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Moving and Shakin'.... All over Town...

Submitted 03-19-2010 under LOCAL LIFE

  Weekends are for the fun of it… for the joy… for chillin… and for…busting a move? Seriously, this weekend there are TONS of dance related events I didn’t event nic the iceberg of dance so if you don’t find something you like here just keep...

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Development in Heartside - Part III: The Social Services Perspective

Submitted 03-17-2010 under LOCAL LIFE

This is the third installment in Michael Tuffelmire and Nick Manes' Heartside Development series. The first piece focused on the perspective of the homeless in the Heartside neighborhood. The second part looked at the perspective of businesses,...

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Photographer's Work Calms Minds of Cancer Patients, Families

Submitted 03-16-2010 under LOCAL LIFE

Wandering the halls of a hospital can be a lonely walk. Patients and families are in unfamiliar territory, corridors might seem to be a maze and for those spending multiple days in the same space there is little to divert the mind from the often...

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Flying Without Wingz mixes up a masterpiece

Submitted 03-16-2010 under LOCAL LIFE

Last Wednesday I went to a great hip hop concert at The Intersection (133 Grandville SW). The Show featured two headline acts 88Keys and the Kidz in the Hall. Before the Headline act was a group that has been previously featured in the Rapidian...

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Downtown: Free-Style (part II)

Submitted 03-15-2010 under LOCAL LIFE

Same great fun, now with 0 cost. For this second installment of, “Downtown: Free-Style,” you are invited to take a tour of the city. Put on some good walking shoes, bring a camera and a map, and get ready to enjoy all the free activities our city...

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Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks come to G.R.

Submitted 03-12-2010 under LOCAL LIFE

A most joyous noise echoed within the walls of the Community Media Center’s Wealthy Theatre Thursday evening. Singer-songwriter-wry lyricist Dan Hicks was in town presented by radio station WYCE with the latest incarnation of his Hot Licks....

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What's YOUR Art? People in GR Tell All.

Submitted 03-12-2010 under LOCAL LIFE

To launch its new arts portal Web site, the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids hosted an arts sampler party on March 11. The open-to-all event at the McKay Tower downtown, featured short performances and/or presentations by Opera Grand Rapids,...

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Getting ready to sing along! WOTS

Submitted 03-11-2010 under LOCAL LIFE

Hello Michiganders! Time is slipping by and the weekend is rushing in!  We have a heavy handful of events for the weekend so let’s get ready to rumble!   Here it is, Word on the Street for March 11th, 2010   THURSDAY! Poetry night...

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The old Public Museum exhibits

Submitted 03-09-2010 under LOCAL LIFE

Ever wonder what happens to the museum exhibits when they are no longer on display?  Well in Grand Rapids they are stored at the old public museum on the corner of Jefferson and State Street.  Recently, my husband and I were fortunate...

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Downtown: Free-Style (part I)

Submitted 03-08-2010 under LOCAL LIFE

Why pay when you can have fun for free (or close to it)? Downtown Grand Rapids has hundreds of places to go and things to do. Entire Web sites and advertising campaigns tout the day-time events and vibrant nightlife, but these things cost money. All...

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