How Did Grand Rapids Blue Bridge Become The Blue Bridge?
The much loved Blue Bridge in downtown Grand Rapids, connects the downtown campus of Grand Valley State University to the heart of downtown, but how did it become The Blue Bridge?
Downtown Grand Rapids events
Jazz Trumpeter Rick Braun Headlines Third Annual GRand Jazz Fest August 16-17
Jazz lovers everywhere rejoice. The third annual GRandJazzFest presented by DTE Energy Foundation is back. The dates are Aug. 16 and 17 in downtown Grand Rapids.
Movies in the Park in Downtown Grand Rapids This Friday
This Friday, July 11, is the third night of Movies in the Park 2014 at Ah-Nab-Awen Park, in front of the Ford Museum on the Grand River. Sponsored by Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. (DGRI) and Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, Friday's movie is Dreamgirls. It's a film about a trio of female singers’ rise to fame during the Detroit Motown era of the 1960s. (Can you say Supremes?)