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Hits and Messes: World Affairs Council presents Great Decisions lecture series

Submitted 02-11-2011 under NEWS

The Great Decisions foreign policy lecture series at Aquinas College features speakers from multiple disciplines speaking on topics from the cutting edge in the fast-changing realm of world affairs. The series, presented annually, is...

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[UPDATED] Mayor Heartwell to host monthly interactive show tonight at 5pm

Submitted 02-07-2011 under NEWS

UPDATED: article now includes video of the February 7, 2011 edition of City Connection, courtesy of GRTV Starting this year, City Connection, Mayor Heartwell's live interactive public show has been simulcast right here on The Rapidian on every...

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Soup's On for All!

Submitted 02-01-2011 under NEWS

On Monday, January 24, 2011 the 13th Annual Soup’s On for All! was celebrated at the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids. Hundreds of friends and supporters of the Heartside Community attended the event. They tasted the wide variety of soups,...

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Live coverage of Sunday Soup #10

Submitted 01-28-2011 under NEWS

On the last Sunday of January, interested community participants gathered at the Division Avenue Arts Collective (115 S. Division) at 6 p.m. for the first Sunday Soup mini-grant potluck of the year. Attendees forked over $5 for a ballot and...

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New Event To Generate Ideas and Prize Money

Submitted 01-27-2011 under NEWS

ArtPrize founder Rick DeVos today announced 5x5 Night (pronounced “five by five”) a new event to be held the last Tuesday evening of each month in Grand Rapids. Five presenters will have five minutes each to sum up their ideas with five slides. Five...

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Afrika Bambaataa performance, lecture postponed due to illness

Submitted 01-26-2011 under NEWS

Two Grand Rapids appearences by legendary hip-hop progeniter Afrika Bambaataa have been postponed due to illness. In a statement made by the events' organizer, Grand Rapids Hip Hop Coalition (GRHHC), it was announced that Bambaataa is hospitalized...

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"Brick throwers" strike again, damage two uptown eateries

Submitted 01-25-2011 under NEWS

Exactly one month later to the day, at least two more businesses along Wealthy Street were vandalized. Both Brick Road Pizza Co. (1017 Wealthy St.) and the Electric Cheetah (1015 Wealthy St.) had windows smashed out at approximately 4:30 a.m....

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ACLU Finds a Home in Grand Rapids

Submitted 01-20-2011 under NEWS

More than 50 years ago, Grand Rapidian Dr. Walter Bergman was beaten by members of the the Klu Klux Klan. Bergman was part of the Freedom Riders movement, a group that rode buses to the deep south to see first hand if institutions were compliant...

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Startup Weekend 2011 yields nine new projects

Submitted 01-16-2011 under NEWS

Come year three, Startup Weekend will need to upgrade its space. On Friday night, 75 participants from as far as Lansing, Mich. crammed into The Factory (38 W. Fulton), a business incubator space in downtown Grand Rapids. Participants heard 21...

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Grand Rapidians discuss Uptown as a collection of businesses and neighborhoods at Rapid Growth forum

Submitted 01-12-2011 under NEWS

Familiar faces from the local media scene, Uptown business owners and local politicians filed into Wealthy Theatre on Wednesday evening for Rapid Growth Media’s speaker series. Originally a panel, the event was restructured as a public...

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