John Pannel and Christoph Kusterer tap Grand Rapids' first kegs.
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Posted: 14 years 18 weeks
Tagged: beer, brewing, Christoph Kusterer, Glance at the Past, Grand Rapids, Historical Commission, History, John Pannel, WYCE
Posted: 14 years 18 weeks
An artist’s studio can reveal a lot about an artist and their process. Recently, Rebecca Green, an illustration student, allowed us a behind-the-scenes look at her...
Posted: 14 years 18 weeks
Tagged: American Legion, midtown neighborhood, Post 459
Economic conditions are desperate for many members of our Grand Rapids community. The American Legion Post 459 realizes our...
Posted: 14 years 18 weeks
Tagged: alike, animals, bouquet, Community, daffodil, Different, Diversity, environment, family, flower, flowers, gifts, God, home, individuality, instincts, life., listen, mistakes, nature, orchid, parents, people, rocks, rose, sensitive, simple things, snowflakes, society, speak, stars, trees, uniformity, unique
Rachel and Kaitlyn were born on the same day, of the same parents, raised in the same environment; yet as you can see - on their birthday bikes, at three years of age, they are as...
Posted: 14 years 18 weeks
Tagged: Grand Rapids Public Museum
The Grand Rapids Public Museum is going green by recycling large pieces of museum history. The Museum has partnered with PriorLIFE to create bags from recycled promotional banners for the...
Posted: 14 years 18 weeks
Tagged: DAAC, Dante Cope, hip hop
Cope is working on a project with a fellow Jackson native. They call their group "Grandson," as a play on the two cities' names. He thought they would be making their first album...
Posted: 14 years 18 weeks
Tagged: attribution, authoring information, Creative Commons, credit, headline, hyperlink, image upload, map, publication, series, subsection, tag, time stamp, tips
From The Rapidian staff*: You've done your research, meticulously assembled your words, edited and redited, and are finally ready to hit the...
Posted: 14 years 18 weeks
Tagged: farmers market, in season, vegetables
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 publishes a list of goods every Tuesday.
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Posted: 14 years 18 weeks
Tagged: Cloud Computing, Farm Technology, Grand Rapids, GRTP, IT Development, Koeman Group, USDA
I (Doug) spent a couple of hours last Thursday (20-May-10) with Loren Koeman at his office and consulting business of the same name: The Koeman Group...
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I first see Sister Ann Perpetua sitting quietly on the couch, two books of prayer cradled in her lap, a few rays of sun dancing on the rosary that is wrapped around her fingers. Dressed in a...
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
Tagged: Arts, artserve, cdp, cultural data project, culture, economy, Grand Rapids, grants, johnson center, Michigan, sustainibility
At every presentation about the Cultural Data Project (CDP), people gasp at what it can do - at every one of the fifteen talks across the state. And now, after two years of work by a dedicated...
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
Tagged: food, Local, Michigan Agriculture, Schools
There is an ever-growing revolution happening in cafeterias around the country – people want to change what is in their lunchline at work, school, and in hospitals. This week, I joined over 500...
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
Tagged: Catalyst Radio, Community Media Center, Denise Cheng, Linda Gellasch, Lisa Rose Starner, Local Beet
This week, Catalyst Radio speaks with Lisa Rose Starner, author of The Local Beet on The Rapidian. The featured song is "Harvest The...
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
Tagged: Claytor, doctor, Dr., Glance at the Past, History, Urban League, WYCE
Dr. Robert W. Claytor (1897 -1989), co-founder of the Urban League and pillar of our African-American community.
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
Tagged: American Idol, Arkansas, boxing, Boys Clubs, Girls Clubs, Little Rock, Matt Giraud, Meijer, MGGA, National Golden Gloves Tournament, NOGGOA, Pat Schmidt, referee, state games, steil, Van Andel, West Side, youth commonwealth
Pat Schmidt, a local westsider in his 50s, proves that you can still be a star in the ring even after hanging up the boxing gloves. Out of 42 referees that participated in the 2010 National...
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
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Hello Folks!
Bored? (Doubt it!) Looking for something to do…(Maybe?) Here is the weekend round up jam packed with so many cool events it is hard to choose. From great community volunteering...
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
Tagged: Beadmaker, beadmaking, beads, glass, jewelry
Ever wonder what inspires local artists to build, inquire, or create? Rosemary Cheslock, the mastermind behind Glass Eye Butterfly, allowed us a behind the scenes look...
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
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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 publishes a list of goods every Tuesday.
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Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
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...
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
Tagged: reporting, Story leads, storybank, writing
From The Rapidian staff*: Of the reasons we often get at The Rapidian for contributors experiencing writer's block, a common one is difficulty finding...
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
Tagged: Collective Studios, cyclorama, Daniel Falicki, GR30K, green screen, Heavy Metal, Ralph Bakshi, Rita and Velvet Dan Save the World, Rotoscoping, Thriller Chiller, Wealthy Theater
Sitting down with Director Daniel Falicki feels more like plopping down to watch Saturday morning cartoons than a formal interview about his new film, GR30K. ...
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
Tagged: alto, boys & girls clubs, camp o'malley, Grand Rapids, lacks enterprises, summer camp, youth
Lacks Enterprises Plastic Plate Division’s Management Team came to Camp O’Malley on Friday, April 30th to re-side one of the camper cabins....
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
Tagged: gay pride, singing, West Michigan Gay Men's Chorus
The East Grand Rapids High School theater is insanely luxurious. It might be one of the best performance stages in the area. And Saturday night...
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
Tagged: Land of Riches, Michgian, old public museum, paul amenta, Reviews
Back in February, at a panel organized by the GRAM, Fred Sebulske, the founder of the Actors’ Theatre in...
Posted: 14 years 19 weeks
Tagged: actors' theatre, The Drawer Boy, Theater
Actors' Theatre's production of "The Drawer Boy"
This melodrama is a "three-...
Posted: 14 years 20 weeks
Tagged: Family education
SECOM is happy to announce that as a compliment to its Encouraging Family Foundations program, this fall it will be offering the Pailalen (pie - lay -...
Posted: 14 years 20 weeks
This week on Catalyst Radio, Chris Belding of the Literacy Center of West Michigan joins us in studio. The featured song is "Who Cares?" from...
Posted: 14 years 20 weeks
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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 publishes a list of goods every Tuesday.
...
Posted: 14 years 20 weeks
Tagged: art, ARTcation, Community, education, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids Library, Grand Rapids Public Museum, UICA
ARTcation is a community wide collaboration between arts and humanities organizations that use downtown Grand Rapids as a learning laboratory. By combining our resources, we provide students with...