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Big Bang Art Festival bringing "outsider" art to Mangiamo! this weekend

Submitted 08-22-2012 under OPINION

Heartside folk artist Reb Roberts, of Sanctuary Folk Art Gallery, doesn’t believe in doing anything ordinary. According to his website he is suspicious of everything that is normal. So don’t expect the East Hills Big Bang Art Festival he...

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Do you sushi?

Submitted 08-22-2012 under OPINION

“Have you tried sushi?” my girlfriend asked at lunch one day. Images of raw cold fish swam through my mind. “No, I haven’t … you?” “I did and I love it. You have to try it.” I am one who loves food...

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Grandwich 2012: The final judgement

Submitted 08-18-2012 under OPINION

Friday night, I spent my time in front of the Grand Rapids Art Museum at the Grandwich final judging event. Last year and this year I tried every single Grandwich offering. That means I had tried forty-five or so Grandwiches. This year, I was...

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Pleasure Lies in the East: Pigeon Creek's "Antony and Cleopatra" performs at Dog Story

Submitted 08-13-2012 under OPINION

Sometimes a girl just can't catch a break. In Pigon Creek Shakespeare Company's production of "Antony and Cleopatra", now running at Dog Story Theater through August 19, Cleopatra suffers through war, a married lover, and a certain...

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Terry Johnston leads another successful Friday Night Conversation

Submitted 08-13-2012 under OPINION

Even with two straight days of rain and a pretty hefty wind to contend with, the Grand Rapids Art Museum adapted and presented their GRAM on the Green events on schedule last Friday night. Dan Richardson’s concert was moved inside and an...

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Picturesque: And the winner is...

Submitted 08-12-2012 under OPINION

Earlier this summer, The Rapidian teamed up with The Grand Rapids Press and MLive to create a multi-platform, interactive summer contest. The people of Grand Rapids were asked to submit photos to The Rapidian site of any and all things relating to...

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Victims speak out about protestors at Gay Day

Submitted 08-10-2012 under OPINION

UPDATE: The video has been removed by the victim, per the recommendation of the Grand Rapids Police Department, for her own safety. On August 4, 2012 Grand Rapids area residents gathered to celebrate the diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual,...

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Kent School Services Network honored in Denver

Submitted 08-09-2012 under OPINION

In case the oppressive heat and superhero movie binge wasn’t hint enough, summer is officially here. For many, the word is synonymous with boats, barbeques or bonfires. Fishing. Camping. But for Carol McGovern-Paine, the director of the Kent...

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Fishing and entrepreneurship: Miles Smith and the BAHRS

Submitted 08-09-2012 under OPINION

(Video by Santiago Murillo) As a fisherman, Miles Smith thought about a technology that would make fishing (or angling) easier. The Break Away Hook Release System gets only one part of the hardware, the treble hook, to break. The B.A....

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Awakening the lioness within

Submitted 08-09-2012 under OPINION

Monica Quíroz is the President of the Parent Teacher Organization at César Chávez Elementary School. She is active in I Believe I Become activities. She is a community leader. But she wasn’t always this involved in her community and school....

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