Co-founder of Black Lives Matter to speak at GVSU, simulcast in downtown Grand Rapids
Submitted 01-19-2016 under NEWS
Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter organization, will direct a workshop and deliver a keynote as a part of GVSU's MLK Commemoration Week.
Annual Abrahamic Dinner at local mosque to encourage interfaith dialogue
Submitted 01-19-2016 under OPINION
This Thursday, January 21, the Niagara Foundation and Kaufman Interfaith Institute are hosting the annual Abrahamic Dinner, which will foster dialogue around interfaith understanding, religion and violence and using religion for peace.
The Rapidian to honor, celebrate citizen journalists at local restaurant
Submitted 01-19-2016 under NEWS
The Rapidian invites the community to come celebrate Grand Rapids' stand out citizen journalists of 2015 at Luna GR on January 25.
Conversations with young people about race must go beyond respectability
Submitted 01-19-2016 under OPINION
We have a culture of respectability politics that refuses to allow us to engage with young people in real discourse about what is shaping their racial perceptions.
Plaster Creek restoration project planned for Dutton Shadyside Park in 2016
Submitted 01-19-2016 under PLACE-MATTERS
It is our hope that a large-scale restoration project at Shadyside Park, currently slated for construction in summer 2016, will improve the beauty of the park and will function as a big step forward in the long-term work of restoring the watershed.
Artists Creating Together's Arts & Mentoring: Learning through "Music Around the World"
Submitted 01-19-2016 under NONPROFITS
ACT's Arts & Mentoring program highlights music, art, and creativity for students with disabilities in the Kent County Community Transition Program
Food Bank announces third-consecutive record year
Submitted 01-18-2016 under NONPROFITS
More food was distributed in 2015 than in any of the past 34 years, says Feeding America West Michigan.
Catalyst Radio: Carol's Ferals
Submitted 01-15-2016 under LOCAL LIFE
Host Michele Fife speaks with Carol Manos of Carol's Ferals, a West Michigan feline trap-neuter-return and adoption program, on the occasion of their 10th anniversary.
Artists Creating Together seeks artwork entries for the 7th annual ACTion Art exhibit
Submitted 01-15-2016 under NONPROFITS
Artists Creating Together (ACT) is seeking professional, gallery-ready artwork in any medium by artists with disabilities. This artwork will be showcased in the ACTion Art exhibit, March 29-31, 2016, at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
"The Phantom of the Opera" comes to Dog Story Theater
Submitted 01-15-2016 under NONPROFITS
A brand new stage adaptation of the classic novel, "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux. The tragic love story of the Opera Ghost is reimagined in this bold, new, non-musical play.