Grand Rapids
Turkey Throwdown and What Rapidians are Thankful About
by (Roberta F. King)
Submitted 11-23-2009 under NEWS
About 90 people gathered on November 23 for a noon potluck outside the Monroe Center Biggby Coffee www.biggby.com. Organized by Danny Beckett, Cindy Grace and Lisa Lehmann people from all over downtown gathered to meet, greet and eat. Participants...
WOTS: Get up, get out, get Art, all weekend long!
by (jennschaub)
Submitted 11-20-2009 under LOCAL LIFE
Word on the Street is a semi-regular weekend update. It is published on Facebook, through the email and it makes its permanent home on G-RAD. You can post feedback in either place or, of course, send me an email at… [email protected] ....
Change A Child's Life This Christmas!
by (D.A. Blodgett S...)
Submitted 11-20-2009 under NONPROFITS
Written By: Carrie Lyzenga, Special Events Coordinator & Marketing/PR Manager D.A. Blodgett for Children has a wonderful opportunity and an important need to provide Christmas gifts to our community’s most fragile children. Many of...
The Mitten: One Size Fits Most?
by (Ruth)
Submitted 11-19-2009 under OPINION
The Generation Y Michigan podcast on Michigan Radio and the overly optimistic pro-Michigan sentiments it's inspiring are starting to annoy me. Oversimplified arguments for pledging allegiance to Michigan willfully ignore...
We say HEART, you say SIDE!
by (jennschaub)
Submitted 11-16-2009 under NEWS
Friday was a blur of activity, after wrapping up a wild week at work, I dashed home to get changed and then heading out for a few quick errands. Mr. Man and I only had a few minutes to stop into the gallery openings on Lake and Cherry before heading...
The Horse Boy @ UICA
by (KCAD)
Submitted 11-16-2009 under NONPROFITS
How far would you travel to heal someone you love? An intensely personal yet epic spiritual journey, The Horse Boy opens at UICA on December 4. The film follows a Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia...
Holiday Avenue for the Arts Market at Founders Brewing Company
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 11-16-2009 under NONPROFITS
The Avenue for the Arts Market will extend their summer session to include a Holiday event being held at Founders Brewing Company in downtown Grand Rapids on Saturday November 21, 2009. The Holiday market will be an indoor, all day event, featuring...
GR GiveCamp enlists over 100 tech volunteers to help 23 nonprofits
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 11-14-2009 under NEWS
Nonprofits are notoriously low on funds, but in the Web 2.0 age, a strong, online presence is crucial for nonprofits to connect with their donors, volunteers and community. Two years ago, developers in Dallas, TX with a penchant for social good put...
Robinette's Wine Tasting
by (Jon Clay)
Submitted 11-14-2009 under OPINION
Many Grand Rapidians have memories of day trips to Robinette's Apple Orchard. With fresh cider, apple doughnuts, gift shops, horse drawn hay rides, and plenty of other family friendly activities, they are hard to forget. One activity that tends to...
Mix in a Little Red (Cross) with Your Holiday Green This Year
by (RedCrossGGR)
Submitted 11-13-2009 under NONPROFITS
While we haven't even seen a glimmer of white on the ground yet, many people are already feeling the holiday spirit creep up. Get ahead of the curve this year and check "get tree" off of your eternally long “Holidays To Do” list today!When you order...