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Restaurant review: get smart at Scholar

Submitted 07-08-2024 under OPINION

Scholar, housed in a historic Ionia Avenue building, offers a transformed Art Deco dining experience with spacious seating, inventive cocktails and exquisite dishes, all complemented by exceptional service.

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Cultivate Gallery casts a spell on the mundane with celestial summer exhibit

Submitted 07-08-2024 under LOCAL LIFE

Cultivate Gallery's "because you’re [mine]" exhibit by storäe michele and Courtney Kessel explores self-repossession and motherhood, inviting visitors to engage in interactive rituals and dream work, highlighting the magic in the mundane.

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Ethics and Religion Talk: Final thoughts and reflections

Submitted 07-08-2024 under OPINION

How has being a columnist for Ethics and Religion Talk affected you personally or professionally? Do you have a favorite question or response that you are especially proud of?

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Ethics and Religion Talk: What kind of counseling do you do?

Submitted 07-01-2024 under OPINION

Have you ever engaged in spiritual direction/advising with someone of a different religion? Would you insist that they seek out such services within their own faith, or would you have no issue with it?

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City Connection: Lindsey Reames, executive director of GR Housing Commission, to join Rapidian program manager in the GRTV studio

Submitted 06-26-2024 under NONPROFITS

Watch live on GRTV's Facebook page and YouTube channel beginning at 4 p.m. on Monday, July 1.

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Ethics and Religion Talk: Is a belief in an afterlife required in your faith?

Submitted 06-24-2024 under OPINION

I'd like to know from the writers how much of an emphasis is put on afterlife reward/punishment in their faiths. Would disbelieving in such a concept rule out membership in the religion?

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Transfigure Print Shop creates trans joy in Creston

Submitted 06-21-2024 under NEWS

Transfigure Print Co., known for its "Protect Trans Kids" T-shirts, has opened its first retail space in Grand Rapids. Founded by Bailey Sell, this trans-owned print shop has raised over $90,000 for the LGBTQ+ community. The new store is located at 2221 Plainfield Ave. SE.

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Local Artist Highlight: Robyn Smith

Submitted 06-18-2024 under NONPROFITS

Avenue for the Arts visits the studio of local sculptor Robyn Smith. Interview by Pamela MacDougal.

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Rapidian Roundup: What's happening on the West Side?

Submitted 06-18-2024 under NEWS

The Westside Corridor Improvement Authority approves new housing and changes to West Side dining and discusses ways to beautify the West Side with new banners and murals.

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State Farm Insurance Time And Funding To Benefit Local Students

Submitted 06-18-2024 under NONPROFITS

The State Farm Insurance Foundation recently provided $15,000 in support for Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes to promote its financial literacy, entrepreneurism and career readiness efforts in area K-12 classrooms

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