Grand Rapids Press, The (MI)
March 14, 2023
When Patricia Clark thinks about the fact that her poetry is going to be shipped off to the moon next year, the first question that comes to her mind is: Who’s going to be reading it up there?Will it be humans, hundreds of years from now? Or will it be extraterrestrial beings who come across a strange time capsule preserved in digital and analog technology, filled with thousands of works of art written in a foreign language?
“It kind of boggles the mind,” Clark said. “I could write
Lanthorn, The: Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI)
March 20, 2023
Patricia Clark, a professor emerita of writing at Grand Valley State University and former poet laureate of Grand Rapids from 2005-2007, is having one of her poems sent to the moon in a time capsule as part of the Lunar Codex project sent by NASA.The time capsule is set to launch to the Moon‘s Nobile Crater Nov. 2024. Clark said there were several editors for the project, each being assigned to particular continents so the program could include poems from around the world.
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Grand Rapids Press, The: Web Edition Articles (MI)
March 11, 2023
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – When Patricia Clark thinks about the fact that her poetry is going to be shipped off to the moon next year, the first question that comes to her mind is: Who's going to be reading it up there?Will it be humans, hundreds of years from now? Or will it be extraterrestrial beings who come across a strange time capsule preserved in digital and analog technology, filled with thousands of works of art written in a foreign language?
"It kind of boggles the mind," Clark
Holland Sentinel, The (MI)
March 25, 2022
FENNVILLE — Fennville artist Sebastian Sandu has an out-of-this-world exhibition opportunity: his work is going to be displayed on the moon.Five of Sandu's paintings were selected to be launched into space as part of the Lunar Codex, a collection of contemporary visual art, literature, music and film stored on the moon in time capsules.
"It's pretty cool," Sandu told The Sentinel. "I feel honored."
The Lunar Codex is a passion project of Samuel Peralta, a physicist, writer
Grand Rapids Business Journal (MI)
March 17, 2023
A longtime Grand Rapids staple has a new home.The University Club of Grand Rapids plans to move in October to the Pen Building, 116 and 120 Ottawa Ave. NW in downtown Grand Rapids, in conjunction with the club's 100-year anniversary.
The University Club has called 111 Lyon St. NW home for years.
The organization will use the second and third floors, as well as the basement. The first floor has a Macatawa Bank branch, while the fourth and fifth floors will be private offices.
Lanthorn, The: Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI)
April 10, 2023
Students showcase their creative skills at the annual business marketGVL / Annabelle Robinson
On Sept. 17, Grand Valley State University students gathered on the Kindschi lawn to put on display their art, jewelry and other creative skills. The Student Business Market invited 25 students this year to decorate their own tables and showcase their creative work.
The students were selling their hand-crafted items from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., garnering attention from people walking by.
