Join the GGRWHC Thursday to celebrate the end of Women's History Month. Reserve now at KSIrwin73@aol.com or 616-454-2425!
An Eye on the Past/An Ear to the Future
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
5:00-7:00 pm -- Hors d'oeuvres & wine ticket bar ($5/glass);
5:30 pm -- program
Women's City Club, Lower level auditorium, 254 Fulton Street
Free & Open to the Public
Women Leaders During Hard Times: The Kent County Commission
WGVU's Shelley Irwin will host a celebratory reception and brief program featuring Kent County Commission women, past and present. After brief historical context, first female commission chair Margaret E. Byington and current commission chair Sandi Frost Parrish will report on the particular challenges wrought by the social, economic, and political envir 
Marge Byingtonis a director of the Detroit River Tunnel Corporation and trustee of the Michigan Nature Conservancy, and served from 1978 to 1988 on the Kent County Commission, which she chaired from 1986-1988.
Sandi Frost Parrish is founder and president of a non-profit consulting business specializing in fundraising advice and has served as chair of the Kent County Commission for the past two years.
The WGVU Morning Show's Shelley Irwin is the recipient of five consecutive awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement, hosts PBS Community Affairs programs, and serves on many community boards. We will honor all the women who have run for the Commission--starting in 1930!
Support GGRWHC with tax-deductible dues and get a free glass of wine. Bring your checkbook and your guests to the Women's History Month Finale. See you on the 31st!
Reserve now at KSIrwin73@aol.com or 616-454-2425!
TOMORROW on the WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin: Spotlight on GGRWHC!
Finish out Women's History Month with the WGVU Morning Show at 9:20AM on 88.5 and 95.3 FM! Wednesday, March 30: Greater Grand Rapids Womens History Council. We willpreview the GGRWHC finale event on March 31st. Thursday morning, Shelley Irwin will host the Girl Scouts. If you miss of this week's programming, catch it later on the podcast: http://www.wgvu.org/wgvunews/index.cfm?id=tmsdetail&sty=10852
Contact: Shelley Irwin, irwinsh@gvsu.edu, 616-304-3565
*** The Sweetest Swing in Baseball
March 31, April 1-2, 2011, 8 pm
Rebecca Gilman's play follows the story of an artist in a slump who ands in a mental ward. Dana Fielding enjoys it so much that she wants to stay. Her insurance is running out, but she arrives at an inventive solution: to become
former baseball player Darryl Strawberry. A hilarious look at the agonies and ecstasies of making art! Location: Actors' Theatre, 160 Fountain Street NE, (616) 234-3946. For more information go to: http://www.actorstheatregrandrapids.wordpress.com/
