored pencils provided, or bring your own. Coloring pages will be available or bring in your own coloring book or project. Kerry will demonstrate techniques as she works on her projects.

She’ll talk about the differences in colored pencil and paper quality, as well as what to look for in buying a coloring book and tools. Rediscover the fun you had coloring as a child…then, discover a talent you never knew you had! No experience necessary.
For more information, contact Larry Halverson at (616) 850-6922

November’s First-Friday Dance at D&W
2019-11-01 19:00 - 22:00 | The Grand Haven D&W Fresh Market, 1116 Robbins Road, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
The next First-Friday Dance at Grand Haven’s D&W Fresh Market will run from 7-10 p.m. November 1, 2019. 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.
Last month’s dance brought in $979.59.
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.

Day of the Dead: a Día de los Muertos themed art show
2019-10-31 - 2019-11-23 | Gallery Uptown, 201 Washington St., Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Gallery Uptown is excited to announce that the “Day of the Dead: a Día de los Muertos themed art show” will be in the Walburg Gallery from November 1 to November 23.
Over 25 guest artists and gallery member artists offer artwork that celebrates, and has been inspired by, the Mexican holiday,
Día de los Muertos, that is traditionally observed from midnight October 31 through November 2. This holiday focuses on supporting the spiritual journey of friends and family members who have died by praying for them and honoring their memories.
The rich visual icons and traditions of this holiday served each artist well as they created artwork for this show. Viewers will be inspired in turn by the bright imagery of the jewelry, paintings, monoprints, sculptures, and more from Christa Barnell, Margaret Benefiel, Valerie Boet, Jessica Bohus, Kris Campau, Marlan Cotner, Carol Cousineau, Adam Dahlstrom, Patricia Dee, Christi Dreese, Jane Feutz, Jackie Helder, Joe Hull, Cat Jackson, Chandra Jennings, Aron Lowe, Liz Lystra, Catherine McClung, Jan McLaughlin, Suzanne Moynihan, Colleen Rockey, Marilyn Ryan, Tom Saltsman, Hana Sawyer, Sean Sterzer, Mary Sundstrom, and Amy Wilkinson.
Appropriately, on Friday, November 1, a festive “Day of the Dead” holiday-themed opening reception will occur from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Join in at 7 pm for a questions & answers session with our featured artists.

Traditional Irish Music Session
2019-10-19 13:00 - 15:00, 2019-08-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
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 don’t play an instrument, come and listen. This program is in partnership with the Celtic band Uneven Ground. Music provided upon request by emailing Larry Halverson lhalverson@loutitlibrary.org.

Movie Showing - Some Like It Hot
2019-10-17 18:00 - 20:30 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
2019 marks the 60th Anniversary of the Tri-Cities Historical Museum. In honor of that occasion, the museum and Loutit District Library are joining forces to showcase a film from 1959, the year the museum was founded. We will be screening the classic, Some Like It Hot.
For more information, contact Larry Halverson at (616) 850-6922

Sunday Afternoon Concert - Boardwalk Brass of Grand Haven
2019-10-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Our “friends” are back again to add to the fun as The Boardwalk Brass of Grand Haven presents “Live with Friends III”. This high-energy brass group will present some new numbers along with some requested favorites, plus feature many of our players on the concert. Come out and join us for a great afternoon.
Loutit District Library’s Sunday Afternoon Concert Series is generously funded by Carol Alexander and Kevin Carbary.
For more information, contact Larry Halverson at (616) 850-6922

Fall Plant Identification and Watercolor Workshop
2019-10-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Come enjoy a workshop on basic plant identification and watercolor exploration with a local horticulturist and artist Sara Koert of Light and Salt Designs. Sara has a degree in Horticulture Science from Michigan State University and is a guest watercolor calligraphy instructor at the Armory Art Center.

Collect a variation of 6 leaves, flowers, or seed pods prior to arriving. Sara will help you identify them and will walk you through sketching and painting them with watercolor, adding final detail with a micron pen.

All art supplies provided. Registration is required along with a $5 materials fee. Register in Public Computing, at the Circulation Desk, or online.

If this class is full at your time of registration, please email lhalverson@loutitlibrary.org or call 850-6922 to be placed on a waiting list.

October’s First-Friday Dance at D&W
2019-10-04 19:00 - 22:00 | The Grand Haven D&W Fresh Market, 1116 Robbins Road, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
The next First-Friday Dance at Grand Haven’s D&W Fresh Market will run from 7-10 p.m. October 4, 2019. 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. If the sun is bright, dancers and listeners might want to bring sunglasses; it’s bright in the café.
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. The evening’s hosts are Bill and Carol Chaddock.
Last month’s dance brought in $495.
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.

MANHATTAN Short Film Festival
2019-09-27 18:00 - 21:00 | MI
Join us on September 27th or October 5th when over 100,000 film lovers in over 250 cities across six continents gather in Cinemas, Museums, and Universities for one purpose…to view and vote on the Finalists’ Films in the 21st Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival.
MANHATTAN SHORT is not a touring Festival; rather, it is an instantaneous celebration that occurs simultaneously across the globe, bringing great films to great venues and allowing the audiences to select their favorites.
Upon entry, festival attendees are handed a Voting Card and an Official Program and asked to vote for the ONE Film and Actor they feel should win. Votes are tallied by each host venue then emailed to our NYC headquarters.
For more information, contact Larry Halverson at (616) 850-6922

Traditional Irish Music Session
2019-09-21 13:00 - 15:00 | MI

Caribbean Artist Picardo Erick
2019-09-12 18:30 - 20:00 | MI
Art brings people of all backgrounds together. Here is a fun, colorful and dynamic public art project for the entire Ottawa community. The snowplow project is open to everyone from the neighborhood to get involved to express their creativity. Our local Caribbean artist will guide participants through the entire process and will apply a professional touch to the end in order to have a unique piece of public art.
The snowplow blade art project also helps to learn about the importance of snowplows and their role in helping to keep our city clean and beautiful during winter weather. Prior to the process Picardo will offer an interesting introduction/conversation in which he will talk about the process transfer paint to large curve metal canvas surface.
For more information, contact Larry Halverson at (616) 850-6922

Coffee and Coloring
2019-09-10 10:00 - 12:00 | MI

Sunday Afternoon Concert: Soprano Diane Penning
2019-09-08 14:00 - 15:00 | MI
Soprano Diane Penning and pianist Robert Byrens present “FROM BROADWAY TO PUCCINI AND BACK” a diverse program of Broadway favorites from the likes of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, Bernstein and others with some well- known and beloved opera arias sprinkled in.
For more information, contact Larry Halverson at (616) 850-6922

September’s First-Friday Dance at D&W
2019-09-06 19:00 - 22:00 | The Grand Haven D&W Fresh Market, 1116 Robbins Road, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
The next First-Friday Dance at Grand Haven’s D&W Fresh Market will run from 7-10 p.m. September 6, 2019. 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. If the sun is bright dances and listeners might want to bring sunglasses; it’s bright in the café.
The Frank Eimer has been around the area since the 1960s as “Me and Dem Guys.” The band plays a mix of rock ’n’ roll, country and the blues covers, including tunes from the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. Members of the band include Eimer, lead guitar, John Jennings, saxophones, Tom Davis, drums, Fred Ploughman, keyboards, and steel guitarist Rick Barr. And everybody sings. Eimer and Jennings are in the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.
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.

Kanopy Movie Club: A Month of Sundays
2019-09-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Kanopy Movie Club screens quality films from LDL’s new streaming movie platform, Kanopy. Join us monthly for fun, thoughtful, dramatic, or important movie screenings with some discussion afterward.
September’s film is A Month of Sundays. This funny and warm-hearted film, with simply a wonderfully centered performance from Anthony LaPaglia premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Everyone deserves a second chance, even a real estate agent. Frank’s (Joe La Paglilia) mid-life funk is turned around when he receives a phone call from his dead mother. Divorced and unfulfilled, real estate agent Frank Mollard can’t do anything right, be it selling houses, getting over the death of his mother, or connecting with his teenage son.
But when he receives a call from an elderly woman who confuses him for her son, Frank is thrown into her life and surprises himself by developing a close bond with her. This comically unexpected relationship wakes Frank up and inspires him to reconnect with the people he’s been neglecting.
Anyone who cannot attend the movie club can stream Kanopy movies any time with their library card and PIN. Visit www.loutitlibrary.org for more information.
For more information, contact Larry Halverson at (616) 850-6922

Art Beneath the Bark
2019-09-04 - 2019-09-30 | MI
The annual show “Art Beneath the Bark”
returns to Walburg Gallery at Gallery Uptown September 4 to 29. This show is a collection of 3-dimensional art from the Grand River Woodturners Guild and Gallery Uptown artists.
Enjoy works inspired by or created with wood from artists:
Lynne Boezaart
Doug Brinks
Ron Campbell
Aaron and Elizabeth Day
Darrell DeRuiter
Jeff Grill
Dave Kerley
Catherine McClung
Tom Sampson

Loutit District Library’s Featured Local Jeremy True
2019-09-01 - 2019-10-15 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Loutit District Library’s Featured Local Jeremy True
September 1 through October 15
Lower-Level Hallway during normal library hours
For more information, contact Larry Halverson at (616) 850-6922

Dancing On The Grand features The Lakeshore Big Band
2019-08-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium, Grand Haven, Grand Haven
Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium in Grand Haven
$3 admission; bring lawn chairs; check weather on Facebook page

Dancing On The Grand features The Silverado Band
2019-08-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium, Grand Haven, Grand Haven

Dancing On The Grand features The Swingtones
2019-08-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium, Grand Haven, Grand Haven

Kanopy Movie Club: The 100-Year Old Man
2019-08-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Kanopy Movie Club screens quality films from LDL’s new streaming movie platform, Kanopy. Join us monthly for fun, thoughtful, dramatic, or important movie screenings with some discussion afterward.
August’s film is The 100-Year-Old Man. After a long and colorful life working in munitions and getting entangled in the Spanish Civil War, the Manhattan Project, and other definitive events of the 20th century, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. Determined to escape on his 100th birthday, he leaps out of a window and onto the nearest bus, kicking off an unexpected journey involving, among other surprises, a suitcase stuffed with cash, some wicked criminals, and an elephant named Sonya.
Like an unruly Nordic cousin of Forrest Gump, Allan’s youthful escapades and current adventures weave together into an offbeat treat for anyone who’s young at heart. Starring beloved comedian Robert Gustafsson, this fanciful spin on world history is based on a best-selling novel and also the highest-grossing Swedish film of all time.
Winner of the Audience Award at the Chicago International Film Festival and Audience Favorite at the Mill Valley Film Festival.
Anyone who cannot attend the movie club can stream Kanopy movies any time with their library card and PIN. Visit www.loutitlibrary.org for more information.

Dancing On The Grand features Sea Cruisers
2019-08-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium, Grand Haven, Grand Haven

Coffee and Coloring
2019-08-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Are you daunted by your coloring book? Paralyzed by color choices or complicated designs? Don’t know where to start? Coffee and Coloring is for you!
Join local artist and colorist Kerry FitzGerald the first Tuesday of each month for tips and inspiration during this free drop-in session. Learn how to see, break down, and create realistic color with advanced shading techniques using colored pencils provided, or bring your own. Coloring pages will be available or bring in your own coloring book or project. Kerry will demonstrate techniques as she works on her projects.

She’ll talk about the differences in colored pencil and paper quality, as well as what to look for in buying a coloring book and tools. Rediscover the fun you had coloring as a child…then, discover a talent you never knew you had! No experience necessary.

August Pathways
2019-07-30 - 2019-09-01 | Gallery Uptown, 201 Washington St., Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
“August Pathways” features work from guest artist Maggie Bandstra and gallery member Marlan Cotner. Join us for “August Pathways” starting July 30.
Friday Opening Reception for “August Pathways” is Friday, August 9 from 5:30 to 8. This is one week later than usual due to the Coast Guard Festival.

Dancing On The Grand features The 6-Pak Band
2019-07-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium, Grand Haven, Grand Haven

Traditional Irish Music Session
2019-07-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
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 don’t play an instrument, come and listen. This program is in partnership with the Celtic band Uneven Ground. Music provided upon request by emailing Larry Halverson lhalverson@loutitlibrary.org. The session is free.

Dancing On The Grand features The Frank Eimer Band
2019-07-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium, Grand Haven, Grand Haven
