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Location, Location, Location: Why We Map Stories

Submitted 06-18-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff*: From the beginning, story mapping has been a key component of The Rapidian. With that in mind we built the site so that it would be easy for reporters to enter geographical information into their stories and events...

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - UICA Films review

Submitted 06-18-2010 under OPINION

Frequently cited as “the most popular European film of 2009”, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is based on Stieg Larsson's international best-selling novel. The story begins with the multitude of legal problems facing Mikael Blomkvist, a well-...

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Good Art is the Best Art: An assessment of issues brought up during the Rapid Growth panel

Submitted 06-18-2010 under OPINION

On Wednesday, Rapid Growth Media hosted the fifth panel discussion in its monthly series of conversations about issues facing Grand Rapids. Titled "Good Business is the Best Art," the panelists discussed issues surrounding assigning value to art and...

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Local Arab Americans show support of Palestine

Submitted 06-09-2010 under OPINION

The Arab American Association of West Michigan held a protest on Monday June 7th in downtown Grand Rapids at the Federal Building to bring attention to the issues of the Israeli blockade against the Palestinian people. Recent events included the...

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Holding down the fort while Rapidian staffer recovers

Submitted 06-07-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff: I visited Matt Russell at the hospital this morning. You may have already heard about his moped accident because even though The Rapidian's content facilitator is confined to a hospital bed, he's been tweeting...

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Cherry-ots of Fire: Or How I Became a Sponsored Runner

Submitted 06-04-2010 under OPINION

I'm not sure how The Cherry Marketing Institute found me. I have a few thoughts about it, but I can't say for sure and they've never said. Institutes are mysterious entities. 1) I Tweet and Facebook a lot about running. 2) I went to the launch...

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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 06-02-2010 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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