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Artist Spotlight: The Musicians of Avenue for the Arts

Submitted 06-03-2015 under NONPROFITS

Music for adults, astronauts, subhumans, and even college students.

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Curator Spotlight: Spiral Gallery Challenges Heteronormativity

Submitted 06-03-2015 under NONPROFITS

Queering: deviating from what is expected,: resisting imposed definitions

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New owner of The Urban Mushroom expands grow rooms, becomes certified forager

Submitted 06-02-2015 under INNOVATION-SPOTLIGHT

The new owner of The Urban Mushroom, Mary Ann Faulkner, has expanded the business in under a year with her recent certification as a mushroom identification expert.

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Local First Street Party to celebrate local businesses for 12th year Saturday

Submitted 06-02-2015 under NEWS

The event, presented by Founders Brewing Company and including local music, local food and interactive family activities, will be outside Bistro Bella Vita from 3 p.m. to midnight.

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Catalyst Radio: EmbodyGR uses yoga events as community service opportunities

Submitted 05-29-2015 under NEWS

With a mission to help people “feel good, do better,” Embody GR turns yoga gatherings into social benefit events.

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Love Local? First Fridays: The Market is the Place for You!

Submitted 05-29-2015 under NONPROFITS

The Market is back with two First Fridays: The Market events on June 5th and August 7th, reinvented for summer with featured vendors and outdoor entertainment!

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EatGR to host food truck rally at Downtown Market

Submitted 05-27-2015 under NEWS

A food truck frenzy will be taking over the Downtown Market on Saturday, May 30 with five food trucks taking over for the day.

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Catalyst Radio: GRPM unveils Discovery of King Tut exhibit, featuring interactive media

Submitted 05-26-2015 under NEWS

Exhibit at Grand Rapids Public Museum gives glimpse into what archeologists saw when uncovering King Tut’s tomb.

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Round trip to NYC for price of admission to GRAM

Submitted 05-22-2015 under NEWS

New York City artist TJ Wilcox used five cameras to shoot a time lapse record of one perfect day in New York shot from the roof top of his building in Union Square.

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Our place, your voices: Rediscovering Grand Rapids

Submitted 05-22-2015 under OPINION

Moving to a new state makes me think a little bit harder about the things I'll miss in this current one.

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