Grand Rapids Living

Tax breaks for animal care? Grand Rapids-area pet owners are divided on legislation

2009-11-09T09:24:23Z

A proposed tax break would help pet owners offset the cost of animal health care.

Two Grand Rapids doctors are first to join hospice fellowship

2009-11-09T18:00:01Z

Leaders from Hospice of Michigan were to announce today in Grand Rapids the two finalists set to received the organization's first two slots in its new hospice and palliative care fellowship program. The program is a partnership with Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine and the Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research.

iPhone snob reviews the iFrogz EarPollution earbuds with mic

2009-11-09T16:32:38Z

Are these right for earbud fans who want noise isolation for their iPhone or BlackBerry?

Northville hosts Yuletide events

2009-11-09T15:15:50Z

If you're heading to the east side of the state this month or next, take some time to enjoy the festivities in Northville, about 30 miles northwest of Detroit.

Michigan's winter festivals embrace the cold

2009-11-09T14:24:43Z

The Suds and Snow event at Timber Ridge Resort in Traverse City caps off several winter festivals in Michigan meant to get you out in the cold.

American Indian speaker scheduled for GVSU conference says casinos are 'American achievement'

2009-11-09T13:23:36Z

Great Lakes History Conference is "one of the largest gatherings of native peoples in Michigan."

Love INC's holiday program helps families in need

2009-11-09T12:02:35Z

Families needing assistance for the holidays can apply with Love INC's Help for the Holidays program.

Light Up the North display showcases improvements at Garland Lodge and Resort in Lewiston

2009-11-08T11:25:25Z

Thousands of twinkling lights will greet visitors to Garland Lodge and Resort in Lewiston this winter as the resort seeks to "light up the north" in more ways than one.

Is copper right for your kitchen?

2009-11-08T10:56:47Z

The pros and cons of copper around the house.

Home and Garden briefs: Beautiful tables help breast cancer research

2009-11-08T10:52:01Z

Muskegon-based Tempting Tables is raising money for breast cancer research and its dream fulfillment fund, which provides gifts to those with breast cancer.

Perennials should be divided or planted soon

2009-11-08T10:37:34Z

Don’t feel overwhelmed if fall chores have been delayed because of wet weather; we’re all in the same boat.

Profile: Theater wizard Keith Oberfeld

2009-11-08T09:27:22Z

Keith Oberfeld, technical director for Grand Rapids Ballet Company and Opera Grand Rapids, is a lighting wizard who has been setting stages aglow in Grand Rapids for 35 years.

Turning Pages transforms old, damaged books into works that help kids learn to read

2009-11-08T09:11:25Z

Group converts damaged children’s books into word books using scrapbooking supplies, images ripped from old magazines, decoupage medium and letter stickers.

Alexie's 'War Dances' honest, moving

2009-11-08T08:42:00Z

Well-written fiction often makes one wonder just how much of what is written is true. This can be said of “War Dances,” the latest book by best-selling author Sherman Alexie.

Ruth Butler: It's OK to do the 'girl thing' when it suits us

2009-11-08T08:32:04Z

Longtime friends and co-workers, we knew pretty well how to eat together: in restaurants, mostly. We knew what we liked, and we knew who should prepare it: someone else.

Ontario's Stokely Creek Lodge's appeal extends beyond its ski trails

2009-11-08T08:30:18Z

Most every winter weekend, neurologist Howard Feit, of West Bloomfield, makes the six-hour trek from the Detroit suburbs to the 8,000-acre wilderness resort of Ontario's Stokely Creek Lodge, not far off a highway punctuated by moose crossing signs.

Sauna your way to a new getaway tradition in Michigan

2009-11-08T07:10:40Z

A few distant booms echoed inside our lodge-style hut, a signal midnight likely had come as we sweated the old year away in a traditional wood-fired sauna that New Year's Eve.

Dad's illness led daughter to find new ways of caring, write 'Measure of the Heart'

2009-11-08T06:33:53Z

Book that began as a journal after she moved home to help her mother care for her father, who had been diagnosed years earlier with the disease.

Local author releases biography that briefly illuminates the life, work of John Calvin

2009-11-07T10:28:57Z

John Calvin is known as a learned theologian and founder of what today is known as Calvinism. Yet he also raised children, fought with his siblings and loved his wife. Readers can catch a glimpse of Calvin the man in...

Fountain Street Church to host second annual Women's Conference Nov. 14

2009-11-07T10:09:39Z

This year the sessions will be open to girls as young as 13 and women of all ages.

Spiritual Journey: Fred Peeples

2009-11-07T09:49:10Z

Spiritual Journey is a regular feature on the faith lives of local people. Name: Fred Peeples Fred Peeples Age: 79 Work: Home repairman and renovator Place of worship: New Hope Baptist Church, 130 Delaware St. SW Inspirational art or artists:...