Large-scale projections featuring New Guinea’s colorful “Birds of Paradise” will illustrate a lecture at Hope College on Wednesday, Jan. 30, about a landmark multi-year effort, recently featured in “National Geographic,” to document all 39 of the species for the first time.

Don't let the doldrums of mid-January get you down. This weekend, Jan. 18-20, has a few interesting things to brighten up your mid-winter days and nights.

The Hope College Great Performance Series will present the Suspicious Cheese Lords at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

"Avalanche of Adventure" is the theme of this year’s reading club for adults at Spring Lake District Library.