Grand Rapidians are in for a major election year in 2024. Not only will there be an election for president of the United States, but several local offices. Among those is the mayoral seat for the...
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Tagged: David LaGrand, Elections, Grand Rapids, hailey lynch-bastion, mayor, Senita Lenear, steve owens, vote
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Tagged: art
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) recently announced the 2024 lineup for its 15th annual free summer concert series, ...
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Tagged: Adams Street, aged infrastructure, City response, emergency repair, flooding, Grand Rapids, Philadelphia Avenue, Southeast Neighborhood, water boil advisory, water main break
Updated, June 13, 2024 at 2:15 p.m, Water to the impacted area has been shut off. Once water is turned on, residents in this area should boil their...
Posted: 4 days 12 hours
Tagged: art celebration, community engagement, cultural diversity, Festival of the Arts, Grand Rapids, Live Performances, Local Events, street performers
Festival of the Arts, the largest volunteer-run festival in the U.S., returned to Calder Plaza last weekend to celebrate art, food, music and the diverse community of Grand Rapids for...
Posted: 5 days 19 hours
Tagged: Afterlife, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, religion
The Rev. Sandra Nikkel, head pastor of Conklin Reformed Church, responds:
I would serve God and love Him even if there was no heaven. Knowing Him has made me the person who I am...
Posted: 6 days 15 hours
Released in 1971, Carole King's "Tapestry" was the top-selling album for 15 weeks. It went on to sell over 14 million copies, earn four Grammys and lodge itself in the...
Posted: 1 week 1 day
Tagged: affordable outings, art festivals, children's museum, family activities, free events, Grand Rapids culture, Grand Rapids events, Grand Rapids Public Library, John Ball Zoo, Summer Fun
As the weather warms up in West Michigan, Grand Rapids offers many activities and events for families to enjoy...
Posted: 1 week 2 days
Tagged: Alternative Country, country music, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, live music, Meijer Gardens Summer Concert Series, Orville Peck
Orville Peck might have stepped out of mid-century America. That's partly because of his voice. When he goes low, he sometimes sounds like Elvis. His upper register evokes Roy Orbison. It'...
Posted: 1 week 5 days
Tagged: baby goats, Beltane, Ditch Lily, Idlewild Farm, indie folk, live music, Michigan, nature, outdoor concert
In Michigan, we know all too well the joy of welcoming new seasons while bidding farewell to the last. Local...
Posted: 1 week 5 days
Tagged: barbie, cinema, East Grand Rapids, free, Grand Rapids, movies, outdoor movies, studio park, top gun, toy story
Warm weather is back in Grand Rapids which means a summer of free outdoor cinema showings have commenced throughout the community.
Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. (DGRI)...
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Linda Knieriemen, a retired pastor of the Presbyterian Church (USA), responds:
I served for 30 years as a pastor and am grateful that my age and circumstances allowed me to...
Posted: 2 weeks 2 days
Applications will be accepted in June for Neighborhood Match Fund (NMF) projects...
Posted: 2 weeks 4 days
Tagged: Autonomy, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, medical care, religion
What is the role of autonomy in medical care? Do your religious beliefs allow you to refuse simple medical procedures (i.e., dental care, skin biopsies, colonoscopies), even though such refusal...
Posted: 2 weeks 4 days
Tagged: art
The National Portrait Gallery’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition will be on view at the Grand Rapids Art Museum...
Posted: 2 weeks 4 days
Tagged: alison waske sutter, City Connection, City of Grand Rapids, commissioner lisa knight, Second Ward, sustainability and strategy officer, The Rapidian
Alison Waske Sutter, sustainability and strategy officer with the City of Grand Rapids, will be in the GRTV...
Posted: 3 weeks 1 day
Tagged: community event, free concert, Garrett Stier, Grand Rapids, indie rock, Laura Hobson, live music, new album, Phabies, relax at rosa
Phabies, the indie rock brainchild of Laura Hobson and Garrett Stier, is singular to Michigan in the same way...
Posted: 3 weeks 1 day
Tagged: drama, Live Theater, Musical Theater, Play
In high school, faced with yet another rejection slip, I hit upon what seemed to me an irresistible idea: write a poem about rejection on the back of the slip and submit it. The editor to whom I...
Posted: 3 weeks 2 days
Tagged: Broadway Grand Rapids, Musical Theater, Wicked
Having grossed over $1.6 billion in revenue, Wicked is the most popular musical of the...
Posted: 3 weeks 4 days
Tagged: art
The newest installment of the Grand Rapids Art Museum’s (GRAM) Michigan Artist Series, Mario Moore:...
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Tagged: Apostates, conversion, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, religion
Rev. Ray Lanning, a retired minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, responds:
My experience of such situations is limited. One daughter married a member...
Posted: 3 weeks 5 days
Tagged: community engagement, Grand Rapids, Grand Valley State University, housing affordability, Leadership Development, local politics, mayor rosalynn bliss, Neighborhood Summit, racial equity, Senita Lenear, Urban Core Collective
Over one hundred local residents and community stakeholders convened at Grand Valley State University’s Pew Campus Saturday for the 10th annual Grand Rapids Neighborhood...
Posted: 4 weeks 1 day
Tagged: community growth, Grand Rapids, grassroots action, homelessness, hotel tax, local government, mayor rosalynn bliss, public service, state of the city, tree planting
After nearly 20 years of public service in the City of Grand Rapids, Mayor Rosalynn Bliss said farewell Thursday...
Posted: 4 weeks 2 days
Tagged: Album Release, Brie Stoner, community building, Grand Rapids, Indie Dream Rock, Local Music Scene, Me Veo, Musician, performance, songwriting
When Brie Stoner joins me on Zoom a couple of days before her headlining show at the Pyramid Scheme, she’s sitting in front of a pink silk backdrop covered in screen-printed...
Posted: 4 weeks 4 days
Tagged: Bridge Street League, community building, community engagement, Grand Rapids, grassroots soccer, las canchas, local sports, soccer league, Soccer Rebellion, women's sports
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Posted: 4 weeks 5 days
Iconic British rock legends Saxon and Uriah Heep are set to bring their Hell, Fire & Chaos - The Best Of...
Posted: 4 weeks 5 days
Tagged: Elevator Pitch, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, religion
Linda Knieriemen, a retired pastor of the Presbyterian Church (USA), responds:
One the years my ‘statement of faith’ has condensed from several pages to four words:...
Posted: 5 weeks 5 days
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 6, 2024) – The Salvation Army in Kent County is celebrating its 140th Anniversary May 13-19 during National Salvation Army Week.
The...
Ethics and Religion Talk: Is it ethical to modify an animal genome to transplant organs into humans?
Posted: 5 weeks 5 days
Tagged: Animal, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, Genome, religion, transplant, Xenotransplant
Rev. Ray Lanning, a retired minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, responds:
Human beings have been genetically modifying animals and plants of many...
Posted: 6 weeks 4 days
Tagged: East Kentwood High School, GoVote Poster Contest, GRAM, Grand Rapids Art Museum, League of Women Voters, LWVGGRA
Three Kent County high school students will make a trip to the Grand Rapids Art Museum this month to see their own artwork on display.
In January 2024, the League of Women Voters of the...
Posted: 6 weeks 5 days
Tagged: allison donahue, City Connection, evette pittman, Grand Rapids, GRTV, Milinda Ysasi, office of special events, The Rapidian
Evette Pittman, manager of the City's Office of Special Events, will be in the GRTV studio for the...