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📍 Valentine's Day in GR | February 14th, 2025

The city’s disaster workshops, an upcoming tacos and tequila fest, and more

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LeQwane Lynch
February 14, 2025

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Happy Valentine’s Day, Grand Rapids. I’m LeQwane and this is Calder News — the newsletter for busy locals who ditched legacy media.

In today’s newsletter, you’ll read about the city’s disaster workshops, an upcoming tacos and tequila fest, and learn about a ton of things to do with your Valentine (or besties) today and this weekend.

Stay warm. Stay Safe. And enjoy your weekend — you earned it. 😀 

Now let’s get into today’s email….

~LeQwane L.

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The Digest

A briefing of local news that matters

Community

What To Do In A Disaster

The City of Grand Rapids is hosting a series of workshops over the next few weeks to help our communities preparedness in the event of a disaster. Organizers will use the event to learn where the highest community needs are to develop better emergency response and recovery efforts. | Click here to see the workshop schedule

Interesting

GR Residents Checkout Nearly 2M Books

Grand Rapids is full of bookworms. The Kent District Library reported that residents checked out around 2 million digital books in 2024. Showing a 17% increase from the previous year’s 1.6 million checkouts. | Read more here

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Talk Of The Town

Interesting happenings around town

🌮 Taco and Tequila

The largest “taco and tequila” festival is coming to town in May. Set to take place at LMCU Ball Park, the festive will feature over 25 vendors, live music, and activities. Fun fact — this is the first time the festival will be in town since it was started in 2019.

🧶 Are Joann Superstores closing?

Over 30 Joann stores are closing across Michigan due to the retailer’s ongoing bankruptcy. As of now, the Grand Rapids and Comstock Park locations are safe. If anything changes, I’ll let you know. 😉

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What’s Happening?

Preview: Events —> Live Music

Friday, February 14th

  • LAYERS with Scoob The Artist | AllArtWorks | 8:30 AM – 10 AM | Free | Connect with the creative community in a free event that gathers to foster these connections with like-minded people to share inspiration

  • Luv’n Lunch | Rosa Park Circle | 12 PM - 1:30 PM | Free | A Valentine’s Day Pop-Up filled with love, food, and fun

  • Día de San Valentín | MDRD | 4:30 PM | $40 a person

  • Love on Ice | Rosa Park Circle | 6 PM - 9 PM | $6 adults, $3 youth | Magical Valentine’s evening of ice skating, a beautiful ice sculpture throne, free professional photos

  • Enchanté! An Immersive, Parisian Spectacle | Dog Story Theatre | 7:30 PM | Starting at $29 | An immersive variety performed live by local talent including actors, aerialists, dancers, singers, and more

  • Kent Philharmonic Orchestra Valentine's Special Concert | St. Cecilia | 7:30 PM | $14 a person

  • Valentine's Cabaret | General Wood Shop | 9 PM | $5 | An unforgettable night of love, laughter, and fabulous performances

Saturday, February 15th

Sunday, February 6th

Live Music

Friday, February 14th

Saturday, February 15th

*Shows are subject to change, but that’s show biz.

Outside The Plaza

Quick hits of news from cities around Grand Rapids

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