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Camp Fire provides warm, safe places for children

Submitted 06-12-2017 under NEWS

If you think you know all the things that after-school and summer programs do for children, let Gayle Orange fill you in on just a few: A strings program for students at Congress Elementary, provided by St. Cecilia Music Society, including a concert...

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'Communities are going to see repercussions' from Trump after-school cuts, leaders say

Submitted 06-09-2017 under NEWS

In the library of Harrison Park School, Ryan Rose read aloud from a book about African animals as a dozen students listened expectantly. “We all went on a safari, past an old Acadia tree,” Rose read. “Nearby, giraffes were grazing...

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Citizens' concerns remain over housing crisis, racial disparities at commission meeting

Submitted 06-08-2017 under NEWS

For 2017, the City of Grand Rapids planned three Commission meetings to be held out in the community rather than the usual commission chambers housed on the ninth floor of city hall. Tuesday marked the second of these neighborhood hosted meetings...

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Ebony Road Players to host third Annual Loving Day Celebration

Submitted 06-08-2017 under NEWS

Ebony Road Players is “a community performing arts and education company whose mission is to inspire, educate and engage the cultures of our community with high quality professional performances with a focus on the Black experience." Edye...

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Community, diversity and wildlife at BLED FEST

Submitted 05-26-2017 under NEWS

This Saturday, May 27th, hundreds of people will gather in what once was Hartland High School to attend BLED FEST, an annual music festival in Howell, Michigan that aims to bring together performers and attendees of all ages, races, genders, and...

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Passion brings first Asian Festival to Grand Rapids on June 10

Submitted 05-23-2017 under NEWS

If you’re paying attention to the local scene, you’ve probably heard that Grand Rapids will host its first-ever Asian Festival, downtown in Rosa Parks Circle on June 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. What you may not know is, behind the...

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Division Avenue Arts Collective is back with all-ages summer programming

Submitted 05-12-2017 under NEWS

After attending the first meeting back at the space, Kylee Preseau and Charity Klein Lytle, board members for the DAAC, talked to me about the history of the space, getting involved, and what it means to them. What does the DAAC do and how long has...

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New intergenerational center is on mission to bridge gap between Grand Rapids' oldest, youngest

Submitted 05-11-2017 under NEWS

Bethlehem Lutheran Church made the decision to expand its Hill Child Development Center (Hill CDC) into a multi-wing Intergenerational Center in the same way the church has made similarly landmark changes in the past: as a congregation. The...

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Recent police actions prompt citizens to press City officials to declare 'state of emergency'

Submitted 05-10-2017 under NEWS

During the final public comment period of Tuesday night’s City Commission meeting, forty people stood and spoke in solidarity about the need to declare a “state of emergency” around the racialized outcomes and systemic inequities...

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City Connection: Special Events Supervisor, Mayor Bliss to talk about city events

Submitted 05-01-2017 under NEWS

Join us today, Monday, May 1 at 5 p.m. on LiveWire, Comcast Cable 24, for tonight's episode of the City Connection. Mayor Rosalynn Bliss will be joined by Evette Pittman, Special Events Supervisor. She will discuss changes to events, how to work...

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