2015

The Rockford and Comstock Park communities accumulated more than $7 million during the 2015 summer season, thanks to visitors to the Rogue River watershed area, according to a study by Grand Valley State University faculty and Trout Unlimited.

2015 was a long year, and honestly not so good. A lot of negativity happened in the media and around the world. Between all of the P.C. bullcrap.. mass shootings and everyone being offended by EVERYTHING... I think it's safe to say the majority of us are happy this year is coming to an end...

2015 brought us a lot of new shows or new seasons of our favorite shows. According to Business Insider there were over 400 scripted series on TV this year. That's a lot of binge watching! Business Insider compiled a list of the top 20 TV shows of the year using Metacritic scores, which keeps track of how TV shows are reviewed...

FOMO. Bae. On Fleek. If you're thinking WTF... these are some of the biggest words of the year, and yes, they're annoying but people love(d) to use them. Metro asked people to rank the most annoying words of the year in a Twitter and Facebook poll...

With 2015 wrapping up we've been seeing a lot of compilations of songs, movies, events, etc that made up the year but this has to be my favorite thus far! Married couple, Michael and Carissa Alvarado, who are also known as Us The Duo, performed a medley of all the biggest songs of 2015...

BabyCenter has come out with a list of the most unusual baby names of 2015 and during their annual survey 43 percent of parents reported liking unusual names.

Every year we are blessed with a mashup of the top songs that year, and this year did not disappoint!

2015 had some truly memorable songs, particularly in pop music. What better way to enjoy them all as the year draws to a close than with a massive mash-up? DJ Earworm (aka Jordan Roseman) has been creating mash-ups of the 25 most popular songs each year since 2007, but this year he's upped the ante by combining 2015's top 50 songs into one mega-track.

Film took on a new role at ArtPrize this year with its first annual film competition ArtPrize OnScreen: Presented by Waterfront Film Festival.  The winners of ArtPrize OnScreen were announced Friday night. Learn more about the winners and view the trailers.

ArtPrize has grown and evolved since its first year, always making changes and adjustments along the way. ArtPrize Executive Director Christian Gaines has indicated that more changes are being considered after seeing the first two-time Grand Prize winner at ArtPrize.

The winners of ArtPrize Seven were announced tonight at The Grand Rapids Civic Theatre. Two $200,000 Grand Prizes were awarded. The Public Vote winner was Loveless PhotoFiber's "Northwood Awaking." The Jury Award winner is Kate Gilmore's "Higher Ground."

Pamela Alderman's "Hometown Hero" honors the memory of Army Spc. Eric T. Burri. Burri was 21 years old when he gave his life in 2005 while serving in Bagdad. Visitors to the ArtPrize Seven entry are invited to interact by writing the name of their personal hero on the flag.