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Love in the Name of Christ works to empower area volunteers

Submitted 10-12-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

On the west side of Grand Rapids, a local Love INC office is making significant impact on families and churches by meeting economic and social needs via hundreds of volunteers for those living in and around Grandville. For over 26 years,...

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2012 Aids Walk vital for thousands

Submitted 10-12-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

On Saturday, October 13, 2012, The Grand Rapids Red Project will host the 20th annual AIDS Walk at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids. AIDS Walk is an annual fundraising event dedicated to raising money to support services related to...

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Taste of Michigan brings 20 food bloggers to Grand Rapids

Submitted 10-08-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

The event was the brainchild of Liz Della Croce, who blogs at The Lemon Bowl, and Rachel Gurk of Rachel Cooks. “It all started as a little idea of mine to get together with a few other Michigan bloggers for dinner or something,” said...

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West Michigan Indie Podcast: Episode #14- The Hounds Below

Submitted 10-08-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

In this episode, contributer Philip Moreno and I caught up with The Hounds Below before their show at The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids.  Jason Stollsteimer, Mathew Hofman, Griffin Bastian and Skye Thrasher talked about their new band and...

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Revealing the honesty in imperfection with artist Miranda Graham

Submitted 10-05-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

Miranda Graham has “a preoccupation with imperfection.” As a Master’s Student at Kendall College of Art and Design, Graham works primarily with oil, ink and subject to paint disfigures: physical deformities of human bodies, ranging from crooked...

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Crowds gather to see the ArtPrize Top Ten before the winners are announced

Submitted 10-04-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

Thousands of people are flocking downtown to get an up close and personal glimpse of the Top Ten ArtPrize exhibitions before the winners are announced on Friday night. “Crowds are similar to previous years, and perhaps even higher,”...

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Color celebrated in this fall's Picturesque gallery

Submitted 10-04-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

Our city comes alive with color this time of year. Between the veritable onslaught of art at ArtPrize and the changing of the seasons signified by leaves becoming brilliant yellows, reds, oranges and purples, we've got a lot of color around us....

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Local restaurants enjoy demands of ArtPrize

Submitted 10-03-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

Smells of pasta fill the air. Paintings of Italy adorn the brick walls. There are people everywhere, sitting at tables covered with white cloth, wine glasses, and food. A bowl of linguini pasta and fresh steaming clams passes by me. I ask the name...

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West Michigan Indie Podcast: Episode #13- Valentiger

Submitted 10-02-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

In this episode Icicles' keyboardist, Joleen Rumsey, and I drank some beers at Billy's Lounge with Brent Shirey, Scott Rider, and Bill Kahler of Valentiger. Podcast includes excerpts of their tracks: Oh, To Know!; Another Cool Move; Why I...

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ArtPrize Artist Profile: Susan Leigh Picking Radiates "In the Now"

Submitted 10-01-2012 under LOCAL LIFE

Susan Leigh-Picking’s smile ushers in her presence, radiating her persona and character as she avows in her introduction, “Music is an international language, it’s a universal connector to all humans no matter what language you...

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