Submitted 04-14-2016 under LOCAL LIFE
Host Jessica Young talks to Lisa Ann Cockrel, director of the Festival of Faith & Writing about the landscape of modern religious storytelling, including festival guests Tobias Wolff, George Saunders, Zadie Smith, Sarah Bessey, and Nadia Bolz-Weber.
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Submitted 04-12-2016 under NEWS
Grand Rapids' Poet Laureate, Lew Klatt collaborates with The Rapid, GRPL and afterschool programs for his second project, "Grand Poems in Rapid Transit" to bring children's haiku to riders.
New ownership of the plant-based restaurant leaves tipping model, adds program for feeding those in need.
The Rapid is launching a new campaign that informs the Greater Grand Rapids region about the merits of public transportation through simple, powerful, consistent, and, most importantly, positive messages about the experience.
Submitted 04-12-2016 under NONPROFITS
The "Comin’ to America: Creating Community with Newcomers" series at the Kentwood branch of KDL Library will feature experts on immigration and refugee issues from local to international perspectives. This free series aims to bring open dialogue and fact-based discussion to this topic.
Submitted 04-12-2016 under PLACE-MATTERS
The Grand Rapids Civic Theatre is a creative space that encourages belonging. While donning another persona, actors often find a sense of self. This theme is particularly evident in its next musical, "Freckleface Strawberry," showing April 22- May 1, 2016.
Submitted 04-11-2016 under NONPROFITS
Winners were announced at the 7th annual ACTion Art reception. The three juror's choice winners will be displayed in ArtPrize 2017 this fall, sponsored by ACT.
Submitted 04-11-2016 under LOCAL LIFE
The Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company presents Shakespeare’s The Tempest at the Dog Story Theater (7 Jefferson SE in Grand Rapids) April 15-17 and 22-24.
Submitted 04-08-2016 under LOCAL LIFE
The Grand River's rapids, Muskegon's oil and Grand Rapid's gypsum mines all originiated from prehistoric seas, deserts and jungles before the Great Lakes ever formed.
Submitted 04-08-2016 under NONPROFITS
Grand Rapids Symphony and Hope College's H2 Dance Company join together to perform Christoph Willibald Gluck’s “Orphée et Eurydice"
