The U.N. High Seas Treaty and Protecting our Global Commons Hiroko Muraki-Gottlieb, Elizabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University. The high seas, nearly ⅔ of the ocean, belong to all but no one in particular: It is a global common. In June 2023, after more than 20 years of studies and negotiations, nearly 200 […]

   The Middle East After October 7 Jane Ferguson, foreign correspondent for PBS NewsHour and author of No Ordinary Assignment. With the Middle East already at a crossroads, the attack on October 7 by Hamas on Israel upended the region and the world.  Join us for a conversation with Jane Ferguson, foreign correspondent for PBS NewsHour and […]

The Grand Rapids Symphony returns to the Dogwood Center on Thursday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. for a sure to be incredible performance! Join us and you will experience a world-class orchestra performing for you live at the Dogwood! The evening's performance will be conducted by assistant conductor Duo Shen, and will feature the music […]

Frankie Moreno With 17 Top-Ten albums (5 No. 1’s), 117 Top-Ten singles (100 No. 1’s), an Emmy nomination, and being named Las Vegas “Headliner of the Year” 5 times, Frankie Moreno is consistently breaking records and wowing audiences from coast to coast with his own brand of genre-blurring Rock n’ Roll. Reaching millions of record […]

   Climate Technology and the Roadmap for the Climate Crisis Neela Banerjee, Deputy Senior Supervising Climate Editor, NPR. While climate technology will play a central role in limiting and addressing climate change, we still don’t have a comprehensive global framework that will provide a roadmap to achieving net zero. Geopolitical rivalries, political inertia, and policy […]

"Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek...." And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude, and over a dozen other […]

“Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek….” And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude, and over a dozen other […]

“Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek….” And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude, and over a dozen other […]

   Diagnosing and Treating Global Health Disparities Dr. Debarchana (Debs) Ghosh, Associate Professor, Geography, University of Connecticut. Looking back at the covid-19 pandemic and other global health emergencies, there are many lessons to take away both domestically and internationally. Of particular importance is understanding the multi-faceted causes of global health disparities and what we might […]

Reduced Shakespeare Company Called a “trio of Modern Marx Brothers” by the Boston Herald and “intellectual vaudeville” by the New York Times, The Reduced Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a touring American comedy troupe that performs fast-paced, seemingly improvisational condensations of huge topics. They hold the record for the longest running comedies in the history of London’s West End as three of its shows ran in repertory at the […]

   Reflecting on 75 Years of NATO General (ret.) Curtis Scaparrotti, former US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has come under increased scrutiny, not because NATO troops are involved in the conflict, but because of its role […]