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Art-focused gift shop to open in Grand Rapids' Creston neighborhood

Preparing to open the shop

A new gift shop called Shut Up Sylvia!!! is coming to Grand Rapids' Creston neighborhood. Owner Lydia VanHoven-Cook plans a soft opening by mid-December at 1414 Plainfield Ave. NE, aiming to be open for Lights on Creston on Dec. 16.

Updated 16 minutes ago

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I do want to be very different than kind of anything that exists in Grand Rapids right now.

from Art-focused gift shop to open in Grand Rapids' Creston neighborhood · Updated 16 minutes ago

I want it to be a gift store where weirdos and their friends that want to shop for them can go.

from Art-focused gift shop to open in Grand Rapids' Creston neighborhood · Updated 16 minutes ago