Grand Rapid's Heartside-Downtown

Glance at the Past - Fire Bell

Submitted 11-01-2011 under NONPROFITS

Learn the story of the fire bell, now standing in front of the Grand Rapids Public Museum, which originally called the city's volunteer firefighters for its first ten years and has had several homes since created in 1878.

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Grand Rapids Most Haunted: Local haunted history

Submitted 10-28-2011 under OPINION

Grand Rapids Most Haunted took me on a whirlwind hunt of ghosts, city history and my own beliefs about the supernatural.

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Grand Rapidians celebrate Day of the Dead

Submitted 10-27-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

A collection of Day of the Dead altars celebrate the Mexican holiday at Grand Rapids Public Library.

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Swing Society brings social opportunities to Grand Rapids

Submitted 10-25-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

The Grand Rapids Original Swing Society is bringing young adults into Downtown Grand Rapids on Tuesday nights for a bit of fun.

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Artists showcase work in local downtown resale shop

Submitted 10-25-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

One Girl's Treasure hosts local artists and connects with the Grand Rapids community

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Glance at the Past - Pioneer doctor

Submitted 10-24-2011 under NONPROFITS

Listen to this two minute audio recording detailing some of the trials doctors endured making house visits in the early years in Grand Rapids.

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The UICA's new Movie Theater is open, here's why you should go...

Submitted 10-23-2011 under OPINION

...In these cinemas, it seems that silence is undertaken voluntarily, nobody tampers with their iPhone or farts or rustles, everybody is fully invested in the vision before them...

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On mission: Taking ArtPrize from good to great

Submitted 10-22-2011 under OPINION

What is needed for ArtPrize, the nonprofit organization, to be relevant and sustainable in the years to come? How can we deepen the conversation, and what is the role of the mission in that process?

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