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Memorial Service for the Unborn
by (grrtl)
Submitted 01-05-2016 under
To honor and mourn the almost 57,000,000 lives lost to abortion since 1973, Grand Rapids Right to Life is sponsoring the annual Memorial Service for the Unborn. The keynote speaker is Deacon Jim Thorndill from St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Grand...
Cascade Community Foundation presents 10th Anniversary 9/11 Tribute
by (Cascade Communi...)
Submitted 08-16-2011 under NONPROFITS
The Board of the Cascade Community Foundation is proud to bring our community together to remember 9/11 with a tribute concert at 4 pm at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center on September 11, 2011. “The events surrounding the attacks on Americans...
Peace pole installation at Wealthy Theatre in honor of Dirk Koning
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 04-22-2011 under NEWS
On a gray noon, the beats of Badenya caromed through Wealthy Theatre as a small crowd gathered for the Earth Day peace pole dedication ceremony. The peace pole was the closing chapter of a memorial to Dirk Koning, the first executive director of the...
Artist Maya Lin lectures about past and current work to a packed crowd at the GRAM
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 10-02-2010 under NEWS
A couple hundred tushes warmed 275 seats, plastic and winged, to receive Maya Lin this evening at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. The artist is best known nationally for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. In Grand Rapids, "Ecliptic"...
Sgt. Matt Maupin: Loves never loses its way home
by (Peg Treegarden)
Submitted 04-01-2010 under OPINION
Sgt. Matt Maupin was captured in Iraq on April 9, 2004, and his body was found several years later. On the anniversary of his capture, he is still being remembered. This is an audio story dedicated to his memory.