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Crowd cheers on Hispanic Flamenco Ballet at Wealthy Theatre

Submitted 11-03-2010 under NEWS

On Wednesday morning, the Hispanic Flamenco Ballet's charter bus pulled up to Wealthy Theatre. Not far away were a swarm of yellow buses carrying more than 300 students. Billed on the dance company's website as the best option for student field...

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Sweeping Republican wins in Michigan turn state red

Submitted 11-03-2010 under NEWS

The Tuesday, Nov. 2 general election saw Republicans taking the most votes in many races from the governor's seat on down. The State of Michigan's new governor elect is Republican Rick Snyder, of Ann Arbor, who garnered 136,246 votes, more than that...

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What the pho?! Bangkok Taste Cuisine celebrates grand opening downtown

Submitted 10-27-2010 under NEWS

Phở lovers rejoice! Bangkok Taste Cuisine has arrived on the scene to finally fill the woefully phở-less void in downtown Grand Rapids. Located at 15 Jefferson SE (the former home of Bobby J’s Downtown and the much-missed My Video Shoppe),...

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Voters give proceeds from Sunday Soup #8 to music collective

Submitted 10-24-2010 under NEWS

Organizers started early today to set up for Sunday Soup #8. By the time the first volunteer cooks trickled in, the Division Avenue Arts Collective (115 S. Division) had been tiled with homemade benches, decorated with freshly carved pumpkins and...

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Journalist Anand Gopal speaks at Calvin College

Submitted 10-09-2010 under NEWS

 Renowned free-lance journalist Anand Gopal gave a startling talk Friday night to a crowd of around fifty people at Calvin College.  Gopal, who has reported from Afghanistan for the last three years was full of current information, having...

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Events planned for Afghan War anniversary

Submitted 10-06-2010 under NEWS

This week marks the nine-year anniversary of the United States' occupation of Afghanistan.  A group of concerned citizens called Grand Rapids for Justice and Peace in Afghanistan has a series of events planned to commemorate the anniversary as...

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Artist Maya Lin lectures about past and current work to a packed crowd at the GRAM

Submitted 10-02-2010 under NEWS

A couple hundred tushes warmed 275 seats, plastic and winged, to receive Maya Lin this evening at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. The artist is best known nationally for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. In Grand Rapids, "Ecliptic"...

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UPDATE: Some answered questions regarding Tuesday night altercation

Submitted 09-30-2010 under NEWS

Some questions answered regarding Tuesday night’s altercation courtesy of Sgt. Chris Postma of the Grand Rapids Police Department’s Major Case Team. According to Sgt. Postma, an argument culminated in a physical altercation between two men who knew...

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Late night altercation leaves unanswered questions

Submitted 09-28-2010 under NEWS

A few questions remain in the aftermath of a late night altercation tonight in Heartside. The incident, which occurred sometime between 10 and 11pm, resulted in a pool of blood and an abandoned wheelchair outside of the Martineau Lofts and (106),...

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Semi-truck rollover closes expressway

Submitted 09-26-2010 under NEWS

I-196 westbound through Grand Rapids was closed for several hours on Sunday night while authorities worked to clear an overturned semi-truck. The truck was travelling at an excessive rate of speed while exiting US-131 southbound onto I-196 west when...

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