Community
Stay motivated to create this summer with Workshop Wednesdays
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 07-18-2017 under PLACE-MATTERS
If you are an artist or a writer, you’ve probably heard this one piece of advice from a mentor at some point in your life: find a community. What people don’t always tell you is how to find that community. It can be a daunting process to...
We are the skyline: Reflection from our windows, our pains
by (Erica Soto)
Submitted 07-05-2017 under OPINION
We all carry within us a purpose, which gives us pride in everything we are a part of. That pride is especially present in the cities we work, live, and play in. The skylines we regularly see, buildings that stretch hundreds of feet into the vibrant...
Movies in the Park celebrates its fifth season in Ah-Nab-Awen-Park
by (Megan Sarnacki)
Submitted 06-30-2017 under NEWS
DGRI is a community-powered organization in charge of city building and place-management in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids. Over the years, DGRI has made it their goal to continuously enhance the experience of these events. This season, DGRI has...
Celebrating dads, diversity at the Burton Heights reunion
by (arcarpenter)
Submitted 06-15-2017 under LOCAL LIFE
This Sunday, June 18, families from all over the Greater Grand Rapids area are invited to Garfield Park to celebrate Father’s Day with the Burton Heights neighborhood. The Third Annual Burton Heights Reunion will begin at 12 p.m. in the park...
Ebony Road Players to host third Annual Loving Day Celebration
by (mariahcaitlin)
Submitted 06-08-2017 under NEWS
Ebony Road Players is “a community performing arts and education company whose mission is to inspire, educate and engage the cultures of our community with high quality professional performances with a focus on the Black experience." Edye...
Eastown Community Association partners with Urban Roots to grow its community garden
by (Eastown Communi...)
Submitted 05-23-2017 under PLACE-MATTERS
Growing food can be transformative. South Central LA resident and urban gardening proponent, Ron Finley has said, "Growing your own food is like printing your own money." In his guerilla gardening TED Talk, he has said he, "Witnessed...
Nuns and Nones: Conversation at intersection of contemporary religious, secular life
by (Katie Gordon)
Submitted 04-11-2017 under OPINION
A few months ago, I wrote two articles on the trend in American religious life that has been dubbed by Pew Research as “the Rise of the ‘Nones.’” This language of the “Nones” is an umbrella term meant to...
Aquinas College and the need for more LGBTQIA inclusivity
by (mariahcaitlin)
Submitted 04-04-2017 under NEWS
Last month at Aquinas College, there was a viewing of the film "Desire of the Everlasting Hills:" an anti-LGBTQIA movie which highlights celibacy as the only appropriate lifestyle for LGBTQIA identifying individuals. I interviewed Emma...
Local musicians talk community, music while preparing for GRPM Planetarium show April 6
by (brittany.devon)
Submitted 03-31-2017 under LOCAL LIFE
Emma Loo and Sam can be found performing and connecting with the community all over Grand Rapids. The band started in 2012. Emma Loo was raised in Lowell and Sam was raised in Chicago. With their unique psychedelic folk sound, the band has taken off...
Celebrating Mexicains Sans Frontieres with ten years of community involvement
by (brittany.devon)
Submitted 03-22-2017 under LOCAL LIFE
Hugo Claudin talks about his community work and events at Mexicains Sans Frontieres. How did Mexicains Sans Frontieres get started? “Mexicains Sans Frontieres started around 2006 when I moved into my loft on the Avenue of the Arts. A friend...