Grand Rapids
Catalyst Radio: Local music event a benefit for Girls Rock GR music camp
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 03-29-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW A unique musical experience is slated for tomorrow even, March 30, with local musicians performing pieces all done a cappella style. Bare – a...
GROW business owner brings Michigan-made products abroad
by (growgrandrapids)
Submitted 03-28-2013 under NONPROFITS
Deb Tacoma’s story is one of true entrepreneurship and invention. The creator the Freedom Wand, a versatile, multi-purpose hygiene tool, has a strong bond with her customers because she was in a similar situation a few years ago. Deb was in an...
Community radio draws to end of drive for community support
by (WYCE)
Submitted 03-22-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
Today, March 22, 2013, is the final day for WYCE’s Spring Fund Drive. Donations to the station support our Michigan music community, allowing WYCE to play a huge variety of interesting, challenging and eclectic music. People who know...
City High student shares perspectives on defining self, diversity, peer pressure
by (LINC News Bureau)
Submitted 03-22-2013 under OPINION
This article was written by Shardae Jefferson, a 16-year-old student at City High and LINC volunteer for the I Believe I Become movement. What defines you? Who are you? Where do you want to be five years from now? How will you get...
Catalyst Radio: LadyfestGR to showcase female talent, benefit Our Kitchen Table
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 03-15-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW After a successful inaugural LadyfestGR in 2012, the now annual event is set to kick off next week, expanding to two days of women-only musical...
Catalyst Radio: KDL establishes new Local Indie collection, supporting West Michigan talent
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 03-08-2013 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW Kent District Library is gathering materials created by Michigan writers and musicians, and is dedicating space in two library branches for the new...
Grand Rapidians rally around cause of immigration reform
by (Vossj)
Submitted 03-05-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
There are many misconceptions about undocumented immigrants, says Cyndi Hicks, a Grand Rapidian who participates in the West Michigan Coalition for Immigration Reform. "First of all, people aren't illegal. They can't be," she...
Momcat redefines success, rock and roll
by (erickehoe)
Submitted 03-05-2013 under OPINION
Eric North and Russell Rockwell sit in a corner of Wealthy Street Bakery, sipping coffee and conversing about music amid the din of the lunch crowd and the intermittent spurts of jackhammer-like blenders operating at full power. This scene is their...
Peachy keen performance planned for Saturday at Billy's
by (WYCE)
Submitted 03-01-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
On Saturday night, Chicago Blues diva Peaches Staten will be performing live at Billy’s Lounge at 9 p.m. as the final performance of the Cabin Fever Blues Series. Every February for nearly a decade, WYCE- a branch of the Community Media...
Catalyst Radio: GRIID issues findings of Normalizing Male Dominance film study
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 03-01-2013 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW A new study examining gender representation in 67 major films from the past year has just been released by Grand Rapids Institute for Information...