This brief video is Part Three of four short meditative pieces called Imagine Peace produced through a collaborative effort by members of the Preaching through Media Committee of the...
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Posted: 14 years 28 weeks
Tagged: Barbara Hansen, Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Community Media Center, imagine peace, Michigan, Peace, Preaching through Media, Reflection, relax, video.
Posted: 14 years 28 weeks
Tagged: Barbara HansenDominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Community Media Center, imagine peace, Michigan, Peace, Preaching through Media, Reflection, relax, video.
This brief video is Part Two of four short meditative pieces called Imagine Peace produced through a collaborative effort by members of the Preaching...
Posted: 14 years 28 weeks
Tagged: artists, Comics, Grand Rapids Comics Roundtable, Writers
When Matthew Reidsma left Boston to move to Grand Rapids, he didn't expect to find another comics round table like the one he enjoyed while living in Boston, nor did he expect to start one...
Posted: 14 years 28 weeks
Tagged: Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, GRIID, Jeff Smith, Tami VandenBerg
For the last several years, GRIID (Grand Rapids Institute For Information and Democracy) has been one of the only organizations in Grand Rapids attempting to do...
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Weekends are for the fun of it… for the joy… for chillin… and for…busting a move? Seriously, this weekend there are TONS of dance related events I didn’t event nic the iceberg of...
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Called to Serve is a program that is open to college-age women. It offers an opportunity to create community, serve...
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Tagged: Anna Estrada, Charlotte Ellison, Dwelling Place, George Heartwell, Guiding Light, heartside, Heartside Ministries, ICCF, Stuart Ray
This is the third installment in Michael Tuffelmire and...
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Tagged: Dominican Sisters Grand Rapids, Maternity Clinic, Ministry, Mission, non profit, Peru, Sister.
In the fall of 2009, Sisters Maureen Geary and Mary Navarre of the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, visited the Social Work Center--...
Posted: 14 years 28 weeks
Tagged: 100 holes challenge, boys & girls club, Children, country club, fundraiser, golf, Grand Rapids, party, recruitment, sports, summer, sunnybrook, volunteer, youth
USE YOUR CLUBS TO SUPPORT OURS!
Have you ever dreamed of spending an entire day playing golf? Do you think you can...
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If you have ever eaten at the Cheetah, you know this is more than just a restaurant. The Electric Cheetah never fails to deliver an incredible meal of creative selections, quality local...
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Each year, UICA is host to one of the most vibrant and eclectic exhibitions in Grand Rapids. This city-wide art show celebrates the creativity of over 1, 200 students from 73 public and shared-...
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The following preview of "Queeries" film series is written by Colette Seguin Beighley, Assistant Director, LGBT Resource Center, Grand Valley State University. "Queeries" premieres...
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Tagged: art, Grand Rapids, Healthcare, hospitals, Michigan, photography, Spectrum Health, Stacy Niedzwiecki
Wandering the halls of a hospital can be a lonely walk. Patients and families are in unfamiliar territory, corridors might seem to be a maze and for those spending multiple days in the same space...
Posted: 14 years 28 weeks
Tagged: Barbara Hansen, Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Community Media Center., imagine peace, Michigan, Peace, Preaching through Media, Reflection, relax, video
This brief video is one of four short meditative pieces produced through a collaborative effort by all members of the...
Posted: 14 years 28 weeks
Do aliens exist? And if so, when will we meet them?
These questions were on the mind of more than 200 science fans sitting (and standing) last night in Grand...
Posted: 14 years 28 weeks
Tagged: 88keyz, Carrisa Anderson, Flying Without Wingz, Grand Rapids, hip hop, inner city, intersection, Irawniq, Kidz in the Hall, VC, Vernon Carter
Last Wednesday I went to a great hip hop concert at The Intersection (133 Grandville SW). The Show featured two headline acts 88Keys and...
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From Rapidian staff*: Many of you responded to the recent Rapidian poll, “How do you primarily get your Rapidian Updates?” I would be lying were I to suggest...
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Tagged: American Red Cross, Diet Eman, heroes, LIFEems Ambulances, Red Cross, special event, Vern Ehlers, Walter Catton
The American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids wants to know, "Who's your Hero?"
Join the Red Cross for the 4th annual “Hometown Heroes” event on Friday, May 14, 2010. The 2010...
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A most joyous noise echoed within the walls of the Community Media Center’s Wealthy Theatre Thursday evening. Singer-songwriter-wry lyricist Dan Hicks was in town presented by radio...
Posted: 14 years 29 weeks
Tagged: artists, Arts, arts council of greater Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Michigan, what's your art
To launch its new arts portal Web site, the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids hosted an arts sampler party on March 11. The open-to-all event at the McKay Tower downtown, featured short...
Posted: 14 years 29 weeks
Tagged: Catalyst Radio, Denise Cheng, The Rapidian
This week's Catalyst Radio was a live, in-studio special with Denise Cheng, The Rapidian's citizen journalism coordinator, about changes coming up to the program.
Posted: 14 years 29 weeks
Tagged: assist, bridget clark whitney, brown bag, coloring, donate, food insecure, give back, help, kids, kids food basket, kids' food basket, mar101, meals, sack suppers, stay-cation, staycation, volunteer
We need your help in decorating bags for our ‘sack suppers’. Kids’ Food Basket is a non-profit childhood hunger organization serving 2,450 evening meals each weekday to 24 Kent...
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Hello Michiganders!
Time is slipping by and the weekend is rushing in! We have a heavy handful of events for the weekend so let’s get ready to rumble!
Here it...
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Tagged: Big Brothers Big Sisters, bowling, Children, D.A. Blodgett - St. John's, D.A. Blodgett for Children, fundraiser, St. John's Home
The 2010 Bowl For Kids' Sake event is well on it's way! There are two more days left to bowl - Friday, March 12th & Friday, March 19th. Both days have flights at 5:45PM...
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Tagged: Barbara Hansen, Culture of Peace Committee, Diane Zerfas, Dominican Center at Marywood, Dominican Sisters, Hiroshima Nagasaki, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Saeika Ikeda
HIROSHIMA POSTER DISPLAY OPEN TO PUBLIC THROUGH MARCH 14
There is still time to take advantage of the Hiroshima Poster display at...
Posted: 14 years 29 weeks
Tagged: archive.org, Audacity, ccMixter, copyright, Creative Commons, Flickr, freeware, GIMP, Google, Internet Archive, Jamendo, Jing, morgueFile, multimedia, open source, royalty-free
From Rapidian staff: You've just written a story about some virus originating from Grand Rapids affecting giraffes in Africa. You need a picture to go with your piece but don't...
Posted: 14 years 29 weeks
Tagged: Grand Rapids Public Museum, History, mar101, slideshow
Ever wonder what happens to the museum exhibits when they are no longer on display? Well in Grand Rapids they are stored at the old public museum on the corner of Jefferson and State Street...
Posted: 14 years 29 weeks
The Grand Rapids Art Museum has an ongoing series of events called "...