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Mayor Bliss to discuss city neighborhoods in monthly call in show

Submitted 03-14-2016 under NEWS

Stacy Stout, Grand Rapids first Neighborhood Coordinator to guest

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The Creative Youth Center teams up with LaughFest for The Sketches that Lived Encore

Submitted 03-11-2016 under NEWS

Adult actors perform kids' writing in a hilarious and heartfelt performance back by popular demand.

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Winner of three Jammie Awards, Lady Ace Boogie, shares her journey to 'Feel Good Music'

Submitted 03-11-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

The local rap artist Lady Ace Boogie closed out the show at the WYCE Jammies. She shares how love, hard work and toilets brought her to where she is now.

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Great Decisions Series continues to bring international experts to Grand Rapids to discuss foreign affairs

Submitted 03-10-2016 under NONPROFITS

The World Affairs Council invites the public to become part of an ongoing foreign policy conversation.

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GRFC soccer team explodes onto the scene in Midtown's Houseman Field

Submitted 03-10-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

The Grand Rapids Football Club is preparing to begin its second year, following a wildly successful inaugural season in 2015, with even higher hopes for the 2016 season.

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ArtPrize's 2016 Annual Report Breakfast yields growth, changes for city's landscape

Submitted 03-10-2016 under NEWS

As ArtPrize's grant programs expand awareness and participation in communities and artists across the country, their influence in sculpting the public landscape of the event is also expanding.

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New jobs fair connecting the Black community to growing environmental industry

Submitted 03-10-2016 under NEWS

The Think Green Jobs Fair will be held at the Gerald R. Ford Academic Center on March 16, 2016 at 6 p.m..

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5 reasons Grand Coney among Grand Rapids' best bargain dining delights

Submitted 03-08-2016 under NONPROFITS

Grand Coney, one of Grand Rapids' only 24-hour restaurants, is easily accessible via The Rapid.

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Author of Mayor's Book of the Year returns to Grand Rapids to talk race, equity

Submitted 03-08-2016 under OPINION

LINC and Grand Valley State University are hosting Todd Robinson, author of "A City within a City," for a community conversation, a book signing and dialogue March 24-25.

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New data, insights into how Grand Rapidians experience their city

Submitted 03-08-2016 under PLACE-MATTERS

The 2015 VoiceGR Community Survey by the Dorothy Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU reveals how residents experience our city.

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