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Tonight's City Connection postponed, rescheduled for Monday, May 23

Submitted 05-02-2011 under NEWS

Due to some unforeseen circumstances tonights edition of City Connection, the live interactive public access television programm hosted by Grand Rapids mayor George Heartwell has been postponed. The program has been rescheduled for Monday May 23, at...

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Interview With Jim Bruckbauer of the Michigan Land Use Institute

Submitted 05-01-2011 under NEWS

  On Tuesday, May 3rd, voters in Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, Kentwood, Wyoming, Grandville and Walker will vote on a millage to increase service on The Rapid, the area's public transit bus service.  To help voters who may be...

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May Day is for workers and soup - Live coverage of Sunday Soup #13

Submitted 04-29-2011 under NEWS

Showers or flowers, you never know with Michigan weather. The Division Avenue Arts Collective hopscotched past April and is kicking off May with Sunday Soup #13. Sunday Soup is a mini-granting program organized by The DAAC (115 S. Division...

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Pyramid Scheme to have soft opening tonight and surprise concert tomorrow

Submitted 04-27-2011 under NEWS

Grand Rapids music fans, wait no longer. In a surprise twist, the much anticipated Pyramid Scheme - the city's newest music venue - will be open for a soft launch tonight and will host a test-run concert tomorrow evening. The venue, located at...

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Music lovers walk across Michigan to raise funds to bring drumming ensemble from Ghana to GR

Submitted 04-27-2011 under NEWS

Did you have to walk to school as a child? Maybe. Did you have to walk 12 miles every day to get to school? Probably not. For children around the world, walking 12 miles is not uncommon. Many children are unable to attend school due to the distance...

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Make Magazine editor convenes brief town hall meeting among makers

Submitted 04-26-2011 under NEWS

Placed symbolically on each table in the GRid70 cafe (70 Ionia SW) was a board game—Jenga, Mancala, Cribbage, Scrabble—around which 25 people gathered to hear Dale Dougherty share the history of Make Magazine and the eminent Maker Faire...

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Peace pole installation at Wealthy Theatre in honor of Dirk Koning

Submitted 04-22-2011 under NEWS

On a gray noon, the beats of Badenya caromed through Wealthy Theatre as a small crowd gathered for the Earth Day peace pole dedication ceremony. The peace pole was the closing chapter of a memorial to Dirk Koning, the first executive director of the...

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National Record Store Day is here again

Submitted 04-15-2011 under NEWS

Audiophiles, listen up!In case you have not heard, tomorrow is National Record Store Day. Started in 2008, the official Record Store Day website describes it as a celebration of the unique culture that develops around independently owned record...

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Slow down for Slow Art Day this Saturday, April 16, 2011

Submitted 04-15-2011 under NEWS

Picture stopping at a piece of art. What do you notice: The shape? The color? The size? Eight seconds later, your attention is gone and so are you, on to the next piece where you will spend another eight seconds on its aesthetics. If this is you,...

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At least one fatality reported in Fulton Heights house fire

Submitted 04-14-2011 under NEWS

At approximately 11pm Thursday evening a number of emergency vehicles arrived in the Fulton Heights neighborhood for a house fire at 127 Mayfield Ave NE, on the west side of the street. Victims were pulled from the house, and a large group of Grand...

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