Community Media Center
Catalyst Radio: State of Opportunity radio project examines poverty in Michigan
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 07-20-2012 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW In this episode of Catalyst Radio we explore a new radio journalism project called the State of Opportunity, which examines poverty in Michigan and...
Glance at the Past - Lettuce Under Glass
by (WYCE)
Submitted 05-21-2012 under NONPROFITS
Glance at the Past is a local history radio project presented by Grand Rapids Historical Commission and the Grand Rapids Community Media Center. It's written and voiced by award-winning local historian Diana Barrett.
Catalyst Radio: Rapidian staff go live on WYCE to raise funds
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 04-27-2012 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW This week on Catalyst Radio we depart from our regular format in order to go live on WYCE for The Rapidian's first-ever fund drive. We are...
Nonprofit professionals go head to head in karaoke battle May 4
by (ynpn.gr)
Submitted 04-19-2012 under NONPROFITS
Lets get ready to RRRRRRRRUMBLE!!! On Friday, May 4th 2012, young nonprofit professionals from 11 local organizations will take the stage at Wealthy Theater to express their nonprofits’ missions, visions and values...through song. Think...
A Watershed Moment: Stormwater management in Grand Rapids
by (Karie Schulenburg)
Submitted 03-23-2012 under NEWS
Before Michigan was settled, natural drainage created many wetlands in the state. As inhabitants came, water was drained in order to avoid disease and make room for arable land. This was done by building straight and deep ditches which swiftly moved...
A Watershed Moment: Sustainability at Pilgrim Manor
by (Karie Schulenburg)
Submitted 03-22-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
On this episode of A Watershed Moment, we hear from Carol Parsaca, Sustainability Manager for the Pilgrim Manor Retirement Community on Grand Rapids' northeast side. Parsaca leads the organization and its residents in practices that...
A Watershed Moment: Living with a smart grid
by (Karie Schulenburg)
Submitted 02-09-2012 under NEWS
On this episode of A Watershed Moment, we hear from Dr. Ian Hiskens, the Vennema Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dr. Hiskens spoke on the panel at the Smart Grid Energy Forum hosted in January by the West Michigan...
Catalyst Radio: Summer media camps for teens to produce music videos and modern take on Aesop's Fables
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 05-20-2011 under NONPROFITS
One of the AniJam projects from April Showers. INTERVIEW (10:40) The CMC's own Gretchen Vinnedge and Lynn McKeown of the education department share all the cool summer camps they have planned, from teaching teens how to create their own music...
Peace pole installation at Wealthy Theatre in honor of Dirk Koning
by (dennetmint)
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...
Glance at the Past - Electric Light Baths
by (WYCE)
Submitted 04-15-2011 under NONPROFITS
In this episode of Glance at the Past, learn about the Electric Light Baths used to make people feel frisky and tan. John H. Kellogg first developed this idea to be used in his sanitarium.