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Posted: 13 years 37 weeks
Tagged: art, Downtown, heartside, Heartside Gallery and Studio
Heartside Gallery and Studio began in 1993 as a small offshoot of Heartside Ministry, a program working to enrich and empower the people living in the shadow of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan’s...
Posted: 13 years 37 weeks
Tagged: Americorps Vista Volunteer, Bethany Christian Services, Bhutan, Church of the Servant, Global Infusion, Jessica Ennis, Nepal, refugees, Rhododendron Crafts, The Bridge, Thornapple Evangelical Covenant Church
Jessica Ennis met Bhutanese-Nepali refugees Dik Bir and Dil Maya Powdyel about a year ago through the New Neighbor Program at Bethany Christian Services...
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Tagged: Chapin Sisters, Gilda's Club, Hat Trick, Laugh Fest, WYCE
Joanne Roehm joins us from Gilda's Club of Grand Rapids, which helps those affected by cancer through their grief journeys. She previews LaughFest, a week-long...
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Tagged: blandford nature center, local food, maple syrup, puremichigan, wmaes
It's that time of year. While the land around us continues to be covered with a deep blanket of snow, there's a shift in the trees. With warmer days and cold, clear nights, the...
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Each week the Volunteer Center highlights a compelling skills-based volunteer (SBV) opportunity found on our Volunteer Solutions website. This week's SBV opportunity comes from...
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Tagged: Brie Stoner, Eastown, music, singer, songwriter
Access writer, Amy Wolterstorff
POPULAR SINGER-SONGWRITER Brie Stoner loves living in the sun-filled, eclectically decorated Eastown home she shares with her husband and young...
Posted: 13 years 37 weeks
Tagged: Fifth Third Bank, Heart of West Michigan United Way, Live United Awards, Miller Johnson, Steelcase, well house
A crowd gathered for the 2011 Live United Awards at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre last night. The evening celebrated the close of Heart of West Michigan United Way’s annual campaign...
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Tagged: Peace Corps, RPCV
Peace Corps celebrates its 50 Anniversary this week in March. This agency has allowed over 200,00 mostly young Americans to serve in countries all over the world. Currently there are more...
Posted: 13 years 37 weeks
Tagged: awards, boulder creek golf club, dinner, Dominican Sisters, fun, golf clubs., Golf Outing, Grand Rapids, register, silent auction, sponsor
The fourth annual Dollars "FORE" Dominicans golf outing will be held on Monday, May 9, 2011 at...
Posted: 13 years 37 weeks
Tagged: art, exhibit, exhibition, golf, laughfest, mini-golf, UICA, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) will feature 19 unique and inventive mini-golf holes created by regional and national artists, from March 5 to 31. This mini-golf course was...
Posted: 13 years 37 weeks
Tagged: Building Community, editor, essay
Since starting at The Rapidian in January, I’ve been doing a lot of listening, observing and analyzing. I’ve been looking for what’s missing: what content our readers and reporters are wanting but...
Posted: 13 years 37 weeks
Tagged: buy local, foodforthought, organic, restaurant, Ryan Cappelletti, vegan, worker co-ops
Have you seen Michael Moore's film, Capitalism: A Love Story? If you have, then you may already know the idea of a worker cooperative. Simply put, it's each employee owning a stake in...
Posted: 13 years 37 weeks
Tagged: Eastown, Eastown Veterinary Clinic, pets, Vet
Access writer, Heather Young Salter
When she's not training for a triathalon, chasing after her toddler or rocking her weeks-old baby boy, Dr. Lynn Happel is realizing her dream of...
Posted: 13 years 37 weeks
Tagged: annual meeting, Eastown, Eastown Community Association, ECA, Wolfgang's
Access writer, Lee Hardy
Eastown neighbors gathered on a cold winter night at Wolfgang’s for an evening of information, festivities, Yesterdog hot dogs and, yes, a little...
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Tagged: Grand Rapids, Michigan, Racism, Stand Against Racism, ywca
On April 29, 2011, organizations in Grand Rapids will join communities across the country in taking a Stand Against Racism.
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Tagged: Children, death, DeVos Children's Hospital, fear, heaven, illness, nurses, physicians
Five years ago I became fearless.
Things scare me and I get anxious, but the fear of not being able to handle any situation I might encounter has completely gone away. I was freed from...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: abortion, Federal Government, health care, HR3, Pro-choice, protest, Rally, Rape, walk
A great group of people came out today to participate in the Grand Rapids Walk for Choice. Beginning at Veteran’s Park at noon, the group walked in a route that took them past the Planned...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: UICA Films Review, Vik Muniz, Waste Land
"There is so much excess that it becomes art." - Vik Muniz
OK, I’ll admit it. I like stuff. A lot. The Husband, as I refer to him, detests the accumulation of stuff for...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
We're coming up on the last Sunday of the month, which means another edition of Sunday Soup. A monthly series, Sunday Soup is a...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: baby, care, family, Ghost Heart, infant, newborn, parenthood, Sara Binkley-Tow
Parenthood can be a circus, and moments for a quick shower and nap are coveted. Moms Bloom, only a couple of years old, was founded to provide help to...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: American Roots Festival, badenya, Beerhorst, black cat bone, Blue Molly, Chavarria Designs, Grand Rapids, Hannah Rose Graves, Heather Robinson Sculpture, media monkey, Moxie Hair and Beauty, roosevelt diggs, Sierra Emery, Sugar Skull Sweets, Unity magazine, Wealthy Theatre
Unity Magazine’s American Roots Festival comes to the Wealthy Theatre on Friday...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: cats, dogs, economy, Foreclosure, humane society, pets
It's an all too common story. A family, financially stretched, looks at a stack of late notices and eviction warnings. Needing to cut costs, the pet often is the first to go.
Meet...
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Tagged: film incentives, Michigan
An organizational and informational event will be held on Thursday evening, February 24th to promote preservation of the Michigan Film Incentive program. Organizers hope to help interested...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: Grand Rapids, hunger, Rapid Growth Media, Wealthy Theatre
The 'Not Your Average Speaker' series returns to Wealthy Theatre this Thursday evening (February 24th) to discuss sustainable food systems and issues of hunger. The event,...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. A TEDx conference, which works to spread “ideas worth sharing,” is currently being independently organized for Grand Rapids by Steve Frazee and...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: Ann Arbor, documentary, film, kennedy, Peace Corps, RPCV, Wealthy Theatre
March 1, 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the day on which President Kennedy signed the executive order that established Peace Corps as an independent government agency devoted to promoting...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: blue bridge, Downtown Alliance, experience Grand Rapids, Gillett Bridge, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Community Media Center, grand rapids downtown, Grand Rapids Historical Commission, Grand River, McKay Tower, pantlin hotel, QR, QR Code, smart phone tour, walking tour
Last spring, representatives from four community organizations came together to make downtown Grand Rapids more interactive. The result? A smart phone tour of 13 downtown points of...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: 5x5, cash prize, food, gardening, Grand Rapids, ideas, innovation, Michigan, recycling, walking tour
"Relax." said Rick DeVos "This is not a competition, this isn't about business ideas and it is not a pitch night." DeVos' own latest idea, 5x5 Night drew a...