The 13th annual Taste of Grand Rapids and barbeque competition was held this past weekend at John Ball Park. The event offered an eclectic mix of...
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Posted: 13 years 9 weeks
Tagged: Barbeque, John Ball Park, Sandmann's, Taste of Grand Rapids, Wing Heaven
Posted: 13 years 9 weeks
Tagged: Jury, Jury Duty, Kent County Circuit Court, Lorena Slager
“I’m going to assume that you didn’t hit your head on the ceiling jumping for joy when you received your summons in the mail.”
My experience with jury...
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Sunday nights at Hopcat have turned out to be a jazz party. Not a wine and cheese party, not a “jazz society” event that “don’t mean a...
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Tagged: DeVos Center, Grand Valley State University, gvsu, toastmasters, Toastmasters International, University Club
On Thursday mornings at 7:30 a.m. Toastmasters join for a 60 minute session. Club members develop speaking and leadership skills by replicating a formula of activities and member roles each...
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Tagged: competition, food, fundraiser, Grandwich, kids' food basket, sandwich, signature
Grandwich brief by Denise Cheng
Chris Freeman fully buys that Grand Rapids should have a...
Posted: 13 years 9 weeks
Tagged: crc, crcna, development, Green
Trees will be planted, a walking path put in, and a small, gravel parking lot will be installed this summer on a four-acre plot of land that sits next to the Grand Rapids, Mich., office of the...
Posted: 13 years 9 weeks
Tagged: farmers market, Fulton Street Farmers Market, garfield park, organics, plainfield township, YMCA
Despite their rising presence in our city, many of us may have little to no prior knowledge about farmers markets. Perhaps we have lumped them into the category of flea markets, estate states,...
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West Michigan residents looking to save money on water bills and reduce local water pollution are encouraged to come to Rosa Parks Circle on August 1 to make a rain barrel for their home. West...
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Tagged: citizen journalism, LINC, neighborhoods, reporting, Southtown
Although LINC just moved to its new building in Madison Square (1167 Madison SE), its spacious community training room has been put to task, hosting dozens of...
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A coalition of elected officials, environmental advocates and businessman launched the Built By Michigan campaign in a press conference at WMEAC headquarters today.
The campaign was...
Posted: 13 years 10 weeks
Tagged: Alexander Calder, Downtown, Grand Rapids, Le Grande Vitesse, photo essay
Posted: 13 years 10 weeks
Tagged: 100 holes, boys & girls club, fundraiser, golf, sunnybrook country club
Although the longest day of the year happened in June, the golfers participating in this year’s 100 Holes Challenge say that it...
Posted: 13 years 10 weeks
Tagged: back to school, GRPS, Kroc Center, Party in the Parks, students
It’s back to school time and once again, GRPS is planning to kick off the school year with the second annual Back to School Party in the Parks.
Last year, as many as 3,000 people...
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New at the market!
- Sweet Corn (in limited quantities)!!!
- Gladiolas
- Peppers
- Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes
- Purple Beans
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Posted: 13 years 10 weeks
Tagged: biking, grand rapids parks, kent trails
The moment I decided never to leave Grand Rapids, there was no engine rumble in the background or car window obstructing my view of the city. I was moving wheels with my own fuel on pedestrian...
Posted: 13 years 10 weeks
Tagged: boys & girls club, electricity, Grand Rapids, steil club, unplug, video games, youth commonwealth
This May, the Steil Boys & Girls Club decided to power down, literally. Staff members launched “Unplugged Wednesdays” after...
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It is impossible to escape the reports: headlines, tickers and network news bring a steady stream of stories of unfathomable numbers of suffering people and images of emaciated bodies.
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Tagged: art, Avenue for the Arts, shop, The Market
The Market is more than just an event to shop at. It is much more than another money-making opportunity for your craft business. It is more than a time filler, an obligation, a notch in the...
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Sue Brown, one of the founders of the Grand Rapids Women's Chorus, and the ensemble's lead percussionist, was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, leaving...
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Tagged: B2B, Class of 2011, Graduation, GRPS
“Work hard, because you will be more likely to be successful.”
Taneka Brazier played a lot of basketball and softball in high school, but it never interfered with her school...
Posted: 13 years 10 weeks
After almost eight months of planning and organizing, the 2nd Annual Network Neighborhood Bash in Eastown came out in full swing. The Network, a...
Posted: 13 years 11 weeks
Tagged: clark retirement community, Grand Valley State University, international media, lipdub, local media, national media, senior citizens
The attention just keeps on coming for the seniors at Clark Retirement Community. Less than one week after...
Posted: 13 years 11 weeks
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Tagged: art, Downtown, heartside, Kickstarter, london, outsider art, willie jones
The Museum of Everything in London is opening their Exhibit #4, featuring 50 artists from around the world, and they have chosen to feature two of our artists to be a part of this new exhibit....
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Tagged: Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Disease, Care Tree Adult Day Center, Gerontology Network, Support Groups
An estimated 5.3 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer’s disease. This figure includes 5.1 million people aged 65 and older and 200,000 individuals under age 65 who have younger-onset...
Posted: 13 years 11 weeks
Tagged: bisexual, celebration, Community, Drew Stoppels, festival, fundraiser, gay, lesbian, LGBTQ, queer, Street fair, The Network, Transexual, transgender
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Posted: 13 years 11 weeks
Tagged: Circle Theatre, GRPS, MLK
The Community Circle Theatre, with support from Peter M. Wege & The Wege Foundation, recently announced the winners of the Community Leadership Contest.
Two Martin Luther King Jr....
Posted: 13 years 11 weeks
Tagged: B2B, Believe 2 Become, Class of 2011, GRPS, students
“My granny is just hard on me. She has high expectations for me.”
Corinthious Bowen was just not allowed to be a "slacker" when he was growing up. His mother, his...