Women's Lifestyle Magazine

Get into Your Groove at Lady Ace Boogie’s Album Release Party

April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 WLMagazine 0 Comments album release party, april 2018, Bri Kilroy, dj, don't box me in, entertainment, events, feel good music, get into your groove, hip-hop, lady ace boogie, love me for me, mama sol, molly bousma schultz, Music, Party, pyramid scheme, soul, superdre, women's lifestyle, you're invited

by Bri Kilroy Twenty years ago, when Victoria Upton was creating the premier edition of the magazine you’re currently reading,

FACES & PLACES

With These Hands: Mary Lou Smith

December 13, 2017December 13, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments a day of absence, a raisin in the sun, actors, Aquinas College, bells are ringing, brigadoon, celebration, chorus line, Circle Theatre, Civic Theatre, Dianne Carroll Burdick, discrimination, ensemble music, fountain street church, grand awards 2017, Grand Rapids, grand rapids publics schools, henry school, Heritage Hill, immigrants, Jazz, marjorie chase, mary lou smith, maureen fahey-dreher, Music, music teacher, nat king cole, paul dreher, performance, pianist, ragtime, rowe hotel, sweeney todd, the crucible, the fantasticks, the king and i, the majestic theatre, the mystery of edwin drood, theatre, theatre production, women's issues

by Elyse Wild • photography by Dianne Carroll Burdick Smith is perched on a piano bench, the lone soul on the

TO DO

The Factory Comes to Grand Rapids

October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments andy warhol american icons, andy warhol exhibit at GRAM, andy warhol museum, Art, artists inspired by andy warhol, artprize hub, Bri Kilroy, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Marilyn Monroe, marnie mcguire, Members exhibition party, moonwalk, Music, november 2017, Party, The Factory comes to grand rapids, visiting artists

(Above) Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) Andy Warhol, Marilyn (Marilyn Monroe), 1967, screenprint on paper, 36 x 36 inches. Grand Rapids Art

HEALTH

Music Heals

September 19, 2017September 7, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments american music therapy association, anxiety levels, arterial oxygen saturation, arterial oxygen tension, beneficial, brain surgery, cadiothoracic surgery, caring voice coalition, cleveland clinic, communication, confidence boosting and music, cranking the tunes, decreasing anxiety, decreasing depression, defend against diseases, emotions, empowering music, enhancing emotional skills, enhancing memory with music, enhancing social skills, expressing through music, feeling of control, heart rate, imagination, improving respiration, increase in IgA, lifting spirits, listening to music, lower blood pressure, lower cortisol levels, making music, managing anxiety, mean arterial pressure, melodies, morning commute, Music, music and treatment, music during surgery, music heals, music in doctors office, music therapists, music therapy, plato, radio, recuperation with music, reducing pain, relaxing muscle tension, relaxing through music, respiratory rate, resting with music, saliva, serum cortisol, soothing melodies, soothing the soul, soundtrack of your life, stimulating the brain, study of music, subjective pain, success and music, the sound of music, therapists, victims of trauma

courtesy of MCC Plato said, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination,

Events TO DO

September Events

September 1, 2017August 31, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments Art, Artprize 9, beer runs, blood drives, Bri Kilroy, celebrate, classes, community, concerts, date nights, devos place events, downtown gr inc, downtown holland, Elyse Wild, exhibits, Experience Grand Rapids, fall, family, Frederik Meijer Gardens, free events, free grand rapids events, friends, GRAM After Dark, Grand Rapids Events, Grand Rapids Symphony, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, imagine, Local First, Music, over the edge, plays, Quilt week, relax at rosa, september 2017, September Events, shake your teal feather, shows in grand rapids, summer concerts, theatre, things to do in Grand Rapids, Van Andel Arena, Wealthy Theatre

Sundays Artisans Market. Local artists display their handcrafted goods for public perusing and purchasing. Fulton Street Farmers Market. 11 am-3

Events

August Events

August 1, 2017July 31, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments 5x5 nights, Art, be bold, blood drives, Bri Kilroy, celebrate, circle summer concert series, circle theatre summer concerts, community, concerts, creative mornings, day camps, devos place events, downtown gr inc, downtown holland, exhibits, Experience Grand Rapids, family, Fireworks, Frederik Meijer Gardens, free events, free grand rapids events, friends, garage bar block parties, garage bar block party, Grand Rapids Events, Grand Rapids Symphony, GRandJazzFest, grreads events, Local First, measure what matters mixer, Music, picnic pops, Quilt week, relax at rosa, shows in grand rapids, summer concerts, things to do in Grand Rapids, Tuesday evening music club, Van Andel Arena, Wealthy Theatre, zumba on the bridge

Mondays Studio Night at Grand Rapids Brewing Company. Work on your art projects among accessible collaboration from fellow creators in

Events TO DO

July Events

July 1, 2017June 30, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments 4th of july, Art, blood drives, Bri Kilroy, celebrate, chair-i-tee, chivalry in action, circle summer concert series, circle theatre summer concerts, come together, community, concerts, day camps, downtown gr inc, downtown holland, exhibits, Experience Grand Rapids, family, Fireworks, Frederik Meijer Gardens, free events, free grand rapids events, friends, garage bar block parties, garage bar block party, Grand Rapids Events, Grand Rapids Symphony, Independence Day, July, July Events, marandas park parties, Music, picnic pops, relax at rosa, shows in grand rapids, summer concerts, things to do in Grand Rapids, Tuesday evening music club, Van Andel Arena, Wealthy Theatre, women rock, zumba on the bridge

Mondays Studio Night at Grand Rapids Brewing Company. Work on your art projects among accessible collaboration from fellow creators. 25%

TO DO

Bringing the Concert Scene Outdoors: Tuesday Evening Music Club

July 1, 2017June 30, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments amphitheater, Bri Kilroy, Bringing the Concert Scene Outdoors: Tuesday Evening Music Club, concerts, FMG, frederick meijer gardens & sculpture park, green on blue, john vanderhaagen, July 2017, local musicians, Music, outdoor concerts, picnic, red sea pedestrians, regional musicians, sculpture park, summer concerts, theodore bufkin, tony norkus, Tuesday evening music club, tuesday evenings in gr

by Bri Kilroy | photography by Tony Norkus Grand Rapids fosters an artistically dynamic personality and offers numerous opportunities to

TO DO

Celebrate Loving Day with Ebony Road Players

June 6, 2017June 8, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments 1960s, 50th anniversary of the lovings, african american, Artists, black theater, black-themed shows, comfortable, Dance, ebony road players, Edye Evans Hyde, Expression, Film, first park congregational church, Grand Rapids, grand rapids community, grand rapids theatre troupe, HBO documentary, identity, inclusiveness, interracial marriage, june 1967, ladies literary club, live music, Local Music, Love, Loving day, loving day celebration, loving vs virginia, multi-media concert, multiracial relationships, Music, native american, personal experiences, playwrights, poetry, Race, racial integrity act of 1924, richard and mildred loving, Spoken Word, Stories, student film screening, supreme court, theater, three-day celebration, virginia

by Kate Branum In the late 1960s, Richard and Mildred Loving found themselves amid difficult and unjust circumstances. Richard, a

TO DO

Intimate Space, Unforgettable Concerts at Circle Summer Concert Series

June 2, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments adele, aretha franklin, Bri Kilroy, bruno mars, california dreamin, cher, circle summer concerts, Circle Theatre, concerts, family, fleetwood mac, go your own way, Grand Rapids, Intimate space unforgettable concerts at circle summer concert series, james brown, jimmy buffet, june 2017, katy perry, ladies night, lobby bar, local events gr, maroon 5, Music, music of legendary divas, noddea skindmore, prince, sly & the family stone, The Beach Boys, to do, uptown funk, west michigan talent, whitney huston

by Bri Kilroy Circle Theatre’s Summer Concert Series manifested from the theatre company’s cabaret performances in 2010 and showcases West

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