The Free Radical Event is quickly approaching. With October 22 right around the corner Grand Rapids is gearing up for another big night featuring art and local businesses. During the...
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Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: artprize2010, Deanna Morse, GRCMC, Gretchen Vinnedge, UICA
ArtPrize doesn't end until all of the artwork is taken down. On Monday, Lure/Wave was deinstalled from the new UICA building.
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: Association, development, gathering, international, Ming Ten, Peace Corps, returned, RPCV, Volunteers, West Michigan
Returned Peace Corps volunteer groups are in nearly every region of the country, and there are numerous RPCVs studding West Michigan. Tomorrow at 7 p.m., they will break bread (or snake around the...
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What's in season? What fresh produce is on the horizon? If you're curious about what's at market, the Fulton Street Farmers Market...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: environment, ethics, MoralGround2010, preserve, recycle, renew
“I like to live closely to the philosophy of ‘take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.'"
~ Lindsay Sagorski, MSU graduate and former...
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Every Sunday from October 24 through December 26, from 2 to 3 p.m., experience a music event unlike any other in Western Michigan. Enjoy the sounds of prominent musicians from across the region...
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The Found Footage Festival is coming to Grand Rapids on November 3. This one-of-a-kind event features live-comedy and found video, showcasing footage that was found at garage sales, thrift stores...
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On October 8, 2010, over 300 people gathered in Rose Park's Circle for Heart of West Michigan United Way's Silent Dance Party.
For over an hour and a quarter, particpants danced...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: biology, environment, MoralGround2010, sustainability
"When I see students eating snacks from the vending machine, I cringe at all the packaging they have to remove just to eat them."
~ Laurie Foster, Professor of Biology...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: boys & girls club, burger, dominique dawes, Grand Rapids, Meijer, October, seidman, steak, steil, vanderweide, youth, youth commonwealth
When faced with challenges in her career, Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes learned to focus on the journey and not the destination. The 2nd Annual Steak & Burger Dinner provided the Club...
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Tagged: collaboration, content facilitator, contributors, Drew Storey, editorial, mentorship, reporters, structure, support
From The Rapidian staff: One year ago yesterday, we got the news that Drew Storey had...
Posted: 13 years 49 weeks
Tagged: environment, MoralGround2010, sustainability
“Of course we do. That’s what we are wired to do, it’s our natural state.”
~ Chrysta Coronado, Herbalist
Chrysta...
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Tagged: skill-based volunteering, volunteering
Each week the Volunteer Center will highlight an exciting skill-based volunteer (SBV) opportunity found on our...
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Tagged: Catholic Church, environment, ethics, MoralGround2010, stewardship, sustainability
"We are co-creators of the Earth...we must take responsibility.”
~ Fr. Leonard Sudlik, St. Robert of Newminster Catholic Church...
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"Yes. Now if you would have asked me that question back in Pennsylvania I would have still answered yes, but I would not have been able to answer how in specifics."
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Tagged: citizen journalism, Corey Ruffin, Juliet Bennett Rylah, Lindsay McHolme, Michael Tuffelmire, Rapidian, writing
It’s hard to be a citizen journalist. You don’t get paid. You have no idea what you’re doing. You have to keep your iPhone charged so you can tweet breaking news… And, after all that, people...
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Tagged: MoralGround2010
"The earth is our Mother...We have as much responsibility to her [the earth] as we do to any living being.”
~ Pam Allard, Lakota Ceremonialist, Bioenergeticist...
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Tagged: environment, George Heartwell, Grand River, Green Living, Picking Up Trash, Volunteers, WMEAC
The Mayors’ Seventh Annual Grand River Clean Up brought together 202 volunteers on Saturday, October 9 to collect a total of 15,689 lbs of trash from 10 miles of Grand River watershed, according...
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Tagged: Activities, annual meeting, board, communications, election, Midtown, Midtown Neighborhood Association, MNA, neighborhood improvement, nomination, public safety, report
Correction: This article originally stated 6 p.m. as the start time. The meeting actually begins at 7 p.m.
On Monday, Oct. 18, Midtown residents...
Posted: 13 years 50 weeks
Tagged: Public Art, sculpture, St. James Catholic Church
The sculpted face that greets visitors at the outdoor entranceway at St. James Catholic Church on Bridge Street NW will be one of the photos shown tonight when Grand Rapids Historical...
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Tagged: Cami Reister, Grand Rapids Press, profile, Rapidian
A Q&A with a Grand Rapids Press business reporter
This periodic feature for The...
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Tagged: awareness, development, DeVos Children's Hospital, disability, down syndrome, genetic, Gerber, Library, medical, physician, Skotko, trisomy 21
This October, the Down Syndrome Association of West Michigan (DSAWM) in conjunction with the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) invites the community to celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness Month...
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Tagged: ap2010ec, ap2011a, artprize, artprize2010, evaluation
As a working artist I spend a great deal of time trying to determine how people act, react, or interact with art. The relationship between art and viewer is determined by how a person evaluates...
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Tagged: ap2011b, artprize, artprize2010, conversation, poll, statistics, writing
From Rapidian staff: It's been a busy few weeks for Grand Rapids and that means it's been busy at The Rapidian, too. ArtPrize season...
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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. – The Center for Community Leadership (CCL), the community leadership program of the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, is proud to announce the addition...
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Tagged: Analog Mutant, artprize, artprize2010, Jewly Warren, joe mangrum, media monkey, michael mayosky, samantha allen, Scott Warren
As an Artprize venue that housed nine artists, the Goodspeed Lofts (Cherry and Grandville)...
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Tagged: Annie Moore, black heritage society, Ellis Island, genealogy, Megan Smolenyak, Michelle Obama, roots, seminar, wmgs
The Western Michigan Genealogical Society (WMGS) announces its GotAncestors?! Annual Seminar for 2010, titled, "Are They Who You Think They Are?" The seminar is Friday and Saturday, November 5 and...
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Tagged: ap2010ec, artprize2010
I was sorry to see that the ArtPrize top ten did not include a single example of photography, film, or video art. I was not surprised to see the continued...