Snapshots: Three ‘scenes’ to check out this weekend, next week

By WKTV Staff

Quote of the Day

“Harry doesn’t mind, if he doesn’t, make the scene. He’s got a daytime job, he’s doing alright.”
Dire Straits, “Sultans of Swing”

Kids of all ages and butterflies mix at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park’s annual Fred & Dorothy Fichter Butterflies Are Blooming exhibition. (WKTV)

The spring butterfly scene

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park’s annual Fred & Dorothy Fichter Butterflies Are Blooming exhibition — reportedly the largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibition in the nation — is bringing more than 7,000 tropical butterflies to West Michigan. Go here for the story.

The jazz club scene

The Listening Room’s jazz series featuring the Robin Connell Trio with guests will continue Saturday, March 7, with singer Mary Rademacher and saxophonist Laurie Sears as guest performers. Go here for the story.

One local resident enjoys his food at a past year’s Taste of Kentwood event.

The foodie scene

The City of Kentwood invites residents and all West Michiganders of all ages to a celebration of food, fun and local business at a community-celebration event, Taste of Kentwood, on Thursday, March 12. Go here for the story.

Fun fact:

Who ‘d foodie?

Some say the word “foodie” originated with the “The Official Foodie Handbook” by Ann Barr and Paul Levy, an 1984 British volume that made merciless fun of the food-obsessed. Source.