Submitted 05-21-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
Catching up with SpaceKid, a former Grand Rapids-based hip hopster who has relocated to Los Angeles to further his career.
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Submitted 05-21-2012 under NEWS
With over 112,000 people in America awaiting transplant, raising awareness for organ donation registry is paramount to the organizers of the Transplant Games.
Submitted 05-21-2012 under OPINION
Miriam Aukerman Speaks to the ACLU on civil liberties, economics, incarceration.
Submitted 05-20-2012 under NONPROFITS
In this episode of Glance at the Past, take a gander at Grand Rapids under glass: the beginnings of greenhouses and forced seed propagation. Eugene Davis was the father of forced lettuce. These seeds became the standard of lettuce throughout the nation's markets.
Submitted 05-20-2012 under OPINION
A terrific production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play opens in the city.
Submitted 05-18-2012 under NEWS
Kids Food Basket provides nearly 4,800 youth a take-home dinner each weekday.
Submitted 05-17-2012 under NONPROFITS
In honor of the upcoming World Refugee Day event on June 23rd, Bethany Christian Services refugee resettlement program (PARA) is posting weekly biographies of families and individuals that are being helped in the adjustment to their new lives in Grand Rapids.
Unlike today, professional baseball, including the Detroit Tigers, was severely affected during Word War II by travel restrictions and the loss of players who had either enlisted or been drafted.
Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.
Submitted 05-17-2012 under OPINION
This is a comparative snapshot of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Madison, Wisconsin, looking at diversity and the role of high-tech industry and its effect on the retention of talent.
