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Magic Presents: Open The Archive Draft
Magic Presents: Open the Archive Draft takes place during the latter half of the Secrets of Strixhaven season. The event centers on a Secrets of Strixhaven draft with a special twist. Mystical Archive cards can be included in any deck without color restrictions, opening up fresh strategies and letting drafters use every Mystical Archive card they pick. Competitors who end with a winning record earn a challenge coin packaged blind, displaying one of five Mystical Archive artworks.
GR Salsa Summer Bash
GR Salsa Summer Bash with Alex Lazo features an energetic intermediate bachata footwork workshop at St. Adalbert's Aid Society - Fifth Street Hall. Led by Instructor Alex Lazo, dancers explore targeted drills that break down core bachata rhythms and feel, with an emphasis on timing, nuance, and flow to build confidence, refine musicality, and spark creativity on the dance floor. Participants can choose to showcase their progress in a casual, low-pressure presentation during the social. The GR Salsa Social follows with a bachata lesson taught by Alex Lazo, social dancing, and performances by Mi Tumbao G.R., Lazo Dance, and a bachata footwork showcase. The workshop fee includes entry to the social, and social-only admission is $15 at the door. Alex Lazo is a West Michigan dance educator and the founder of Lazo Dance, a community-focused Afro Latin dance organization that centers connection, cultural appreciation, and inclusive instruction across styles such as salsa, bachata, kizomba, kompa, and other Afro-diasporic dances, creating welcoming spaces for dancers of all backgrounds and experience levels.
St. Adalbert's Aid SocietyFree SoulfulMOTION Class
A free SoulfulMOTION class blends high intensity interval training with praise and worship. The environment is welcoming and judgment free, encouraging participation from people of all ages and sizes, at any fitness level, of any race, and of any or no faith. All participants will be required to sign a waiver before class, and bringing water is recommended.
Godwin MercadoFeed My Sheep: A Benefit Concert for Feeding America West Michigan
A benefit concert in support of Feeding America West Michigan brings together the choirs of First (Park) Congregational Church and All Souls Community Church of West Michigan (Unitarian Universalist) at Park Church. The program centers on A Vision Unfolding, the multi-movement work by Kyle Pederson, conducted by Justin T. Colwell and Dr. Patrick Coyle, with spoken word by Roslyn Sullivan. Featured soloists include Mark Jackson, Grace McClary, Rachel Mills, and Napoleon Stone. Admission is free, and donations to Feeding America West Michigan will be welcomed.
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