Kent County starts COVID-19 vaccinations for kids ages 5-11
The Kent County Health Departmen...
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Posted: 2 years 28 weeks
Tagged: ashley day, autumn, blandford nature center, bryan posthumus, cdc, Children, covid-19, covid-19 vaccine, fda, Grand Rapids, Gretchen Whitmer, Kent County, Kent county health department, local artists, mary wisinski, menstrual products, Michigan, michigan legislature, nature, nature makers market, tampon tax, taxes, West Michigan
Posted: 2 years 28 weeks
John wrote:
“I read something you talked about use of medicine. To me, God is able to heal without medicines. I live without any medicine and whenever I get sick, I pray to God and He...
Posted: 2 years 29 weeks
Tagged: Community, culture, eat local, farm, Farmers, farmers market, food, fresh, fruits, FSFM, Fulton Street Farmers Market, Grand Rapids, Local First, local food, Midtown, support local, vegetables, veggies, West Michigan, whatsuptown
Happy Halloween weekend! It is always fun to be able to end our Main Season during this enchanted time of year. Just as things begin to slow down, the holidays come around and we are reminded that...
Posted: 2 years 29 weeks
After years of alcohol use and sporadic relapses throughout his adult life, Jason had enough. He went through several residential substance-abuse treatment programs with only short-term results....
Posted: 2 years 29 weeks
Tagged: equity, food, health, justice, policy, social justice, sovereignty
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Posted: 2 years 29 weeks
After an absence of two years, Opera Grand Rapids returned to Devos Performance Hall with Don Giovanni. Times had changed; an attendant confirmed COVID-19 vaccination or the results of a...
Posted: 2 years 29 weeks
“I read something you talked about use of medicine. To me, God is able to heal without medicines. I live without any medicine and whenever I get sick, I pray to God and He answers my prayers...
Posted: 2 years 29 weeks
Tagged: #SCMC #StCeciliaMusicCenter #SCMCMusicLivesHere #DowntownGrandRapidsEntertainment #Music #Concerts
St. Cecilia Music Center is delighted to welcome back legendary guitarist and Grand Rapids favorite ...
Posted: 2 years 30 weeks
Tagged: #SCMC #StCeciliaMusicCenter #SCMCMusicLivesHere #DowntownGrandRapidsEntertainment #Music #Concerts
The world-class Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center returns to perform in front of their first live audience at St....
Posted: 2 years 30 weeks
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City of Grand Rapids extends outdoor 'social zones' through Nov. 2022
Grand Rapids’ outdoor dining “social zones” will remain active through Nov. 1, 2022,...
Posted: 2 years 30 weeks
Tagged: Community, culture, eat local, farm, Farmers, farmers market, food, fresh, fruits, FSFM, Fulton Street Farmers Market, Grand Rapids, Local First, local food, Midtown, support local, vegetables, veggies, West Michigan, whatsuptown
Wow! Is it just us or did October fly by? Before you know it, the Market will be stocked with garland, turkeys, wreaths, winter squash, root vegetables and a plethora of handmade, one-of-a-kind...
Posted: 2 years 30 weeks
Tagged: Golden Kettle Award, The Salvation Army, The Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign, The Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign
As the Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign and the 3rd Annual Golden Kettle Competition are about to start on Nov.12, several service clubs are beginning to jostle for their place in...
Posted: 2 years 30 weeks
Tagged: #empowerment, #gabriella, #latinx, #mexico, #radio, #WYCE
Gabriella de la Vega is a connector. She sees the possibilities in each situation and makes sure the people who can collectively do something positive meet one another and partner to improve the...
Posted: 2 years 30 weeks
Peter Albertini’s service on the board of Guiding Light comes at the intersection of housing, recovery and grace.
The New York real estate broker was the trailing spouse when he and...
Posted: 2 years 30 weeks
Tagged: #SCMC #StCeciliaMusicCenter #SCMCMusicLivesHere #DowntownGrandRapidsEntertainment #Music #Concerts
Rodney Crowell, Award-winning Founding Father of the Americana Music Genre will debut at St. Cecilia Music Center’s Acoustic Café Series on November 12, 2021...
Posted: 2 years 30 weeks
Tagged: Cost of Religion, Economics, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, religion
Kathleen asks, “There is clearly a cost of adhering to a religious tradition (in the Jewish tradition, the cost of keeping the dietary laws comes to mind). The question is how much should...
Posted: 2 years 31 weeks
Tagged: afghan refugees, Afghanistan, Cesar Chavez, City of Grand Rapids, civil rights, franklin st., Gateways for Growth, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids City Commission, granville ave., Hispanic Center of West Michigan, Kent County, kent county welcome plan steering committee, martin luther king jr., Milinda Ysasi, mlk jr., refugees, samaritas, West Michigan, West Michigan Asian American Association
Grand Rapids renames streets for Martin Luther King Jr., César Chávez
Grand Rapids city commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved the renaming of ...
Posted: 2 years 31 weeks
Tagged: Community, culture, eat local, farm, Farmers, farmers market, food, fresh, fruits, FSFM, Fulton Street Farmers Market, Grand Rapids, Local First, local food, Midtown, support local, vegetables, veggies, West Michigan, whatsuptown
It is hard to believe that we only have two more weeks of Main Season Market left! Although the produce options are sparce compared to the past few months, Autumn still provides our stalls with a...
Posted: 2 years 31 weeks
Andy was born in East Grand Rapids into a comfortable and secure two parent home and lifestyle. “I was born into a good family, we had everything we needed,” he said. Dad always had...
Posted: 2 years 31 weeks
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Ready to get creative? Ready to turn a night out into opportunity pathways for adults and teens?
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Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, Proselytization, religion, violence
Fred Stella, the Pracharak (Outreach Minister) for the West Michigan Hindu Temple, responds:
In 2005 I embarked on a lecture (and listening) tour of 4 states of India that have...
Posted: 2 years 32 weeks
Tagged: Community, culture, eat local, farm, Farmers, farmers market, food, fresh, fruits, FSFM, Fulton Street Farmers Market, Grand Rapids, Local First, local food, Midtown, support local, vegetables, veggies, West Michigan, whatsuptown
This time of year reminds us that change is inevitable, but can also be beautiful to witness. Embrace the changing of the seasons by checking out the Market to see what is growing in Michigan...
Posted: 2 years 32 weeks
Tagged: artprize, artprize 2021, asian art, christian relchie, City of Grand Rapids, Eric Payne, gear library, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Police Department, Kent County, Mark Washington, monica pritchard, Our Community's Children, outdoor foundation, outdoors, parks and recreation, police chief, Roosevelt Park, sam truby, thrive outside, thrive outside grand rapids, West Michigan, youth
Grand Rapids' first outdoor 'gear library' opening this weekend
Grand Rapids' first ever community library for outdoor gear is opening on Oct. 11, aiming to...
Posted: 2 years 32 weeks
Tagged: divorce, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, religion
Linda Knieriemen, Senior Pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Holland, responds:
I would never counsel that money and grateful participation giving to charity will resolve...
Posted: 2 years 32 weeks
Tagged: City Connection, cityconnection, Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, Linda Gellasch, Mayor Bliss, Rosalyn Bliss
Join us on Monday, August 2, 2021 at 4 p.m. on LiveWire, Comcast Cable 24, for this month's episode of City Connection. City Connection is a monthly live call-in show hosted by the mayors of...
Posted: 2 years 33 weeks
Tagged: behind the badge, cdc, city commission, community engagement, covid-19, covid-19 vaccine, dan adam, decriminalization, decriminalize nature grand rapids, entheogens, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Police Department, javon sanders, Kent County, Kent county health department, mdhhs, pfizer, podcast, psilocybin mushrooms, psychedelic medicine, West Michigan
Kent County Health Department offering COVID-19 vaccine boosters
The Kent County Health Department (KCHD) is now...
Posted: 2 years 33 weeks
Tagged: Community, culture, eat local, farm, Farmers, farmers market, food, fresh, fruits, FSFM, Fulton Street Farmers Market, Grand Rapids, Local First, local food, Midtown, support local, vegetables, veggies, West Michigan, whatsuptown
The trees aren’t the only things that change color during the fall. The transition of the seasons paints the stalls with deep red, vibrant yellow, and warm orange hues! Pumpkins, gourds, and...
Posted: 2 years 33 weeks
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Grand Rapids Civic Theatre has the reputation of being haunted, but until recently I had never seen its ghost. That changed on Thursday, September 29th, as I settled in to watch Once....
Posted: 2 years 33 weeks
Tagged: #art
This fall, the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) will present the first major exhibition of Jasper Johns prints in two decades, ...
Posted: 2 years 33 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, religion, Self-Awareness
The Rev. Sandra Nikkel, head pastor of Conklin Reformed Church, responds:
“This topic is very dear to my heart; but growing in self-awareness is not easy...