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Local blues musicians share love of music with area schoolchildren

Submitted 12-12-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

At a time when music education is a controversial topic in Grand Rapids, West Michigan Blues Society (WMBS) continues to provide an interesting music program called Blues in the Schools (BITS). What is WMBS BITS? Led by the veteran local...

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Local creatives devote efforts to Children's Museum branding

Submitted 12-12-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

"The website and logo were in desperate need of help. I'll admit it was very 90's looking,"said Megan Myers, Marketing and PR Manager at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. The Grand Rapids Children's Museum (GRCM) had...

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Rebooting family game night

Submitted 12-06-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

"Most people don't realize that 20% or less of the games on the market are represented in stores like Wal-Mart or other mass retailers," estimates Priscilla Collins, co-owner of White Cap Comics. "Just in this store, on these four...

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Reporters needed for new political beat

Submitted 11-28-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

Political reporting has always been at the forefront of journalism. From the muckrakers of the 20s, 30s and 40s through Woodward and Bernstein up to the modern day bloggers, political reporting has gone through a number of changes. Historically,...

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Christian outreach ministry celebrates 16 years in Eastown

Submitted 11-28-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

Kiara Baskins was in kindergarten when she started going to Eastown Ministries, a Christian outreach program at 610 Benajmin Avenue SE. The petite 20-year-old said she didn’t grow up in a “Godly based” home, but she knew about the...

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Taking lessons from R.I.T. Music

Submitted 11-11-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

Frank Nawrot, lead singer and guitarist for local band Absinthe, and a lifetime Grand Rapids resident, started playing guitar as a teenager. He grew up in the Creston district and took lessons from long-time R.I.T. Music guitar instructor and...

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Hello, Goodbye, Hello again.

Submitted 11-11-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

There's been quite a whirlwind of change around The Rapidian these days.    This summer, intern Samantha Dine joined our team. And boy, has she ever been great to have around! She started the food beat, the first of many reporter...

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Mental Infestation: The pioneers of nonsensical silly slam

Submitted 11-11-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

Mental Infestation is nothing what you'd expect from a typical slam metal band. While other musicians in their genre write lyrics about butchering women, gore and violence, the five members of Mental Infestation sit down and write silly,...

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We are the People, and this is our funeral: Death of the Middle Class March

Submitted 11-04-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

We are the People (Grand Rapids) is hosting the Death of the Middle Class March on Saturday Nov 5th 2011. Starting at 11 a.m. at the intersection of Ottawa Street and Pearl Street in downtown Grand Rapids, the march will emulate a New Orleans-style...

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Students measure up at Yardsticks competition

Submitted 11-02-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

For the second year in a row, some of the top advertising experts from Grand Rapids mingled with some of the brightest up-and-coming minds at The Yardsticks Competition, sponsored by the Polishing Center. The Yardsticks is an advertising competition...

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