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Encore! A national movement expands locally

Submitted 12-12-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

The Grand Rapids Encore initiative encourages 50+ to use their skills and experience for the good of the community.

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Catalyst Radio: On the Ground's embedded journalism in Garfield Park and Burton Heights

Submitted 12-09-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

Host Katie Gordon speaks with Michelle Jokisch Polo, project editor for On the Ground, a special embedded journalism project with Rapid Growth Media.

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Deeper hues of inclusion: How ACT's apprentice program empowers professional artists with disabilities

Submitted 12-09-2016 under NONPROFITS

This fall, ACT launched its apprenticeship program, an 8-month cohort that provides intensive art education for people with disabilities, preparing them for a career in the arts.

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Live art, music create win for equity at Race Together

Submitted 12-09-2016 under NEWS

A diverse crowd gathered at CityFlats on Thursday evening to raise money for anti-racism work that saves lives.

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Snoop is coming to Grand Rapids, are you going?

Submitted 12-08-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr., better known as Snoop Dogg has set the music industry on fire since the launch of his career in the 90’s. How many weddings, school dances, club nights, can you remember hearing the smooth, laidback, metaphysical rhymes from this man from Long Beach, California (LBC).

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Building community around a tabletop

Submitted 12-08-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

In the past few years, the tabletop gaming industry has skyrocketed, and Grand Rapids has been a great hub for its community.

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Review of "A Man Called Ove" at UICA

Submitted 12-07-2016 under OPINION

Rolf Lassgard is magnificent in sentimental, appealing film

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Amid post-election tension, Race Together to celebrate equity

Submitted 12-06-2016 under NEWS

On Thursday, December 8, Partners for a Racism-Free Community will host their annual Race Together fundraiser at CityFlats Ballroom. The evening will include cocktails, music by Vox Vidorra, and a celebration of the diversity of West Michigan.

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Movie Review: "Seasons" at UICA

Submitted 12-06-2016 under NONPROFITS

In this movie review, UICA looks at "Seasons" which captures nature at its finest.

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Grand Rapids Symphony's Peter Kjome appointed as Baltimore Symphony President and CEO

Submitted 12-06-2016 under NONPROFITS

Peter Kjome, who spent eight years as a musician in the Grand Rapids Symphony in the 1990s, followed by eight years as President and CEO since 2008, has been named the next President and CEO of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

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