Culture

Holiday Artists' Market Feature: Lisa Price

Submitted 11-29-2011 under NONPROFITS

Lisa Price is a printmaker who creates fiber-based items and prints with a vintage flair. Her work will be available for sale at UICA's 23rd Annual Holiday Artists' Market on December 2 and 3.

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First ever Sass Fest celebrates doing it together

Submitted 11-28-2011 under OPINION

"Learning from one another can be free:" not just a wonderful sentiment from Sass Fest creator Marlee Cook-Parrott, but an apt description of the information workshops and talk sessions that were the most successful facets of the event.

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Christian outreach ministry celebrates 16 years in Eastown

Submitted 11-28-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

Eastown Ministries reaches out to the local community

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Aquinas College: The first 125 years

Submitted 11-28-2011 under NONPROFITS

Book signing and lecture offered by local author and Aquinas College English professor Gary Eberle.

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Catalyst Radio: Community Rebuilders

Submitted 11-25-2011 under NONPROFITS

In this week is Community Rebuilders, part of the Coalition to End Homelessness, as the beneficiary of Monday's Hat Trick Concert.

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Urban Lights 2011- Gifts worth giving: local, handmade, affordable

Submitted 11-23-2011 under NONPROFITS

Please consider that on the 9th of December in downtown Grand Rapids between 5-10 p.m. there will be an opportunity to find a few of your more thoughtful recipients some charming, hand-crafted items of a morally upstanding and genuinely individual nature.

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Holiday Artists' Market Feature: Hyun Yoo

Submitted 11-22-2011 under NONPROFITS

Hyun Yoo is an industrial designer who creates beautiful ceramic items. Her work will be available for sale at UICA's 23rd Annual Holiday Artists' Market on December 2 and 3.

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Eating local: when better isn't enough

Submitted 11-21-2011 under OPINION

Many consumers are misled by terms and certifications such as organic, local, free-range, and grass-fed making the food market difficult to navigate. Jill Johnson of Crane Dance Farm encourages consumers to ask the right questions to identify the food you thought you were buying.

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