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Celebrate Mary K.'s Mission and Medal
09.09.2010 - 5:30pm - 9:30pm - Amway Grand Plaza Hotel - Imperial Ballroom

f you know Mary K. Hoodhood or her impact on childhood hunger in Grand Rapids, you know she is a woman on a mission...a mission that the President himself has now recognized with one of our nation's highest honors.

On August 4, 2010, President Obama honored Mary K.'s lifetime of service with the Presidential Citizens Medal.

This is the second highest honor a civilian can receive, and it recognizes Americans who have performed exe...mplary deeds of service for their country or fellows citizens.

Now that Mary K. has returned from Washington, D.C., our community is invited to celebrate this honor and the amazing, unstoppable woman who earned it!

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Join emcees Tony Gates and Rachael Ruiz for a fun, relaxed community celebration honoring the life and accomplishments of Mary K. Hoodhood.

It's all in the details:

* Local favorite, Mid-Life Crisis, will be rocking out on the main floor so that guests may dance the night away.

* Many of the Presidents you know and love will be on hand for quick history lessons and photo opportunities; including George Washington, Abe Lincoln and more.

* Mary K.'s medal will be available for viewing, along with some other goodies she received from the President.

* Don't forget to grab your swag bag on the way out! (first 500 guests)

* Because Mary K. believes that this medal is everyone's achievement, all guests in attendance will receive a medal of their very own upon entering the party.

* Enjoy the tasty treats and scrumptious hors d'oeuvres created by the talented Amway Grand Plaza Hotel catering services as well as the cash bar.

* Dress to dance the night away or join the party right after work, this is a celebration for everyone!

All proceeds from this event will benefit the Mary K. Hoodhood Endowment at Kids' Food Basket, which will help ensure the sustainability of the attack on childhood hunger.

Reserve your spot by clicking below to register and purchase your ticket now.

Tickets will also be available at the door, the evening of the event.

Ticket Price - $20.00

To Register online and purchase tickets:
http://www.kfbendowment.org/

Fashion's Night Out|Grand Rapids|AK Rikk's
09.10.2010 - 6:00pm - http://www.facebook.com/#!/FashionsNightOutGrandRapids?ref=ts

FASHION’S NIGHT OUT 2010 in GR:

The City of Grand Rapids in association with AK Rikk’s is pleased to announce their participation of Fashion’s Night Out: Shop For Something Good. AK Rikk’s on behalf of the City of Grand Rapids is recognized as the official and exclusive organizer of Fashions Night Out September 10th 2010!

BASIC'S ABOUT FASHION’S NIGHT OUT: Fashion’s Night Out (FNO) is an unprecedented global initiative created to celebrate fashion, restore consumer confidence, boost the industry’s economy, and put the fun back in shopping.

For one night last September, in New York City and twelve other cities around the world,(now including GR) designers, celebrities, models, and fashion editors hosted exciting, one-of-a-kind events in stores open after-hours to the public. Shoppers were able to see Sarah Jessica Parker singing standards with Oscar de la Renta, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen tending bar, as well as Michael Kors, Justin Timberlake, Kate Hudson, Rihanna and Gwen Stefani (just to name a few) at various stores throughout NYC supporting the industry. Retailers saw a surge of new shoppers and increased sales, while customers relished the street-party atmosphere.


FASHION’S NIGHT OUT ON A GLOBAL LEVEL: In the United States, FNO is a collaboration between American Vogue, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, NYC & Company, and the City of New York. Around the world, countries led by at least twelve international Vogue editions, will once again participate in the festivities. Nations including England, China, Japan, India, Italy, France, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Russia, Greece, and Taiwan!

CHARITABLE ENDEAVORS: A percentage of the sales from the Fashion’s Night Out T-shirt will be donated to the NYC AIDS Fund. Be sure to check back in August for retailer information and locations.

CBS SPECIAL: The making of Fashion’s Night Out will be the subject of an hour-long, prime-time special on CBS, Wednesday, September 15, at 8 p.m. EST. Cameras will follow celebrities, designers, editors, and retailers as they prepare for year two of FNO, taking viewers behind the scenes during months of intense planning and tracking the night itself as it unfolds across the globe. This special will also look beyond the glamour to the real-life implications at stake, focusing on the individuals working in all parts of the industry, from salespeople to design staff, for whom the vibrancy of the fashion business is a question of economic survival. You won’t want to miss it!

Whole Notes - Eat Local, Sing Global
09.11.2010 - 6:00pm - 11:00pm - Koetsier’s Greenhouse • 1601 Spaulding Ave SE • Grand Rapids

upport the NACC's mission to bring music education and performance opportunities to kids in Grand Rapids.

A FIVE COURSE
GOURMET DINNER WITH
WINE PAIRINGS!
...Featuring local chefs...
Michael Patrick McCann, BlueWater Grill
Cory DeMint, Electric Cheetah
Paul Lee, The Winchester
Crumbles Cupcakery
Featuring local entertainment...
North American Choral Company Singers
Hey Marco!

Tickets - $95/person - $40 tax deductible
For more information visit www.thechoralcompany.com or email contact@thechoralcompany.com

Tickets for this event are available for purchase at http://thechoralcompany.com/schedule.php

What to bring: Please bring your favorite table setting (silverware, salad plate and dinner plate)

POWER Networking/Golf at Kent Country Club
09.13.2010 - 12:30 PM - Kent Country Club

Monday, September 13, 2010 - 12:30pm - 7:00pm

Join us for POWERful networking at the Kent Country Club.  

POWER Golf takes the typical golf outing to an entirely new level for golfers and non-golfers alike. What makes POWER Golf different makes it better. 

Leveraging the game of golf is an important tool that professional women should not overlook; yet spending an entire day on the links without a more purposeful outcome is a bygone luxury. Our 9 hole scramble beginning in the afternoon allows professional women to better manage time constraints and still participate.

POWER Golf brings together women who are at the top of their game in their respective professions to network, build relationships  and make a commitment to helping career-minded women in Michigan lead and succeed. It was designed to positively impact women in business. There is POWER in spending a full afternoon and evening with other senior executives, entrepreneurs and emerging leaders. 

Proceeds from POWER Golf support Inforum Center for Leadership (ICL) programs that help women enhance their leadership capabilities and develop executive potential.

AGENDA
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Registration, Box Lunch &
Sneek Preview of Silent Auction for Clinic & Golfers

2:00 p.m.
9 Hole Scramble with Shot Gun Start

2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Golf Clinic

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Silent Auction

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Grand Reception & Live Auction

Click here to download a printable POWER Golf 2010 - West Michigan brochure. 
Click here to sponsor POWER Golf 2010 - West Michigan.

Click here to see a list of current auction items

Meet the (Michigan) Winemaker Featuring 2 Lads Winery
09.16.2010 - :00pm - 9:00pm - Bistro Bella Vita hosted by Grand River Grocery

2 Lads Winery is a 10,500 square foot facility located on 58 acres on the Old Mission Peninsula in Traverse City, Michigan. Grand River Grocery and Bistro Bella Vita are thrilled to welcome Cornel Olivier and Chris Baldyga at our annual Live! and Local Meet the (Michigan) Winemaker Dinner to benefit Local First. 

Tickets are $100 per person which includes tax and gratuity and a precentage of proceeds to benefit Local First.

Seating is limited to 50 guests and credit card reservations are required. 
Reservations can be made through Julie at Bistro Bella Vita.
222-4600 or julie@bistrobellavita.com


1st Course
Michigan seafood duo, 2 unique Michigan products highlighted with house-made garnishes


2nd Course
Ingraberg Farm’s heirloom tomatoes 3 ways


3rd Course
Harrietta Hill’s rainbow trout with crispy potato gratin, braised local greens,
chanterelle mushrooms and Michigan bacon-apple vinaigrette


4th Course
S & S Farm’s lamb chop with Jennings’s Brother’s polenta, local baby vegetables
and Al Haarsma’s honey & cranberry gastrique 


5th Course
West Michigan Cassoulet with braised and roasted local meats, house-made sausage, Blanchard Farm’s white beans, roasted root vegetables and red wine demi glace


6th Course
Dancing Goat Creamery Cheese cake with Honey Creek Farm’s peaches 
and Michigan Maple Syrup

This event is sold out.

LIVE! and Local
09.17.2010 - 12:00pm - 8:00pm - Grand River Grocery

Grand River Grocery will host “LIVE! and Local” a day devoted to celebrating Michigan products with demonstrations and tastings by local and Michigan food producers on Friday, September 17, noon to 8 PM from their location at 496 Ada Dr., in the Village of Ada.

“LIVE! and Local gives our customers a chance to meet the incredible medley of people who pour their passion and expertise into making outstanding products. As a market team, we are committed to supporting local foods and local farmers . . . this day is dedicated to those food artisans from around the state, many of whom reside in West Michigan,” said Georgia Gietzen, Grand River Grocery Proprietor.

Food purveyors will set up in the parking lot and throughout the market from noon to 5, there will be a special grill menu at lunch and dinner featuring local and Michigan products, live music in the afternoon and evening, and a beer tent featuring a Michigan brewery. From 2-6 PM Cornel Olivier and Chris Baldyga from 2 Lads Winery and Short's Brewey of Bellaire will be on hand in the “tasting” tent sharing their award winning wines and beers.(All proceeds from alcohol sales to benefit Local First of West Michigan.)

12-5 Food Purveyors from across Michigan will be to talk and sample their products.

12-8 Grilling, Live Music, Short's Brews & 2 Lads Wines

1:00 Live Ice Carving Demo from Grand Rapids' own budding Food Network stars The Ice Gurus

West Michigan Walk for Wishes
09.18.2010 - 8:00 am - East Grand Rapids Middle School

The Walk for Wishes is a non competitive 5K walk through the quaint city of East Grand Rapids to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan. Walkers will enjoy a family-friendly day, refreshments, and the joy of helping grant a child's wish. Participants are asked to set a fundraising goal and obtain donations from friends, family, and co-workers. All funds raised will go towards the granting of wishes to local Michigan children.

Location: East Grand Rapids, Registration and start to take place at:
East Grand Rapids Middle School
2425 Lake Drive Southeast
Grand Rapids, MI 49506

Registration Start Time: 8:00 a.m.
Opening Ceremony Start time: 8:45 a.m.
Walk Start Time: 9:00 a.m.

Registration Fees:
Children 13 and under - Free
Walkers 13 and older $10 - Walk Day: $15

For more information: email or call Ellie Andrus at 877.631.9474

Ella Bullis Foundation Art Prize Exhibit
09.22.2010 - 4:30 - 7:30 pm - 14 Weston • Grand Rapids

Join us for the first ever Ella Bullis Foundation Art Prize Exhibit!

We will be featuring the works of 13 fabulous artists, registered in Art Prize, and displaying work depicting premature babies and their families.

From photography to sculpture to incredible paintings - these pieces are powerful, unique and shed a new light on the families and babies we set out to help through the Ella Bullis Foundation.
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Please join us for this very special event.

ArtPrize 2010
09.22.2010 - September 22 - 10, 2010 - Grand Rapids

ArtPrize is a radically open competition. Open to any artist in the world who can find space. Open to anybody in Grand Rapids, Michigan who wants to create a venue. Open to a vote from anyone who attends.

There are enough art competitions where the winners are decided by a jury of experts. That's not the competition we are creating. We're looking for a giant conversation to happen between artists and the public. That is why we developed a radically open framework for this event, which gives power to everyone's opinion.

When everyone's opinion counts, everyone is included in the conversation.

This is the prize breakdown of the largest art competition in the world:
1st place: $250,000
2nd: $100,000
3rd: $50,000
4th: $7,000
5th: $7,000
6th: $7,000
7th: $7,000
8th: $7,000
9th: $7,000
10th: $7,000

Opening Reception for ArtPrize Artists at DeVos Place
09.22.2010 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm - 303 Monroe Avenue NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan

John Shea Trio will help kick things off with the Art of Jazz as you have a chance to mingle amongst the artists and the art! 53 Artists will be showing their work in DeVos Place Convention Center. Action starts on the Skywalk above the Grand Gallery. Be there! FREE & Open to the public.

Prospecto Musical Showcase and Sonic Experience
09.23.2010 - 8pm - Downtown

 Welcome to The Mitten. For better or worse we signed up for this place and this is where we live. Resting on a backdrop of beautiful oceans of fresh water juxtaposed to the ghosts of mechanized industrial livelihoods, Michigan is one of the most interesting places on earth. The Upper Peninnsula gave you the iron for your steel (thanks Ohio, sorry about the war). If you are sitting in a chair, it was most likely designed or manufactured here. We brought you cars, delicious fruit, pasties, Michael Moore, The Wings, The Pistons (don't worry about the Lions). In a post outsourcing world we have felt the hardships, usually the worst, but when time gets tough people create, and considering the amount of tough times we've had, there are plenty of songs to write.

While Detroit is a world-renown pillar of exceptional musical offerings, her sister Grand Rapids on the west side of the state has had some quite impressive gems. Al Green, Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mustard Plug, The Verve Pipe, and James Maynard Keenan of Tool all hail from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Grand Rapids is a beautiful midwestern city littered with college campuses and churches. The dichotomy of old guard Protestant suits juxtaposed to the Bohemian intelligentsia - this town is sweltering with creativity.

So the Prospecto family decided it was our duty to pull off a showcase for the great talent in Michigan and in doing so we invited some friends from around the country to anchor in support. Excellent Nationals, excellent locals, with one common thread- giving you an excellent experience. So get over to Grand Rapids, September 22 -25th, the Mitten is kind.

Old World vs New World Wine & Food Tasting
09.24.2010 - 6:30pm - 10:00pm - Applause Event Center

Taste from over 100 quality wines from several countries and regions.

Meet wine experts and local celebrities. Gourmet foods designed by Chef Jevon Reno.

Silent Auction benefiting American Diabetes Association.

Tickets are $50 per person, available at:

John Russo's Wine Warehouse & Deli

Towne & Country Plaza

4301 Kalamazoo Ave SE at 44th St in Grand Rapids.

A fun, casual event where you can learn about wonderful wines and delicious foods. Special pricing available on wine pre-orders from the event. Media partners, WLAV-WJRW radio.

Komen Grand Rapids Race for the Cure
09.25.2010 - 8:00 am - RiverTown Crossings Mall

Save the Date! The Komen Grand Rapids Race for the Cure is September 25, 2010!

RiverTown Crossings Mall
3700 RiverTown Parkway, Grandville, MI

Click here for more race details including a revised course map!

Access your Race Center:
You can perform your fundraising activities online by logging in and accessing your Race Center. You will have the ability to create a personal page, manage an address book, send e-mails to friends and family and monitor your fundraising progress.

CLICK HERE to watch a tutorial on how to use your Race Center.

Donate Online: 
You can find a participant or team to support and help them to meet their fundraising goal by making a pledge.  You can also click here to make a general donation to the Race.

2010 Quick Stats:
Number of Participants: 2,081
Number of Teams: 140

Official ArtPrize Brunch
09.26.2010 - 10:30am - 1:30pm - Bridgewater Place • 333 Bridge Street • Grand Rapids

The public is welcome to this All American TexMex Brunch provided by Applause Catering + Events.

$25 including tax and gratuity by making reservations at the number below; otherwise the price is $35 at the door.

Call 940.0001 to make reservations with your credit card.
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**Space is limited!**

Style Battle 2010
09.30.2010 - 6pm - Activesite - 40 Monroe and Eve at the B.O.B.

On September 30, 2010, in the midst of ArtPrize, the highly anticipated and radical art competition, Spotlight616 will host a fashion event unlike anything Grand Rapids has ever seen before. The Spotlight616 team will showcase an impressive array of independent clothing retailers, photographers, makeup artists, models and hairstylists that can be found local to Grand Rapids. It will be delivered in a fresh and innovative way, with the audience determining the grand prize. Spotlight616 will not follow a standard fashion show format; instead, stations of teams will be working in their own locations set up throughout the room.

TEAM MEMBERS:

• 1 clothing retailer
• 1 photographer
• 1 hairstylist
• 1 makeup artist
• 5 models

Each team will collaborate to create five completed “looks” - one for each model - over the course of the evening. The public will be encouraged to walk from station to station to observe what the teams are creating at any given time. The audience will also have the opportunity to vote on their favorite finished look and determine the overall winning team. Selected team photographers will be shooting, editing and projecting images during the voting process.

CONCEPT:

This style of event for fashion is known as “Style Battling” and it is a rising trend which we are excited to bring to Grand Rapids. We will not be following this exact format, as our teams will have more time allotted to create their looks and each look will have to be photographed. The grand prize will also be awarded/divided based on overall completed looks, rather than just the fashion design. When the allotted time is up, all of the teams' models will show off their completed looks in a grand finale walk.

PRIZES:

Up for grabs is a cash prize of $2,000 to be split amongst the retailer, photographer, hair stylist and make-up artist from the winning team. Models from the winning team will each receive a $100 cash prize as well as a fashion portfolio photo shoot valued at $350 for each of the 5 models. And for one lucky top model winner, who may be chosen from any of the teams, The Matthew Agency will offer an exclusive modeling contract!

ENTERTAINMENT:

The Spotlight616 team is excited to bring to Grand Rapids international DJ John Acquaviva, who will be playing during the fashion show as well as at our after party. Known for his versatility in playing and producing, John is one of the most widely accomplished and critically acclaimed DJs in the electronic music scene worldwide. Rounding out our line-up are local DJs SuperDre, Nešto, Jon Pape and Sonnrize.

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