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The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) announced today that it is partnering with LaughFest, City Built Brewing Company and Blue Bridge Games to bring the popular Game Night back to the Museum on Friday, March 13 – with a LaughFest Twist. LaughFest Game Night will feature two special comedy showcases at 7 and 9 p.m., held in the GRPM’s Meijer Theater. Ticket price includes entry to one of the comedy shows.

LaughFest Game Night visitors will have exclusive access to the Museum to play games at their leisure, enjoy a craft beer or wine, participate in tournaments, explore the GRPM’s TOYS! exhibit and ride the 1928 Spillman Carousel. Gather your close friends and spend an evening playing games for fun, while experiencing local comedic talent.

“LaughFest was designed 10 years ago to be a community event that celebrates laughter in all its forms,” said Wendy Wigger, President of Gilda’s Club and Gilda’s LaughFest. “LaughFest Game Night at the Grand Rapids Public Museum is a perfect example of how the community and Gilda’s Club can come together to engage West Michigan during LaughFest, share laughter with others, all while having a seriously good time.”

Award winning board games, card games as well as oversized lawn games and interactives from the TOYS! exhibit, including 1980s quarter operated arcade, will be available for visitors to play throughout the evening. As part of leisure game play, Blue Bridge Games will be featuring Game of the Year winning board games and will be available to teach visitors how to play. These include Letter Jam, Wingspan, Medium, Codenames, Forbidden Island and Camel Up. City Built will also provide games from their weekly Game Night including Klask, Dagz, Katon and Bags (cornhole).

A tournament of Euchre will add friendly competition to the evening. Prizes will be awarded to the top two teams in the tournament, and are donated by the Museum, City Built Brewing Company and Blue Bridge Games. Registration for tournaments will be open from 6 to 9 p.m., with games kicking off at 7 p.m. No experience is necessary to participate.

LaughFest Game Night begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 13. The event is open to visitors ages 21 and older. Cash bars will be available serving City Built Brewing Company beers. Tickets are $15 for Museum members and $20 for the general public and can be purchased at grpm.org, by calling 616-929-1700 or on the LaughFest website at laughfestgr.org/event/laughfest-game-night/.

Learn a new game or play an old favorite at the Grand Rapids Public Museum’s game night, July 16. (Supplied)

By Christie Bender
Grand Rapids Public Museum

The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) announced today that in conjunction with the TOYS! exhibit, the Museum is partnering with City Built Brewing and Blue Bridge Games to bring their popular Game Night to the Museum this summer, to be held on Tuesday, July 16 at 6 p.m.

Game Night visitors will have exclusive access to the Museum to play games at their leisure, participate in tournaments, explore the GRPM’s TOYS! exhibit and ride the 1928 Spillman Carousel.

Award winning board games, card games as well as giant games and interactives from the TOYS! summer expansion, located throughout the Museum, will be available for visitors to leisurely play throughout the evening. Gather your close friends and spend an evening playing games for fun, or join others in exciting tournaments.

Game tournaments will be available for visitors to sign up for starting at 7 p.m. and go until 9 p.m. Matches of Euchre, Dagz, and Klask will add some friendly competition to the evening. No experience is necessary to participate in game tournaments. All games are easy to learn and even more fun to play.

Tickets to Game Night are available at grpm.org and each ticket includes one free drink voucher. The event is open to visitors ages 21 and older. Cash bars will be serving two City Built Brewing beers: Alemania, a Mexican lager, and Norwegian Haze, an IPA. Tickets are $15, with a discounted ticket of $10 for Museum members.

As part of leisure game play, Blue Bridge Games will be featuring Game of the Year winning board games! Easy to learn and fun to play, these crowd pleasers will have visitors hooked on the first turn. Play award-winning titles like Azul (2018), Kingdomino (2017), Codenames (2016) & more! Just One is a Game of the Year Nominee for 2019. Players work together to provide each other with word clues, being cautious & creative to avoid duplicates. In Azul, collect the colors you need to complete a beautiful mosaic of tiles, take turns picking dominoes and creating a grid kingdom in Kingdomino, and decipher word clues and guess correctly to win in Codenames.

Game Night begins at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, with game tournaments starting at 7 p.m.