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Posted: 2 years 38 weeks
Tagged: Addiction, addiction recovery, Guiding Light, homeless shelter, recovery, substance abuse, unemployment
Posted: 2 years 38 weeks
Tagged: Cancel Culture, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, religion
This Week’s Question: ‘The anger and demands that accompany today's Cancel Culture often leave people feeling like the only way to survive is to go along with everyone else who...
Posted: 2 years 38 weeks
Over 130 individuals and growing have signed a...
Posted: 2 years 39 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
As summer draws to its’ inevitable end, there is still much to be enjoyed at the Market. Plums, peaches, and sweet corn are still in abundance, along with many other in-season produce. Not...
Posted: 2 years 39 weeks
Tagged: covid-19, delta variant, face coverings, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Public Schools, kdl vibes, Kent County, Kent county health department, Kent District Library, Kent ISD, leadriane roby, local music, local musicians, music, stacy schuster, students, West Michigan
Kent District Library launching streaming platform for local musicians
Kent District Library (KDL) has announced it will be...
Posted: 2 years 39 weeks
Tagged: Affordable Housing, CLT, community land trust, down payment assistance, homeownership, housing, housing choice, housing innovation, low income homeownership, wealth building
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Posted: 2 years 39 weeks
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When it comes to theater, sometimes you want King Lear grieving over poor Cordelia, and sometimes you want a guy accidentally gluing a plate to his hand. Noises Off, currently playing at...
Posted: 2 years 39 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, Racism, religion
This week, we address a second way to read a question submitted by Victoria and addressed last week, regarding religion and racism. Despite religion’s flaws which contributed to racism, as...
Posted: 2 years 40 weeks
Tagged: adam london, cdc, City of Grand Rapids, covid-19, covid-19 vaccine, fiesta mexicana, gabriella de la vega, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Kent county health department, liz browne, maurilia ortiz blakey, Mexican heritage, mexican heritage association, recycling, resource recycling inc., The Recycling Partnership, vaccine, West Michigan
Fiesta Mexicana returning to downtown Grand Rapids next month
An annual celebration of Mexican culture is back in downtown Grand Rapids next month, taking place for the community...
Posted: 2 years 40 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
We are halfway through Main Season already, but the fresh produce continues to flow through the Market. This is the time of year we wait for all winter long! So, what are you waiting for?! Get...
Posted: 2 years 40 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, Racism, religion
Victoria posed a most interesting question due to its ambiguity: “How do you think organized religion has advanced racism in today's society?” It was not clear to me...
Posted: 2 years 41 weeks
Tagged: cdc, city manager, City of Grand Rapids, covid-19, delta variant, Eric Payne, face coverings, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Police Department, Grand Rapids Public Schools, Kent County, Kent ISD, leadriane roby, Mark Washington, police, police chief, retirement, school, West Michigan
Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Payne to retire next year
Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Payne will be retiring in early 2022, he...
Posted: 2 years 41 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
In case you didn’t know, we have been celebrating National Farmers Market Week (NFMW) all week long, and this Saturday concludes our Market celebrations. This years’ focus was on three...
Posted: 2 years 41 weeks
Tagged: City Connection, cityconnection, Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, Linda Gellasch, Mayor Bliss, Rosalyn Bliss, stephanie adams
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 41 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, Negativity, religion
“SN” asks, “I have a friend who often comes to our happy hour group but the minute this person comes the whole mood changes. He is very negative and everything he talks about is...
Posted: 2 years 41 weeks
To meet the need of local children and families during back-to-school season, The Salvation Army of Kent County is working with four area Walmart stores to collect school supplies during the...
Posted: 2 years 42 weeks
Tagged: Buddhism, Community, covid-19, faith, Grand Rapids, grand rapids buddhist temple, gurdwara, guru nanak, Interfaith, Kent County, mahayana, mark hepper, naam, Passing the Mic, purpose, religion, rishi singh, sefless service, Seva, sikh, sikh society of west michigan, sikhism, suffering, West Michigan, yong su
Ven. Yong Su Mark Hepper, Mahayana Buddhist practitioner and Teaching Monk at the Grand Rapids Buddhist Temple,...
Posted: 2 years 42 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’s peak season here, which means there is an abundance of our favorite produce. Among the stalls you will find peaches, apricots, blueberries, okra, sweet Michigan corn, and so much more....
Posted: 2 years 42 weeks
Tagged: City of Grand Rapids, gangnam district, gangnam-gu, Grand Rapids, grand rapids sister cities international, Kent County, leonardo tombelli, lincoln park, literacy, Mark Washington, Martin Luther King Park, reading, Rosalynn Bliss, seoul, sister cities, sister city, south korea, storytime grand rapids, storytime in the park, West Michigan, youth
Gangnam District in South Korea becomes Grand Rapids’ new sister city
Grand Rapids city commissioners on Tuesday approved a sister city relationship with Gangnam District in...
Posted: 2 years 42 weeks
Tagged: faith, Guiding Light, Guiding Light Board, Guiding Light Board of Directors, guiding light mission, Guiding Light Recovery, Guiding Light Works, recovery, reengagement, rescue
Faith has always been an integral part of Harvey Koning’s life, but when he left his hometown of Grand Rapids to attend Harvard Law School his Christianity “got real” for him....
Posted: 2 years 42 weeks
Tagged: church, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, mosque, Places of Worship, religion, synagogue, temple
Dahyabhai is curious about the places where a community worships. “What is the importance of a special house of worship? Is a house of worship mandatory? What are rules and requirements for...
Posted: 2 years 43 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
Stormy days give the Market a different vibe. Time seems to slow down and worries seem to disappear. Take the time to connect with the dedicated people who grow and care for the delicious food...
Posted: 2 years 43 weeks
Tagged: art, City of Grand Rapids, Division Avenue Arts Collective, EPA, Grand Rapids, Kellogg Foundation, Kent County, Lead, Local, music, neighborhoods of focus, The Daac, water system, wayne jernberg, West Michigan
City of Grand Rapids replacing private lead service lines in Neighborhoods of Focus
Grand Rapids city commissioners approved and accepted a $5.1 million grant from the U.S....
Posted: 2 years 43 weeks
When Preservation Hall Jazz Band took the stage at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park,...
Posted: 2 years 43 weeks
Tagged: church, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, mosque, Places of Worship, religion, synagogue, temple
Dahyabhai is curious about the places where a community worships. “What is the importance of a special house of worship? Is a house of worship mandatory? What are rules and requirements for...
Posted: 2 years 44 weeks
Tagged: Community, covid-19, 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
Come enjoy the opportunity to connect with the dedicated people who grow and care for the delicious food that nourishes us. The Market is the perfect place to try something new, and to learn...
Posted: 2 years 44 weeks
Tagged: Brandon Davis, city commission, City of Grand Rapids, covid-19, cure violence, eliza fernand, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Police Department, grand rapids urban league, Kendall College of Art and Design, Kent County, nonviolence, office of oversight and public accountability, reopening, Spectrum Health, UICA, Urban Insitute for Contemporary Arts, violence, West Michigan
Grand Rapids Urban League selected to lead Cure Violence in Grand Rapids
The Grand Rapids Urban League (GRUL) has been unanimously...
Posted: 2 years 44 weeks
Tagged: Grand Rapids, Guiding Light, Guiding Light Works, Hope, nonprofit, podcast, Podcasting, recovery, reengagement, rescue, stories, storytelling
Guiding Light, a Grand Rapids-based nonprofit, has launched a weekly podcast series to document and share the stories of Grand Rapids men in recovery who have found hope and a new way forward....
Posted: 2 years 44 weeks
Tagged: #acoustic #folk #local music, art
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) recently announced the 2021 lineup for its 12th annual free summer concert series, GRAM on the Green...
Posted: 2 years 44 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, Grand Rapids Press, religion
The first week of August will be the 10th anniversary of this column. Sadly, this week is the final appearance of Ethics and Religion Talk in the Grand Rapids Press. Due to retirements and...