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Renowned Acapella group to perform at St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Submitted 11-19-2011 under NEWS

Billboard Classical Music chart-toppers Anonymous 4 make an appearance at St. Mark's Episcopal Church this Sunday, as part of the downtown church's Sacred Sounds Concert Series. The award-winning female vocal quartet is perhaps the best...

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Mike Cohen Kirtan Benefits Kids Food Basket

Submitted 11-17-2011 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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Black Elk Lives: Conversations with the Black Elk Family

Submitted 11-08-2011 under NEWS

"Then I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the...

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"Then They Came For Me": Iranian-Canadian political prisoner to speak at Fountain Street Church

Submitted 11-07-2011 under NEWS

Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari, who was detained by Iranian security forces and held in solitary confinement for 118 days, brings his story of survival to Grand Rapids this week. In the wake of the contested 2009 elections in Iran, Bahari was in...

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Lessons from the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Submitted 11-07-2011 under NEWS

National journalist and Grand Rapids native, Kerry Eleveld, will be speaking at Grand Valley State University’s Loosemore Auditorium on Nov. 14, 2011. Eleveld, who had the rare opportunity to meet and interview President Barack Obama twice...

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Community forum discussed future of GRPS

Submitted 11-03-2011 under NEWS

On Tuesday, November 1, GR V.O.I.C.E. (Volunteer Opportunities and Involvement with Community Education)  hosted a community forum at Gerald R. Ford Middle School to discuss the future of Grand Rapids Public Schools, including the upcoming...

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Seth and May to premiere new CD and documentary at Wealthy Theatre

Submitted 11-03-2011 under NEWS

Michigan-grown roots music favorites Seth Bernard and May Erlewine revisit the Wealthy Theatre Saturday, November 5th, for a two-tiered event featuring a documentary film and live music. The duo's seven-year musical run has been...

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Restaurant Week GR 2011: Farm to fork

Submitted 11-02-2011 under NEWS

Foodies  and people who love to eat out--rejoice! Restaurant Week Grand Rapids is back for a second year with new places to eat, a focus on the farm to fork connection and some new ways to test out the event. Starting Thursday, November 3 until...

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MyGR6 winners presented

Submitted 10-19-2011 under NEWS

The weather outside may have been rainy and gloomy, but inside the museum the mood was festive. At a lively breakfast event at the Grand Rapids Public Museum Wednesday morning, the six winners of the MyGR6 were introduced to a welcoming audience of...

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