George Wietor
Looking Ahead: Rapidian staff discuss priorities for 2011
by George Wietor (George)
Submitted 01-20-2011 under OPINION
On New Year’s eve Roberta King, superstar citizen journalist and our champion at the Grand Rapids Community Foundation, published an inspirational call to action encouraging us all to "be The Rapidian” in 2011. As part of the team that puts The...
Voters give proceeds from Sunday Soup #8 to music collective
by Denise Cheng (dennetmint)
Submitted 10-24-2010 under NEWS
Organizers started early today to set up for Sunday Soup #8. By the time the first volunteer cooks trickled in, the Division Avenue Arts Collective (115 S. Division) had been tiled with homemade benches, decorated with freshly carved pumpkins and...
In studio: Community Research Institute maps down to the block level for all 32 neighborhoods
by WYCE Radio 88.1 FM (WYCE)
Submitted 10-08-2010 under NONPROFIT
Jeremy Pyne of the Johnson Center's Community Research Institute joins George Wietor on air. CRI is a Grand Rapids-based mapping project that cross-references census information with GR neighborhoods and other W. Michigan counties and...
In studio: SiteLab and pop-up art galleries
by WYCE Radio 88.1 FM (WYCE)
Submitted 10-01-2010 under NONPROFIT
This week, new media planner George Wietor interviews Paul Amenta of SiteLab. SiteLab is known in Grand Rapids for projects like ActiveSite and Michigan - Land of Riches, which were both pop-up galleries of site-specific installations. Art ...
Interaction with The Rapidian helps generate coverage ideas
by Matthew Russell (mattsimoto)
Submitted 08-18-2010 under OPINION
From The Rapidian staff*: A major element of The Rapidian, if not the most important, is community involvement. Without interaction between readers and reporters, the Rapidian wouldn't be able to offer much, which is why we try to encourage...
Rapid Growth panelists dissect the value of art in Grand Rapids
by Denise Cheng (dennetmint)
Submitted 06-17-2010 under NEWS
Photos by Jon Clay Rapid Growth Media held the fifth monthly segment of its speaker series last night at Wealthy Theatre. The topic of the night was "Good business is the best art." Panelists included Brian Kelly (owner of Brian Kelly...
Relationships: To call each thing by its right name
by Denise Cheng (dennetmint)
Submitted 02-05-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Matt Russell and I were musing in the office yesterday about the possibilities with February's first story theme: Relationships. We were talking about inanimate objects and why people name them. Of the core staff, George Wietor has named his...
