Volunteer at the sixth annual GRandJazzFest
Submitted 07-18-2017 under NONPROFITS
Love music and your city? The free, weekend-long event is Aug. 19 and 20 at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids and is seeking volunteers to help distribute event programs, work the merchandise tent and assist with other tasks that help the popular summertime event run smoothly.
Local artist feature from UICA: Esan Sommersell
Submitted 07-18-2017 under NONPROFITS
For Esan Sommersell, making is living. In a world where it's become increasingly difficult to discern fact from fiction, Sommersell's paintings remind us that what we see, hear, touch, and taste cannot be separated from what we feel.
Stay motivated to create this summer with Workshop Wednesdays
Submitted 07-18-2017 under PLACE-MATTERS
Held in the Avenue for the Arts [workshop] Space, this series aims to make learning a new skill or expanding your network of artists and writers easy, accessible, and exciting. It’s never been easier to meet your people.
See Ai Weiwei at Meijer Gardens: Natural State before it leaves
Submitted 07-18-2017 under NONPROFITS
The Ai Weiwei exhibit at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park will be on display until August 20, 2017. It is the artist's first exhibition at a botanical garden and sculpture park anywhere in the world.
Grand Rapids Pops' Music of ABBA has audience dancing the night away
Submitted 07-14-2017 under OPINION
Arrival from Sweden recreates the ABBA experience to open the 2017 D&W Fresh Market Picnic Pops at Cannonsburg Ski Area
In Season: July 15, 2017
Submitted 07-14-2017 under NONPROFITS
A list of locally grown fruits and vegetables along with locally produced products available at your local farmers markets.
Southeast Area Farmers' Market hosts July cooking demos and Green Tomato Festival
Submitted 07-13-2017 under NONPROFITS
The Southeast Area Farmers' Market is open Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at MLK Jr. Park.
Join the Grand Rapids Community Media Center in our summertime activities
Submitted 07-11-2017 under NONPROFITS
WYCE, GRTV, our Education Department, our IT department for non-profits, Wealthy Theatre and The Rapidian are all hosting events this summer to help engage you in making and enjoying media.
Rediscover music of ABBA at Grand Rapids Symphony's Picnic Pops on Thursday, Friday
Submitted 07-11-2017 under NONPROFITS
Grand Rapids Symphony's 2017 D&W Fresh Market Picnic Pops opens with 'Music of ABBA' with the best ABBA tribute band in the business
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services spotlight: Learning to advocate while parenting
Submitted 07-11-2017 under OPINION
Our third child, Hannah, is hard of hearing. This caused my husband, Dave, and I to follow a path we likely would not have otherwise traveled. It’s been a journey filled with anxiety, discovery and development of life-long friendships.