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Community organizations work to improve bicycle accessibility for transportation

Submitted 03-31-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Multiple local organizations are working to make sure people have access to bicycling for transportation- and the safe road conditions needed to make it more than a recreational activity- in Grand Rapids. The Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition (...

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Art.Downtown. to highlight hundreds of local artists at one night event

Submitted 03-31-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

This year's Art.Downtown. event will feature 400 different artists displaying their work in 38 venues across the city. The event looks to highlight local artists and musicians and help build a sustainable creative community in downtown Grand...

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Wine and Canvas wants to prove you can paint

Submitted 03-30-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Within the last few years a new type of business has come to Grand Rapids, teaching anyone that they can learn to paint. Wine and Canvas Grand Rapids is "art entertainment," says owner Cheryl Vander Vliet. For many customers, it's a...

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Downtown discussions get real about "crip life"

Submitted 03-23-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

During LaughFest, over 40 people joined in the upper room of the B.O.B. to engage with Christopher Smit of DisArt Festival, Tommy Allen with Rapid Growth Media and Toni Bal, an independent writer. They paneled a discussion called "Crip Life in...

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Scholarships enable wider range of attendees at Downtown Market

Submitted 03-17-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

The Downtown Market offers many classes and programs, some of which are free and some of which are not. For patrons who want to attend a class but cannot secure the funds to do so, Downtown Market has been offering their Healthy Eating for All...

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Local literary organization extends hours for Writers' Hub

Submitted 03-17-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

The Great Lakes Commonwealth of Letters (GLCL) has recently expanded their Writers' Hub hours to 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. It's available for members, who pay a yearly $35 fee to use the space, as well as advance notice of...

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Exit Space Project looking for support for local art through crowd funding

Submitted 03-16-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) is looking to raise $10,000 by this Saturday, March 21 to support their Exit Space Project. To do so they are asking for the support of the community in this crowd funding effort. The crowd funding...

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Gazelle Girl Half Marathon Running Tips: Prevent overuse injuries by "rolling with it"

Submitted 03-13-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

It's the high point of spring training for the Gazelle Girl Half Marathon & 5k and that means the potential for overuse injuries. In this informative Q&A, local physical therapist Scott Hadley shares his own personal running story and...

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LaughFest event aims to inject humor into poetry reading

Submitted 03-11-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

LaughFest, Grand Rapids’ community-wide comedy festival, which touts its “seriously funny” line-up, will get a little more literary this year. At 6:30 p.m. March 13, a poetry reading event will take place at the Great Lakes...

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PussyCat Beer Guild brings women, beer together

Submitted 03-10-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

The PussyCat Beer Guild (PCBG) is a place for women to talk and bond over their shared love for craft beer. The Guild meets at 6 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month at HopCat, the inception place of the group. One of the oldest women-only...

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