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World AIDS Day 2013: Bringing the community together to reflect, react, rejoice

Submitted 11-27-2013 under NEWS

It was 1987. I was in middle school and my favorite teacher’s son was infected with HIV. His illness progressed quickly and he passed just a year after being diagnosed. Twenty years later, in 2007, I met someone who would become a lifelong...

Fenced off abutment doesn't solve anything, says local homeless advocate

Submitted 11-26-2013 under NEWS

Where are those people now? That’s the question some in the community are asking after the decision was made to fence off the Wealthy Street bridge abutment that was being used by homeless residents for shelter. According to the Well House...

Gaspard Gallery to present photography art book "Beholder"

Submitted 11-26-2013 under NEWS

On Friday, December 6, Gaspard Gallery on South Division Avenue will present its newest exhibition of photography, titled "Beholder." The photography is the work of Chris Cox, who owns Gaspard along with Ben Biondo and Jacob Bullard....

Head to Uptown for the Holiday Shop Hop

Submitted 11-26-2013 under NEWS

Join Uptown for holiday fun this year on Thursday, December 5 for the annual Uptown Holiday Shop Hop. Stroll around Uptown as we bring the holiday cheer... and if you get tired, we've got six free shuttles running until 10 p.m. The event...

WMEAC film series to present Trashed at Celebration Cinema

Submitted 11-26-2013 under NEWS

On Wednesday, December 4 at 6:30 p.m. Celebration Cinema will show Trashed, a film by Jermey Irons. The movie is presented by the West Michigan Environmental Action Council and sponsored by Clothing Matters. The event is open to the public with a...

Last Chance to experience Pulso: Arte de las Americas

Submitted 11-26-2013 under NEWS

There's one week left to check out the current art exhibit Pulso: Art of the Americas, a collaboration between the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts and Kendall College of Art and Design. The exhibit features artwork displayed at the UICA...

Continued safety issues cited as reason for bridge abutment fencing

Submitted 11-25-2013 under NEWS

Over the last few months, several community-led cleanup efforts have attempted to keep the Wealthy Street overpass abutment clean. Underneath the overpass, the sheltered spot is a favorite for the city’s homeless, choosing the abutment as a...

Griffins Youth Foundation, City of Grand Rapids celebrate expansion of Griff's Ice House

Submitted 11-23-2013 under NEWS

It’s easier to run an education program in a room that isn’t freezing. This opinion was shared by various speakers and participants at Tuesday’s ribbon cutting ceremony for the recently completed expansion of Griff’s Ice...

Kendall student sees poetry in painting signs

Submitted 11-22-2013 under NEWS

If you happened to pass the UICA this summer and notice the hand-painted sign, you are looking at the work of Sofía Ramírez Hernández. Painting the UICA sign for the film "Sign Painters" shown earlier this summer was Hernández's...

Film "Space for Rent" portrays skateboarding as an urban art form

Submitted 11-22-2013 under NEWS

Several scenes as well as Jeremy Knickerbocker's narration highlight the way skateboarding is an art form in his film "Space for Rent." The film's title comes from the nature of skateboarding and its interactions with architecture...

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