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Whether Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo giving a Nazi salute and yelling "white power" to the crowd at Dimebash was meant as a "joke" or not, Dutch metal festival FortaRock has decided to cut Down (one of Anselmo's other bands) from the festival lineup.

Rock on the Range 2016 is only six months away, and now we can set the dates on our calendars, and let the bosses know when we're going to be out of town! Rock on the Range will happen in Columbus, OH, on May 20, 21, and 22, 2016! Save the dates, and get ready for lots of chances to win free tickets to the festival from WGRD!

Every year I head to Rock on the Range. So I speak from experience when I say that it's something that you need to prepare for, especially when you are on budget. Rock on the Range is no cheap adventure! You have to pay for lodging, food, gas, and more! Here is what I do every year to prepare for the big weekend.

Lavell Crawford has canceled his Gilda's LaughFest appearance for Wednesday night because of a movie he's currently filming, festival officials announced this morning. The cancellation of his appearance at Fountain Street Church is because of a change in the production schedule for the film "Meet the Blacks."

Forty-five-teams. Five rinks. Three days over one weekend. One park in Grand Rapids. That pretty much sums up the WGRD Pond Hockey Classic 2015, which opened Friday night under the lights.

This is the weekend that BaCon: A Bacon & Beer Celebration returns. The bacon-infused celebration is Saturday at The DeltaPlex Arena & Conference Center. BaCon features all things bacon: dishes, drinks and, of course, desserts. Tickets are still available.

Returning for the second consecutive year on Nov. 8 is BaCon: A Bacon & Beer Celebration. The all-things bacon celebration is a week from Saturday at The DeltaPlex Arena & Conference Center. BaCon features bacon-themed, -infused and -inspired dishes and drinks, and tickets are still available.

BaCon: A Bacon & Beer Celebration is back for its second annual event Nov. 8 at The DeltaPlex Arena & Conference Center. BaCon features bacon-inspired dishes and drinks for the celebration of all things bacon, and tickets are currently on sale.

Local reporters often get a bad rap for generally being terrible, and rightfully so. Jared Goodell, though, wasn't going to stand for the establishment shutting his reporting down.

BaCon: A Bacon & Beer Celebration returns for its second annual event on Nov. 8 at The DeltaPlex Arena & Conference Center. BaCon features bacon-inspired dishes and drinks, with tickets currently on sale.

BaCon: A Bacon & Beer Celebration is returning for its second annual event in November at The DeltaPlex Arena & Conference Center. BaCon features bacon-inspired dishes and drinks, with tickets going on sale this morning for the Nov. 8 celebration.

This weekend is the Dozynki Polish Harvest Festival, at Rosa Parks Circle here in downtown Grand Rapids. If you haven't eaten some good Polish food, you should come down and try it!  A few of us made the insanely long trek across our massive parking lot, across the street, and into Rosa Parks Circle to feast on some great Polish food for lunch!