grcmc  A proud service of the Community Media Center

Arts

The Artists of Heartside Gallery and Studio-- Cory Ruiz

by Heartside Gallery and Studio (Heartside Galle...)

Submitted 04-30-2012 under NONPROFITS

Our featured artist for May is Cory Ruiz.  Here is the artist’s story in his own words.    "When I was a baby, my mom left me at the hospital. Growing up my life was so hard, going from foster home to foster home—I...

[read more]

New Horizons Band at Congress Elementary

by Karen Dunnam (Veloise)

Submitted 02-01-2012 under

The West Michigan New Horizons Music Ensembles provides music-making opportunities for adults, including basic band and orchestra programs. Our "Red Band" performs concert band literature in settings such as senior residences and the...

[read more]

In studio: 106 Gallery part of Division Avenue's transformation into Avenue for the Arts

by WYCE Radio 88.1 FM (WYCE)

Submitted 09-02-2011 under NONPROFITS

Don't have time to listen right now? Download the episode and listen at your leisure.   INTERVIEW (10:39) Division Avenue, now also known as the Avenue for the Arts, has a long tradition of pop up galleries in abandonned buildings. Back in 2005...

[read more]

Fallasburg Fall Festival for the Arts

by LowellArts! (LowellArts)

Submitted 08-19-2011 under

The 43rd annual Fallasburg Fall Festival for the Arts will be held Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18, at Fallasburg Park, four miles north of Lowell.   Presented by LowellArts! and sponsored by Meijer, Inc., the festival features unique...

[read more]

Emperor's New Clothes - Kabuki Style

by Master Arts Theatre (MasterArts)

Submitted 06-27-2011 under NONPROFITS

The Emperor’s New Clothes – Kabuki Style “Ten thousand greetings and welcome,” begins the Stage Keeper of Master Arts Theatre’s Youth Summer Stock’s The Emperor’s New Clothes, July 22 – 30, 2011....

[read more]

Wyatt and Shari Knapp ~ Reclaim Concert

by (Anonymous)

Submitted 06-13-2011 under

Wyatt and Shari Knapp ~ Reclaim Concert will be held on the CFM Stage on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011, at 7pm.    Both Wyatt and Shari sing lead and harmony with exceptional vocal acuity and are also skillful arrangers who bring a fresh...

[read more]

In studio: VSA Michigan GR

by WYCE Radio 88.1 FM (WYCE)

Submitted 04-29-2011 under NONPROFITS

INTERVIEW (11:03) The Electric Junkyard Gamelan is traveling to GR for a Monday Hat Trick show to benefit VSA Grand Rapids. Executive Director Michele Suchovsky shares how the arts made it possible for a quadraplegic man to sign his name for...

[read more]

Rethinking how we describe news categories

by Denise Cheng (dennetmint)

Submitted 04-20-2011 under OPINION

The Rapidian is chock full of arts and entertainment content. Is it fluff or does it signal a new way of thinking about news, community and dialogue? In the last six years, I've had numerous conversations with journalists, bloggers, web developers...

[read more]

The Artists of Heartside Gallery and Studio-- Jane VanDommelen

by Heartside Gallery and Studio (Heartside Galle...)

Submitted 03-30-2011 under NONPROFITS

  Heartside Gallery and Studio began in 1993 as a small offshoot of Heartside Ministry, a program working to enrich and empower the people living in the shadow of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan’s second largest city. Since then, this ever-...

[read more]

Toi, Toi, Toi! Love at the Opera for You!

by Suzanna LaCroix (Suzanna LaCroix)

Submitted 02-11-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

The classic head-over-heels love story transcends centuries. A man falls in love with a beautiful woman. The woman is passionate about the man. Yet the seduction of material luxuries and trickery by another man who can provide those...

[read more]