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Circle Theatre's 'Over the River and Through the Woods' celebrates family

Submitted 08-22-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

Upon entering the theater, the audience is treated to a warm set- your living room-slash-dining room for the evening. Make yourself at home! It’ll be a fast-paced feast of the senses with gentle, yet driving instrumental music that will tickle...

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New WYCE station manager looks to bring cohesive sound to a world of music

Submitted 08-18-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

Quinn Mathews, part of the folk duo, Channing and Quinn, and radio host of GR Live is excited to bring his love of music to his new job as Station Manager at WYCE 88.1 FM. “I see this as being a music community ambassador through a radio...

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Catalyst Radio "Waiting on Division"

Submitted 08-16-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

Host Jessica Gladden speaks with Tom Gunnels, creator of the 'exploratory documentary project' Waiting on Division, seeking creative digital media outlets for those experiencing homelessness in Grand Rapids. Gunnels hopes to release the...

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Catalyst Radio: WYCE station manager, Quinn Mathews

Submitted 08-12-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

Quinn Mathews, new station manager of the community radio station WYCE, talks about how he ended up in Grand Rapids, his love for the local music community, and vision for the station moving forward. Quinn Mathews is also the creator and host of GR...

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Local theatre's modern rock musical engages with hilarious chaos, neuroses

Submitted 07-21-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

A large and shadowed New York City skyline in the distance, various and varied couples with drinks in hand already seated on the stage, and one ominously long black bar; clearly it's date night. This, however, is not just any date night, but a...

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Shakespeare Laughs Galore coming to Riverside Park

Submitted 07-12-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

The West Michigan based Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company, in partnership with the Grand Rapids Public Library, will present Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors on July 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the bandshell at Riverside Park in...

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Catalyst Radio: Cherry Health & Sheldon House

Submitted 07-01-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

Want to listen later? Download audio here.  Part 1: Mike Reagan, Chief External Relations Officer at Cherry Health, shares how they fulfill their mission of providing comprehensive health care to the community while encouraging access to...

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Get transported by the debut video of Grand Rapids band I Believe in Julio

Submitted 06-28-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

Take a ride with the dudes of I Believe in Julio in their debut music for Big Trucks, the hit track off their upcoming, and long awaited album, "An Episodic Memory" to be released this summer by 1980 Records, the official release show...

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Catalyst Radio: Linc Up presents Rock The Block

Submitted 06-20-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

  Jessica Gladden welcomes Jeremy DeRoo, co-executive director of LINC up, engaging in community revitalization through partnerships and collaborations with community-based organizations and other neighborhood stakeholders. Aired 2016-06-10...

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Catalyst Radio: a conversation with the new Rapidian Editor

Submitted 06-20-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

Kiran Sood Patel, new managing editor of The Rapidian, shares stories and insights from her years of journalism and working in media. Sood Patel joins the Grand Rapids Community Media Center team with a passion for citizen journalism, expanded...

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