The launch campaign for The Rapidian was honored last night by the West Michigan Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America at the 25th annual...
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Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: award, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Grand Rapids Community Media Center, Knight Foundation, The Rapidian
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: Dr. Albert C. Barnes, IFC Films, The Art of the Steal, The Barnes Foundation, UICA, UICA Films Review
The Art of the Steal is the story of The Barnes Foundation and it’s founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes, a...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
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Hello Stay-cation-ers.
You know how when you are planning a vacation and you spend a whole lot of time trying to figure out where to go, what to do, what sites to see and...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
On May 8, downtown Grand Rapids will be packed with anxious and ready runners and walkers for the Fifth Third River Bank Run. In addition for the 20,...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: boys & girls club, cesar vargas, college, Grand Rapids, Scholarship, youth
Cesar Vargas, a two-year member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth, traveled to Ann Arbor this past weekend to compete for the title of Michigan Youth of the Year....
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: concerts, Elton John, music, review
It isn't every Saturday night that you get to see a living legend.
Elton John captivated a sold out show at Van Andel arena Saturday, April 23 with empirical evidence that one man and his...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: 5/3 River Bank Run, road racing, running
The 33rd running of the Fifth Third River Bank Run is set for Saturday, May 8. It is estimated that nearly 20,000 people will line up and run one...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Grand Rapids Community Media Center, GRTV, Rapidian, Roberta King, Volunteers, Wealthy Theatre, WYCE
On Monday, April 19th, the Grand Rapids Community Foundation was recognized with the Media Access Leadership Award. The award, presented by the Community Media Center, is...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
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The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation West Michigan Chapter is seeking an individual(s) for the Director of Fun. This position is a NON PAID INTERNSHIP. The purpose for...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
This is part four of a five part series in which we will explore the effects of the automobile on us as a population and on Grand Rapids. This part features an interview with Jack...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
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The 1970 activist celebrated a birthday on Thursday. April 22ND marked the 40TH Anniversary of Earth Day. Originally the brain-child of the esteemed...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: breaking, ecosystem, Flickr, Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids Public Schools, GRPress, GRPS, Kate Nagengast, news, trends, twitter
From The Rapidian staff: During our press pit last week about breaking news, Grand Rapids Press'...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: hip hop, Manwolf, Suport, the Cypher, Yesterdog
To celebrate an annual event on April 20 at the Intersection, I had the opportunity to interview one of Grand Rapids' up-and-coming hiphop artists, Sean Powell, who goes...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: 25k road race, athletes, Grand Rapids, MI, River Bank Run, runners
When some 20,000 runners and walkers depart from Grand Rapids as part of the Fifth Third River Bank Run on Saturday, May 8 the weather is always a...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: billy's, hip hop, intersection, local music, Mike Posner, the 7th, the SEVENth
I like to consider myself an astute listener to the local trends, and, in particular, the local music scene, especially as it relates to hip hop. So, it comes as somewhat of a surprise that...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Recently my husband, Scott Warren, interviewed Artist Anthony Pesi regarding his latest project, “1024 bits of you and me”. Pesi’s works are usually small scale, this concept where he...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
This is part three of a five-part series in which we explore the effects of the automobile on us as a population and on Grand Rapids. In this part, we will focus...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Fifth Third River Bank Run, Grand Rapids, MI, road racing, runners
Downtown Grand Rapids will be packed with runners on Saturday, May 8 for the 33rd running of the Fifth Third River Bank Run. Originally a 25k (15.6...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
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Good day folks…
Super big thanks to everyone who came out to Art. Downtown. last Friday… if you came down we would love to hear with you thought…. It only takes a moment and...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Traffic confusion on the streets of the...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Automobile, Friends of GR Parks, Grand Rapids, Lee Hardy, Steve Faber
This is part two of a five-part series that explores the effects of the automobile on Grand Rapids. In this part, we will explore...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: action., Barbara Hansen, Black, challenge, communication, Dominican Sisters, Federal Building, friday, government, Grand Rapids, injustice, international, jeanne marie jones, justice, local action., mary ann barrett, mary lucille janowiak, michigan street, militarism, network, Peace, silent, sue tracy, support, vigil, violence, war, women, world
According to the Women in Black international website, the organization is a "world-wide network of women committed to...
Posted: 14 years 23 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 and...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: carlton. wendyjo, director, film, filmmaker, free, hannah, jo, lesbian, lgbt, queer, Wealthy Theater, Wealthy Theatre, wendy, wendy jo, wenjo
On Friday April 23 Grand Rapidians will have the opportunity to welcome home filmmaker, director and artist Wendy Jo Carlton as she presents her feature-film directorial debut,...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: art, Flickr, moderation, photos, staff editorial, Volunteers
From Rapidian staff*: As you’ve no doubt noticed while perusing therapidian.org, our front page features a photo of the day. This feature is pulled from...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: art, free, Pull, Poke, Fold, UICA, Wendy Kawabata
Pull, Poke, Fold showcases recent work by Wendy Kawabata. The work explores simple activities of the hand, remediation of everyday materials in contemporary art practice, and the power of...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: apr102, Frank Roldan, Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association, Javier Estrada, Kristen McHugh, Moon, Rickey Ainsworth, saturn, space, stars
An estimated 500+ space-enthusiasts took in clear viewings of both the waxing crescent...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Automobile, Grand Rapids, Lee Hardy, street cars, Taken for a Ride
This is part one of a five-part series that explores the effects of the automobile on Grand Rapids. In this part we explore how Grand Rapids lost the streetcar...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: environmental education, food, foodforthought, GMOs, sustainability
AJ Tipton, a high school senior at the West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science, didn't realize how much of an impact genetically modified organisms (...