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Art Review: Natalie Rae Good's KEEPING RECORD at The Sparrows

Submitted 06-03-2010 under OPINION

The Sparrows Coffee Tea & News Stand (1035 Wealthy SE Grand Rapids) is showing a collection of new drawings by Natalie Rae Good, now through July 30. The series, titled Keeping Record, represents a new direction for Good, a 2009 graduate of...

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GRTV offers live stream of Festival of the Arts

Submitted 06-03-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff*: Grand Rapids' 41st Festival of the Arts will be streamed live from Calder Plaza by GRTV this weekend. If you can't make it downtown for the arts, activities, food, music and more, just open this link or click the Festival...

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Casino Jack and the United States of Money - UICA Films review

Submitted 06-03-2010 under OPINION

 CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY is a 120 minute documentary starring a veritable dream roster of the elite super-criminals and/or movers-n-shakers of Washington DC. In the central role is the infamous Jack Abramoff, “the most...

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What to look out for before publishing

Submitted 05-25-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff*: You've done your research, meticulously assembled your words, edited and redited, and are finally ready to hit the publish button. But wait! Are you sure your piece is ready to go live? Before presenting your work...

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The Local Beet: Change Taking Root in the Lunch Line

Submitted 05-21-2010 under OPINION

There is an ever-growing revolution happening in cafeterias around the country – people want to change what is in their lunchline at work, school, and in hospitals. This week, I joined over 500 people – from activists, to nutritionists, to food...

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Find story ideas by getting involved

Submitted 05-18-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff*: Of the reasons we often get at The Rapidian for contributors experiencing writer's block, a common one is difficulty finding story leads. Luckily, this problem can be tackled not only with resources found on therapidian....

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Review: West Michigan Gay Men's Chorus

Submitted 05-17-2010 under OPINION

The East Grand Rapids High School theater is insanely luxurious. It might be one of the best performance stages in the area. And Saturday night, the 700-something capacity theatre was nearly full for the spring concert of the West Michigan Gay Men’...

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Review: Michigan Land of Riches

Submitted 05-17-2010 under OPINION

Back in February, at a panel organized by the GRAM, Fred Sebulske, the founder of the Actors’ Theatre in Grand Rapids, bemoaned the poor coverage of local culture by the press in the city. He pointed out that the John Mayer concert at the Van Andel...

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Review: "The Drawer Boy" at Actors' Theatre

Submitted 05-16-2010 under OPINION

Actors' Theatre's production of "The Drawer Boy" This melodrama is a "three-hander" — just three characters — in which decades-old secrets get revealed, a main character has a disability, and a naïve young actor learns lessons. The actors, G.M....

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New features on The Rapidian

Submitted 05-07-2010 under OPINION

Welcome to the newest version of the Rapidian! Both longtime and new readers alike are bound to notice some big changes to The Rapidian after today’s relaunch. Over the past several weeks Ron Woldyk (three cheers for Ron!), our long-suffering web...

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