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Posted: 13 years 47 weeks
Tagged: Doug Small, experience Grand Rapids, fine dining, food and drink, foodforthought, Restaurants, three course meals
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Tagged: casual dining, cherry deli, food, foodforthought, sandwiches
This article was written and edited by Abby Tideman, Jonathan Krzykwa, Jacob...
Posted: 13 years 48 weeks
This article was written and revised by Erica Beerens, Kristi Brink , Kristan Ghent, Jacob Torres, and Phuong-Loan Pham for EN 101-1300 at GRCC.
When people in Grand...
Posted: 13 years 48 weeks
Tagged: bicycle, biking, cycling, Motion Initiative, Thomas Fish, United in Christ Ministries, urban, youth
Thomas Fish, executive director of Motion Initiative, joins us on air. Motion Initiative is part of United in Christ...
Posted: 13 years 48 weeks
Tagged: attorney general, election, governor, Kent County, representative, secretary of state, senate, supreme court
Grand Rapids residents have over ten races to decide in the Tuesday, Nov. 2 general election. Apart from the gubernatorial race, voters will also see candidates vying for Lieutenant Governor,...
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Grand Rapids Community Foundation awards its Jack Chaille Community Philanthropy Award to John Canepa tonight. Canepa is the retired president of Old Kent Bank (now 5/3 Bank). Not one to...
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Since Israel Davis joined UICA as the Director of Ceramics in 2004, he has been working to evolve the clay studio while meeting the needs of all types of ceramic artists, including: the academic...
Posted: 13 years 48 weeks
Tagged: Downtown, EMP, EVP, Ghostbusters, Ghosts, Grand Rapids, Halloween, Oak Hill Cemetery, Paranormal, West Michigan, West Michigan Paranormal Investigation
There are things that happen in this world in that are not easily explained, and Grand Rapids is no exception to this rule.
One group in this city that is helping to find an explanation is...
Posted: 13 years 48 weeks
Tagged: skill-based volunteering
Preston Mull is a skill-based volunteer at Well House. He volunteers his computer skills to help the agency get up to speed and get connected. We recently met with Preston and...
Posted: 13 years 48 weeks
Tagged: Bangkok Taste Cuisine, foodforthought, pho, Thai food, vietnamese food
Phở lovers rejoice! Bangkok Taste Cuisine has arrived on the scene to finally fill the woefully phở-less void in downtown Grand Rapids. Located at 15 Jefferson SE (the former home of Bobby J’s...
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Tagged: Dog Story Theater, Theatre
Whatever you might think about "Nightmare!," the latest offering at Dog Story Theater, the premise is downright brilliant: a comedic, musical...
Posted: 13 years 48 weeks
Tagged: foodforthought, Michigan State University Extension, Pyramid Pantry, United Church Outreach Ministry, USDA
On October 6, 2010, United Church Outreach Ministry was awarded the distinction of Pyramid Pantry by Michigan State...
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Tagged: bylines, Denise Cheng, facebook, mapping, new features, RSS
Now that the craziness of ArtPrize is behind us, we can breathe and finally tell you about the new features we have quietly launched on (and off) the site over the last couple of weeks. That's...
Posted: 13 years 48 weeks
Tagged: dining out, ethnic cuisine, food, foodforthought, Local Restaurants
This article was written and edited by Bart Boorsma, Brittney Frye, Kailey Smith, Rachelle Van Dyke and Wes Vos for EN 101-1300 at GRCC.
You don’t have to go to Persia to get a...
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"Progressive environmentalists are often opposed to resistance or have trouble accepting it. They think it can’t work. But how can you say that the movement for women’s suffrage and civil...
Posted: 13 years 48 weeks
Tagged: Analog Mutant, Grand Rapids, Hugo Claudin, Literary Life, Mexicains Sans Frontieres, Scott Warren, the great unknown
This Friday, Oct. 29, Philadelphia's own The Great Unknown will be in Grand Rapids for a pair of back to back appearances.
The...
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“Sustainability begins as a criticism of development."
~ Melissa Baker-Boosamra, GVSU Faculty
Melissa Baker-Boosamra has dedicated her...
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On Wednesday, Oct. 27 the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts will host "Innovators of West Michigan: GET OUT AND VOTE 2010," a progressive networking and meet and greet featuring Democratic...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: government, MoralGround2010, sustainability
"A lot of animals in the arctic, like the polar bear, are going extinct or being harmed. Actually, they say in a few decades the polar ice caps will be melted.” ...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: DAAC, Division Avenue Arts Collective, Emily Johnston, foodforthought, George Wietor, Halloween, Kyle Colter, LIWWA, Love Is What We Are, microgrant, Mike Wolf, minigrant, Miriam Slager, Musician, SEAS, Society for Experiential Artistic Services, Sunday Soup, Surreal Meal, Uma Mishra, volunteer, vote
Organizers started early today to set up for Sunday Soup #8. By the time the first volunteer cooks trickled in,...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: economic recovery, economy, government, MoralGround2010, technology
“Has anyone answered ‘no’ to this question? We definitely have a responsibility, but at what cost?”
~ Aaron Bundy, communications sub-contractor
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Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: animal rights, animal welfare, MoralGround2010, sustainability
“Unlike humans, animals cannot defend themselves. The animals are not the ones damaging things here, we are. Why punish those who are innocent?”
~ Stacie Kreiser, Pre...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: MoralGround2010, Religious Life, sustainability
"We should care for [Earth] because God obviously does."
~ Leslie Montgomery, seminary student at Cornerstone University
Do we have a...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: alternative energy, environmental education, MoralGround2010, sustainability, sustainable business
“We need to have the wisdom to see the solutions and then have the courage to implement them.”
~ Rebecca Goh, Sustainable Business, MAPA Group Great Lakes
The book,...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: Aquinas College, Baker, benefit, Brouwers, Brown, Chapel, Choir, Chorus, Community, Daniel ORam., Diversity., Equality, Gender, Grand Rapids, Hibbard, Idema, Jane, Janet Brown, Joan Thomas, justice, Laurena Alflen, Legacy, Liturgical, Lori Tennenhouse, Marywood, music, Peace, resource, Studies, VanderEyk, women, Women's
On Sunday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m., the Marywood Chapel Choir will be sharing a concert with the...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: Analog Mutant, flesh wounds, justin stover, Scott Warren, stover
I received a copy of “Flesh Wounds” by Grand Rapids musician Justin Stover that was packaged in a simple brown paper bag, with his logo...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: Alfie Kohn, ap2010ec, artprize2010, economy, innovation, motivation, prize, punishment, relationships, reward, risks, scarcity
Writer Alfie Kohn examines the use of rewards and presents a fascinating case for how rewards often fail, especially when the desired outcome is human quality. In his book,...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: environment, MoralGround2010, sustainability
“The 20th century undoubtedly will be seen as the defining moment in time when it comes to a pivotal shift in our attitudes regarding our natural world”
~ Nancy Yoder...
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“The fact we are asking this question illustrates the immense disconnect modern society has created between what is perceived as natural and what is human...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: Alison Bailey, environment, ethics, First-Hand Aid, MoralGround2010
“I definitely think we have a moral and ethical obligation to protect our planet. Even more importantly we have an obligation to acquire the knowledge it takes to improve the environment...