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Edmond: Transforming walls to bridges

Submitted 01-25-2012 under NEWS

With temperatures hovering in the teens outside, Ralph Edmond started his talk on Friday by suggesting that Calvin College change the January Series to the summer series. He first visited Grand Rapids in 1999––during the much warmer...

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Harmony Brewing Company set to open

Submitted 01-24-2012 under NEWS

After a long and sometimes contentious battle with a variety of factors, Harmony Brewing Company is going through its final preparations and is set to open by the end of January  at 1551 Lake Dr. SE, in a one-time liquor store that has sat...

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Gergen: America works better when we work together

Submitted 01-20-2012 under NEWS

  As a close advisor to four presidents, David Gergen knows a few things about politics. He also knows how to make an audience laugh. Gergen began his hour-long talk at Calvin College’s January Series on Wednesday with a joke about an...

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From the Heart Yoga Center launches documentary film series

Submitted 01-16-2012 under NEWS

East Hills' From the Heart Yoga Center premieres a film series this Wednesday, January 18, at 7:15 p.m., offering a variety of documentaries to raise awareness of, and support for, causes related to the films' subjects. ...

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Pedro Noguera shares bolder approach to education at January Series

Submitted 01-11-2012 under NEWS

Pedro Noguera presented "A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education" Tuesday afternoon at Calvin College's Covenant Fine Arts Center as part of the college's ongoing January Series of speakers. Noguera sees...

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January Series starts 25th year at Calvin College

Submitted 01-03-2012 under NEWS

Calvin College's January Series will be held January 4-24 this year, with weekday presentations starting at 12:30 in the Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium. Additional viewing locations are available, as well as online streaming of audio, for...

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Woodland Mall closed amidst large scale fight

Submitted 12-26-2011 under NEWS

Mall security closed down Woodland Mall Monday evening after a large scale fight broke out at around 6:30pm. The mall has mostly been evacuated, but as of 7:15pm, many mall employees remain locked in breakrooms throughout the building.  Todd...

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Pleasant Park receives $300,000 development award

Submitted 12-08-2011 under NEWS

The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) has committed $300,000 of the total $731,00 needed to convert an empty 2.3 acre parking lot at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and Pleasant Street to a fully functional neighborhood park....

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Mike Cohen Kirtan Benefits Kids Food Basket

Submitted 11-16-2011 under NEWS

The kirtan music scene is growing in popularity in the US, making inroads into regions where it was once little heard, or heard of. Emerging from the yoga studios and healing centers that cultivated it in the West, this interactive spiritual...

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Organissimo and jam/fusion veterans to play benefit for Wealthy Theatre

Submitted 11-14-2011 under NEWS

This Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Wealthy Theatre's Centennial Sustainability Campaign gets a boost from a benefit concert headlined by a notable cadre of the region's jazz/rock fusion innovators. Organ-based trio organissimo headlines...

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