Each week the Volunteer Center will highlight an exciting skill-based volunteer (SBV) opportunity found on our...
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arbor circle, crops, Eric Kehoe, food, gardening, harvest, Kellogsville High School, Meatless Mondays, Midtown, planting, produce, The Woods, truck, Valentiger, vegetables
On any sunny evening in Midtown,...
1 day 4 hours
Ace of Cakes, DeVos Children's Hospital, Duff Goldman, Hospice, Hospice of Michigan, James Fahner, Kubler-Ross, palliatave care, World Health Organization
Despite the fact that every person on earth will eventually die, Americans still have a long way to go to openly consider the subject of humane death. So suggests Dr. James B. Fahner, Chief...
2 days 9 hours
The Grand Rapids City Commission reviewed proposals from the city's two corridor improvement authorities,...
2 days 12 hours
Foreclosure Response, Grand Rapids City Commission, Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan, Kym Spring, Paul Haan, Salvation Army Booth Family Services
This audio file is an interview with Kym Spring about Strategies to Address Housing Quality and Sustainable Neighborhoods...
2 days 14 hours
From The Rapidian Staff: Bake a cupcake and light a candle, because it’s New Feature Tuesday here at The Rapidian. NFT is a semi-regular holiday I have just made up to mark...
2 days 19 hours
Join GRAM for another lecture in the GRAM/Ox-Bow Friday Lecture Series. This...
3 days 17 hours
Foreclosure Response, Healthy Home Coalition of West Michigan, inspection policy, rental housing, vacant property
A coalition of 24 community organizations will be presenting a position paper to the Grand Rapids City Commission at 10:30am tomorrow (7/27/2010) calling for cooperation to address...
3 days 19 hours
Donna Reynolds, UICA's rock solid Saturday evening concessions volunteer, has dedicated her time since October 2004. Donna heard about the theatre from a coworker at the old Bijou Theater in...
3 days 22 hours
3rd District, campaigns, congress, Democrat, election, Pat Miles, politics, primary, U.S. Representative, Vern Ehlers
The retiring of Vern Ehlers, who for 17 years held the U.S. House of Representatives seat for Michigan's...
1 week 3 hours
artisan, Bethany Christian Services, craft, Jessica Ennis, refugee, Rhododendron Crafts, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
In studio this week is Jessica Ennis of Bethany Christian Services who is a steward for Rhododendron...
1 week 13 hours
This week we are throwing down the Top (1-2-3-4-5) five weekend essentials:
1. Recently got to check out the Kent County String Band and not only were they eye...
1 week 17 hours
The Grand Rapids Planning Commission voted today to approve a special land use permit for the...
1 week 21 hours
Each week the Volunteer Center will highlight an exciting skill-based volunteer (SBV) opportunity found on our...
1 week 1 day
Half of awards go to first generation college students
This fall, 539 local students will start a new year of college knowing they have the support of their...
1 week 1 day
The magnificent Madison Avenue and Hall Streetscape project is currently in the works! Community stakeholders have been anxiously anticipating the construction of a beautiful streetscape in this...
1 week 1 day
The theme this Friday evening at GRAM on the Green/DowntownGR Bazaar is “Books and Storytelling,” featuring...
1 week 1 day
bakery, competition, cupcake, Founders, fundraiser, God's Kitchen, Haley McNeil, Heritage Hill, Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation, James Stubbleton, Justin Golinski, Kameel Chamelly, Martha's Vineyard, Midtown, Nantucket, Nick Natale, Nick Stygstra, Peter Eizel, Rockwell's
What began as a joke will become a reality this Saturday morning....
1 week 2 days
From The Rapidian staff: You probably wouldn’t imagine being a contributor to the Rapidian would put you on the police...
1 week 2 days
Grand Rapids Art Museum presents the third installation of the GRAM/Ox-Bow Friday Lecture Series, featuring John Corbett's Ox-Bow: Now and Then.
The...
1 week 2 days
New at the market!
- Sweet Corn!!!
- Peaches
- Gladiolas
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Hot Peppers
Currently at the market:...
1 week 2 days
Nothing says summer in Grand Rapids like getting out of town for a day and heading to the beach in Grand Haven, a mere 30 miles away. Five years ago, two locals had a different idea for...
1 week 3 days
Civil War soldiers are greeted with a lavish banquet upon their return to Grand Rapids.
1 week 3 days
Taking up barefoot running is quite personal. The reasons people come to it are varied - people explore running barefoot to overcome injuries; others like the idea of improving their running style...
1 week 3 days
best buy, BGC, boys & girls club, computer, Grand Rapids, seidman, steil, tag team awards, talent, volunteer, youth
Amazing things can happen when big corporations pair up with local non-profits, and on June 28th and 29th, Best Buy demonstrated exactly this. Forty-seven Club members from...
1 week 4 days
Amber Zidarevich Kilpatrick, donation, Eastown, facebook, fundraiser, Hatha, Heritage Hill, Midtown, Midtown Green, Midtown Neighborhood Association, MNA, Neighborhood, Seva, Vinyasa, Yoga
Amber Zidarevich Kilpatrick wears many hats. She is the community organizer for Eastown Community Association...
1 week 6 days
busy, colors, credit, Dominican Sisters, Dorothy Ederer, God, golf, goodness, Grand Rapids, gray clouds, messsage, metaphors, parents, people, Reflection, role models, silver lining, spectators, swing, University of Michigan., value
by: Rosemary Steers, Communications Specialist
Sister Dorothy Ederer has been a member of the...
1 week 6 days
art, artprize, CREO Productions, film, Kurt Perschke, Red Ball Project, UICA, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, video
With ArtPrize 2010 right around the corner, we at UICA thought it would be fun to look back on one of our artists from 2009 - Kurt Perschke. Kurt Perschke is an artist who works in sculpture,...
1 week 6 days
Ceremony will take place on Monday, July 19, 2010 at 4pm at the Steil Boys & Girls Club.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth mourned the loss...
1 week 6 days
Denise Cheng, Heart of West Michigan, Jane Royer, Jessica Gonyou, Linda Gellasch, United Way, Volunteer Center
Joining us in studio are Jane Royer and Jessica Gonyou from United Way's Volunteer Center. Stay tuned to hear how the wave of retiring babyboomers have...
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