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Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Since 1907
Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

boldSOCKS opens first store downtown

Saraphina Sefcik
December 13, 2015

boldSOCKS, a new shop that only sells socks, opened their doors to the public for the first time on Friday, Dec. 4, following their first look on Small Business Saturday on Nov. 28 of this year. This...

Gabe Lyons, founder of Q Commons movement, opens the international broadcast. Photo Credit Katelyn Bosch

Q Commons addresses important issues in GR community

Katelyn Bosch
October 1, 2015

The third Q Commons tap-in hosted by Calvin College addressed local issues of the Plaster Creek watershed, improving the Grand Rapids Public School system and rebuilding the infrastructure of Grand Rapids...

photo courtesy East Hills Business District

East Hills hosts Made in Michigan celebration event

Emily Cole
April 23, 2015

This weekend, the East Hills neighborhood, located at the corners of Diamond, Lake and Cherry Streets, is hosting a celebration of products inspired by and made in Michigan. As part of the event, businesses...

Local electronica band Filmloom releases new album, ‘Perennial’

James Li
April 16, 2015

Listening to the sonic spectacle of “Fog Magic,” the second track on “Perennial,” you would be forgiven for thinking its creators were Icelandic. It may come as a surprise, then, that “Fog...

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Community development organization launches home renovations

Grace Ruiter
April 3, 2014

LINC, a Grand Rapids-area nonprofit focused on community development, recently embarked on a $10.5 million dollar renovation of 20 homes and a four-story building in the Madison Square neighborhood of...

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