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Posted: 13 years 3 weeks
Tagged: Cook Arts Center, GAAH, GAAH Press Club, Gilberto, GRCYC, Ruthie Paulson Gomez
Posted: 13 years 3 weeks
Tagged: Alexy C., Cook Arts Center, GAAH, GAAH Press Club, GRCYC, Ruthie Paulson Gomez
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Edición a cargo de Ruthie Paulson Gómez....
Posted: 13 years 3 weeks
Tagged: design, pro-bono work, skills-based volunteerism, Steelcase, well house
Read Part I: Steelcase Designers Offer their Skills to Well House
By: Teresa Zbiciak...
Posted: 13 years 3 weeks
Tagged: Arts, definition, distinction, Entertainment, feature, hipster, local life, profile, terminology, Tradition
The Rapidian is chock full of arts and entertainment content. Is it fluff or does it signal a new way of thinking about news, community and dialogue?
In the last six years, I've had...
Posted: 13 years 3 weeks
Tagged: banks, budgeting, consumer protection, financial, literacy, Literacy Center, money
In recognition of National Financial Literacy Month, the...
Posted: 13 years 3 weeks
Tagged: bicycle, bike friendly, bike riding, biking, community events, fashion, Grand Rapids, I Bike GR, t-shirt
When Josh Leffingwell and Tyler Doornbos met for the first time, neither one of them imagined they’d become immediate friends, let alone business partners. However, as the conversation and...
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: art, Open Concept Gallery
In an age where social media, television, and internet consume our time and challenge our senses, how do we know what is or what isn’t real?
This is the theme explored by Grand Rapid...
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: assistance, child, disability, family hope foundation, grant, non-profit, relief, special needs
This is Keagan. He is four years old, loves sports and Spider-man and was born three months early against all odds....
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: Chamber, college, Davenport University, discount, education, Grand Rapids, tuition, Workforce development
One of the best economic development tools is a well-trained, educated workforce.
Davenport University and the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce are teaming up to...
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: Albums, Audiophile, bands, DJ, Herm Baker, Independent Record Stores, indie, live music, LP, Records, Vertigo, vinyl, Wax
Audiophiles, listen up!
In case you have not heard, tomorrow is National...
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: 88.1 fm, Community Media Center, Electric Light Baths, Glance at the Past, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Radio, WYCE
In this episode of Glance at the Past, learn about the Electric Light Baths used to make people feel frisky and tan. John H. Kellogg first developed this idea to be used in his sanitarium.
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: 88.1 fm, Community Media Center, Deadly Diseases, Glance at the Past, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Radio, WYCE
A brief history of the types of diseases and number of deaths is told from Secretary Wilson's 1898 Board of Health report.
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: 88.1 fm, Chan Hoy, Chinese Restaurants, Glance at the Past, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Radio, WYCE
This episode shares the story of Chan Hoy and his quest to bring Chinese food to Grand Rapids for the first time ever in 1902.
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: art, culture, event, Museum, slow art day
Picture stopping at a piece of art. What do you notice: The shape? The color? The size?
Eight seconds later, your attention is gone and so are you, on to the next piece where you will spend...
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Grand Rapids Mayor George K. Heartwell stopped by Wealthy Theatre to model our newly arrived Centennial apparel! Mayor Heartwell is a special advisor to the Wealthy Theatre Centennial...
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: disability, fundraiser, Hat Trick Concert, impairment, Kent County, learning, Mike + Ruthy, music, One Trick Pony, The ARC
INTERVIEW (8:18)
Music lovers, Hat Trick goers, this one's for you. As the beneficiary of the...
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Land Conservancy West Michigan, National Volunteer Week, Youth Grant Committee
On Saturday April 16th, 30 teen volunteers with the Grand Rapids Community Foundation's Youth Grant Committee (YGC) will be tackling a trail-realignment project at the Land...
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: fatality, fire, Fulton Heights, Grand Rapids Fire Department
At approximately 11pm Thursday evening a number of emergency vehicles arrived in the Fulton Heights neighborhood for a house fire at 127 Mayfield Ave NE, on the west side of the street.
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Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: Fifth Third River Bank Run
You stand in a pack numbering somewhere in the thousands as the sweat of anticipation beads along your forehead. Everyone around you is in reserved motion: jumping from one foot to the next,...
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: Art.Downtown, Art.Downtown., Avenue for the Arts, KCAD, Kendall College, Kendall College of Art and Design
The Kendall College of Art and Design Graduate Studio space features 35 KCAD grads majoring in Printmaking, Drawing, Painting and Photography. Their work ranges from highly...
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, Fulton Street Farmers Market, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Kendall College of Art and Design
In 1940, Grand Rapids Community Foundation made its first grant to a fledgling art school in Grand Rapids. It was followed by subsequent grants of $100 each in 1941 for the Kendall Memorial School...
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
Tagged: Dan Climie, George Heartwell, Mass Transit, Michael Tuffelmire, Rapid Revolution, Rapid Yes, the rapid
Much of our country appears to be undergoing a rebirth of cities. Baby boomers are moving back from the suburbs, big-box retailers are adjusting their business models to fit...
Posted: 13 years 4 weeks
David LaGrand was born in Grand Rapids and graduated from Calvin College and the University of Chicago Law School. After working as an Assistant Kent County Prosecutor, LaGrand...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: Audio, interview, photo essay, photographs., public hours, reporting, The Rapidian
What are public hours?
Every week, The Rapidian staff is available to you in person in our offices for specific hours. We call them "public hours," and they'...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
The Literacy Center of West Michigan is proud to partner with local artist Erick Picardo. His painting, “Pulse of the Saints,”...
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Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: Plaza Comunitaria, Steepletown, tutoring
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Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: dining, Electric Cheetah, restaurant review, uptown, Wealthy Corridor
The Electric Cheetah restaurant on Wealthy and Diamond is a chic little establishment that's hard to miss. With a front glass exterior exposing the dining room and the name "The Electric...
Posted: 13 years 5 weeks
Tagged: amway, balloons, BGC, boys & girls club, dreams, miss america, st. patricks day, youth
While many people and businesses are feeling the effects of various budget cuts and financial setbacks, community-focused companies such as...