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Dear City Attorney Mish

Submitted 04-08-2013 under OPINION

Dear City Attorney Mish: You have received a copy of Decriminalize GR (DCGR)’s objections to the City’s Motion for Summary Disposition in its favor in the case of Kent County Prosecuting Attorney vs. City of Grand Rapids. Judge Sullivan will make...

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On the Road delivers at UICA

Submitted 04-08-2013 under OPINION

Jack Kerouac never imagined his sprawling 1957 novel "On the Road" as a film. The unfiltered, energetic work of literature could not be confined to ninety minutes of rising action, climax and resolution. But "On the Road" as a...

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UICA opens A Place at the Table this weekend

Submitted 03-29-2013 under OPINION

  Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush’s new documentary “A Place at the Table” opens at the UICA this weekend. The film is an attempt to turn the spotlight on conditions that allow 49 million people in America to live in...

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Jeff Kraus reveals new work at Gaspard, discusses process

Submitted 03-27-2013 under OPINION

If you like to go out for coffee in Grand Rapids then it stands to reason that you may have already actively or inactively viewed some of Jeff Kraus’s artwork. Kraus is an artist very much on the scene, with recent shows at The Sparrows and...

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City High student shares perspectives on defining self, diversity, peer pressure

Submitted 03-22-2013 under OPINION

This article was written by Shardae Jefferson, a 16-year-old student at City High and LINC volunteer for the I Believe I Become movement.    What defines you? Who are you? Where do you want to be five years from now? How will you get...

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Issue Press: Independent publishing house issues Risograph prints

Submitted 03-22-2013 under OPINION

Since mid-2010 Grand Rapids based Issue Press (IP) has quietly and steadily published a catalog of limited edition books, prints and a variety of printed materials such as the menus for Bartertown Diner, LP inserts for local bands and fliers...

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"Wonder Women" at UICA traces evolution of American superheroines

Submitted 03-07-2013 under OPINION

Wonder Women: The Untold Story of Female Superheroines is a documentary from filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan. From World War II to Women’s Liberation, from Reaganism to Riot Grrls, the film examines the pop-culture legacies of female heroes...

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Momcat redefines success, rock and roll

Submitted 03-05-2013 under OPINION

Eric North and Russell Rockwell sit in a corner of Wealthy Street Bakery, sipping coffee and conversing about music amid the din of the lunch crowd and the intermittent spurts of jackhammer-like blenders operating at full power. This scene is their...

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Generation X & Y for MI: Connecting neighborhoods and community

Submitted 03-05-2013 under OPINION

Much has been reported about college graduates and skilled talent leaving Michigan over the last decade to seek better job opportunities. This massive migration of talent, also known as “Brain Drain,” the causes of which stem from an...

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2013 Michigan Winter Beer Festival celebrates Michigan craft beer, community

Submitted 02-28-2013 under OPINION

Wearing a pretzel necklace has become a tradition at the annual Michigan Winter Beer Festival, a day that celebrates Michigan craft beer at Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, MI. The pretzel necklace has become quite ubiquitous, and for good...

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