The Rapidian Home

Local Life

 

Granola Goddess finds new home on Plainfield Avenue

Submitted 05-21-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

The Granola Goddess store is the new home for Molly Dawson’s Daily De-Lish products. She makes seven specialty granola flavors, granola bars and cookies. She’s a die-hard granola eater and realized that most of the store-bought variety...

[read more]

Red Cross Tornado App keeps GR residents ready for storm season

Submitted 05-16-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

It's finally spring in West Michigan, that means storm season. After a dramatic and neverending winter, barometric pressures in the Midwest have been sporatic since the thaw, and tornadoes have already touched down this spring across most of our...

[read more]

Local beat-maker aims to use Grand Rapids to the fullest

Submitted 05-06-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

Music producer Shane “SuGR Shane” Sloan’s roots in music go back to early in his life. A native to Grand Rapids hailing from the northwest side, Sloan remembers his first experiences playing the keyboard. “I’ve always...

[read more]

SpeakEZ Lounge to host Night Out

Submitted 05-02-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

We'd like 15% of your dinner. And SpeakEZ Lounge, the dedicated supporters of The Rapidian that they are, have agreed to give us just that on Thursday, May 8. From 6-10 p.m. that evening, 15% of all foods sales will be given right back to...

[read more]

What's On Tap: May 1-6

Submitted 05-01-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

B.O.B.'s Brewery Hopsun, Belgian summer whit Full On IPA, India pale ale Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout Crimson King, amber ale Blondie, golden ale Bobinator, German bock Spooky Action, way beyond IPA Brewery Vivant Farm Hand, French...

[read more]

Almost homeless

Submitted 04-30-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

Last May, I found myself in a position I thought I’d never be in. My lease was about to be up at my then residence and I needed to find a new place, since the owner was putting consideration into selling the house. The plan had been to get an...

[read more]

Stockbridge Boiler Room works to bring community together with Love Feast

Submitted 04-29-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

The Stockbridge Boiler Room has been hosting an event every Wednesday for five years called Love Feast. Love Feast is a meal made and participated collectively by people in the Grand Rapids community from all walks of life- from people in the...

[read more]

Roberta F. King shares story of son's life in "He Plays a Harp"

Submitted 04-29-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

Roberta F. King’s memoir, “He Play’s a Harp,” will be officially released May 11. The memoir is a collection of essays about the life and death of her son Noah, who was born prematurely with cerebral palsy and lived for 17...

[read more]

Custer to focus on building creativity on northwest side Habitat for Humanity house

Submitted 04-28-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

One of the great things about Grand Rapids is the community's investment in itself and its members. In a conversation I recently had with Todd Custer, Vice President of Sales-Architecture Products, Furniture and Technology at Custer, he...

[read more]

Meet civic investor Diana Sieger: Investing in inclusion

Submitted 04-25-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

Coursing through the veins of every individual is some sort of passion, something that makes getting up everyday just a little more inspiring. Civic investor Diana Seiger found that passion as a young girl while volunteering at an inner city...

[read more]

Browse