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Rowing club aims to sustain community fitness through programs for juniors, adults

Submitted 08-25-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

The Grand Rapids Rowing Association (GRRA) will offer programs to help interested adults and teenagers learn the basics of rowing this fall. One such activity is Learn to Row Day on September 12. The free, open house event gives adults and children...

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GRJazzFest returns to downtown Grand Rapids

Submitted 08-13-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

On August 15 and 16, the GRJazzFest will make its fourth annual run at Rosa Parks Circle. West Michigan’s only free weekend-long jazz festival provides an authentic jazz experience while pulling together disparate corners of the community....

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Colorful, subtle, quirky: Arthur's Plaid Pants illustrator shares story of turning art into business

Submitted 08-13-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Jen Husted-Goss has been making art ever since she can remember, so naturally she made it her full-time job. She is the illustrator behind “Arthur’s Plaid Pants,” a business which sells everything from '80s pop culture inspired...

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Collaboration at its freshest

Submitted 08-07-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Cvlt Pizza and Green Wagon Farm got the first taste of each other’s work in April 2013, not long after the Cvlt Pizza first opened. It was spring, the farming season had just begun, and Green Wagon still had loads of scape pesto, dried...

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Civic Theatre's summer program showcases young talent

Submitted 08-04-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

A pair of small-town teens learn who they are as they fight to hold onto the thing they love most. A young girl uses the beauty and benevolence of her imagination to stay above-water in a world of struggle.   This week marks the culmination of...

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Our Kitchen Table works to empower and support Southeast residents

Submitted 07-31-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Focusing on the Southeast area of Grand Rapids, the organization Our Kitchen Table (OKT) is actively empowering community members to reexamine their food system and giving them the tools to improve their health and environment. Lisa Oliver King,...

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Local band Bigfoot Buffalo infuses genres, musical styles to make original sound

Submitted 07-30-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Grand Rapids-based folk-rock band Bigfoot Buffalo will release its debut album August 6 with a CD release party at Founders Brewing Company, blending genres and tones to bring what it claims is a new “dimension” to the city’s...

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Cautionary signs foster well-being, unique identity of East Hills

Submitted 07-28-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Finally fed up with inconsiderate motorists, East Hills resident Eric Tank began assembling “Drive Slow” signs for his community. He wanted to send a message for reckless drivers, but also sees the sign as a placemaking effort: a way to...

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WMEAC co-founder inducted into Hall of Fame

Submitted 07-24-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

The late Dr. Willard Wolfe, co-founder of the West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC), has been inducted into the Michigan Environmental Hall of Fame. The 4th annual ceremony took place on May 20 at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. Each year...

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Local author publishes first novel focusing on good, bad in everyone

Submitted 07-24-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Adam Schuitema, an English professor at Kendall College, just published “Haymaker,” his second book but his first novel.  Set in the small Upper Peninsula town of Haymaker, Michigan, “Haymaker” follows what happens when...

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