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All content by Marissa LaPorte

Senior ‘Bloom’ exhibit shows artists’ growth

Marissa LaPorte
Apr 18, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye (From left to right) Jill Casid, Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky), and Nayda Collazo-Llorens discusses the topic of sampling on Wednesday April 6, 2016.

DJ Spooky visits GVSU

Marissa LaPorte
Apr 11, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Michael Reyes interacts with the audience in between reciting poems. Michael Reyes performed in the Cook-DeWitt center Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2016

Michael Reyes uses poetry to address social justice issues

Marissa LaPorte
Apr 4, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Justin Mackey, Seth Burton, Amy Gascon, and Charlie Wilburn, from the upcoming play "Six Characters Theater Performance", take a moment for a photo on Thursday Mar. 24, 2016.

Theater Department presents ‘Six characters in search of an Author’

Marissa LaPorte
Mar 28, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte - Grand Valley students, (left to right) Alison Farnsworth and Brittany Patrosso, look at the Flashladder Gallery Exhibit in Lake Ontario hall on Friday, March 18, 2016.

fishladder preview displayed in Red Wall Gallery

Marissa LaPorte
Mar 21, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Travis Clement Grand Rapids coloring book

GVSU alumnus published Grand Rapids coloring book

Marissa LaPorte
Mar 14, 2016
GVSU alumni start a pop band

GVSU alumni start a pop band

Marissa LaPorte
Feb 29, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte - Los Angeles Professor, Ruben Martinez, speaks about creative writing and reading in the Kirkhof Center on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016.

Award-winning writer speaks at GVSU

Marissa LaPorte
Feb 29, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte - Local puppeteer of Grand Rapids, Kevin Kammeraad, performs with his puppet Jacob during the puppet show workshop in the Louis Armstrong Theatre in the Perfroming Arts Center on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.

Puppetry workshop broadens theater experience

Marissa LaPorte
Feb 22, 2016

GVSU alumni follow their dreams in the band Valley Girl

Marissa LaPorte
Feb 14, 2016
Elise Hilton spoke during the Scarlet Cord event held on Feb. 4 in Allendale, MI.

‘The Scarlet Cord’ film screening helps students care

Marissa LaPorte
Feb 8, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte The Grand Valley State University Opera Theatre cast rehearse for their production of “Godspell” in the Performing Arts Center on Firday, Jan. 29, 2016. Opening night of the production is on Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 in the Performing Arts Center.

“Godspell 2012” presents acting challenge

Marissa LaPorte
Feb 1, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Subject to Change

Upright Citizens Brigade will improvise show at GV

Marissa LaPorte
Jan 25, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - GVSU Theatre program Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 performed in the fall of 2015

Theater students to participate in Martin Luther King Jr. Day programming

Marissa LaPorte
Jan 18, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff Grand Valley's a Midnight Snack opens for the Cat's Pajamas Sept 18.

A Cappella Off raises money for local groups

Marissa LaPorte
Jan 11, 2016
GVL / Courtesy Gregory Maytan

330-year-old violin granted to GVSU professor

Marissa LaPorte
Dec 13, 2015
GVL / Sara Carte The Grand Valley Dance Company rehearses for their fall dance concert at the Performing Arts Center in the Louis Armstrong Theatre on Dec. 4.

GVSU Fall Dance Concert features help from guest artists

Marissa LaPorte
Dec 6, 2015
GVL / Courtesy Professor Virginia (Jinny) Jenkins

Art and Design offers new gen eds

Marissa LaPorte
Nov 29, 2015
GVL / Courtesy - Nina McConigley Nina McConigley

Visiting Writers Series hosts Nina McConigley

Marissa LaPorte
Nov 23, 2015
GVL / Courtesy Hannah Mico Preparing to interview elders about the history of Makuleke with youth from the community as part of an oral history project; the name of the youth I worked with was Gold.

Blue Wall Gallery displays student photography

Marissa LaPorte
Nov 16, 2015
GVL / Emily Frye Bard To Go runs through their last performance of the Shakespeare Festival on Nov. 7th.

Shakespeare Festival draws to a close

Marissa LaPorte
Nov 9, 2015
GVL / Courtesy Marissa LaPorte David Van Alstyne and Erin Mickelson

Performance Studio Series offers hands-on experience for students

Marissa LaPorte
Nov 2, 2015
GVL / Sara Carte “China in Western Minds” is now showing at the Blue Wall Gallery in the DeVos Building Downtown Grand Rapids on Oct. 23.

China in Western Minds exhibit to move locations

Marissa LaPorte
Oct 26, 2015
GVL / Emily Frye Acclaimed poets Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Kwame Dawes, along side writing department chair Patricia Clark, stop for a photo after the evenings event on Oct. 15th.

Fall Arts Celebration presents diverse poetry

Marissa LaPorte
Oct 19, 2015
GVL / Emily Frye Dr. Paul Carlson, Affiliate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Grand Valley State University, takes a moment to acknowledge the audience before his performance on Oct. 8th. Dr. Carlson is currently touring the country performing clinics and concerts with the Dallas Brass and is well experienced performing on the global stage.

Faculty tuba recital highlights unusual instrumental pairing

Marissa LaPorte
Oct 12, 2015
GVL / Archive Shakespeare festival preview (2012)

‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ to open this weekend

Marissa LaPorte
Sep 28, 2015
GVL / Kevin Sielaff Grand Valley's a Midnight Snack opens for the Cat's Pajamas Sept 18.

The Cat’s Pajamas showcases local talent

Marissa LaPorte
Sep 21, 2015
GVL / Courtesy - Glen E. Swanson

Art exhibit shows history of renewable energy

Marissa LaPorte
Aug 31, 2015

Fun and games

Marissa LaPorte
Aug 24, 2015
GVL / Courtesy - Gabriella Patti

Sharing stories through photography

Marissa LaPorte
Jul 13, 2015