This week, Catalyst Radio speaks with Erv Gambee, president of the Thornapple River Watershed Council. Music featured this week is by...
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Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: Dominican Sisters, events., facebook, fan page, friend, Grand Rapids, member, news, picture, supporter, volunteer, web site
We've finally taken the plunge into the social media arena. The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids now have a facebook fan page at...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: Alicia Menninga, Armand Assante, Bacchus' Bachelorette, Christine Stephens, Columbus, Dorothy Parker, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Frida Kahlo, Hugo Claudin, Keleigh Wolf, Marriott Hotel, Mexicains Sans Frontieres, MSF, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ohio, Schuler Books and Music, Silva Plath, The Little Deer, The Thanksgiving Room
“The apotheosis of minutia is what poetry is,” proclaimed poet Keleigh Wolf as she tucked her unruly ringlets behind her ear.
Wolf, named by...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Have you ever walked through a museum and wondered what it would be like if the paintings on the walls could move? Alexander Petrov, Martine Chartrand and Lynn...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: Children, exploited, sex trafficking, SSTREAM
Though it is not widespread knowledge, sex trafficking—a phenomenon which is more commonly associated in larger cities—does exist in West Michigan. Bringing awareness of the sex...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: art, Arts, Casey McGuire, sculpture, The Insatiable Feeling of Soft Ground, UICA, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
Casey McGuire's installation, The Insatiable Feeling of Soft Ground, provides a personal narrative through the placement of objects, structures, and image within a particular space. Sculptures...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: Downtown, Haylea Gray, One Girl's Treasure, recycle, resale, reuse, upcycle, used clothing
This month One Girl's Treasure, downtown at 5 Lyon NW, will become another girl's treasure when Haylea Gray signs the final papers to become the owner. This hip women's resale shop opened in...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: education, GRCMC, GRTV, job training program, media, video production, youth
The Community Media Center is one of five sites selected to be part of a national Verified Resume Project funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. The CMC will train youth and also...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
From Rapidian staff:* When The Rapidian was designed (with a good dose of community volunteer input), it was recognized from the start that while we could build it, it would...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: autotrader.com, boys & girls club, Grand Rapids, seidman, steil, volunteer
On March 26, the Autotrader.com employees of West Michigan teamed up to help make a difference in the lives of Grand Rapids’ youth. Eight Autotrader...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: coffee, direct trade, food, madcap, sustainability
What's in your cup this morning?
Coffee has been part of human history for hundreds of years and is a common morning ritual across the world. Whether it's brewed stove top, in a...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
This week, Catalyst Radio speaks with Robert Dean, Executive Director of the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Music featured in the show comes...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Baxter Community Center, Boys and Girls Club, Leadership, Lighthouse Communities, Open Book Project, Ottawa Hills High School, Siedman Center, workshop, youth
Lighthouse Communities, Inc. would like to invite youth to participate in a free leadership training workshop. This is a...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
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Oh-my-gosh-one-of-the-biggest-events-of-the-spring-is-almost-here!
Mark your calendars for Art....
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: from the staff, Story Bank, The Rapidian, users
From Rapidian staff*: After more than a year of solid development, Ron – our main developer – is off on a much-need vacation with his family. That leaves the rest of us...
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Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Community, crime, Prevention, safety
Since its inception five years ago, the place-based community strategy, Grand Rapids Weed & Seed is counting its accomplishments in celebration of its fifth year of outreach...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Ever wonder what's gone on in the past at the 95-year-old Masonic Temple in downtown Grand Rapids? Take a field trip with the Grand Rapids Historical Society starting at 7 p.m....
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Barolo, Grand Rapids, gvsu, Matthew Gavin Frank, poet, travel writing
I recently sat down with Author Matthew Gavin Frank to talk about the nature of prose versus verse and his new book "...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Dustin Dwyer, media, Michigan Radio, On the Record, profile, reporter
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: 2010 Michigan Golden Gloves, amateur, Antonio Urista, Benton Harbor Boxing Club, Berim Beqiri, box, boxing, Cameron Glenn, Chris Sandifter, Christian Thomas, Clinton County Boxing Club, Craig Rood, Dean Allen, Defrim Beqiri, East Kentwood, Grand Rapids, Grand Valley National Guard Armory, Jacob Pointer, James Guy, Javon Barnes, Jeremy Marcheok, Jordon Shimmell, Meron Tewelde, MGGA, Michigan Golden Gloves Association, MLK Boxing Club, Pinkie, Ricardo Rios, Ryan Schmidt, Sand Lake Boxing Club
When it comes to amateur boxing in West Michigan, Grand Rapids is the place to be. The 2010 Michigan Golden Gloves tournament continued Saturday night, and five boxers from the local...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Event Review, foodforthought
Chickens - hundreds of them, all plucked, gutted, and dangling from hooks by their legs as they move slowly along a long and winding conveyor. It's not an unexpected sight at a chicken...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
At first glance, there is nothing about The Leonard at Logan Bed & Breakfast (440 Logan SE) that screams...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Community, Friendship
Last week, I'm hanging out at my favorite bookstore Schuler Books, a Grand Rapids haunt that many locals favor. I'm killing time, waiting for the recall updates to my Toyota to be completed at the...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Agriculture, apr101, Children, Community, Cooking, education, food, foodforthought, Gardens, health, local economy, Science
Food, food, food
– the topic of food has hit mainstream. Many of us have heard of
the latest food blockbuster, Food Inc., listened to food expert
Michael Pollan on Oprah, or...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Calvin College, documentary, film, foodforthought, local economy, local food, Michigan Agriculture
Can we eat our way to a healthier economy? That’s the question asked by Eating in Place, an hour-long documentary produced by the Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities (GRACH) and Calvin...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Catalyst Radio, heartside, Michael Tuffelmire, Nick Manes
This week, Catalyst Radio speaks with Rapidian reporters Michael Tuffelmire and ...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Gretchen Vinnedge, Iraq, Matt Maupin, memorial, military, war casualty
Sgt. Matt Maupin was captured in Iraq on April 9, 2004, and his body was found several years later. On the anniversary of his capture, he is still being remembered. This is an audio story...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: art, Artwalk, Gary Schwartz, Grand Rapids Public Musuem, Gretchen Vinnedge, Michigan Land of Riches, Paul Amente
Michigan Land of Riches: Re-examining the old Grand Rapids Public Museum is getting ready to open the doors of the old museum for a very public exhibition in this very...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Akaray, concert, El Monstruo, Hugo Claudin, John Ross, Keleigh Wolf, Mexicains Sans Frontieres, MSF, Poetry Reading
Grand Rapidians gathered at Mexicains Sans Frontieres on Thursday, March 25 for a concert by Caribbean musical group,...