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Ready For Life Horizons makes impact in community

Submitted 12-05-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

Saturday, Dec. 3, Ready For Life’s Horizons program hosted a Christmas party in conjunction with Calvin residence hall Beets Veenstra. It’s a tradition that has been going on for quite some time, and a tradition that both Calvin students...

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West Michigan Indie hangs out with Kari Lynch

Submitted 12-04-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

What a great time WMI editor James Quatrine and contributor Magda Przekadzinska had drinking beers and shots with Kari Lynch of the Kari Lynch Band at the Grand Woods Lounge. We talked about her upcoming EP The Kari Lynch Band and hanging out in...

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Uptown anticipates annual Holiday Shop Hop

Submitted 12-04-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

Frosted windowpanes, twinkling Christmas lights, evergreen garland hung like lush green waves. Long coats, clouds of breath hanging in the air like frozen moments and thermoses of steaming coffee and tea. As the brisk air of December envelops Grand...

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Live.Dance.Move inspires change in our community

Submitted 12-03-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

Kate Rehmus, creator of Live.Dance.Move, is using her own life experiences to help build confidence and community across the Grand Rapids area. She teaches 15 classes a week, and she’s been doing it for six years. While dancing was something...

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Urban Family Ministries reaches out to urban community

Submitted 11-30-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

  Every Thursday night, a group of local teen girls gather at Urban Family Ministries (UFM) for an evening of fun and fellowship, playing games and studying the Bible together. The Bible study, which began meeting in 2010, has played a vital...

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GRAM Education Center supports lifetime learning

Submitted 11-29-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

  When visitors to the Grand Rapids Art Museum walk in the building, they are immediately greeted with elegant architecture and works of art. As visitors look around, to the right they see a hallway across the courtyard which ends with a bright...

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Mary Free Bed and West Michigan Adaptive Diving hold diving clinic

Submitted 11-29-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

As one of the few rehabilitation hospitals in Michigan, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital offers unique services to the Grand Rapids area. As Mary Free Bed’s website states, it “strives for excellence, collaborates to achieve results...

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For Women Only: Gazelle Girl Races Coming

Submitted 11-29-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

Even though the starting gun won't go off until 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, there are female runners that are planning to hit the registration button for the Gazelle Girl Half Marathon or 5k race first thing on December 1. The race, sponsored...

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Indie-folk band Patrick Watson to perform at Ladies Literary Club

Submitted 11-28-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

Montreal musician Patrick Watson will be performing at the Ladies Literary Club on Thursday, November 29 at 8 p.m. Local folk/indie outfit The Crane Wives will be the opening band. Watson, and bandmates Mishka Stein, Simon Angell and Robbie Kuster,...

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Michigan loses core of apple crop

Submitted 11-28-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

The leaves change color, fall from their branches and swirl toward the now bare ground. Cold winds blow across the West Michigan area warning residents that it is another Michigan fall which means two things: beautiful scenery and trips to the...

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