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Rowster delivering coffee to doorsteps

Submitted 11-14-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

Stacks of burlap bags full of green coffee beans, fragrance wafting heavily through the air from the roaster, tins lined up like little soldiers. From the corner of Wealthy Street and James Avenue, Rowster New American Coffee launches the coffee...

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Month of the Author: Schuler Books collaborates with Write Michigan contest

Submitted 11-13-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

The end. When does an author actually feel like writing those words? When the final period is punched onto the final draft? Or when the book is brought to print and in the hands of hungry readers? This month writers in any stage of their story will...

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West Michigan Indie Podcast talks to Ryan Miloch

Submitted 11-12-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

In this episode, Magda Przekadzinska and I chilled out with Ryan Miloch in the upstairs room at Hopcat in downtown Grand Rapids. We talked about his Sleepology project and the band Port-to-Port;  then we really got down to the bottom of things...

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Eastown Ministries reaches out to community

Submitted 11-09-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

  At Eastown Ministries, a punching bag hangs next to a painting of a cross. “We’re between the street and the church,” said director Jim Carpenter. “The kids aren’t going to go to church, but they’ll come...

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West Michigan Indie Podcast: Episode #18- The Crane Wives

Submitted 11-06-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

THEY’RE BACK!! We had so much fun with The Crane Wives that we asked them to be our first returning guest.  This time, however, WMI editor James Quatrine and contributor Sam Rhew sat down with Emilee Petersmark, Ben Zito, and...

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Remnants of Route 66: collage art of Jewly Warren displayed at On Girl's Treasure

Submitted 10-30-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

Jewly Warren is a Grand Rapids artist who has spent the last few years exploring collage techniques. She describes herself as a self-taught artist, whose main passions are painting and photography. Active in the arts community in the Detroit...

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Art and what it says to you.

Submitted 10-30-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

  Voices The ultimate goal of an artist is to communicate. The artist wishes to convey a message to an audience through their work. Sometimes a message is heard, though, at times it may not be the message that was intended. Other times no...

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West Michigan Indie Podcast: Episode #17- Kelsey Rottiers

Submitted 10-29-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

In this episode, I sat down with folk singer/songwriter Kelsey Rottiers at Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids. She talked about her new EP "Bear Hope," The Red Thread Movement, and why she is trying to raise awareness about sex...

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Lost and found at ArtPrize

Submitted 10-25-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

My parents pulled into the parking lot of the Van Osdel dorms to pick me up. It was my birthday and the plan was to go out and eat, then go to ArtPrize. It was the first time that myself, my mom and my dad visited ArtPrize, and my older brother who...

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Art Prize: What an Eagle!

Submitted 10-24-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

  The sun is shining, a few white fluffy clouds slowly move past, and thousands of people of all ages are strolling around downtown Grand Rapids. What is a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon? Art Prize seems to become more popular every...

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