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Join the Community Media Center for an Open House this Saturday

Submitted 07-18-2018 under NEWS

Did you know that Wealthy Theatre, WYCE, GRTV, and The Rapidian are all part of the Community Media Center? Did you know that through the CMC, you can learn to be a radio DJ, make movies and TV shows, write local news articles, and even learn to be...

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Parades, protest, politicians: Fourth of July in greater Grand Rapids

Submitted 07-05-2018 under NEWS

Thousands of people in the metro Grand Rapids area lined streets to view Fourth of July parades that took place over the holiday. Typical parade activities included bands, antique cars, political campaign candidates and candy being tossed along the...

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Seven people arrested for protesting in Grand Rapids

Submitted 06-28-2018 under NEWS

Grand Rapids Police arrested seven protesters for blocking the intersection of Michigan Street NW and Ottawa Avenue on June 28, 2018. The protesters were part of Movimiento Cosecha GR and had earlier been protesting at the Kent County Board of...

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Protesters against ICE take over Kent County commission meeting

Submitted 06-28-2018 under NEWS

Over 120 people gathered at 8 a.m. at Calder Plaza to call for Kent County to end its contract with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Kent County currently contracts with ICE for $85 a day to detain suspected undocumented immigrants in...

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ArtPrize announces changes as tenth anniversary approaches this fall

Submitted 06-21-2018 under NEWS

ArtPrize announced this afternoon the celebration will switch to every other year after ArtPrize 10 takes place this fall. At a press conference at Belknap Park, ArtPrize officials announced a new art project called "Project 1 by ArtPrize...

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Protesters demand Bethany Christian Services end contract after accepting separated children from U.S. border

Submitted 06-21-2018 under NEWS

A small group of protesters gathered on the sidewalk across from Bethany Christian Services on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 demanding that Bethany end their federal contract with the Office of Refugees until ICE at least stops separating families....

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Grand River Water Festival combines musical entertainment, discussion of water protection

Submitted 06-20-2018 under NEWS

The ninth annual Grand River Water Festival, an educational and musical event centered around the appreciation of water and its necessity to our lives, will take place this Saturday, June 23, 2018 at Riverside Park. The event will feature...

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ACLU to host community discussion of criminal justice reform

Submitted 06-19-2018 under NEWS

Questions about the relationship between police, prosecutors, and citizens continue to dominate the American consciousness. The United States has roughly 2.2 million people behind bars – one quarter of the world’s total prison population...

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Inaugural Three Stacks Music Festival to be held in Lansing Saturday

Submitted 06-19-2018 under NEWS

Only four weeks after Fusion Shows hosted their fourteenth annual music festival BLED FEST in Howell, the Michigan-based concert promotion company will be putting on a new festival for the first time. Three Stacks Music Festival is set to take place...

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Former Commissioner White withdraws from appointment consideration at City Commission meeting

Submitted 06-14-2018 under NEWS

Tuesday night's lengthy City Commission meeting was a packed house. Some of the biggest news came at the end of the night when Mayor Rosalynn Bliss announced former Third Ward Commissioner James White was withdrawing his name from consideration...

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