Grand Rapids

Lacks Enterprises and Cascade Engineering host employee day at Downtown Market

Submitted 09-18-2015 under NONPROFITS

Lacks Enterprises and Cascade Engineering are hosting an employee appreciation day at the Downtown Market, to reward employees and support local entrepreneurs and small business owners.

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The GRAM's Nature/Nurture exhibit for ArtPrize Seven chooses conversation over crowd appeal

Submitted 09-17-2015 under OPINION

Are we born with our personalities and impulses? Or does our upbringing determine who we are and what we become? The GRAM’s Nature/Nurture exhibit challenges viewers’ ideas of self and identity.

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SENSE what is in store for you at UICA

Submitted 09-16-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

The Urban Institute for Contemporary Art's exhibit for ArtPrize 7 is designed to takes the viewer through the work of six artists and get a full experience using all their senses.

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Wisemaker partners with ArtPrize to bring artmaking to everyone

Submitted 09-15-2015 under NEWS

At the ArtPrize Hub, Wisemaker of The Geek Group will bring its reclaimed materials downtown so visitors can make their own art inspired by ArtPrize.

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She Rides her Own Way to host Women and Bikes speaker series

Submitted 09-15-2015 under NEWS

On September 17, four local panelist will talk about how biking has made a positive impact on their lives at bicycling event at Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.

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Instruments of Hope invites all to take meditative walk on International Day of Peace

Submitted 09-15-2015 under NEWS

Sculptor Mic Carlson's statue of St Francis will be in the garden, and the Threshold Choir Group will sing along the walk in the woods.

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More action, less talk

Submitted 09-15-2015 under OPINION

As a younger community leader I often find myself around individuals or boards that insist on meeting constantly to discuss the various issues plaguing the Black community, yet too much time continues to pass on without action.

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Building community: Why honest conversations matter

Submitted 09-15-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS

We can't grow as a community- or as individuals- if we aren't willing to engage in hard conversations. Willingness to be honest takes courage. Why are we so afraid of that here in Grand Rapids?

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