Community Calendar

Get ready to be amazed at our newest interactive exhibit! From the smallest bees to fluttering butterflies and beyond, this immersive experience brings you face-to-face with larger-than-life animatronic pollinators that reveal the secrets of nature’s hardest-working heroes. Explore the critical role these creatures play in sustaining ecosystems, supporting biodiversity, and ensuring that plants, flowers, and crops thrive. Join us to celebrate their incredible impact! Over 20 animatronic pollinators will be on display, including butterflies, beetles, bees, and the very important Poweshiek Skipperling, which is the star of one of the Zoo's most successful conservation programs.

Get ready to be amazed at our newest interactive exhibit! From the smallest bees to fluttering butterflies and beyond, this immersive experience brings you face-to-face with larger-than-life animatronic pollinators that reveal the secrets of nature’s hardest-working heroes. Explore the critical role these creatures play in sustaining ecosystems, supporting biodiversity, and ensuring that plants, flowers, and crops thrive. Join us to celebrate their incredible impact! Over 20 animatronic pollinators will be on display, including butterflies, beetles, bees, and the very important Poweshiek Skipperling, which is the star of one of the Zoo's most successful conservation programs.

On October 16, 2025, we will be hosting a party to “Light the Way Home” with 3 goals in mind.

1. Get to know the new Executive Director and hear the vision for Tri-Cities Habitat for Humanity moving forward
2. Celebrate the incredible progress that we are making in building houses and community partnerships with dinner and dancing!
3. Raise funds to continue moving the mission forward, lighting the way home by building houses and community programs for financial sustainability in home ownership.

Grand Rapids community invited for themed activities, exclusive shopping deals and donation opportunities supporting breast cancer research and awareness

Byron Center, Mich. (Sept. 30, 2025) – Tanger Outlets Grand Rapids will host Rose Soirée on Thursday, Oct. 16 from 7-9 p.m. in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The event features wine flights, charcuterie boards, pink themed desserts, live music, raffles and more while bringing the community together to improve outcomes and save lives for those impacted by breast cancer. Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids provides free emotional healthcare to children, adults, families and friends on any kind of cancer journey or those grieving the death of someone in their life due to any cause.

Throughout the month of October, shoppers are also encouraged to donate $10 through Tanger.com and receive a TangerPink card offering 25% off a single item. Participating retailers include more than 90 of Tanger’s top brands, such as Polo Ralph Lauren, J. Crew, Pottery Barn, Under Armour, and Banana Republic. Nike will also offer an exclusive deal for TangerPink card holders. All donations made via Tanger’s online donation campaign directly benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF), the largest private funder of breast cancer and metastatic breast cancer research in the world and the highest-rated breast cancer research organization in the country.

At Tanger centers nationwide, 100% of donations from both local and national fundraising efforts will go toward breast cancer research and programs.

The annual TangerPink campaign has raised over $19 million since 1994 in support of breast cancer efforts. Through our partnership with BCRF since 2011, Tanger has funded over 95,000 hours of lifesaving research.

WHAT: Rose Soirée
Themed activities, exclusive shopping deals and donation opportunities supporting breast cancer research and awareness

WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 16
7-9 p.m.

WHERE: Tanger Grand Rapids
Russo Restaurant and Market
350 84th St. SW Ste 510 Byron Center, MI 49315

HOW: This is a ticketed event. For more information about Gilda’s Club of Grand Rapids, please visit gildasclubgr.org. For additional information on this event, please visit tanger.com/grandrapids.

Donate directly to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation® at tanger.com/pink to receive exclusive offers from Tanger Grand Rapids retailers.

Connect with Tanger Grand Rapids on Facebook and Instagram. For more information, visit tanger.com/GrandRapids.

Get ready to be amazed at our newest interactive exhibit! From the smallest bees to fluttering butterflies and beyond, this immersive experience brings you face-to-face with larger-than-life animatronic pollinators that reveal the secrets of nature’s hardest-working heroes. Explore the critical role these creatures play in sustaining ecosystems, supporting biodiversity, and ensuring that plants, flowers, and crops thrive. Join us to celebrate their incredible impact! Over 20 animatronic pollinators will be on display, including butterflies, beetles, bees, and the very important Poweshiek Skipperling, which is the star of one of the Zoo's most successful conservation programs.

We put a spell on Zoo! Practice your cackle, grab your cloak and prepare for a ghoulishly good time. Collect sweets at twisted treat stations, immerse yourself in otherworldly entertainment like magicians, fire performers, jugglers, villains and more! A wickedly fun family tradition.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of delicious food and community at Kingma's Market to Table Local Flavor Dinner Event. Get ready to indulge in a delightful 5 course culinary experience, featuring the freshest local ingredients 100% locally sourced at Kingma's Market. Chef Thom will prepare a mouthwatering menu that showcases the rich local flavors of fall and each course will be paired with beer vs wine! Don't miss this opportunity to savor the best of Kingma's Market has to offer in a warm and inviting atmosphere which includes a live pianist. Come hungry and leave with a satisfied palate! Proceeds benefit Lions & Rabbits Center for the Arts.

Calvin Theatre Company presents THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams (drama)
Directed by John Scritchfield, Creative Director and Visiting Lecturer of Theatre

One of the Most Famous Plays of Modern Theatre

Amanda Wingfield is a faded remnant of Southern gentility who now lives in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son, Tom, and her daughter, Laura, who has a physical handicap and debilitating shyness. Tom supports his mother and sister with a factory job he finds unbearable. When Amanda convinces Tom to bring home a “gentleman caller” for Laura, the illusions that Tom, Amanda, and Laura have created in order to make life bearable collapse about them.

Recommended for ages 13 and older.

The Gezon Auditorium is located in the Spoelhof University Center on the campus of Calvin University.

THE GLASS MENAGERIE is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection (www.dramatists.com), on behalf of The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.

Get ready to be amazed at our newest interactive exhibit! From the smallest bees to fluttering butterflies and beyond, this immersive experience brings you face-to-face with larger-than-life animatronic pollinators that reveal the secrets of nature’s hardest-working heroes. Explore the critical role these creatures play in sustaining ecosystems, supporting biodiversity, and ensuring that plants, flowers, and crops thrive. Join us to celebrate their incredible impact! Over 20 animatronic pollinators will be on display, including butterflies, beetles, bees, and the very important Poweshiek Skipperling, which is the star of one of the Zoo's most successful conservation programs.

This Saturday, take a step back in time. Visit Pears Mill, an 1857 water-powered mill. Located in Buchanan, Michigan’s downtown Historic District. The mill is adjacent to Buchanan Farmers Market. Pears Mill is open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday through Labor Day. There is no charge.