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Posted: 14 years 20 weeks
Tagged: Glance at the Past; history; police; GRPD; James Moran; WYCE; Grand Rapids; Historical Commission
Posted: 14 years 20 weeks
"Do you want to hold him?” asked David Critchlow, the cheerful owner of Alligator Sanctuary outside Battle Creek. He had in his hands Alphabet Soup...
Posted: 14 years 20 weeks
Tagged: Aquinas College, death, Dominican Sister, English, English as Second Language, ESL, faith, friend, generous, German, Grand Rapids, Japan, missed, obituary., Papua New Guinea, prayer, Russia, Thomasine, travel
Sister Thomasine Bugala OP died Tuesday May 11, 2010 at the age of 83 after 58 years as a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sister Thomasine taught the German language at Aquinas...
Posted: 14 years 20 weeks
The fourth annual Art Battle for Community will be held Wednesday night, May 12, at the Sazerac Lounge on Plainfield. This creative and energetic fundraiser supports the...
Posted: 14 years 20 weeks
Tagged: 2010, Amata Miller, Beatty, Berrigan, buddhist, christian, confucian, crime, Dag Hammarskjold, demonstration, Dominicans, environment, Frieda Berrigan, Gilbert, Global Justice, Grand Rapids, Hansen, heatlh, Hibakusha, hindu, Hiroshima, humanist, humanity, indigenous, initrarina, International Conference, jain, Japanese, Jesuit, jewish, justice, Lucianne Siers, Maine, Manhattan, Michael Kinnamon, music., muslim, Nagasaki, New York, Non Proliferation, Nuclear, Peace, Pennsylvania, Platte, Reimer, Riverside Church, shinto, Siers, sikh, Sustainable, taoist, Tennessee, Time Square, Treaty, United Nations, weapons, wiccna, Wittenbach, zorastrian
Seven Grand Rapids Dominicans--Mary Pat Beatty, Carol Gilbert, Barbara Hansen, Ardeth Platte, Jean Reimer, Alice Wittenbach and Lucianne Siers--gathered in Manhattan's uptown during rush...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
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Welcome to the newest version of the Rapidian!
Both longtime and new readers alike are bound to notice some big changes to The Rapidian after today’s relaunch. Over the past several...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: Andrew Page, Boys Clubs, Catalyst Radio, Girls Clubs, Sarah Navis, youth
Joining us on the air are Andrew Page and Sarah Navis of Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth. This week's featured song is "Double Shot...
Posted: 14 years 21 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 21 weeks
Tagged: college, Leadership, youth
Please encourage the young people in your lives to apply for membership on the Grand Rapids Community Foundation's Youth Grant Committee! The deadline for applying is August 1....
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: 25k road race, 5/3 River Banks Run, Grand Rapids Michigan, road racing, runner, Special Olympics
People are keeping an eye on the sky and a close ear to the weather reports as Saturday, May 8 and the Fifth Third River Bank Run draws near....
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: dancing, drumming, hula, Minnie Morey, Paili Francisco, tahitian
A mall at 7:30 am on any day is usually the domain of security guards and mall walkers. Last Saturday, those habitually early risers were greeted by the rapid-fire sound of wood striking wood and...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: DDA, Downtown, Downtown Development Authority, Fowler, heartside, Jay Fowler, Jenn Schaub, Jim Talen, lunch, Munsell, picnic, pocket park, Schaub, Sheri Munsell, Talen
Thirty-four Heartside-area neighbors, workers and park boosters spent their lunch hour at the new pocket park at the corner of Division and Cherry yesterday afternoon. The event was organized at a...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Three Grand Rapids Public elementary schools are receiving $91,000 in total grants from the Meijer Good Schools for Grand Rapids Program, which recognizes area elementary schools...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: election, Grand Rapids Public Schools, proposals, taxes, vote
The results from the Tuesday, May 4 election are in, all 71 voting districts have reported, and the Grand Rapids Public Schools district has two new board members. Challengers Jon O'Connor and...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Runners in the 5/3 River Bank Run can potentially make money while running. The race offers an impressive purse of prize money for runners and...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: billy's, Brickstreet Hooligans, Eastown J, hip hop, local music
Eastown J is not one to pull any punches.
In our approximately 45-minute conversation at Billy's on the night of his CD...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: Catalyst Radio, Community Media Center, Lisa Rose Starner, Michael Tuffelmire, Nick Manes, nonprofit
From The Rapidian staff: Two programs of Community Media Center—...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: applause, attention, bat, child, City, Community, difficult, disappointment, effort, encourage, family, Friendship, hang in there, life, light bulb, patient, persistence, shadow, shoe, talent., task, thomas edison, tune, walk, whistle, withdraw, work, workplace
Have you ever noticed how the child's short attention span gives way to amazing persistence when the task is something she really wants; for example, learning to...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: 25k road race, 5/3 River Bank Run, Grand Rapids, Michigan, road racing, runners
The Fifth Third River Bank Run is less than a week away and most runners are tapering off their training and planning to "carb up" on Friday....
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: apr102, parks and recreation, special election, tax hike
This week, fitness hobbyists in Grand Rapids will get the chance to sign up for Summer Parks and Recreation classes. And, at $39 per class, these 10 week fitness programs are simply the best...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
There are Grand Rapidians who want rental property kept to a minimum on their street because landlords could let their rental properties slip into an unacceptable condition. In fact, absentee...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: American Bakery, bakery, fire
The long awaited re-opening day for the American Bakery will have to wait. The Grand Rapids Fire Department was called to 712 Bridge St. NW this morning (Monday) around 7am to find a fire in...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: cancer survivor, Fifth Third River Bank Run, Gilda's Club, Grand Rapids MI, road racing, runners
On May 8 at the Fifth Third River Bank Run there will be more than a few people who have run the race more than one time. According to race...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: alcohol prevention, Community, safety, youth
As a core part of its “weeding” and “seeding” mission, Central City Weed & Seed is launching a new initiative to curb excessive alcohol use in the SouthTown area. Together with local...
Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: business, Cooking, farming, foraging, local food, Restaurants, wildcrafting
Mud Lake Farm: Going Beyond Salad
Situated in between the gentle, sloping hills of the quietude of Hudsonville's farmland - just 20 minutes from Grand Rapids' bustling...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: artprize, awards, GRAM, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, gvsu, The Rapidian, wmprsa
The Rapidian, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Grand Valley State University, and ArtPrize were among the top honorees at the West Michigan Public Relations Society...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: Automobile, Grand Rapids
This is the last part of a five-part series that explores the effects of the automobile on us as a population and on Grand Rapids. This segment shows what...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: hip hop, intersection, La Famiglia, Rick Chyme, Talib Kweli
On April 24, internationally renowned hiphop star Talib Kweli, came to the Intersection for his third show in a little more than five years....
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: Balkan Beat Box, Blue Eyed Black Boy, Catalyst Radio, farmers market, Fulton Street, Melissa Harrington
Joining Catalyst Radio in studio this week is Melissa Harrington, director of the Fulton Street Farmers Market. Music featured this week comes from...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: 5/3 River Bank Run, cancer survivor, Gilda's Club, Grand Rapids Michigan, road racing, running
People run the May 8, 5/3 River Bank Run for many reasons. Some run it to challenge themselves, others for for the companionship of...