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Aging well: Westminster Presbyterian Church celebrates 150th birthday

Submitted 11-28-2011 under OPINION

Westminister Presbyterian Church celebrates its 150th year with events for the community and congregation and commits to continue fighting injustice.

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Stacey Clack Photography: Behind the lens

Submitted 11-28-2011 under OPINION

Stacey Clack Photography is a downtown business run by a woman with both passion and purpose. Her story and connections with other female-owned local businesses are enough to inspire women everywhere to do what they love in any way they can.

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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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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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Who was crowned the king of "Found?"

Submitted 11-22-2011 under OPINION

The Found VS Found Tour rolled into Grand Rapids last week. Here's a wrap-up of what happened and which camp went home with the Grand Rapids crown of Found.

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Religious political party looking to partner with Occupy GR

Submitted 11-21-2011 under NEWS

The Occupy GR camp is small, however visitors have some interesting stories to tell.

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Big Mind Sky is big winner at Sunday Soup #16

Submitted 11-21-2011 under NONPROFITS

Open Concept Gallery comes out on top with their proposal to support marketing needs for an upcoming exhibition at this month's iteration of the regular community granting initiative

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Renowned Acapella group to perform at St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Submitted 11-19-2011 under NEWS

Top-selling medieval choral group Anonymous 4 showcased in free concert.

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Learning to live life while celebrating death: Día de los Muertos at the GRPL

Submitted 11-18-2011 under OPINION

Celebrating life and death at the Día de los Muertos event at the Grand Rapids Public Library.

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Catalyst Radio: Sunday Soup moves to (106) Gallery, wins grant in international Sunday Soup competition

Submitted 11-18-2011 under NONPROFITS

Sunday Soup, GR's original community microgrant, has been on the scene for more than a year and continues to grow.

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