Grand Rapid's North East Neighborhood

Local film production coordinator relishes role in company "family"

Submitted 03-17-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

Storytelling Pictures production coordinator Frankie Bailey manages film production details in a city that she says is radically different than the Grand Rapids she left eight years ago.

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What's On Tap: March 13-19

Submitted 03-12-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

It's almost warming up outside! Celebrate with the local brewers this weekend.

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My furnace adventure: Part two

Submitted 03-11-2014 under NONPROFITS

This is part two in a series about the Grand Rapids Housing Rehabilitation and Grant Program. Part one told of Sharon Zils' broken furnace that led to her interest in the program. This installment talks about the application process.

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Rediscovering Merze Tate: A remarkable African-American woman who grew up in our own backyard

Submitted 03-10-2014 under NONPROFITS

Discover how an African-America girl growing up in rural Michigan during the early 1900s overcame hurdles to achieve phenomenal success as an educator, world traveler and more -- an amazing story almost lost in the dusty archives at WMU.

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What's On Tap: March 6-12

Submitted 03-07-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

Check out what fresh new brews your favorite pubs are tapping this week.

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Women at the Bar: Grand Rapids Attorneys in the 1870s - 1970s

Submitted 03-05-2014 under NONPROFITS

Learn about the pioneering female attorneys in Grand Rapids who were among the first to venture into the male-dominated legal profession in a presentation March 13 by GVSU professor Ruth Stevens.

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Transitions

Submitted 03-05-2014 under NONPROFITS

Find the transitional places in your spiritual and physical life; step through and move on in peace. Both Level I and Level II of the Walstrom series are available beginning in March.

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