A major street renovation on Grandville Avenue between Oakes and Weston is nearly complete. The project, which began...
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Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
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The Film and its Maker
The 2011 Grand Rapids Film Festival has come and gone this past week. I was able to take in just one of the many films offered, "The...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
Oh my, how time flies. It is hard to believe that in less than a month, The Rapidian will be turning two years old! It has been terrific getting to know our community through the eyes of so many...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe 2 Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“In order to do what I wanted to do, I had to do what I needed to do first.”
Nebiat Mengsteab was the first person in her family born in the United States… just one year...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
Tagged: art, artists, cheap, Seven x 11, UICA, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, video
In celebration of UICA’s new building opening in July 2011 (7/11), UICA is selling over 700 pieces of artwork for $25 or $50. This salon-style exhibition and fundraiser features works of art...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
Tagged: Burton, GRPS, Jr. Leadership Academy, Kindercamp, Martin Luther King
Grand Rapids Public Schools, First Steps and the Great Start Collaborative of Kent County launched a new program on Monday, August 15 to ease the transition to kindergarten and prepare...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
Tagged: adopt-a-room, Lowe's, nonprofit, Vision to End Homelessness, volunteer, well house
By: Teresa Zbiciak, Volunteer Center Program Assistant
On August 9th and 10th, Lowe’s Heroes “adopted” two rooms in the Well House community, a permanent housing...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
Tagged: ampitheater, local music, picnic
When The Northern Skies front man and multi-instrumentalist Eric Engblade first heard of the ...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe to Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“Take every opportunity that’s presented to you.”
Danzell Maze is a quiet but powerful force. Talk to him, and he will modestly tell you that he’s planning to go to...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
FREE GED, High School Completion (HSC), Adult Basic Education (ABE) and ESL (English as a Second Language) Classes
Registration will be held on Thursday, September 1...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
Tagged: 9/11, concert, great lakes chorus, memorial, memory, St. Matthews, stryke, tragedy, voices of freedom
The Board of the Cascade Community Foundation is proud to bring our community together to remember 9/11 with a tribute concert at 4 pm at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center on September 11, 2011....
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
Tagged: Bridge Card, Double Up, DUFB, GRPS
Now you can get more fresh fruits and vegetables when you use your Bridge Card at farmers’ markets, thanks to a new program called Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB). The program matches Bridge...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe 2 Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t accomplish something.”
Wendy Gomez is involved. As a student at Central High, she was active in Peer Listening, Ignite...
Posted: 13 years 6 weeks
As dozens of fresh faces and old gathered in the Amway Grand Hotel Lobby last Thursday evening, Dr. Mary Jane Dockeray giggled with excitement.
“I can’t believe the turnout!...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Tagged: advocacy, alternative, bicycle, transportation
Don't have time to listen right now? Download the MP3...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Chain of Lakes, Kyle Rasche, Music review, Scott Warren
Grand Rapids area musician Kyle Rasche writes and performs original music under the name ...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Ada, Artprize events, Catherine Creamer, David Abbott, East Grand Rapids, Greenville, Hillside, Ninth Bridge Market, Rick Devos, The Grand Rapids Children's Museum, Volunteers
Imagine that you have decided to become more involved in your community. Imagine that ArtPrize is the event that you settle on as the object...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
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The following thoughts are brought to you by Marlee Grace Cook-Parrott, intern for the Market presented by the Avenue...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Tagged: 5k race, barefoot running, road racing, running
Want to feel the earth move?
On Sunday, August 28 the Merrell Naked Foot 5k will hit Grand Rapids and barefoot runners will have the chance to...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Calder Plaza, city lights, electronic music, music festival, Rob Bliss
City Lights Music Festival is coming to Calder Plaza on Saturday August 20. Eight performers will take the stage from 4 p.m.-12 p.m.,...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
The Involved Parent
Parental involvement is essential to a child’s success. Research proves that students whose parents are actively engaged in their education are...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe 2 Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“Soccer is my whole life.”
Jack Kraushaar is a standout in two things: soccer and math. A center defender on the Creston varsity soccer team, Jack was named to the All...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Kristian Grant is a young woman who has a lot going on- and a lot going for her.
The busy young nonprofit professional not only works for an organization that serves the...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Tagged: art, life, objects, Renee Zettle-Sterling
Earlier this year the GreenLion Gallery opened its doors at 150 E Fulton, in downtown Grand Rapids. Recently I visited the gallery to...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Tagged: geography, geolocation, mapping, neighbhorhoods
A couple weeks ago I previewed one of The Rapidian’s newest features - the neighborhood drill down. That...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Grand Rapids, internship, LSSM, lutheran, refugees, volunteer, volunteering
By Lauren Muscott
Every college student has been there. The spring semester is finally over. A seemingly endless expanse of time lies before you, time which you are expected...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Fame, grand rapids civic theatre
The musical “Fame” was a hit at Grand Rapids Civic Theatre last Thursday night as a sold-out audience of 800 and a line of waitlisted walk-ins swarmed the lobby, anxious to take their...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe 2 Become, Class of 2011, GRPS
“When people don’t believe in you, you don’t believe in yourself.”
Eric Jones was a just sophomore in high school when he made a big life decision one day. As a...
Posted: 13 years 7 weeks
Tagged: emt, GRPS, Life EMS Ambulance, Spectrum Health
GRPS recently announced a partnership with Life EMS Ambulance and Spectrum Health designed to offer an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course to high school seniors beginning this fall at the...
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**Now is a great time for canning, pickling and freezing! **
New at the market!
- Tomatoes (Heirloom varieties)
- Melons...