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A Grand Rapids arts and cultural nonprofit placed its leader on administrative leave earlier this month amid an independent investigation into “internal complaints regarding the treatment of personnel.”

The Diatribe, a nonprofit in Grand Rapids, is working to develop its new headquarters in Burton Heights.

The Diatribe is purchasing a building on Division Avenue to create a headquarters for after-school programs, housing and creative space.

The Diatribe has announced that it has purchased an 18,341-square-foot building in Grand Rapids. It will serve as a space for local youth and for creatives to gather and collaborate.

Rose Library curator Clint Fluker will step into a new role June 1, focusing on building partnerships across Emory and Atlanta, connecting with current and historical arts and activist communities, and enhancing cultural and scholarly opportunities.

Need a quick mental break? The Short Story Dispenser on Level 1 of the Woodruff Library will print out one-, three-, or five-minute reads written by an Emory author or one of many writers from around the world.

The Short Story Dispenser acts as a kind of vending machine for stories — a library within a library. Users can select from a one, three or five minute read, and like a Polaroid camera, the machine will spit out a poem or short story from its internal library to take home.

March brings many opportunities to immerse yourself in the arts across campus, including the Schwartz Center debut of pianist and composer Chad Lawson on March 25. Find an event and mark your calendar.

He designed every issue outside of the first issue, totaling 537 newspapers, from 1967 until the Party disbanded in the early 1980s. Emory’s work with the Black Panther Party’s newspaper inspired the world, taking him and his art all over the world. His art with the Black Panther Party remains the most influential political art of the Black liberation movement. Douglas continues to work as a political artist and activist.

Michigan Advance's Allison Donahue talks with Cheyna Roth about the status of sex education in the state and what exactly the group opposes.