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Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: afterschool, boys & girls club, Grand Rapids, holiday, jaycees, Meijer, police, seidman, Shopping, steil, youth
The holidays are a special time that bring families together and put smiles on the faces of those awaiting their presents. This year, two events made the holidays a bit brighter for some of Boys...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: alphabet, Apap Creations, art, ArtPeers, Christopher Apap, design, illustration
Edward Gorey's morbid alphabet ("A is for Amy who fell down the stairs"),...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: bily's lounge, Blue Molly, Blues, Brett Beelen, Daniel Beelen, Darryl Matthews, Hopcat, live music, Lynn Lidstone, Molly Bouwsma
Grand Rapids has an enormous amount of talented musicians, not the least of which being Daniel and Brett Beelen, two members of the band, Blue Molly.
... Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: Cal Ripken Jr., Calvin College, Father Greg Boyle, January Series, Jessica Jackley, Kiva, Krista Tipett, Nikki Toyama-Szeto, Temple Grandin
With speakers ranging from Temple Grandin, the most well-known adult with autism, to former baseball star...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
You are invited to a presentation by Dr. Karel Rogers, author of Thinking Green: Ethics for a Small Planet, on...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: Captain Midnite, digital, Drew Howard, Earthwork Music, Matt Jarrells, recording, steel guitar, vinyl
They call him "Captain Midnite." I decided to leave that one to the imagination, though through 33 years of music, a 62 album discography ('I think maybe I'm missing a couple...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: block party, community involvement, graffiti, Grand Rapids Police Department, GRPD, Kelly Otto, Midtown, MNA, Neighborhood, vacancies
Be on the lookout as Midtown Neighborhood Association staffers prepare residents for several upcoming activities.
Mapping Midtown:...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: celebration, concert, Grand Rapids, hotfm, MI, Michigan, new years eve, nye, runner runner
Artists Runner Runner fresh off the stage at the...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
We asked Grand Rapids mayor, George Heartwell, about the HotFm...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: Downtown, folk art, gallery, heartside, heartside gallery
Heartside Gallery and Studio began in 1993 as a small program of Heartside Ministry. This ever-expanding program continues to offer the Heartside community and its neighbors a supportive and...
Posted: 13 years 38 weeks
Tagged: City Connection, George Heartwell, GRTV, Heartwell, Mayor Heartwell
Last month, we simulcast City Connection on The Rapidian for the...
Posted: 13 years 39 weeks
Tagged: citizen reporting, Community, news, photographs, storytelling, volunteering, writing
There is something about the end of a year and the start of a new one that energizes me. I don't make resolutions; but write goals for things I want to accomplish. I also find the end of the year...
Posted: 13 years 39 weeks
Tagged: bike, cycling, marathon, Rapid Wheelmen, spinning, Team Priority Health, youth
The indoor trainer marathon is turning out to be an annual event! Another winter is here, and Priority Health's cycling team and...
Posted: 13 years 39 weeks
Tagged: caption, Contest, Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids Public Library, GRPress, History, photo, picture, picturesque
A couple of weeks ago, The Rapidian and The Grand Rapids Press launched their respective winter photo projects. On our part, we asked Rapidians to...
Posted: 13 years 39 weeks
Tagged: gentrification, Grand Rapids, uptown
I keep hearing people talk about the effects of gentrification in Uptown but can find no substantive evidence of it. This idea of gentrification has recently caused some silly people to do some...
Posted: 13 years 39 weeks
Tagged: ann chuchvara, local art, local artists
These five questions have been posed to several different local artists, their responses create this series. Ann Chuchvara earned a BF A at Grand Valley State University and an MFA at...
Posted: 13 years 40 weeks
Tagged: Charlie Rello, East Hills, graffiti, GRPD, madison area, Paul Lee, Richard App Gallery, The Greenwell Gastro Pub, The Meanwhile Bar, the sparrows coffee tea and newstand, The Winchester, uptown, vandalism
At least 5 businesses along Wealthy and Cherry Street were vandalized at around 5:00am Saturday morning. The Sparrows, The Winchester, The Meanwhile, The Greenwell and Richard App Gallery, all of...
Posted: 13 years 40 weeks
Tagged: Centennial, Ghost Light, historic preservation, Starlight Six, Superstition, sustainability, Tradition, Wealthy Theatre, WT
As you may know, Community Media Center's Wealthy Theatre kicks off its Centennial Celebration at Midnight on Dec. 31, 2010 - at the...
Posted: 13 years 40 weeks
Tagged: Community Media Center, greening, historic preservation, lhat, peter wege, sustainability, technology, Theatre, Wealthy Theatre
Stability through Innovation: Securing the Wealthy Theatre’s Next 100 Years
By Erin Wilson, Theatre Director
Wealthy Theatre, in Grand Rapids, MI, designed by prolific architect...
Posted: 13 years 40 weeks
A recent Gallup poll reports that the number one reason people become attached to a community is “openness.” For a region to prosper it must embrace people and ideas that are different....
Posted: 13 years 40 weeks
Tagged: image, observations, photo, picturesque, West Michigan, winter
It's been half a week since Picturesque went up, and we've gotten over 30 submissions in the meantime.
A few things...
Posted: 13 years 41 weeks
Tagged: art, Cindi Ford, Printmaking
These five questions have been posed to several different local artists, their responses create this series.
Cindi Ford has been teaching Printmaking part-time at Kendall College of Art...
Posted: 13 years 41 weeks
Tagged: collaboration, crowdsourcing, Darin Estep, Denise Cheng, Grand Rapids Press, GRPress, image, photo, photography, picture, Wicker Basket, winter
Darin Estep of The Grand Rapids Press is in the Catalyst Radio studio to recap the processes our two organizations shared in collaborating on winter photo projects. The Press is holding a...
Posted: 13 years 41 weeks
Tagged: afterschool program, art, free, UICA, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, youth
This February, UICA's ArtWorks Youth Program will offer a free Seminar Series. This series will feature films, workshops, and presentations by local professional artists. All program...
Posted: 13 years 41 weeks
Tagged: contraceptives, Grand Rapids Public Schools, GRPS, health education, sexual education, STD, STI, taxpayers, teenage pregnancy
In the United States, statistics about teenage sexual activity are staggering. A study in Vital and Health Statistics by...
Posted: 13 years 41 weeks
Tagged: Amanda Clark, college, Elisa Rudd, final exams, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Valley State University, Karen Malloure, Kristen Malloure, Linda Stevens, Luara Chittenden, Melba Velez, Raymond Yeow, stress, students
It's final exams week, and everyone is feeling crunched.
Amanda Clark, a senior student at Grand Valley State University, said, “I have a capstone presentation that’s due tomorrow and my...
Posted: 13 years 41 weeks
Tagged: gifts, Grand Rapids Michigan, green goods, Minty Keen, recycled, retro goods, shop, upcycled
Like its carefully selected name, Minty Keen is fresh (as in minty) green (as in minty), filled with vintage goodies (as in keen) and Michigan-made goods (the...
Posted: 13 years 41 weeks
Tagged: skill-based volunteering
Each week the Volunteer Center highlights an exciting skill-based volunteer (SBV) opportunity found on our...
Posted: 13 years 41 weeks
Tagged: archive, caption, Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids Public Library, GRPL, GRPress, image, photo album, photography, picture, picturesque, video, winter
From The Rapidian staff: Snow banks. Rust. Black ice and endless gray. The grumbling has commenced, so let's mix it up. Fellow Rapidians, what do you love about West Michigan...