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How to help the good guys win

Submitted 09-28-2011 under OPINION

Do we vote or not? Listed here are some "good art" criteria to help you save our city from the bad art monsters.

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Susan Gersch-Supanich's Venice at The Dog Pit

Submitted 09-28-2011 under NONPROFITS

Susan Gersch-Supanich’s vibrant paintings of Venice offer an edge beyond surface and content.

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Assocreation: Pink streetwear!

Submitted 09-27-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

Assocreation: what is it? A person, a group, a place, a happening, a pink print t-shirt? Who is Annamarie Buller and why was she out there mixing it up again in the Heartside neighborhood on Saturday September 24 2011? This time it was your feet, fun shoes, pink paint, road dirt and white t-shirts.

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Pulitzer prize winner details discrimination against women

Submitted 09-27-2011 under NEWS

Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, spoke at the Diversity Lecture Series at Fountain Street Church, spoke about equitable rights for women as a worldwide issue, not just a women's issue.

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Former manufacturing employees shake off the "RUST"

Submitted 09-26-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

Years after assembly plants close, the question of "so now what?" still lingers in Michigan. Stories of those affected are turned into a play by Austin Bunn, "RUST."

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Kaiser's Carnival of Castoffs

Submitted 09-26-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

I spoke with artist Kurt Kaiser about his ArtPrize 2011 entry "Carnival of Castoffs III," showing at CODA gallery on Division, and found out how he creates his work.

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Gender and art: Do the numbers add up to anything?

Submitted 09-26-2011 under OPINION

Looking at the gender ratios at the Exhibition Centers, ArtPrize 2011

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Female Artists Explore Indefinite Boundaries at (106) Gallery

Submitted 09-25-2011 under NONPROFITS

This year the Calvin College (106) Gallery presents "indefinite boundaries," an exhibition of nine female artists dealing with place, environment and material.

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Women's City Club: A must-see ArtPrize venue

Submitted 09-25-2011 under OPINION

Women's City Club Event Manager and artists talk about getting ready for ArtPrize and their work on display there.

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3-2-1: Engage, swag and vote

Submitted 09-24-2011 under OPINION

With just 19 days, it can often feel like there is too much to see and so little time. Experienced Wayfinder Erica Curry Van Ee boils down all the information she has learned in hopes of helping other attendees.

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