Community Calendar

Rangeela is Calvin University’s annual cultural performance that celebrates the diversity of our campus. It is an opportunity for intercultural students at Calvin to share their cultures through dance, music, and other performances.

“Rangeela: A Tapestry” honors the many cultural threads that make up our community here at Calvin. Going back to the Hindi word “Rangeela,” meaning colorful, this year’s theme celebrates our 30th anniversary with a spirit of joy, diversity, and togetherness.

Rangeela is Calvin University’s annual cultural performance that celebrates the diversity of our campus. It is an opportunity for intercultural students at Calvin to share their cultures through dance, music, and other performances.

“Rangeela: A Tapestry” honors the many cultural threads that make up our community here at Calvin. Going back to the Hindi word “Rangeela,” meaning colorful, this year’s theme celebrates our 30th anniversary with a spirit of joy, diversity, and togetherness.

The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is…

FUMBLES AND FOULS: Prepare a five minute story about the moment you dropped the ball. Oops, I did it again or did I do thaaaat? Tryouts, rehearsals, interviews, or dates. The highest of stakes or the lowest of lows. The failures you've learned from or the wrongs you won't admit. The times you let your team down or compared yourself to the GOAT on the court. Shoot your shot!

Based on books by Margret & H.A. Rey & Universal Stage Productions’ play

Join Curious George, the inquisitive, engaging monkey-star of books, movies, and the award-winning PBS television show in a brand-new musical – Curious George: The Golden Meatball.

On All-You-Can-Eat Meatball Day, George helped his friend, Chef Pisghetti, cook some delicious meatballs and serve them to the hungry crowd. But this year, the crowd had vanished! Something was keeping people away... something pretty big. And that something was Phinneas T. Lightspeed and his speedy Meatballs-o-Matic machine. In despair, Chef Pisghetti vows to cook no more. Determined to help his friend, George goes on a mission to enter the Chef's meatballs in the world-famous Golden Meatball Contest in Rome.

With every swing and flip, George takes the audience through a fun-filled adventure, in which he learns more about Rome, meatballs, and the secret ingredient to cooking!

The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is…

AMBITION: Prepare a five-minute story about keeping your eye on the prize. Cut-throat tactics or keeping your nose to the grindstone. Practice makes perfect, crafting your vision board or nefarious calculations. What motivated you to race to the finish line or claw your way to the top? Whether competing or collaborating, tell us what risks you took to get ahead.

Deos Contemporary Ballet’s fan-favorite winter repertory ballet performance returns for one powerful weekend, blending bold new works with iconic choreography.

The program features the world premiere of “Trojan Women” by Tess Sinke, inspired by Euripides’ timeless tragedy and exploring resilience, loss, and survival in the aftermath of war. Balancing the evening is Dennis Spaight’s “Crayola” -- a rare, historic ballet performed entirely in silence -- and “Lamentation Variations,” presented in collaboration with the Martha Graham Dance Company, examining grief, hope, and human connection.

Honoring legendary choreographers while amplifying local contemporary voices, EMBER Series 26 offers an intimate, emotionally charged night of dance—on stage for one weekend only.

March 21–22
St. Cecilia Music Center
Grand Rapids, MI
Tickets & info: deosballet.com

Rob Schneider is an accomplished actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. As a well-known stand-up comic and veteran of the award-winning NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, Schneider has gone on to have a successful career in films, television and stand-up comedy.

An opening slot for Dennis Miller garnered Rob an appearance on HBO’s 13th Annual Young Comedians Special, which led him to a coveted position as a writer for SNL in 1988. Schneider swiftly moved from a writer/featured player to a full cast member, joining the likes of Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade and Chris Farley.

After leaving SNL in 1994, Schneider went on to find roles in hugely successful films like Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Animal, The Hot Chick, and The Benchwarmers, along with many others.

Schneider’s first Netflix comedy special, Asian Momma, Mexican Kids, gives viewers a look at Schneider’s family and personal life through hilarious anecdotes. He also co-starred in Netflix’s Home Team with Kevin James, and starred in Daddy Daughter Trip, which he produced and directed, as well.

Age recommendation: 13 and older

Deos Contemporary Ballet’s fan-favorite winter repertory ballet performance returns for one powerful weekend, blending bold new works with iconic choreography.

The program features the world premiere of “Trojan Women” by Tess Sinke, inspired by Euripides’ timeless tragedy and exploring resilience, loss, and survival in the aftermath of war. Balancing the evening is Dennis Spaight’s “Crayola” -- a rare, historic ballet performed entirely in silence -- and “Lamentation Variations,” presented in collaboration with the Martha Graham Dance Company, examining grief, hope, and human connection.

Honoring legendary choreographers while amplifying local contemporary voices, EMBER Series 26 offers an intimate, emotionally charged night of dance—on stage for one weekend only.

March 21–22
St. Cecilia Music Center
Grand Rapids, MI
Tickets & info: deosballet.com

The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is…

SUS: Prepare a five-minute story about deception or sus(picion). Counterfeit handbags, messages from unknown phone numbers, or skeletons in the closet. Raising an eyebrow or calling someone out. Acting shady or being played a fool. Was your gut feeling right or wrong? A deal too good to be true. I smell a rat!

The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is…

DISASTERPIECE: Prepare a five-minute story about a failure so epic, it became a work of art. A magnificent misfire. A glorious flop. Throwing spaghetti at the wall and failing upward. That last-minute improvisation that was mistaken for genius, so you just went with it. Whether it’s a community rallying after a natural disaster, a seeming setback that unexpectedly changed your life for the better, or an April Fools’ prank that sparked a reconciliation — paint us your disasterpieces!