Las Canchas Farmers Market happens on Wednesday at 250 Seward Ave. We discuss this collection of food vendors, arts and crafts on site, food trucks, pop up performers, and more with Corey Mathein with Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.
2024 GR Poet Laureate Christina Krieger and Poet Shayna Heard talk about the GR Poetry Collective, a collection of individuals dedicated to empowering Grand Rapids poets by making print-on-demand publishing accessible. Their mission is to capture and preserve the unique voices of our local poets through books, chapbooks, anthologies, and journals. GR Lit is this weekend and more.
Author Elizabeth MeLampy joins in to share her work, Forget the Camel, The Madcap World of Animal Festivals and What They Say about Being Human. MeLampy shares a raucous journey through 8 festivals compelling an environmental lawyer to talk about how the stories we tell about animals reveal about our own humanity.
Many changes are happening at the DDH YMCA, including the hiring of a new Executive Director. We talk to Allie Cochran about her new role, the role of the Y in the community, plus the future of a next door stadium.
On Juneteenth The Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives host the 4th annual Our Ancestors' Wildest Dreams Celebration. We talk to ED George Bayard and Board Member Victor Holt about the event at the GRAM, and Juneteenth activities.
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