“It’s like we’re not in Michigan. It’s like we’re in Wisconsin.”
That is how remote Forest Hills seems to a Burton Heights resident. Our perspective on...
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Posted: 12 years 41 weeks
During hunger awareness week, we should take the time to examine our nation's food system as a whole. The staggering number of people in the Kent County region alone who do not have reliable...
Posted: 12 years 42 weeks
Tagged: catholic, Counseling, couples, divorce, help our marriage, marriage, retrouvaille
Julie had her eye on the cute boy with long dark hair all through high school. They were friends, but it wasn’t until the end of their senior year that Tony Gessner thought Julie had...
Posted: 12 years 42 weeks
Tagged: Canal Street, Glance at the Past, Grab Corners, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Raising, S-Curve, Sweets Hotel, Truman Lyon, WYCE
In this episode of Glance at the Past, Grab Corners, now known as Campau Square, was the first S-Curve of Grand Rapids. A steep grade difference forced the Common Council to raise Canal Street...
Posted: 12 years 42 weeks
Day 3 required a little more restraint on my part. When I am not interning, I enjoy a part time job working in a cafe, filled with free coffee and often, free food of both the breakfast and lunch...
Posted: 12 years 42 weeks
Tagged: BALLE, conference, Grand Rapids, Local, Local First, sustainability
Local First will host the 2012 BALLE Business Conference in Grand Rapids, May 15-18, the organization has announced. Organizers anticipate that approximately 700 entrepreneurs, economic developers...
Posted: 12 years 42 weeks
Tagged: Hunger Challenge, Jackie Prins, Samantha Dine
It's the end of day two and somewhat of a groove is becoming established. Labor Day is over, so it was back to business as usual for me today. I had to do my office hours at The Rapidian today...
Posted: 12 years 42 weeks
Tagged: aldi, boys & girls club, donation, family night, food, volunteer, youth commonwealth
Beginning Tuesday, September 13, 2011, ALDI will offer grocery shoppers a smarter alternative as the select assortment discount grocer opens a new location in...
Posted: 12 years 42 weeks
Tagged: Buchanan Elementary, GRPS, Varnum
Employees from Varnum law firm delivered more than 125 boxes of school supplies to Grand Rapids Public Schools’ Buchanan Elementary on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. These boxes were filled with...
Posted: 12 years 42 weeks
I suppose an intern's job is never an easy one. An interesting twist of my intern duties arose when my editor asked me to participate in the Hunger Challenge as part of Hunger Action Week....
Posted: 12 years 42 weeks
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Right as the summer is ending, the first days of my hunger challenge are beginning. As I mentioned in my previous article, I am having somewhat mixed feelings about beginning the challenge. To...
Posted: 12 years 42 weeks
Stop Sitting - Start Standing
Until Love Is Equal is a grassroots effort based in West Michigan, dedicated to gaining protections - regardless of sexual orientation or...
Posted: 12 years 42 weeks
Tagged: food, food security, hunger
Next week is Hunger Action Week, and to help us start being aware of what that means for us here in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I spent some time finding out the statistics on hunger and food...
Posted: 12 years 42 weeks
Tagged: Arts, Avenue for the Arts, division avenue, gallery
Don't have time to listen right now? Download the episode and...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: Blue Water Grill, Derby Station, Hey Marco, Kent Country Club, NAAC, Ottawa tavern, Six One Six, Whole Notes
Foodies, wine enthusiasts and locavores, mark your calendars: the 4th Annual Whole Notes benefit dinner is being held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, September 17 at ...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: art, Downtown, heartside, Heartside Gallery and Studio, self-taught art
This article was written in collaboration with the artist.
Our featured artist for September is Z-Slash.
Here's a...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: Grand Rapids Public Library, GRPL, Librarian, Madison Square, Molly Rios
Both Ashly and Denise had the chance to interview Madison Square branch manager Molly Rios on separate occasions before her last day on Aug. 13. Ashly is the lead on this article with Denise...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: expansion, Farmers, Fulton Street Farmers Market, Locavore, WMEAC
Fulton Street Farmers Market is in the final phase of its capital campaign. West Michigan Environmental Action Council's Dan Schoonmaker talks progress with FSFM's Development Project...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
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The Beat Reporting Backstory
When interviewing for an internship at The Rapidian, Rapidian staff explained that one of the interns would be tasked with organizing a...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: canning, Cooking, gardening, homesteading, local food, organics
The canning bug is sweeping across America! The last time canning was this popular was during WWII as women canned harvests from their Victory Gardens to win the war.
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Tagged: art, artists, Avenue for the Arts, CEDAM, heartside
CEDAM (Community Economic Development Association of Michigan) is producing a television show featuring Michigan communities. On their latest episode, Episode 3: Michigan Arts and Culture...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: artprize, ArtPrize2011, biking, clues, Grand Rapids, Michigan, running, urban adventure race
Now that it is in its third year, Grand Rapidians know there are many strategies to fully experience ArtPrize.
You can stroll around for a few whole...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: art, GPNA, GPNA Arts and Craft Fair
On Saturday, September 10, Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association will celebrate another wonderful day of shopping and family fun at our 38th Annual GPNA Arts & Craft Fair. Besides the...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
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Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
At 5 p.m. Monday night, Mayor Heartwell's live interactive public access show City Connection was simulcast right here on The Rapidian. Co-hosted by GRTV's own Sr. Barbara...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: 88.1 fm, Abigail Hastings, Alcohol, Bans, Glance at the Past, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Historical Commission, Michigan, Michigan Women's Christian Temperance Union, Prohibition, Radio, WYCE
Michigan followed Maine's idea for prohibition in 1853, but, it was found impossible to do enforce this ideal in Grand Rapids. By 1870, Grand Rapids housed 58 saloons and five breweries. Women...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe 2 Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“I want to travel around the world, that’s my dream.
Thanh Vo yearns to visit distant lands, explore far-away cultures, experience different cuisines and...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe 2 Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“Don’t mess up your freshman year! It will affect you so bad your senior year!”
Kaniquia Williams is a vision in orange and black, her Ottawa Hills...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: artprize, ArtPrize2011, B2B, Believe 2 Become, GRPS, I Believe I Become
A team of visionary and creative art students from Grand Rapids Public Schools are working to create a mural to enter into this year’s ArtPrize competition with support from...
Posted: 12 years 43 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe 2 Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“My favorite things are choir and musical theater.”
Breanna Toliver-Reed’s email address includes “MzBreezz,” an apt description of her...