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In Season Report: January 11, 2020
by (FultonStMarket)
Submitted 01-10-2020 under NONPROFITS
Beat the cold and come check out what Second Season Market has to offer! Your local farm and food businesses will be here TOMORROW to provide you with fresh fruits + veggies as well as hand-crafted food + artisan goods and farm products including...
In Season Report: January 4, 2020
by (FultonStMarket)
Submitted 01-03-2020 under NONPROFITS
Second Season Market is in full swing and we have all of the roots, greens, apples, mushrooms, and squash to help you center on your health in the new year. Not only will you find locally-grown fruits + vegetables, but we'll also have over 20...
In Season Report: December 21
by (FultonStMarket)
Submitted 12-20-2019 under NONPROFITS
Our selection of Market merch includes FSFM logo t-shirts (new colors this season!), camper mugs, and stickers. We also have a uniquely engraved bricks for sale, if you'd like to give a fun + personalized gift that will be installed and...
A look back at Festival of the Arts' first 50 years
by (ArtswriterGR)
Submitted 06-05-2019 under NEWS
Fifty years ago downtown Grand Rapids was in the midst of urban renewal. In June 1969, in front of the new Grand Rapids City Hall, a massive work of abstract sculpture by American artist Alexander Calder titled “La Grande Vitesse” was...
"Culinary Conversations" Focusing on Food Failures at June 18 Meetup
by (Downtown Market GR)
Submitted 06-04-2019 under NONPROFITS
The Grand Rapids Downtown Market will host its third Culinary Conversations Meetup on June 18 at 5 p.m., focusing on “Food Failures.” The free event features four local food industry mavens, from the startup and corporate world,...
Afoot: Hymns and Donuts
by (awpattullo)
Submitted 05-04-2019 under LOCAL LIFE
Greetings— I noticed a sign reading "Don't Worry, Customers Please Enter" on the door of a Midtown pastry shop. After ordering a dozen donuts for co-workers, I asked the counter clerk why they had to encourage customers to...
Festival of the Arts' 50th Celebration poster commemorates Calder's La Grande Vitesse
by (ric72528)
Submitted 04-12-2019 under NONPROFITS
To commemorate its 50th year, Festival of the Arts is excited to announce renowned designer Stephen Frykholm as its 2019 poster artist. One of the longest running festivals in the state of Michigan, Festival of the Arts will hold its 50th...
The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts Offers Affected Federal Employees and Contractors Free Gallery Admission During Shutdown
by (KCAD)
Submitted 01-23-2019 under NONPROFITS
This week, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) announced it is offering free gallery admission for federal employees and contractors affected by the partial government shutdown. Excepted, Non-Excepted/furloughed, and contract employees...
Grand Rapids Art Museum presents 'A Decade at the Center: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions'
by (Grand Rapids Ar...)
Submitted 01-18-2019 under NONPROFITS
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition opening January 26, A Decade at the Center: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions. The exhibition closes out a yearlong celebration of GRAM's tenth anniversary at...
Grand Rapids brothers create local social app to strengthen community
by (Mikayla Balk)
Submitted 11-02-2018 under LOCAL LIFE
The founders of Grand Rapids social app Yote seek to not only bring more technology companies to GR following their new artificial intelligence, but they also have another vision in mind. They see loneliness as a widespread force of unhappiness that...