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St. Cecilia Music Center Launches first-ever WinterFest from February 24 - 26, a three-night jazz festival featuring GRAMMY-winning bassist Christian McBride in various groups with his musical friends

Submitted 02-08-2022 under NONPROFITS

St. Cecilia Music Center features "Winterfest" a new winter Jazz Festival in Grand Rapids featuring GRAMMY®-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride and his friends, Avery Fisher Prize winner bassist Edgar Meyer, jazz singer Cyrille Aimée, and McBride's award-winning quintet Inside Straight.

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Food Can't Be Medicine Until it is Accessible to All: An Interview with Camren Stott

Submitted 02-08-2022 under NONPROFITS

The Kent County Food Policy Council interviews Camren Stott, Anishinaabe chef and co-owner of Thirteen Moons Kitchen

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Donors and Partners Help Feed West Michigan

Submitted 02-07-2022 under NONPROFITS

As an organization Guiding Light is centered at the crossroads of private, non-profit, and community-based entities. We are uniquely situated to collaborate and make sure that donated goods of all sorts get into the hands of those that need it most.

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St. Cecilia Music Center Brings May Erlewine, One of Michigan's most prolific and passionate songwriters and folk artists, to the Acoustic Café Folk Series on Thursday, February 17, 2022

Submitted 02-03-2022 under NONPROFITS

St. Cecilia Music Center brings talented singer-songwriter May Erlewine to Grand Rapids on Thursday, February 17th. May is a prolific and passionate songwriter, known throughout the Midwest and beyond.

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Salvation Army awards Golden Kettle to the Golden K Kiwanis Club.

Submitted 02-01-2022 under NONPROFITS

The Golden "K" Kiwanis Club wins the coveted Salvation Army Golden Kettle Award for the second time in three years.

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Local Compost and Whole Foods: An Interview with Luis Chen from Wormies

Submitted 02-01-2022 under NONPROFITS

The Kent County Food Policy Council interviews Luis Chen, founder of Wormies, about food waste, local compost and access to food in Kent County

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St. Cecilia Music Center Presents the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on Thursday, January 27, 2022, performing their second concert of the 2021-2022 Season featuring music by Brahms, Mahler, Dvorak, and Franck

Submitted 01-05-2022 under NONPROFITS

St. Cecilia Music Center brings world-class Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (SCMC) to Grand Rapids for their second concert of the season, entitled Romantic Perspectives, featuring music by Brahms, Mahler, Dvorak, and Franck and performed by six exquisite Chamber Music Society musicians.

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St. Cecilia Music Center launches this season's Spectacular Jazz Series featuring award-winning, GRAMMY Nominated Artist Saxophonist Joshua Redman on January 20, 2022

Submitted 01-05-2022 under NONPROFITS

With three concerts in the Jazz Series – the Joshua Redman Trio on January 20, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap on March 10, and Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra on April 14 – SCMC brings a new year of stellar jazz to West Michigan featuring international jazz greats.

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"Guiding Light Doesn't Cure You, It Changes Your Thinking:" DJ's Journey in Recovery

Submitted 01-03-2022 under NONPROFITS

It got so bad that DJ used to shrug off his vomiting sessions as simply a way to make room for his next bottle of booze. “We’re talking horrible mornings,” he recalls. “So bad I couldn’t get out of bed. There’s a reason they call alcohol a spirit – because it can becomes your higher power.”

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Bell-ringing Volunteers... Who Are They?

Submitted 12-14-2021 under NONPROFITS

New bell-ringing volunteers have come to help The Salvation Army this year, as the Red Kettle campaign starts to near the end. The Golden Kettle competition will be determined in the next ten days.

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