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Mid December Holiday Art Thing: no holiday craft stuff here

Submitted 12-10-2013 under NEWS

This art exhibit features a short but respectable list of artists working in a variety of media.

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Nixohn Harder's family optimistic of full recovery

Submitted 12-04-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

Nixohn Harder, 4 months old, is recovering and doing well after a complicated heart surgery. He has been problem free for a month or so now and the family is optimistic of his continued recovery.

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Cook Library Scholars: Un Camino De Oportunidad

Submitted 12-04-2013 under PLACE-MATTERS

Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities provee un ambiente seguro y acogedor donde los estudiantes puedan florecer.

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Asia Monet Ray and Jordyn Jones visit Grand Rapids!

Submitted 12-04-2013 under NEWS

Asia Monet Ray is an eight year old gymnast, dancer and actress. She has garnered 30,000 followers on twitter in just 7 days. Jordyn Jones is a dancer, model and actress. Orginally from Three Rivers, Michigan she now lives in Studio City, California.

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Grand Rapids-based startup launches app to help feed hungry children

Submitted 12-03-2013 under NEWS

FoodCircles curates great local restaurants, and provides dishes starting at $1 online. Your entire purchase goes to charity, feeding one child in need for each $1 spent.

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Local boutique makes international impact

Submitted 12-02-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

Becky McDonald, W.A.R. International President and activist, fights international trafficking and modern day slavery from Wyoming headquarters

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Kendall student sees poetry in painting signs

Submitted 11-22-2013 under NEWS

Sofía Ramírez Hernández, a senior drawing major, is passionate about words and images and uses both in her artwork.

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Tanglefoot open studio event to celebrate 22nd year

Submitted 11-19-2013 under OPINION

Tanglefoot artists are opening their studio doors again for this yearly must-do event, and this time they're inviting Dinderbeck artists to join them.

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"Attendance + Effort = Success."

Submitted 11-08-2013 under NEWS

Attendance is key to academic success—and so is celebrating the students who are working hard and coming to school! Attendance celebrations have been taking place in all of the GRPS & Believe 2 Become Hope Zones, and the importance of making every day count is the rallying cry.

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Catalyst Radio: Family Futures working for stronger families and communities

Submitted 11-01-2013 under NEWS

Family Futures has set its Hope Circle fundraiser for Nov. 12, and the Connections Circle fundraising event for Nov. 19 at Grand Rapids Children’s Museum.

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