Grand Rapids
Recognizing The Refugee Among Us
by (LSSMGR)
Submitted 06-22-2011 under NONPROFITS
The sun has set, the evening breeze offering a welcome relief from the merciless heat of the long day. Real solitude has been hard to find these past six months, surrounded in a foreign land by the noise and crowding of thousands of fellow displaced...
A proud weekend for West Michigan Pride Festival
by (saradipity)
Submitted 06-21-2011 under NEWS
Bigger crowds, more vendors, exciting performers and a beautiful summer day made this year’s West Michigan Pride Festival, celebrating the LGBT community, one to remember. The festival started silently 23 years ago by the owners of The...
Izzy Goes To Italy
by (KCAD)
Submitted 06-15-2011 under NONPROFITS
On the northern coast of Italy, sits the small city of Muggia. Surrounded by a system of hills, Muggia’s name is derived from the ancient word for coastal swamp. But when Israel (Izzy) Davis, Director of Ceramics at UICA and Professor at...
Glance at the Past - First Woman Doctor
by (WYCE)
Submitted 06-10-2011 under NONPROFITS
This episode of Glance at the Past shares the history of Grand Rapids first women doctors. Frances Armstrong Rutherford was the first to achieve "regular" medical training. She was also the first in Grand Rapids and in the United States to...
Glance at the Past - Apple Smorgasbord
by (WYCE)
Submitted 06-03-2011 under NONPROFITS
West of the Grand River was home of the Peach Ridge Growers Association formed in 1928. Farmers found the peachy soil to be just right for growing apples. The first apple smorgasbord was held in 1951 to build community through a growers...
Peopledesign Helps Transform UICA’s Brand
by (KCAD)
Submitted 06-01-2011 under NONPROFITS
A cornerstone of the West Michigan community since 1977, UICA is on the cusp of opening a prominent new facility in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids. As part of this move, UICA has engaged Peopledesign to help focus and re-invigorate the UICA...
Elizabeth Goes to Eksperimenta!
by (KCAD)
Submitted 05-27-2011 under NONPROFITS
If anyone had suggested a year ago to Elizabeth Goddard, Education Director at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) that she’d be presenting at an arts conference in Estonia, she would have said, “Yeah, right.” And then...
Spreading the News
by (LCirivello)
Submitted 05-24-2011 under OPINION
It's no surprise to you that we make a big deal about the importance of our community of volunteer Rapidian reporters. The entire model of The Rapidian depends on local people stepping up to report the news, not merely consume it. We continue to...
Local children's book author leads 250-mile bike ride to Chicago
by (saradipity)
Submitted 05-18-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
With internet, television, smart phones and the numerous other electronic distractions, today’s youth are becoming more and more apathetic to the idea of enacting big ideas. Local children’s book author Sue Stauffacher set out on a five...
2011 Grand Rapids Bicycle Summit inspires community to be bicycle friendly
by (shannoncunningham)
Submitted 05-17-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
On Friday, May 6, over 200 attendees and 25 exhibitors found themselves assembling at GVSU’s Eberhard Center for the Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition’s (GGRBC) 2011 Bicycle Summit. With the tagline “Inspiration to Action,...