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Pal's Indian Cuisine offers authentic tastes at budget prices

Submitted 11-27-2013 under OPINION

Tucked away into a drab brown strip mall on 28th street, Pal’s Indian Cuisine does not look like a place where you would find actual cuisine. Pal’s is one of those rare finds that proves surface level impressions cannot always be trusted...

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The Local Feed on Vegan Substitutions

Submitted 11-26-2013 under OPINION

In our 4th and final installment of the Local Feed we give out some great ingredient substitutions to help you veganize your meals. Cashew cream, which we gave out the recipe for in Week 2, can substitute dairy-based cream in any recipe. Nutritional...

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Community engagement: Empowering our citizens, encouraging local involvement

Submitted 11-22-2013 under OPINION

“Describe yourself in three words.” After what felt like a million seconds had gone by, I managed to put together these three little words: driven, communal and passionate. It was with those three little words that I somehow got to where...

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HopCat hype proves true on most counts

Submitted 11-20-2013 under OPINION

If you've lived in Grand Rapids for a while, there's a fair chance you've been to HopCat. If you don't live in Grand Rapids, it's probably one of the first places you go to have a brew in Beer City U.S.A. Rated the number one...

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The Local Feed on eating vegan in Grand Rapids

Submitted 11-19-2013 under OPINION

In our third installment of the Local Feed we talk about a few restaurants in Grand Rapids serving up great vegan food.   Kangaroo Kitchen & Catering in the Fulton Business District has been open for a few months now. With a global menu...

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Tanglefoot open studio event to celebrate 22nd year

Submitted 11-19-2013 under OPINION

The annual Tanglefoot Building Artists Studio Sale returns invigorated for their 22nd Anniversary of their annual open studio placemaking event on Friday, November 22 and Sunday, November 24 at 314 Straight Avenue SW. “Tanglefoot...

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Dog Story Theater's "Dress Your Wives" uses comical characters to show humor within tension

Submitted 11-18-2013 under OPINION

On November 1 and 3, the Dog Story Theatre premiered the play, Dress Your Wives in Floor Length Denim. Dog Story Theater provided an intimate stage with limited seating that forces the audience to get up close and personal to the plot and actors....

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The Local Feed on eating local in November

Submitted 11-11-2013 under OPINION

In our second installment of the Local Feed we discuss how November may mark the end of the long growing season in Michigan, but it certainly isn't the end of harvesting local produce. In fact, with root vegetables, apples, squash and other...

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Share on: Airbnb hosts face challenge with City Commission

Submitted 11-07-2013 under OPINION

On October 22, the City Commission had planned to vote on a proposed ordinance change that would make it illegal to advertise home-sharing on sites like Airbnb without a costly business license and permit. Following an outpouring of community...

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The Local Feed talks about the International Wine, Beer, and Food Festival

Submitted 11-07-2013 under OPINION

Last week on The Local Feed on WYCE, we spoke with Dianna Stampfler from Promote Michigan about the International Wine, Beer, and Food Festival. It is the sixth annual and will be held at Devos Place on November 21, 22 and 23 in downtown Grand...

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