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Grand Rapids Symphony signs unprecedented five-year contract with musicians

Submitted 04-07-2016 under NONPROFITS

A five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Grand Rapids Federation of Musicians will carry the Grand Rapids Symphony through its 90th anniversary in 2019-20.

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Local soccer player trains in neighborhood park, Kent Trails for chance at pros

Submitted 04-05-2016 under VOICES

Ernesto Pulido trains in Clemente Park in the Roosevelt Park neighborhood and runs on Kent Trails to prepare for tryouts in his parents' home country, Mexico.

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New non-profit provides scholarships to improve educational equity for trans community

Submitted 04-05-2016 under PLACE-MATTERS

The Grand Rapids Trans Foundation, introduced to the community on March 31, 2016, will be offering scholarships to local low-income trans students to remove educational barriers.

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Play exploring racial issues based on actual experiences of local community members showing at Wealthy Theatre

Submitted 04-01-2016 under NEWS

"LINES: The Lived Experience of Race 2016" by ADAPT. Theater Company, is showing four more performances this weekend, April 1-3, 2016.

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Heritage Theatre Group 2016 Season Auditions at Saints Peter and Paul Parish Center this Weekend

Submitted 03-30-2016 under NONPROFITS

Heritage Theatre Group will be holding auditions for their 2016 season this weekend, April 2nd and 3rd, 2016!

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2016 Season Auditions are THIS WEEKEND!

Submitted 03-30-2016 under NONPROFITS

Heritage Theatre Group will be holding auditions for their 2016 season this weekend, April 2nd and 3rd, 2016!

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Monthly forum aims to educate, strengthen ties in Grand Rapids' music community

Submitted 03-29-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

Let's Talk GR Music is a series of conversations bringing together all the complex and multifaceted parts and people of the local music community into one room.

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Local artists seek to break down barriers through art, conversation during Art.Downtown.

Submitted 03-29-2016 under PLACE-MATTERS

Have Company, ceramicist Kate Lewis and the Urban Institute for Comtemporary Arts will be hosting exhibitions and live music shows on April 9, 2016.

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Local theatre company presents comedic play "Noises Off"

Submitted 03-29-2016 under NONPROFITS

Called the funniest farce ever written, “Noises Off” presents a manic menagerie as a cast of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called “Nothing's On.” Doors slamming, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.

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Musical comedy, "The Mikado," comes to Wealthy Theatre

Submitted 03-28-2016 under NONPROFITS

The West Michigan Savoyards, a local non-profit dedicated to bringing live performances of Gilbert and Sullivan’s works to local community, will be performing "The Mikado" April 21-24, 2016 at the Wealthy Theatre.

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