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Local canner brings talents to community
by (Loukas Peterson)
Submitted 06-07-2013 under NEWS
Michigan native Diane Devereaux has been involved in traditional food preparation and preservation her entire life. As a young teenager, she began to can her own produce, herbs and meats, and now she has opened her doors and brought the joys of...
Day Dreaming about the Weekend Daydream Studios Readies for The Market
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 05-28-2013 under NONPROFITS
Daydream Studio is a small business that serves as the creative outlet for the duo of Amber Gerard and Lynn McKeown. Although these lovely ladies have found a great niche and are well known for their witty and unique handmade buttons, their vision...
State Street gets its life back through re//STATE
by (shannoncunningham)
Submitted 05-17-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
As much as we hate to see it, every city has them: streets that, over time, have transformed from bustling economic hubs to vast, desolate concrete waste. Their public green spaces become neglected, morphing into empty parking lots while their...
Avenue for the Arts brings back the Market
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 05-02-2013 under NONPROFITS
The Market presented by the Avenue for the Arts is back and bigger than ever. This is a great opportunity to wander the sidewalks of South Division between Fulton and Cherry and celebrate creativity and community. This year...
Hugo Claudin: transgressive art and performance
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 04-12-2013 under NONPROFITS
An AK47 is pointed at the crowd. A patch of light is on the face behind the gun. An adolescent wearing a luchadoras mask shouts “Go home, yankee, yankee go home BANG BANG BANG” The faces in the crowd duck to the left and right...
Possible arrival of Trader Joe's, Whole Foods sparks ongoing discussion
by (Allison Arnold)
Submitted 03-14-2013 under NEWS
Last week, there was much buzz surrounding the news that the national grocery chains Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods would be opening up shop in Grand Rapids. While many Grand Rapidians were excited about this possibility, not all were enthused...
Get cozy with West Michigan's music scene at the WYCE Jammies XIV
by (adrian)
Submitted 02-21-2013 under OPINION
The Jammie awards presentation is the quintessential local music event for West Michigan. Once again hosted by the Intersection and Bells Brewery, 88.1 FM WYCE's event welcomes music lovers of all ages to an evening with 24 local bands back to...
Ready. Set. Art.Downtown.
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 02-11-2013 under NONPROFITS
The breadth and depth of Art.Downtown. makes it the most exciting time of year to become involved with the Avenue for the Arts. The largest annual event organized by the Avenue for the Arts, it will feature the work of over 300 local artists....
Asheville beer reviewer tours Grand Rapids beer scene
by (Ryan Hagerman)
Submitted 12-31-2012 under NEWS
Recently, local beer reviewer Ben Darcie introduced Adam Reinke, “beer ambassador” of Asheville, North Carolina, to the local microbrews of Grand Rapids. The two cities had tied for the title of “Beer City, USA,” in a recent...
Brewery Vivant pulls a pint for hunger relief
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 11-06-2012 under NONPROFITS
Grand Rapids is having something of a beer renaissance: a spate of new breweries in the past several years, a recent designation as Beer City USA and a much-talked-about exploration of the city’s 170-year brewing history at the public...