100.5 The River » fredrik meijer gardens http://rivergrandrapids.com Fri, 17 May 2013 17:29:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Bank Of America Offers FREE Admission This Weekend To 8 Michigan Museums http://rivergrandrapids.com/bank-of-america-offers-free-admission-this-weekend-to-8-michigan-museums/ http://rivergrandrapids.com/bank-of-america-offers-free-admission-this-weekend-to-8-michigan-museums/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:00:21 +0000 Kim Carson http://rivergrandrapids.com/?p=47363 More good news for those of us who are short on cash but still love a culturally enriching experience!   Frederik Meijer Gardens, The Henry Ford Museum and six more Michigan museums and cultural destinatio

]]> http://rivergrandrapids.com/bank-of-america-offers-free-admission-this-weekend-to-8-michigan-museums/feed/ 0 dog sighs/flickr.com So Many "Fun" Things To Do Over The Holidays http://rivergrandrapids.com/so-many-fun-things-to-do-over-the-holidays/ http://rivergrandrapids.com/so-many-fun-things-to-do-over-the-holidays/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:04:30 +0000 Andy Rent http://rivergrandrapids.com/?p=30719 Happy Thanksgiving Week!

It is a shorter work week for many, not all, of course, and will hopefully be a time for you to be with family and friends and celebrate Thanksgiving, 2011.

There are also many things for you to do over the next 5 holiday weeks.  No, not shopping.  Enjoying the holidays by enjoying what our community has to offer.

Here are some of my suggestions.

]]> http://rivergrandrapids.com/so-many-fun-things-to-do-over-the-holidays/feed/ 0 (Photo Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) Pat Benetar At Grand Rapids Fredrik Meijer Gardens & Pat Benetar, Kim Carson Moment http://rivergrandrapids.com/pat-benetar-at-grand-rapids-fredrik-meijer-gardens-pat-benetar-kim-carson-moment/ http://rivergrandrapids.com/pat-benetar-at-grand-rapids-fredrik-meijer-gardens-pat-benetar-kim-carson-moment/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:55:02 +0000 Kim Carson http://rivergrandrapids.com/?p=19010 I grew up in Detroit and was on the air for 11 years there.  I worked at various station but by the look of the big gold record door in this photo, this is WDRQ when it was on Northwestern Hwy.  Anywa

]]> http://rivergrandrapids.com/pat-benetar-at-grand-rapids-fredrik-meijer-gardens-pat-benetar-kim-carson-moment/feed/ 0 Kim Carson/Sherie Weil Meijer Garden's Sell Out 5 Shows BEFORE General Tickets Go On Sale In Grand Rapids http://rivergrandrapids.com/meijer-gardens-sell-out-5-shows-before-general-tickets-go-on-sale/ http://rivergrandrapids.com/meijer-gardens-sell-out-5-shows-before-general-tickets-go-on-sale/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 17:34:52 +0000 Kim Carson http://rivergrandrapids.com/?p=12355 How can a show be sold out before tickets even go on sale to the general public?  The answer would be...members of Fredrik Meijer Garden had an opportunity to purchase tickets before the general public

]]> http://rivergrandrapids.com/meijer-gardens-sell-out-5-shows-before-general-tickets-go-on-sale/feed/ 0 Fredrik Meijer Gardens Butterflies Were Blooming Tonight At Fredrik Meijer Gardens http://rivergrandrapids.com/butterflies-were-blooming-tonight-at-fredrik-meijer-gardens/ http://rivergrandrapids.com/butterflies-were-blooming-tonight-at-fredrik-meijer-gardens/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:42:18 +0000 Kim Carson http://rivergrandrapids.com/?p=7434 What a fun night it was tonight at Fredrik Meijer Gardens.  Tuesday, kicked off the beginning of the Butterflies Are Blooming exhibit that will continue through April 30th.  Tonight was a "members only" evening of entertainment, food, drink, fun and Butterflies!  As I walked through the 15,000 square foot Lena Meijer Conservatory, with 6,000 butterflies fluttering about me, I thought to myself, this is a pretty amazing experience.  Since these butterflies enjoy t

]]> http://rivergrandrapids.com/butterflies-were-blooming-tonight-at-fredrik-meijer-gardens/feed/ 0 Photo Courtesy of Delores Cox Who DID Capture Her On Film