In 2005, Read to Me Tea was launched as a celebration of our clients who are not always recognized in their schools for...
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Posted: 1 year 48 weeks
Tagged: #art, #artshow, #disabilities, #kids, #kidsart, #mayorbliss, #readtometea
Posted: 1 year 48 weeks
Tagged: artifact, Asian, budget, city commission, festival, fireworks, Flag, fy2023, GRPM, holiday, Independence Day, Japan, July 4, juneteenth, memorial day, obon society, Pacific, yosegaki hinomaru
The Grand Rapids Public Museum and the OBON Society Work Together to Return a Japanese Soldier's "Good Luck Flag" to His Family
Among the thousands of artifacts...
Posted: 1 year 48 weeks
Tagged: Jammie Awards, jammies, Local, music, WYCE
After a two-year long hiatus due to COVID-19, 88.1 FM WYCE is has announced the return of West Michigan’s biggest celebration of local and regional music. The 22nd Annual Jammie Awards...
Posted: 1 year 48 weeks
Tagged: art
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) recently announced the opening of In A New Light: American Impressionism 1870 – 1940 | Works from the Bank of America...
Posted: 1 year 48 weeks
At one point in his life, Damon Whitmore was on top of the world, living in a gorgeous home on five acres alongside a beautiful wife and daughter with two nice cars, a pair of adorable dogs and...
Posted: 1 year 49 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, music, religion
Linda Knieriemen, Senior Pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Holland, responds:
“The Protestant Reformer Martin Luther wrote ‘Next to the Word of God, music...
Posted: 1 year 49 weeks
“I was a hardcore addict for nothing shy of 20 years,” Jeremy recalls. “I had always wanted to get sober, but I never wanted to do the work. I thought my recovery would happen...
Posted: 1 year 49 weeks
Tagged: art, commentary, culture
I’m writing this on the toilet. Maybe you’re reading this somewhere like that, too. Maybe we’re connected somehow by our Catholic-imbued terror of an idle mind.
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Posted: 1 year 49 weeks
Tagged: commissioners, fire department, GRFD, GRPD, gun violence, investigation, msp, patrick lyoya, police, Prosecutor, shooting, Silent Observer, vandalism, violence, Volunteers
The Kent County Prosecutor Releases a Statement Updating the Public on the Status of the Patrick Lyoya Case
On May 18, about a month and a half after Patrick Lyoya was killed by...
Posted: 1 year 50 weeks
Tagged: Brahman, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, monotheism, religion, Trinity
Father Kevin Niehoff, O.P., a Dominican priest who serves as Judicial Vicar, Diocese of Grand Rapids, responds:
“Merriam-Webster Online defines monotheism as ‘the...
Posted: 1 year 50 weeks
Tagged: Carousel, city commission, city planning, mayor, Museum, protest
Grand Rapids City Commission Meeting Interrupted by Protestors
... Posted: 1 year 50 weeks
Tagged: art
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) recently announced the opening of ...
Posted: 1 year 51 weeks
If Dennys has learned one thing while at Guiding Light, it’s this: He couldn’t recover on his own. The opposite may be true for some, but everything Dennys is learning about himself...
Posted: 1 year 51 weeks
The March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
On May 5, 2022, hundreds of people gathered peacefully at Ah-Nab-Awen Park in downtown Grand Rapids. It was the first...
Posted: 1 year 51 weeks
Rev. Ray Lanning, a retired minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, responds:
“You seem to be unaware that laws to the contrary, there is a ghastly...
Posted: 1 year 51 weeks
Tagged: fiscal plan, fy2023, GRPD, shooting
GR City Manager presents the proposed FY2023 Preliminary Fiscal Plan to the City Commission
On Tuesday, May 3, City Manager Mark Washington presented the...
Posted: 1 year 51 weeks
Tagged: concerts, Downtown Grand Rapids Entertainment, music, SCMC, SCMC Music lives here, St Cecilia Music Center
St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) announces brand new concerts for their 2022-2023 season: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Series – three world-...
Posted: 1 year 51 weeks
Tagged: concerts, Downtown Grand Rapids Entertainment, music, SCMC, SCMC Music lives here, St Cecilia Music Center
Quintessential Folk Artist and Grammy® Award Winner Judy Collins will return to SCMC on...
Posted: 2 years 19 hours
Tagged: adultery, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, religion, Tinder
The Rev. Steven W. Manskar, a retired United Methodist pastor, responds:
“I think the person to talk to is your friend’s husband. Do not triangulate your friend. Go...
Posted: 2 years 22 hours
Tagged: Chief Winstrom, City Connection, Eric Winstrom, government, GRPD, Mayor Bliss, Rosalynn Bliss
On Monday, May 2, Mayor Bliss will be joined by...
Posted: 2 years 3 days
Tagged: gala, GRPD, grsci, investigation, lyoya, msp, Prosecutor, shooting, sister city
Michigan State Police passes its investigation into the death of Patrick Lyoya to Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker
In a...
Posted: 2 years 3 days
Tagged: concerts, Downtown Grand Rapids Entertainment, music, SCMC, SCMC Music lives here, Shawn Colvin, St Cecilia Music Center
Three-time GRAMMY® Award winner Shawn Colvin will return to St. Cecilia Music Center on Thursday, May 12 to...
Posted: 2 years 4 days
The Grand Rapids Police Department confirms the name of the officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya
Nearly a month after Patrick Lyoya was shot and killed, the GRPD has...
Posted: 2 years 4 days
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Root Causes and Long-term Solutions: An Interview with Alaina Dobkowski from Access of West Michigan
Posted: 2 years 5 days
Tagged: affordable, fair, Food Justice, food system, Green, Poverty, root causes, Sustainable
The Kent County Food Policy Council is walking with Access of...
Posted: 2 years 1 week
Tagged: autopsy, biology, corpse flower, forensics, fundraiser, Greenhouse, gvsu, lyoya, medical, Medicine, Museum, plant, Science, technology
The Results of an Independent Autopsy in the Patrick Lyoya Case are Released
Two weeks after he was shot and killed by a GRPD officer, Patrick...
Posted: 2 years 1 week
Comprehensive Therapy Center is excited to launch its second session of Diversity in Healthcare Youth Project!...
Posted: 2 years 2 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, Gossip, religion, second amendment, slander
The Reverend Colleen Squires, minister at All Souls Community Church of West Michigan, a Unitarian Universalist Congregation, responds:
Unitarian Universalists are strong...
Posted: 2 years 2 weeks
Tagged: Darwin Awards, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, Florida Man, religion, Tiger
Welcome to the 500th Ethics and Religion Talk column. Every once in a while, I like to present a question that breaks the boundaries and challenges our ethical norms, to keep things interesting....