Next Wednesday on August 18 is the 100th Wednesday Evening Ride. For two years, the Wednesday Evening Bike Ride has happened at 9 p....
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Posted: 14 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Bicycles, bike, Bill Bereza, Dan Koert, Evan Simula, Shawn Crowley, traffic safety, Wednesday evening rides
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Git up Already!
This weekend there are a few cannot miss events! So here is a quick and dirty throw down list for those who...
Posted: 14 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Amy VanZoeren, celebration, Christian Borg, Midtown, Midtown Green, Midtown Neighborhood Association, MNA, Nantucket Bakery, SafeKids, salvation army, The Bean Diddlers, The Woods, West Michigan Environmental Action Council, WMEAC
Not too deep in the recesses of Midtown is a green space that, although open and undefined, residents intuitively know what to do: Kids play soccer and tag,...
Posted: 14 years 7 weeks
Tagged: CARE Resources, Jennifer Feuerstein
In studio this week, Jennifer Feuerstein shares some of the innovative approaches of Care Resources, a long-term...
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Getting invited to downtown arts events and receptions… is a relatively new thing. I am admittedly fascinated by these events, and the culture behind our culture. My favorite part...
Posted: 14 years 7 weeks
Tagged: skill-based volunteering, volunteerism
Each week the Volunteer Center will highlight an exciting skill-based volunteer (SBV) opportunity found on our...
Posted: 14 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Amanda Narvaes, Cooking, Country Life, CSA, food, foodforthought, grocery, Josh Dunigan, Local, Midtown, receipts, spending, The Woods, USDA
Rice, canned beans, eggs, sweet potatoes, carrots, cheese, bread and El Matador...
Posted: 14 years 7 weeks
Tagged: art, artists, artprize2010, Carrie Schoenborn, Patrick Hekman, Scott Travis, UICA, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
Carrie Schoenborn, Scott Travis, and Patrick Hekman are all local contemporary artists, under the age of 30, exhibiting their work at UICA for ArtPrize 2010. Elizabeth Goddard, UICA’s Director...
Posted: 14 years 7 weeks
Tagged: chickens, Grand Rapids City Commission, ordinance
Following a failed motion from Commissioner Rosalynn Bliss to delay the vote, the city chickens ordinance failed this evening 3-3. Bliss, Ruth Kelly and Mayor George Heartwell voted in favor of...
Posted: 14 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Acoustic, Avenue for the Arts Market, guitar, Kurt Denison, music, singer, songwriter
Musically inclined from the start and sharing life lessons through songs and melodies, this environmentally friendly musician knows how to stay true to...
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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...
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Tagged: calendar, features, Flickr, mapping, photos, The Rapidian, translation, users
Features, features, features. It’s nearly all we can think about in The Rapidian’s IT HQ. While we may have unveiled our newest,...
Posted: 14 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Beatles, Bells, Bob Dylan, Carolyn Morrison, Downtown, Fountain Street Church, Heather Baretta, Heritage Hill, Hunchback of Notre Dame, John Schweizer, Kevin Beedon, Pink Floyd, Quasimodo
It is one of the most instantly recognizable points on the Grand Rapid skyline. Not as tall as the mighty McKay Tower or iconic as the Amway...
Posted: 14 years 7 weeks
Tagged: art, GRAM, GRAM/Ox-Bow Friday Lecture Series, Grand Rapids Art Museum, lectures, Ox-Bow, Ox-Bow Centennial Exhibition
GRAM / Ox-Bow Lecture Series
1:30 - 2:30 PM
August 13, 2010...
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Join us for another night of art, fun, and education this Friday, August 13, at GRAM!
6:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m.
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Tagged: GRAM, GRAM on the Green, Grand Rapids Art Museum, music
Join us for another GRAM on the Green/DowntownGR Bazaar, a FREE Friday night event on GRAM’s terrace and plaza in Rosa...
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Tagged: Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids Public Library, History, midtown neighborhood, The Woods, Thomas Dilley
The Fulton Street Cemetery is home to men and women who made this city what it is today. Many of the things we enjoy in this city were created by the settlers of a tiny frontier town called...
Posted: 14 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids Public Library, Heritage, History, John Ball Park, midtown neighborhood, Thomas Dilley
Nestled in the Midtown neighborhood, lying quietly behind a wall on Fulton Street is a great historic relic. The Fulton Street Cemetery is a park...
Posted: 14 years 8 weeks
In studio this week, Drew Stoppels and Jamie Brown will be sharing some of the new initiatives of the LGBT Network of Western Michigan...
Posted: 14 years 8 weeks
Tagged: community grants, grants, Inc, Lighthouse Communities, Southtown
SMF grant review is underway!
The curtains are drawn, the applications are in, and the evaluation process for the...
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Thursday July 15, 2010 marked the launch of the neighborhood engagement piece of the Believe2Become Initiative. Community leaders from the central zone met at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in...
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I am your area coordinator for NorthWest Student Exchange. The upcoming school year is approaching quickly and we still have 40 students in need of homes in and around the Grand Rapids...
Posted: 14 years 8 weeks
Tagged: Amy VanZoeren, Brikyaat, Community, foodforthought, gardening, Holland, Kelly Otto, Midtown, Midtown Neighborhood Association, MNA, NE
Seated in the center of Holland NE is a community garden unfurling in leafy greens and bright yellow blossoms. Sandwiched between two houses and their respective bull dogs,...
Posted: 14 years 8 weeks
Tagged: City, Events, Grand Rapids, Hanging out, Word on the Street
Ola! This weekend feels very mid summer…. School is creeping up but there is still time to get some fantastic lake and event time...
Posted: 14 years 8 weeks
Tagged: action, Aquinas College, Chinese, clean water, coal, electricity, environment, ethics, fossil fuel, free., gratitude, Gulf, Kalamazoo, lake michigan, life, nourishment, oil, oil spills, politics, pollution, Sara Leeland, social justice, spirituality, Thirst, Water
Ancient Chinese teacher Lao Tzu said, “The greatest good is like water that nourishes all things.”
Philosopher Sara Leeland, PhD will explain how we can enhance spiritual life flow by...
Posted: 14 years 8 weeks
Tagged: art, Avenue for the Arts Market, Forrest Concepts, jewelry, journals, markets, Sarah Cash
In today’s tough economy it’s hard for an artist to make a living. Sarah Cash of Forrest Concepts is pulling out all the stops by diversifying the range of art she creates and sells. She uses...
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This is a brief audio piece narrating typical activities in a boxing gym. It was taped at the...
Posted: 14 years 8 weeks
Ten years ago I had a daily walk from a Hell's Kitchen apartment, to an Upper West Side bartending job. By the time I hit 80th Street, I swear to God, I always ended up behind a quarreling...
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Two notorious arsonists exacerbate Grand Rapids' fire problem.
Posted: 14 years 8 weeks
Tagged: GRAM, GRAM on the Green, Grand Rapids Art Museum
Join us for another GRAM on the Green/Downtown GR Bazaar this Friday!
Here's what we have planned...