Calvin College

Photo Credit: Mandy Burrow, Courtesy of Etel and Antonio Rodriguez

Etel y Lucia

Photo Credit: Mandy Burrow

The Rodriguez Family with Miguel Sarachaga

Photo Credit: Mandy Burrow

The Rodriguez girls with Sung Yi.

Local artist invites you into the living room of an immigrant family

by Lindsay McHolme (lindsmcholme) on Monday Jun 7th, 2010 in LOCAL LIFE

Mandy Burrow, a local artist and art professor at Calvin College, seeks to foster an exchange between United States natives and immigrants in her current installation, "Americans." "Americans" invites viewers into the recreated living rooms of three Latino immigrant families.

About: Lindsay McHolme (lindsmcholme)

Photo Credit: Heidi Stukkie

Chad Engbers

Running the River Bank: Chad Engbers

by Roberta King (Roberta F. King) on Thursday Apr 29th, 2010 in LOCAL LIFE

On May 8, downtown Grand Rapids will be packed with anxious and ready runners and walkers for the Fifth Third River Bank Run. In addition for the 20,000 plus particpants, there are some other items that will take up space along the course and that the start and finish. Consider this: 12,000 bananas and 2,720 oranges will be consumed in and around downtown Grand Rapids on race day; 6,200 lbs. of ice will be used; 5,805 bagels will be eaten by volunteers and participants; 20 lbs.

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About: Roberta King (Roberta F. King)

Roberta F. King is the Vice President of PR and Marketing at Grand Rapids Community Foundation and wrote the successful grant to the Knight Foundation that launched The Rapidian, though the IDEA of The Rapidian belongs to Laurie Cirivello. Story pitches about running and runners are welcome.

Reports on: Running and other non-ball sports. Sometimes other fun stuff.

Photo Credit: The Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities

Local Food Premiere: "Eating In Place"

by Lisa Rose Starner (Lisa.rose.starner) on Sunday Apr 4th, 2010 in LOCAL LIFE

About: Lisa Rose Starner (Lisa.rose.starner)

Hopper reading from her book <i>The Girls' Guide to Rocking</i>

Photo Credit: George Wietor

Hopper reading from her book The Girls' Guide to Rocking

Critic Jessica Hopper To Speak About Youth, Feminism In Rock

by George Wietor (George) on Tuesday Dec 1st, 2009 in NEWS

Noted author and cultural critic, Jessica Hopper, will make two stops in Grand Rapids tomorrow afternoon in support of her book The Girls' Guide To Rocking.

The first, "Feminist Perspective and Music Criticism," will be presented at Spoelhof Atrium on Calvin College's main campus at 3:30pm. The second, a reading from her book, is at Calvin's downtown Ladies Literary Club at 7:00pm. Both presentations are free of charge.

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About: George Wietor (George)

I am the New Media Planner at the Grand Rapids Community Media Center (GRCMC) and at The Rapidian. I spend my free time working on various community / cultural projects like The Division Avenue Arts Collective (DAAC) and G-RAD.org. I am a television and internet enthusiast.

Reports on: house shows, restaurant openings, Rapidian tech issues

Photo Credit: James Morse

350GR - City Participates in International Day of Climate Action

by Danielle Ostafinski (dostafinski) on Wednesday Oct 28th, 2009 in NEWS

On Saturday, October 24th nearly 60 activists gathered at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids, MI for the 350.org International Day of Climate Action. Overall 5,200 events in 181 countries happened on the 24th, marking it as the largest day of global climate action in the planet's history.

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About: Danielle Ostafinski (dostafinski)

Paul B. Henry

Reflections of Paul Henry’s legacy opens historical society’s season

by Grand Rapids Historical Society (Sharon Hanks - ...) on Monday Sep 14th, 2009 in NON-PROFIT

Many modern-day Evangelicals believe integrating Christian faith with political practice represents a clear battle between good and evil. But that’s not how one of earliest and most popular Evangelical politicians from Grand Rapids, the late Paul B. Henry, viewed it.

About: Grand Rapids Historical Society

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