In Good Company
Submitted 12-03-2010 under NONPROFITS
It really was a poor place to be giving birth -- that dimly lit and chilly cave meant to shelter animals. The parents, Mary and Joseph, were in a strange town, far from home; they had walked for miles. The entire situation was rather irregular from...
Heartside’s Got Talent: Visionary Heartside Performers take the stage at The Ladies Literary Club!
Submitted 12-01-2010 under NONPROFITS
The Heartside Downtown Neighborhood Association is pleased to announce the 7th Annual Heartside Neighborhood Talent Show on January 14th at 8PM! The night will be a showcase of talent from the most diverse and vibrant Neighborhood in Grand Rapids!...
Holiday Artists' Market Feature: Shelly Klein
Submitted 11-29-2010 under NONPROFITS
UICA's 22nd Annual Holiday Artists' Market is right around the corner and we asked the artists a few questions about their products for the market. Below Shelly Klein of k studio answered our questions.Tell us a little about yourself.I live in Grand...
WMEAC Puts Asian Carp On the Menu for FIGHT ‘EM & FILLET ‘EM Awareness Event
Submitted 11-29-2010 under NONPROFITS
The West Michigan Environmental Action Council and San Chez Bistro are putting Asian carp on the menu as part of an exclusive culinary event to benefit efforts to keep the notorious invasive species out of the Great Lakes. FIGHT '...
Catalyst Radio: Media education at GRCMC another outlet for youth creativity
Submitted 11-26-2010 under NONPROFITS
This week we turn the mic on Gretchen Vinnedge, the Community Media Center's education director. The education department for the CMC steers many programs including AniJAM workshops that teaches stop-motion animation to all ages and MoLLIE, a...
Voces exhibition honors the dead and challenges viewers
Submitted 11-24-2010 under OPINION
Voces ("Voices"), a solo exhibition by Mandy Cano Villalobos, addresses the mass femicide in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Femicide is historically defined as the systematic killing of women by men simply because they are women. In Ciudad...
Live Nativity at Marywood
Submitted 11-24-2010 under NONPROFITS
Instruments of Hope will be hosting a Live Nativity event on Sunday, December 12 at 5:30 p.m. on the Marywood campus, which is located at 2025 Fulton Street East. A family event that will delight and inspire people of all...
Circle Theatre and GRCC present scholarship fundraiser "A Cool Yule"
Submitted 11-23-2010 under NONPROFITS
Circle Theatre and Grand Rapids Community College, along with the Grand Rapids Community College Alumni Relations are proud to announce an inaugural collaborative benefit-fundraiser entitled 'A Cool Yule.' All proceeds will be split between Circle...
Holiday Artists' Market Feature: Elizabeth Mayville
Submitted 11-23-2010 under NONPROFITS
UICA's 22nd Annual Holiday Artists' Market is right around the corner and we asked the artists a few questions about their products for the market. Below Elizabeth Mayville answered our questions. Tell us a little about yourself. I'm a painter who...
Community Profile | Rachel Lee, the accidental historian
Submitted 11-22-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Rachel Lee has sound advice for Grand Rapids city residents: “Get involved with your city.” Lee can talk the talk because she has certainly walked the walk. The East Hills resident and now “retired” president of the East Hills Neighborhood...