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Meet the candidates: 2024 GRPS Board of Education candidates

Submitted 10-08-2024 under NEWS

Get to know the candidates running for the GRPS Board of Education before the Nov. 5 general election!

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Major fashion exhibition featuring Alexander McQueen & Ann Ray opens at the Grand Rapids Art Museum

Submitted 10-07-2024 under NONPROFITS

Key garments from the world’s largest private collection of Alexander McQueen will be showcased alongside images depicting the iconic duo’s intertwined artistic journey and friendship.

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City Connection: City Clerk Joel Hondorp to join Rapidian program manager in the GRTV studio

Submitted 10-03-2024 under NONPROFITS

Watch live on GRTV's Facebook page and YouTube channel beginning at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7.

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Local cinema hosts film premiere of Grand Rapids-based documentary, a live performance by Yo-Yo Ma

Submitted 10-01-2024 under NEWS

A large crowd gathered with the cast and crew at the premiere, for a special advanced screening of the documentary ahead of the wide release.

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From Bonsai to Books: Orchard House Books plants the seeds for a new local bookstore

Submitted 10-01-2024 under NEWS

A former greenhouse is now home to Grand Rapids’ newest independent bookstore.

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New pottery studio coming to the west side

Submitted 10-01-2024 under NEWS

Updating an empty business space on Fulton Street, The Clayground Pottery Studio hopes to throw a combination of art and community into the west side of Grand Rapids.

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St. Cecilia Music Center Celebrates 13 years of partnership with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presenting a program titled "Virtuoso Winds" on November 7, 2024

Submitted 09-25-2024 under NONPROFITS

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will perform "Virtuoso Winds" at St. Cecilia Music Center featuring the wealth and variety of chamber music for winds and will introduce former Principal Horn of the Berlin Philharmonic, Radek Baborák, to American audiences.

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Buena Vista Social Orchestra plays Meijer Gardens

Submitted 09-16-2024 under OPINION

Buena Vista Social Orchestra, an offshoot of Cuba's famed Buena Vista Social Club, closed Meijer Gardens 2024 summer concert series.

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Here's how you can help shape the next 20 years in Grand Rapids

Submitted 09-16-2024 under NEWS

Grand Rapids invites public comment on the draft community master plan guiding development for the next 20 years. Share feedback to help shape the city's future before Oct. 16.

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Multiple film events come to Grand Rapids this fall

Submitted 09-16-2024 under LOCAL LIFE

The projectors are primed and the reels are set to roll in Grand Rapids this fall, with two upcoming film events coming to local cinemas.

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