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Fountain Street Church to celebrate Mardi Gras with benefit event

Submitted 02-18-2014 under NEWS

Fountain Street church will be having a Mardi Gras-themed benefit , with proceeds going to the church and The Red Project. The event features a silent auction and live musical entertainment.

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Catalyst Radio: CASA advocates for children in child welfare system

Submitted 02-17-2014 under NEWS

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) are volunteers who act as the voice of the children in child abuse and neglect cases. Last year CASA of Kent County advocated for more than 300 children.

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Story Matters: Renata Horvath applies GVSU learning in urban design to work at DGRI

Submitted 02-17-2014 under NONPROFITS

Renata Horvath recently finished her graduate degree at GVSU in urban design and is now interning at DGRI. Originally from Hungary, she talks about the challenges and joys of living in West Michigan.

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Story Matters: Caitlin Kennon shares her love for working downtown

Submitted 02-17-2014 under NONPROFITS

Caitlin Kennon loves working downtown. She shares the energy, the ease of walking to destinations and interactions and community she feels in the area.

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Story Matters: Rachel Bartels explains Hello West Michigan, what she loves about the area

Submitted 02-17-2014 under NONPROFITS

Bartels explains how she recruits new people to live and work in the area, and what she herself loves about working downtown as well as the broader West Michigan area.

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Teen celebrates birthday, Valentine's Day by volunteering

Submitted 02-14-2014 under NONPROFITS

Inspired by a mission trip to Africa, Rachel Rounds spends Valentine's Day helping families closer to home.

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DeltaPlex arena to host beer and comedy festival

Submitted 02-14-2014 under NEWS

Friday night and all day and Saturday, the western Grand Rapids convention center will house brews, laughs and a local Brew Olympics.

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Robert Cray - "(Won't Be) Coming Home"

Submitted 02-14-2014 under NONPROFITS

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

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Coming to DCM Feb 18: The Family of Abraham: Ancestors in Faith

Submitted 02-13-2014 under NONPROFITS

As numerous as the stars in the sky, and the sands on the seashore, we are the descendants in faith of the family of Abraham.

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Beer tasting class offered with Michigan Beer Dude

Submitted 02-12-2014 under NEWS

The beer editor of REVUE magazine will be having a class specifically on Michigan beer and will be covering how beer is made, how to properly taste beer and how to talk about it.

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