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Sunday Soup #12: A full year of soups

Submitted 03-27-2011 under NEWS

The time has come: the last Sunday of the month. Three proposals were up for Sunday Soup #12, although only Ribbons of Song (this round's recipient) and Grand Rapids Comic Society presented. The potluck-minigrant event started at 6 p.m. and lasted...

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West Michigan therapy dogs create smiles one wag at a time

Submitted 03-25-2011 under NEWS

Friends Terrilynne Lymburner and Jeanne Lewis founded West Michigan Therapy Dogs  (WMTD) in 2001 after witnessing the therapeutic effects on hospitalized patients during visits with therapy dogs.   Lymburner and Lewis realized...

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Land Banks are Us!

Submitted 03-19-2011 under NEWS

  Land Banks are Us! Land bank: Two not-so-provocative four-letter words, strung together to form a term that most of us have never heard or used. What if I came to your door with a camera crew and said, “Congratulations, you're a winner! You...

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Wheel Run Together rolls into its 15th year

Submitted 03-18-2011 under NEWS

Good cause. Good route. Possibly good weather. The 15th Annual Wheel Run Together Race is set for Saturday, April 2 on the campus of Grand Valley State University (GVSU) and regardless of the weather, organizers are enthusiastic about the event. The...

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Live interactive show with Grand Rapids' Mayor Heartwell aired Monday night

Submitted 03-07-2011 under NEWS

At 5pm Monday night, City Connection, Mayor Heartwell's live interactive public access show was simulcast right here on The Rapidian. The program, now in its 19th year, is co-hosted by Grand Rapids mayor George Heartwell and GRCMC's Linda...

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Germany Rising: local scholar presents on Germany’s economic turn around

Submitted 02-28-2011 under NEWS

The World Affairs Council of West Michigan and several local academic institutions hosted the third Great Decisions Foreign Policy Lecture Series last Monday evening at Aquinas College’s Fine Arts Center. The lecture was presented by Dr....

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Live coverage of Sunday Soup #11

Submitted 02-25-2011 under NEWS

We're coming up on the last Sunday of the month, which means another edition of Sunday Soup. A monthly series, Sunday Soup is a community potluck with an admission fee of $5. In return, attendees get a bowl of soup and a ballot to vote on their...

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A Michigan Film Industry Town Meeting planned

Submitted 02-23-2011 under NEWS

An organizational and informational event will be held on Thursday evening, February 24th to promote preservation of the Michigan Film Incentive program. Organizers hope to help interested people effectively communicate to Michigan's legislators,...

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Independent TEDx conference to come to Grand Rapids

Submitted 02-23-2011 under NEWS

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. A TEDx conference, which works to spread “ideas worth sharing,” is currently being independently organized for Grand Rapids by Steve Frazee and Nick Pickrel. Frazee said that TEDxGrandRapids is like...

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First 5x5 Event: Fire and Knife is the Big Winner

Submitted 02-23-2011 under NEWS

"Relax." said Rick DeVos "This is not a competition, this isn't about business ideas and it is not a pitch night." DeVos' own latest idea, 5x5 Night drew a crowd of about 200 interested people who packed the Grand Rapids Art Museum's auditorium to...

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