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Bill Hill, literary adventurer and downtown fixture, retires from the public library

Submitted 06-20-2011 under LOCAL LIFE

It's William Hill's voice that you hear on the main library phone line. He is retiring from the Grand Rapids Public Library in July. Before there was Google (or even Alta Vista!), there was Bill.

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Virginia is for lovers, tire swings are for dreamers, reporting is for the curious

Submitted 06-14-2011 under OPINION

You ask whatever comes to mind, you observe how people express themselves through word choice, inflection, movement, color... Everything becomes language.

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Mayor Heartwell hosts City Connection on GRTV

Submitted 06-09-2011 under NEWS

Got a question for Mayor Heartwell? Tonight is your opportunity to interact with our Grand Rapid's most prominent elected official

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Catalyst Radio: Bill Cotter's documentation of six months in the occupied West Bank of Palestine

Submitted 06-03-2011 under NONPROFITS

[VIDEO + AUDIO] Bill Cotter spent six months in the West Bank of Palestine and was taken back by the reactions he saw to the longest military occupation in history.

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Where do you want to put the social in social media?

Submitted 06-01-2011 under OPINION

As we plan our first ever Rapidian Picnic Social, Friday June 10 at Noon, we can't help but wonder where we should picnic next. Help us by suggesting where we should go next!

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Catalyst Radio: Asian Center of West Michigan a resource to many ethnic groups and multiple generations

Submitted 05-27-2011 under NONPROFITS

Ashok Kumar, president of the Asian Center of West Michigan, shares on air the organization's part in the Asian Center movement (started in GR!) and the bevy of services.

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GR Comics Society to hold release party for its long awaited first collection

Submitted 05-24-2011 under NEWS

When the Grand Rapids Comic Society formed two years ago, they dreamed of assembling an anthology, to be able to say, Look, Grand Rapids! We have a comic scene, and we are the artists.

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[UPDATED] Rescheduled May live call-in show with Grand Rapids mayor

Submitted 05-23-2011 under NEWS

Got a question for Mayor Heartwell? Tonight is your opportunity to interact with our Grand Rapid's most prominent elected official

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[MAP] Picturesquing about town

Submitted 05-18-2011 under OPINION

I've mapped most of the Picturesque contributions below, and many are clustered enough to make an afternoon of it. Imagine: a picnic lunch, a photo expedition, a lovely stroll mapped out by your Pictu

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GRCMC to offer summer camps for teens

Submitted 05-17-2011 under NONPROFITS

It's a fairly easy to find camps for grade schoolers but what do you do with those teenagers? Check out the summer camps we've created for Middle and High School students!

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