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2013 WAVE Award Winners Announced

2013 WAVE Award Winners Announced

Experience Grand Rapids (EXGR) and the Kent County Lodging Association (KCLA) announced the 2013 winners of the sixth annual Way Above Visitor Expectations (WAVE) Awards—a program that recognizes outstanding service providers in the Grand Rapids and Kent County...

Jay Leno, Lily Tomlin, Chris Tucker to Headline LaughFest

Jay Leno, Lily Tomlin, Chris Tucker to Headline LaughFest

The nation’s first-ever community-wide festival of laughter, Gilda’s LaughFest, announced its first round of talent and shows lined up for the festival’s fourth year to be held March 6-16, 2014. The headliners announced include: Lily Tomlin, making a special...

Gilda’s Laughfest to Launch LaughFest Friends Membership

Gilda’s Laughfest to Launch LaughFest Friends Membership

Gilda’s LaughFest officials have launched LaughFest Friends, a new membership program. Members will receive a variety of benefits, including VIP access to the November 12 headlining artists announcement launch party, which will be held at 7:30 a.m. at the Grand Rapids...

Grand Rapids Symphony’s New Great Eras Series Opens

Grand Rapids Symphony’s New Great Eras Series Opens

Earlier this year, the Grand Rapids Symphony announced the addition of a new chamber music series to its musically diverse lineup. Great Eras, a three-concert series sponsored by Crowe Horwath, was designed to explore different periods of orchestral music—Classical,...

West Michigan Residents Sought for Study to Help Next Generation

West Michigan Residents Sought for Study to Help Next Generation

West Michigan residents are being asked by the American Cancer Society to do something simple: help improve the health of the next generation. One short appointment and some paperwork, and you could help save lives decades down the road. It’s called Cancer Prevention...

Finding Sanity Within the Chaos

Finding Sanity Within the Chaos

Find out how to move out of survival mode, create more time in your schedule, and have the energy to enjoy your life.  Do you ever feel:   Like you are running on empty, completely exhausted, and overwhelmed by your life and its never-ending to-do list?...

Finish the Fight Discovery Ball in November 7

Finish the Fight Discovery Ball in November 7

West Michigan residents are invited to help celebrate the American Cancer Society’s one hundredth birthday on Thursday, November 7, at the Grand Rapids Finish the Fight Discovery Ball, the Society’s new gala affair. This birthday-themed event will take place at...

2013 Agents of Change

2013 Agents of Change

Join the Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce at Fricano Place for a special progressive Business After Hours to celebrate the 2013 Agents of Change, from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, November 7. Agents of Change are community members or organizations that have...

Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce Event: Facing Racism

Enhance your perspective at this Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce Facing Racism event at Steelcase Inc. University, November 7and 8. The Institute for Healing Racism is the areas's leading program for uncovering racism and understanding its impact on individuals...