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LaGrand launches 'Mayor Mondays' to connect with Grand Rapids residents

Submitted 01-31-2025 under NEWS

Mayor David LaGrand launched Mayor Mondays, a monthly public dialogue on key issues in Grand Rapids. The series rotates across the city’s three wards, with each month focusing on a different topic.

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Winter season brings four new exhibitions to the Grand Rapids Art Museum

Submitted 01-28-2025 under NONPROFITS

GRAM-organized exhibitions opening in January and February 2025.

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World of Winter silent disco has people talking, dancing through Grand Rapid's cold season

Submitted 01-24-2025 under LOCAL LIFE

"We realized we would not last in the cold standing idle. It was a dance-or-die situation and we did not protest."

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GRCC men's basketball begins conference play with a dominant 16-2 season

Submitted 01-22-2025 under NEWS

Currently riding a 13 game win streak, the young roster of Raiders relies on their mindsets and team rhythm in the final stretch of the regular season.

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Grammy Award Winning Jazz Singer and Composer Cécile McLorin Salvant brings her dynamic voice and storytelling to St. Cecilia Music Center on February 20, 2025

Submitted 01-16-2025 under NONPROFITS

St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) brings three time Grammy Award Winning Jazz Vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant to Grand Rapids on Thursday, February 20, 2025 to perform on the Spectactular Jazz Series.

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WMCAT's iBall 2025

Submitted 01-14-2025 under NONPROFITS

Join us at iBall 2025 on Thursday, March 13 from 6-9 p.m. to celebrate 20 years of impact, connect over our shared goal to provide access to opportunity, and collectively invest in future impact.

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Local Artist Highlight: Eirann Betka-Pope

Submitted 01-13-2025 under NONPROFITS

Avenue for the Arts has coffee with Eirann Betka-Pope to talk about Betka-Pope Productions, theater arts, Grand Rapids history, the Rapid Art Movement and more. Interview by Pamela MacDougal.

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Mayor David LaGrand to discuss housing on upcoming episode of City Connection

Submitted 01-08-2025 under NONPROFITS

Watch live on GRTV's Facebook page and YouTube channel beginning at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13.

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Dust off those old VHS tapes: GRTV launches Media Preservation Suite to digitize outdated home media

Submitted 01-06-2025 under NEWS

Outdated media on VHS tapes, CDs, and 8mm film is getting a second life as GRTV launches its Media Preservation Suite, helping Grand Rapids community members digitize and preserve their memories and artifacts.

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Meet Marshall Kilgore: Grand Rapids' first Gen Z and LGBTQ+ city commissioner

Submitted 12-19-2024 under LOCAL LIFE

We sit down with Marshall Kilgore, the first Gen Z and openly LGBTQ+ City Commissioner in Grand Rapids, to talk about his thoughts on civic engagement, environmental justice and community-led initiatives to build up resilient neighborhoods.

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