The Creative Youth Center celebrates National Poetry Month
Submitted 04-03-2015 under NONPROFITS
New executive director, Kristin Brace, chats about writing workshops for West Michigan youth
Life EMS Ambulance exchanges ambulance fee for volunteer work
Submitted 04-03-2015 under NEWS
The ambulance company is striving to help Grand Rapidians with their ambulance bills through payment plans, volunteer opportunities to work off debt and an ambulance membership program.
Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition to celebrate growing industry
Submitted 04-03-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
The competition, held April 10-12, will exhibit the craft cider and perry - a beverage made from fermented pears - made by producers from eight countries.
OKT offers free Composting & Vermiculture class April 11
Submitted 04-02-2015 under NONPROFITS
Free Composting and Vermiculture class from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Garfield Park Lodge, 334 Burton St. SE 49507.
LadyFest celebrates Grand Rapids women
Submitted 04-02-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
The event includes diverse performances from musicians and poets, as well as DIY educational workshops.
Empowering community voices through celebrated difference
Submitted 04-01-2015 under VOICES
As the Rapidian's new Community Engagement Specialist, I'd like to share my Grand Rapids roots and hopes for my work with The Rapidian.
Community organizations work to improve bicycle accessibility for transportation
Submitted 03-31-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
Spoke Folks, Boston Square Community Bikes and the Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition are all working to make biking accessible and safe in our city.
Art.Downtown. to highlight hundreds of local artists at one night event
Submitted 03-31-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
This spring's Art.Downtown. will feature 400 different artists in 30 venues, displaying their work or performing everywhere from U-Haul trailers to the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
Inclusion: Moving our community from diversity to being "upstanders"
Submitted 03-31-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS
Most everyone knows what it feels like to not be included: to not be chosen for the team or feeling out of place within a group. It’s hard to imagine not feeling part of a community where you live—but it happens—more often than we want to believe.
Wine and Canvas wants to prove you can paint
Submitted 03-30-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
Wine and Canvas Grand Rapids features local artists giving step by step painting instructions in a relaxed atmosphere.