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When interviewing for an internship at The Rapidian, Rapidian staff explained that one of the interns would be tasked with organizing a...
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Posted: 13 years 4 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: 13 years 4 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: 13 years 4 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: 13 years 4 weeks
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Posted: 13 years 4 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: 13 years 4 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: 13 years 4 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: 13 years 4 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: 13 years 4 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: 13 years 4 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...
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: GRPS B2B Class of 2011
“I like to be a role model for others.”
Lamarr Sherills has star power. On Prom Court, Homecoming Court, the basketball court (point guard or shooting guard...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Join the Grand Rapids Historical Society for a fascinating free walking tour of the northern half of historic Oakhill Cemetery starting at 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 10. This landmark cemetery is...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: BeanPoles, beer, Beer-A-Palooza, Mangiamo, Reb
Beer-a-Palooza brewed up a mix of cool amber liquids, bright notes of art and music, and spicy varieties of handheld foods on the evening of August 25. The $25.00 entry fee bought guests at...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: prevention coalition, underage drinking
Since its formation in 2006, the Kent County Prevention Coalition has certainly made a name...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe to Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“My goal is to graduate from the University of Michigan.”
Fernando Pichardo never took his eye off the ball during high school. At least, not very often. A strong tennis player...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: Arts and Crafts, celebration, fair, festival, Garfield Park Neighborhoods Association, GPNA, Kathy Woudstra
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City pride was easy to grasp in my formative years. My northeast side elementary classmates and I didn't dream of life in the Big Easy, we didn't want to cut our teeth on a Big...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe to Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“I’m completely bilingual already. Now I’m working on being trilingual.”
Yarisbel “Jadee” Segura makes everything look easy. She’s a track star,...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe to Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“I hope to make the world a better place.”
Phuong Nguyen came to the United States from Vietnam with her family when she was 15. When she started high school at Ottawa Hills,...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: Applause Catering and Events, Barnes and Thornburg Attorneys and Practice Groups, Camp Henry, Drew Nelson, John Preston, Karisa Wilson, Las Vegas Cheesecake Company., Martha's Vineyard, Melissa VanderZyden, Patriot Realty, Ralston Bowles, Ron and Jeannine Lemmon, scholarships, Wealthy Theater
Relationships with the land and with others was the thematic thread running through the August 20 Camp Henry...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: Cigars, Glance at the Past, History, Radio, smoking
At the turn of the 20th Century, cigars were the tobacco of choice among Grand Rapidians.
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: Children, education, family, Head Start, literacy, Literacy Center, reading
For the past four years, the Literacy Center of West Michigan and Head Start for Kent County (HS4KC) have worked...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe to Become, Class of 2011, Eli Rodas, GRCC, GRPS
“I love Creston. It’s a great school.”
Eli Rodas learned how much he loved his school when he was several states away. After attending Central High his first three years...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: Anthony Dubois, athletics, Bea Johnson, Creston High School, Deiona Rogers, Derrick Bentley, Dillon Vance, Emily Grochowalski, Feeder Pattern Award, Grand Rapids Community College, GRPS, GRPS Athletics, GRPS sports, GVSU Movement Science, Jabria Hill, Jim Haskins, Joey Bentley, Kroc Center, LaDon Carnegie, Marcus Harris, Max Pewee, Nico Mitchell-Garcia, Ottawa Hills High School, Rick Albrecht, Tony Annese, union high school
On Thursday, August 4, 2011, GRPS held an All Sports All Coaches Conference at the Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center to formally share the district...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School, located at 1205 Grandville SW, was officially awarded LEED Certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) on May 24, 2011. LEED (Leadership in Energy...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
In a time where many feel our educational system is failing our kids, dropout rates are at an all-time high, and schools that have been a part of the community for years are closing, there are two...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
Tagged: art, Community, microgrant, soup, Sunday Soup
The arts mini-grant program Sunday Soup is back after a summer hiatus.
If you've never been before, $5 cash or a homemade soup will get you in the door. Inside, you'll find a room of people...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
Tagged: development, GiveCamp, grassroots, internet, literacy, media, Nicholas James, nonprofit, Ross Hunter, technology, Web
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