Events
17th Annual Local History Roundtable
Date and Time
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP
You can RSVP for this event until March 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Location
Richard M. DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium
401 Fulton St W, Building C
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Description
The 17th Annual Local History Roundtable will be held on Wednesday, March 18th, 2026 from 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. on GVSU's Pew Campus in downtown Grand Rapids. Registration will begin at 2:30 p.m.
This year's theme, Local Struggles, Lasting Change, will examine challenges that local communities faced in the past and their impact on the present. Our panel discussion titled, "A Place to Turn: The Grand Rapids Women's Resource Center, 1973-2000," will run from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Dinner will follow, with the keynote address, titled, "Influencing 1776: How the Great Lakes Anishnaabek Helped Shape American History," by America250MI state committee member Eric Hemenway, beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Check out our program page for more information!
Register here to reserve your spot and receive details to attend!
This event has been tagged as academic, brooks, community, food, history, indigenoushistory, int100201, kutsche, local, and womenshistory.
Contact
Kutsche Office of Local History
(616) 331-8099