Recent Cityscene Articles
Experience Grand Rapids, the official destination marketing organization for Kent County, invited the hospitality community, business and political leaders, and its Certified Tourism Ambassadors (CTA) to a kick-off event for a new personalized planning website. The...
Jillian Michaels, America’s leading authority in health, wellness, and fitness, brings her critically acclaimed motivational live tour “Maximize Your Life” to Miller Auditorium on Thursday, March 27, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $25 and are available now...
More than two hundred community members have received assistance from the Grand Rapids African American Health Institute’s (GRAAHI) Affordable Care Act (ACA) education specialists and calls for appointments continue to rise. “We’re working with individuals and...
West Michigan Woman magazine is seeking a charity partner for Wine & Wig 2014, through a proposal and voting process. West Michigan Woman Wine & Wig was established in 2013 to show financial support for a West Michigan philanthropic organization whose mission...
Talent—and how companies attract and unleash it in a fiercely competitive world—is a key differentiator. The old reality that people need companies has been replaced with a new one: Companies need people. The war for talent has intensified. And the most...
For the first time ever, Local First is putting up billboards and placing Web advertisements all over West Michigan. The message is simple: Support the people that live in your community by shopping local. West Michigan is full of locally owned businesses that make...
Many may never know the story of going without good food for days or trying to sleep hungry, but there is a simple way to help one child who does—dining at one of twenty-five restaurants through FoodCircles. Turning everyday privilege into aid, FoodCircles...
The annual Tanglefoot Building Artists Studio Sale returns invigorated for its twenty-second anniversary of the annual open studio place-making event on Friday, November 22, and Sunday, November 24, 2013. “Tanglefoot,” the nickname locals have attributed when...
Elaine Dalcher, PainterDalcher’s new paintings and monotypes continue her interest in the landscape. Beginning her work outdoors within the landscape, she moves the canvas into the studio to continue the work, concentrating on creating a mood referenced by the...
Dégagé Ministries will host its annual year-end benefit, Celebrate Dégagé, on November 22, 2013 at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. The event will bring together Dégagé staff and volunteers, along with donors and friends of the ministry. Among the...