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Square Peg Events’ popular Artful Dining Series hits Grand Rapids
Square Peg Events LLC announces the Artful Dining Series, a sequence of art-enhanced evenings combining food, art, and ambience inspired by the work of some of the great art masters and the periods and cultures from whence they hailed. Following a successful run of...
Sophia’s House Earns Gold LEED Certification
Sophia's House, a home-away-from-home that allows guests to be near their loved ones who are receiving care at Saint Mary’s Health Care, received official Gold LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification in December 2012. Named in honor...
GRandJazzFest Announces 2013 Dates, Expands to Two Days
GRandJazzFest, presented by DTE Energy Foundation, expands to two days in 2013—Saturday, August 17, and Sunday, August 18—and offers ten diverse jazz bands and performers, all free to the concert-going public. Like the 2012 inaugural GRandJazzFest, the second...
Kent County Hotels, Restaurants, Businesses United to Fight Breast Cancer
In February, more than twenty-three local hotels and restaurants, businesses, and special lecture series will be rolling out the pink carpet to educate the community on breast cancer, through Susan G. Komen West Michigan. The endeavor is called Experience Pink. ...
Women & Environment Symposium Honors Female Environmental Leaders of the Past, Present, and Future
West Michigan Environmental Action Council and Grand Valley State University’s Women’s Center and Sustainable Community Development Initiative are presenting the second annual Women & Environment Symposium on Friday, February 15, at the GVSU L.V. Eberhard Center...
Gold Company Celebrates 35th Annual Miller Auditorium Show
Recognized as one of the most successful collegiate vocal groups in the world, Gold Company is celebrating thirty-five years at Miller Auditorium—and you’re invited to the party! Gold Company’s 35th Anniversary Spectacular promises surprises and special guests, and...
The Press Club of Grand Rapids Honors Etta Smith Wilson, the First Paid Woman Reporter in Nineteenth-Century Grand Rapids
As the new year begins, the Press Club of Grand Rapids will acknowledge the accomplishments of Etta Smith Wilson, the first full-time paid professional woman reporter in nineteenth-century Grand Rapids. Not only a pioneer in journalism, Smith Wilson also founded many...
Women & Environment Symposium Honors Female Environmental Leaders of the Past, Present, Future
The West Michigan Environmental Action Council and Grand Valley State University’s Women’s Center and Sustainable Community Development Initiative are presenting the second annual Women & Environment Symposium on Friday, February 15 at the GVSU L.V. Eberhard...
New Art Exhibit Opens at Pine Rest Leep Art Gallery
Beginning January 9, Pine Rest will display a selection of Stacy A. Niedzwiecki’s digital art pieces. The exhibit will be located in the Postma Center Leep Art Gallery at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, 300 68th Street, Grand Rapids. Niedzwiecki is...