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Music lovers, Hat Trick goers, this one's for you. As the beneficiary of the...
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Posted: 13 years 24 weeks
Tagged: disability, fundraiser, Hat Trick Concert, impairment, Kent County, learning, Mike + Ruthy, music, One Trick Pony, The ARC
Posted: 13 years 24 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 24 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 24 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 24 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 24 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 24 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 24 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 24 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 24 weeks
The Literacy Center of West Michigan is proud to partner with local artist Erick Picardo. His painting, “Pulse of the Saints,”...
Posted: 13 years 24 weeks
Posted: 13 years 24 weeks
Tagged: Plaza Comunitaria, Steepletown, tutoring
*Read this article in English | Leer este artículo en inglés
Edición a cargo de...
Posted: 13 years 24 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 25 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...
Posted: 13 years 25 weeks
Tagged: art, Art.Downtown, ArtPeers, Avenue for the Arts, collaboration, DwellingPlace, gallery, Kendall College of Art and Design, Site Lab, UICA
INTERVIEW (9:08)
The annual Art.Downtown event is coming up and has a larger footprint than ever before. This year, Kendall College...
Posted: 13 years 25 weeks
Tagged: April 15, Art.Downtown., Avenue for the Arts, Grand Rapids Community College, GRCC, Site:Lab
Check out what's going on at SiTE:LAB on Friday, April 15 for Art.Downtown. 2011 with this sneak peak by GRCC students and videographer Michael Cook.
Posted: 13 years 25 weeks
Tagged: collaboration, drupal, nodes, Spanish, tech update, translation
Like our mothership, Grand Rapids Community Media Center, The Rapidian has always been about building community through media. With this project, that...
Posted: 13 years 25 weeks
The Michigan Photo Competition is a statewide, juried photography exhibition showcasing the wide array of fine photographic talent found in all corners of our great state....
Posted: 13 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Contest, Epic, Grand Rapids Public Library, GRPL, Library, poetry, Teen poetry
April is poetry month, and this week, the Grand Rapids Public Library is opening the doors and shelves for the first Teen Book Spine Poetry Contest.
Teens...
Posted: 13 years 25 weeks
The following story is a personal account from Rose Mayan, a student learner from the Literacy Center of West Michigan. Rose chose to share her story and experience with...
Posted: 13 years 25 weeks
Tagged: art, Byrneboehm Gallery, child sexual abuse, Deannia Friend, Deborah Rockman, Grand Rapids, poems
It is a topic that people don't want to think too much about--child sexual abuse. But it happens every day and in fact, one in three of...
Posted: 13 years 25 weeks
Tagged: art, art criticism, ArtPeers, arts council of greater Grand Rapids, Dwelling Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan, UICA, Wealthy Theatre
When the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids, Artpeers, and Avenue for the Arts...
Posted: 13 years 25 weeks
Tagged: art, Art.Downtown, ArtPeers, Avenue for the Arts, Downtown, performance, poetry, WMCAT
With Art.Downtown less than two weeks away, participating ...
Posted: 13 years 25 weeks
Tagged: CMC, Earth Day, greening, Mark Rumsey, Sustainable, technology, Wealthy Theatre, Wheeler Family Foundation, WMEAC, WT Centennial
WT Peace Pole installation ceremony
April 22 at Noon - 15 minutes (bring a lunch!)
WT Earth Day Fundraiser
From April 4-22
Donate before...
Posted: 13 years 25 weeks
Tagged: City Connection, George Heartwell, GRCMC, GRTV, Linda Gellasch, Mayor Heartwell
***UPDATE*** due to a last minute scheduling conflict, this month's episode of City Connection has been rescheduled to Thursday, April 21 at 5 p.m. Our apologies for any inconvenience...
Posted: 13 years 26 weeks
Tagged: American Civil War, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids Civil War Roundtable, Grand Rapids Historical Society, Mannie Gentile
Civil War devotees are in for a real treat Thursday evening, April 14 when Mannie Gentile, a popular Antietam National Battlefield Park Ranger and former Grand Rapids resident, offers an historic...
Posted: 13 years 26 weeks
Tagged: art, art criticism, ArtPeers, arts council of greater Grand Rapids, conversation, Dwelling Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan, UICA, Wealthy Theatre
Last night, UICA's Director of Education Elizabeth Goddard participated in a panel discussion concerning Art Criticism that was hosted by the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids, Dwelling Place...
Posted: 13 years 26 weeks
Tagged: 76 Coffee, Choo Choo Grill, O'tooles, Wealthy Station
This morning I was having coffee with The Rapidian's Citizen Journalism Coordinator Denise Cheng. She casually asked me what I would be...
Posted: 13 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Burton Middle School, Cesar E. Chavez, Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School, Literacy Center of West Michigan, march, Potter's House, social justice
By Lindsay McHolme, Community Literacy Liaison
Cesar E. Chavez
Dignitaries, community members, and students gathered together at the...
Posted: 13 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Art.Downtown., artdowntown, avenueforthearts
Art.Downtown. is a collection of local artists taking over downtown Grand Rapids for a one night only event. Visitors are invited to experience places they may not access on a regular basis...