(1) Grand Rapidians asked to pressure Senator Stabenow to support fair farm rules
Food & Water Watch met Tuesday to encourage activists to call in to Senator Stabenow and ask her to support the Fair Farm Bill campaign.
(1) Maybe the sky is falling
Joseph Kurnik's 2011 ArtPrize entry, Maybe the Sky is Falling, is exhibited at God's Kitchen and employs a deft use of design to create an ironic statement about the media's ability to...
(1) RUST: A sympathetic portrait of post-industrial Michigan
Actors' Theatre presents the premiere of local playwright Austin Bunn's RUST, a play chronicling the impact of General Motor's closing of the Wyoming, Michigan stamping plant in 2008.
(1) Art and dying cities: What does “Top Ten” really mean?
Art and Dying Cities: two issues Grand Rapids has recently tackled, between the Top Ten lists of ArtPrize and Newsweek. In this article, I ask the question: How do Top Ten lists come to be and what ar...
(1) You’ve cast your vote for Artprize, now vote for community.
The people that attend the 'Free Radical 2011' will be the people that sincerely care what the future of the arts is not only in Heartside, but the whole of Grand Rapids. They were here befo...
(1) Local manufacturing workers react to Austin Bunn's "RUST"
Video interviews with Gary Albrecht formerly of Rowe International, Marty Green of GM and Al Berry of Michigan Works! following the first performance of "RUST" by Austin Bunn.
(1) Sometimes, it’s Block by Block: A Thriving Community on Warren SE
Usually focused on urban change on a house-by-house level, Tyler Nickerson kicks it up a notch to feature the fruits of investment on a block level.
(1) "The Sky is Not Falling," critiqued by Avelycia O.
Avelycia O., a member of the GAAH Press Club, visited ArtPrize and wrote about Mark Rumsey's entry in ArtPrize 2011.
(1) "Telephone Tales," critiqued by Gilberto
Gilberto, a member of the GAAH Press Club, visited ArtPrize and wrote about Marie Bergstedt's entry.
(1) Occupy Grand Rapids to hold General Assembly Saturday
This Saturday the group Occupy Grand Rapids will hold their General Assembly in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.