Weekend Idea Round-Up

Across West Michigan, event season is blooming much like the spring buds featured in this month's Tulip Time Festival. With the sun beginning to emerge and temperatures on the rise, there's certainly cause for celebration. This weekend, of course, the honor goes to moms. Whether she's a flower fan, an sports enthusiast, or an appreciator of the arts, there's a special way to show her you care.

High five,

-Shannon

All Month

• Empire: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Visitor Center: Saturdays at the Lakeshore

Starting This Weekend

• Dowagiac: 20th Annual Dogwood Fine Arts Festival | Through May 14
• Holland: Tulip Time Festival | May 7 - 14

Friday

• Bangor: Michigan Flywheelers Museum: Farm History Day 
• South Haven Center for the Arts: Members’ Show Opening Reception

Friday & Saturday

• Grand Rapids Public Museum: An Afternoon of Fashion & Tea 

 Saturday

• Grand Rapids: Van Andel Arena: Kenny Chesney
• Kalamazoo County Expo Center & Fairground: WKFR Mom-to-Mom Sale
• Grand Rapids: West Michigan Whitecaps
• Grand Rapids: Robinette's Apple Haus & Winery: Robinette's Blessing of the Blossoms

Sunday

• Acme: Aerie Restaurant & Lounge at Grand Traverse Resort: Mother's Day Brunch
• Charlevoix: Stafford's Weathervane Restaurant: Mother's Day Brunch Grand Rapids: San Chez "A Tapas Bistro": Mother's Day Brunch
• Harbor Springs: Stafford's Pier Restaurant: Mother's Day Brunch 
• Hickory Corners: W.K. Kellogg Manor House: Mother's Day Brunch
• Petoskey: Stafford's Bay View Inn: Mother's Day Brunch
• Petoskey: Stafford's Perry Hotel: Mother's Day Brunch
• Rothbury: The Sundance at Double JJ Resort: Mother's Day Brunch
• Shelbyville: The Terrace Grille at Bay Pointe Inn: Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet 
• Spring Lake: Jack's Restaurant at Holiday Inn Spring Lake/Grand Haven: Mother's Day Brunch
• St. Joseph: Blossom Time Grand Floral Parade

Don’t Forget

• Grand Rapids: Gerald R. Ford Museum: The American Soldier - A Photographic Tribute to Soldiers and Marines from the Civil War to Iraq | Through June 17 
• Grand Rapids Art Museum: Ladislav Hanka | Through May 22
• Grand Rapids Art Museum: Birds of America: Audubon Prints from Shelburne Museum | Through August 14 
• Grand Rapids Public Museum: Bodies Revealed | Through June 19
• Grand Rapids: Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: Jim Dine: Sculpture: Through May 8
• Marshall: Cornwell's Turkeyville USA: Married Alive! | Through June 18
• Muskegon Museum of Art: Horsepower: Images of Horses | Through June 26
• Muskegon Museum of Art: Flippers and Flash: The Art of Pinball | Through July 31