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Ralston Bowles to play Local First Street Party

Submitted 05-29-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

Ralston Bowles, who will be playing the Local First Street Party on June 1 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. in front of Bistro Bella Vita, 44 Grandville Ave. SW, sees it as more than just a show. “I guess I see the event as a way of raising...

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Sheryl Budnik's relentless landscapes on view at Forest Hills Fine Art Center

Submitted 05-22-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

It is exceptional to see landscape paintings that are as moving as those by Sherly Budnik. The landscape is a popular subject in general, because everyone has some basis from which to contextualize it, and so it is relatively easy for the...

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State Street gets its life back through re//STATE

Submitted 05-17-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

As much as we hate to see it, every city has them: streets that, over time, have transformed from bustling economic hubs to vast, desolate concrete waste. Their public green spaces become neglected, morphing into empty parking lots while their...

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Save the Date for the Rock the Block Street Street Fair June 15th, 2013!

Submitted 05-15-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

It’s time to Rock the Block! Join LINC Community Revitalization, Inc. on Madison Avenue at Hall Street on June 15th, 2013 to celebrate community, culture and connection to opportunity! From 11am to 6pm the street will be filled with local food...

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West MI Fractivist: Jeff Smith and the 'People's EPA' indict the oil & gas industry

Submitted 05-10-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

With a welcoming smile and laid back attitude it’s difficult to imagine that a few short months ago Jeff Smith, founder of Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID), was in jail for occupying the downtown office of Wolverine Oil...

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West MI Fractivist Steve Losher: "We've got every right to be here!"

Submitted 05-10-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

The past year was an exciting one for Steve Losher, president of Michigan Land Air Water Defense (MLAWD), and he has no plans of slowing down in 2013. Carpenter by trade, Losher is finally putting his “25 years of pent up environmental angst...

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Fracking comes to West Michigan

Submitted 05-10-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

Perhaps you’ve seen them: billboards that aim to educate the public about horizontal hydraulic fracturing or fracking, a relatively new process of oil and gas extraction from deep shale layers. These frack facts, 49 numbered “fracts...

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Bloom Collective to screen The Trials of Henry Kissinger

Submitted 05-06-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

Grand Rapids infoshop The Bloom Collective (8 Jefferson SE, Grand Rapids) will host a screening of the documentary "The Trials of Henry Kissinger."  The film is based on the book by Christopher Hitchens, and examines...

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Community Media Center captures community stories

Submitted 05-03-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

Thursday night, the Community Media Center (CMC) staff and board members gathered together their members to share the story of what our organization has been doing at the event "Elevating Voices" at the Wealthy Theatre. A video, highlighting the...

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GrandCon reveals free comic day giveaway plans and special guests

Submitted 05-03-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

GrandCon, Grand Rapids' first gaming and comic arts convention, is showing its support of Free Comic Book Day by offering a month-long prize giveaway to all convention registrants. They have secured many talented featured guests and also...

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