At Eastown Ministries, a punching bag hangs next to a painting of a cross. “We’re between the street and the church,” said director Jim Carpenter. “The kids aren’t going to go to church, but...

Eastown trick-or-treaters showed off their costumes in the business district on Monday, Oct. 29. Almost 20 businesses passed out candy to dozens of families from the surrounding neighborhood during...

For only $5, students can experience Mozart, Brahms, Mendelssohn and a variety of other composers at the Grand Rapids Symphony this fall. The symphony’s student passport program gives any full-time...

A summit addressing Kent County’s low literacy will take place in Grand Rapids on Sept. 19. The Community Literacy Summit, organized by the Community Literacy Initiative (CLI) of the Literacy Center...