Scott Warren
Gentrify This: An art show
by (scott warren)
Submitted 09-24-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
On Saturday, The Bloom Collective (8 Jefferson SE) will be hosting the official opening of their current show "Gentrify This: The myth of progress, history, growth & the supposed inevitability of it all." The show runs...
Vuela Grito; Picardo celebrates 25 years of art
by (scott warren)
Submitted 08-26-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
On Thursday August 29, 2013, local artist Erick Picardo hosts an evening of spoken word poetry, and authentic drumming. The show is titled "Vuela Grito", which loosely translates to "flying scream", or as Picardo explains it,...
Local Music Review: The Wallace Collective EP
by (scott warren)
Submitted 06-07-2013 under OPINION
The Wallace Collective released their self-titled EP in May 2013. The aptly named opening track “Old Tired Bastard” unleashes a cantankerous, banjo-driven ramble of a tune. Like a rusted out Chevy pickup barreling down a mountain road in...
Bloom Collective to screen The Trials of Henry Kissinger
by (scott warren)
Submitted 05-06-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
Grand Rapids infoshop The Bloom Collective (8 Jefferson SE, Grand Rapids) will host a screening of the documentary "The Trials of Henry Kissinger." The film is based on the book by Christopher Hitchens, and examines...
Local Music Review: "Softer Sticks" by Chain of Lakes
by (scott warren)
Submitted 05-03-2013 under OPINION
On Saturday, May 4th 2013, Grand Rapids MI band Chain of Lakes releases their newest album, “Softer Sticks.” The nine track album opens with the instrumental “Something Along Those Lines,” a brief meditation...
Opening reception for "Ancestral Art" Indigenous Voices, artists' benefit for Haitian peasant groups
by (scott warren)
Submitted 03-03-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
On Friday, March 8, 2013, West Michigan Center for Peacebuilding will host the opening reception for "Ancestral Art" Indigenous Voices, An Artist Benefit for Haitian Peasant Groups. The month-long showing held at the Ice Cream Gallery and...
Remnants of Route 66: collage art of Jewly Warren displayed at On Girl's Treasure
by (scott warren)
Submitted 10-30-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
Jewly Warren is a Grand Rapids artist who has spent the last few years exploring collage techniques. She describes herself as a self-taught artist, whose main passions are painting and photography. Active in the arts community in the Detroit...
Frankenstein For President: local film maker releases silent film
by (scott warren)
Submitted 10-22-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
Local activist and independent film maker Matt Judge has enlisted a small army of friends to realize his goal of writing and filming his first movie. "Frankenstein for President" is a silent film that Judge describes as "part horror,...
Southwest GR residents hold Peace March in Roosevelt Park Neighborhood
by (scott warren)
Submitted 07-11-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
On Tuesday, July 10, over 60 residents and friends of the Roosevelt Park neighborhood gathered for a peace march in response to recent incidents of gang related violence that have been occurring on the city's southwest side. Participants...
Backlash against Rush Limbaugh comes to Grand Rapids
by (scott warren)
Submitted 03-05-2012 under OPINION
In response to inflammatory comments made by Rush Limbaugh about Sandra Fluke on his radio show last week, protestors nationwide are pressuring radio stations and advertisers to drop Limbaugh's show. A supporting protest is scheduled for March...