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Catalyst Radio: Inaugural LadyFestGR to feature music, art, workshops

Submitted 02-24-2012 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now?  Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure.   INTERVIEW LadyFestGR makes its debut next Saturday, March 3, with a slate of music, workshops, vendors, a variety show and art. The all-day (and night)...

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GR Beer Week has fun on tap

Submitted 02-24-2012 under NEWS

With tickets for this year's Winter Beer Festival at Fifth Third Ball Park selling out in December (all 5,900 of them), the inaugural GR Beer Week provides additional opportunities to celebrate all that is local beer. The Winter Beer Festival...

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Michael Pfleghaar: Design masquerading as something else

Submitted 02-23-2012 under NEWS

The show titled "Michael Pfleghaar: Reinforcing Objecthood" opened at the Grand Rapids Art Museum earlier this month, kicking off the museum's Michigan Artist Series. In this body of work, Michael Pfleghaar pays homage to the mid-...

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Shara Worden to perform at Calvin College this Monday

Submitted 02-20-2012 under NEWS

Like her band name implies, My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden delivers multi-faceted brilliance as she weaves together rock, opera, cabaret, chamber music, and choral elements. She has been hailed as “a pensive force of nature”...

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Catalyst Radio: Beer, politics, music and food all a part of the community conversation

Submitted 02-17-2012 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now?  Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure.   INTERVIEW The Rapidian, hosted by CMC, is where you find the news and stories of Grand Rapids, by Grand Rapids. And as such, it serves as a repository of...

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Dr. Ocean treats "sea sickness"

Submitted 02-16-2012 under NEWS

Don Walsh is little-known for traveling deeper into the ocean than any other human being. Over half a century ago, Walsh and his team plunged over 35,000 feet into the Pacific Ocean. Since then, no one has traveled to such depths. In fact, “we...

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Youth Council gets up close and personal with Mayor Heartwell

Submitted 02-15-2012 under NEWS

By: Akilah F.   Mayor Heartwell met with students of Mayor's Youth Council to get an outside opinion of what they not only thought about the State of the City Address that took place at the Devos Place on Jan. 28, but how as a whole the...

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Ghost Heart shares how their songs take shape

Submitted 02-14-2012 under NEWS

Ghost Heart will be kicking off The Jammies main stage performances with their atmospheric riffs and driving beats. I sat down and asked them to talk about what influences them and how their unique mixture of musical styles comes together in the...

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Catalyst Radio: IWW Film Series focuses on labor and social issues

Submitted 02-10-2012 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now?  Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure.   INTERVIEWIn this episode of Catalyst Radio we learn about a monthly film series put on by the Grand Rapids chapter of the Industrial Workers of the World...

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Brewery Vivant gets Silver LEED certification

Submitted 02-10-2012 under NEWS

Brewery Vivant, a local brewpub that recently made news for being featured in Midwest Living Magazine, is making news again with their announcement today of receiving Silver LEED certification. The brewery is the first commercial brewery in the...

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