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A Town Called Panic - UICA Films

OPINION:  A Town Called Panic, or "Panique Au Village" if you are looking to impress your date, is a...

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Eat Well By Eating Better

OPINION:  The warm weather last week has really had me longing for fresh herbs from the farmers market...

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Remembering Dirk Koning

OPINION:  It was five years ago on February 10 at about 7:00 a.m. that I received the phone call from Tim...

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From Rapidian staff*: You've just written a story about some virus originating from Grand Rapids affecting...

Sustainable Entertainment Part 2: GRAM Conversations

 The Grand Rapids Art Museum has an ongoing series of events called "...

Humanature Exhibit at the DAAC

 The Division Avenue Arts Collective presented its first collectively organized art exhibition on Friday March 5th.  The theme was...

Police, Adjective - UICA Films review

 
Police, Adjective is the story of Cristi (Dragos...

Keep your headlines concise, avoid funny business

From Rapidian staff*: The headline of your story is the first thing readers see on The Rapidian, Facebook,...

A Town Called Panic - UICA Films

 A Town Called Panic, or "Panique Au Village" if you are looking to impress your date, is a...

Eat Well By Eating Better

 The warm weather last week has really had me longing for fresh herbs from the farmers market.  Walking down the aisles dotted with...

New Feature: Better User Bar!

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If you are a logged-in user of The Rapidian, you may have noticed the slightly...

Sustainable Entertainment Part 1: UICA

Of the many reasons that my wife Jewly and I finally made the move to Grand Rapids, one major factor  was the multitude of options for...

Remembering Dirk Koning

 It was five years ago on February 10 at about 7:00 a.m. that I received the phone call from Tim Goodwin, Dirk Koning’s best friend, with the...

Show, don't tell

From Rapidian staff*: "Show don't tell" plays like a broken record for every creative writer. ...

Relationships: Finding the Passion to Make it Work

 The Rapidian’s current story mapping feature is on relationships and the enigma of the dynamics involved that make relationships succeed or...

Defining your article by newsworthiness and content

From Rapidian staff*: When submitting stories for the Rapidian, they must be categorized into one of three...

Foursquare moves from the schoolyard, to cyberspace.

When I was younger, I played a game called Four Square during recess at my elementary...

An Intro to Citizen Journalism - the rapidian press pit #3

 This past week  the Rapidian's 3rd press pit, which brought a chance for local citizen journalists to come together and exchange ideas...

Mayor Heartwell Delivers State of the City Address

Mayor George Heartwell delivered his State of the City address Saturday morning before a packed crowd at DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids. He...

On the Cheap!

I know this time of year can be tight SO this weekend there are a bunch of SUPER cheap options (mostly 6$ and under!) and...

Wealthy Theatre Remembers Gordon Varneau

This week we say goodbye to a man whose history is, in many ways, the history of Wealthy Theatre.  Gordon 'Gordy' Varneau died peacefully in...

Driving in Droves

I’ve been a little under the weather lately so it’s been a slow start to the new year but here we are!  A whole new year of WOTS! There...