Where can you find two hundred people riveted to their seats with wide eyes glued to the screen? Non native Spanish speakers who are fluent? This group had gathered to see the first film from the...
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Posted: 12 years 5 weeks
Posted: 12 years 5 weeks
Listen closely, and you can hear the clatter of keystrokes as thousands of Grand Rapids residents advocate for the city’s hunger-relief organizations. Today marks the beginning of Walmart...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Glance at the Past is a local history radio project presented by Grand Rapids Historical Commission and the...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Glance at the Past is a local history radio project presented by Grand Rapids Historical Commission and the...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Glance at the Past is a local history radio project presented by Grand Rapids Historical Commissionand the ...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: 48 Hours., 60 Mimutes, april, Dominican Center, Edwina, environment, Gateley, martyr, Marywood, Missionary, Missioner, mystic, poet, reformer, saint, volunteer, Writer
On Sunday, April 22 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Volunteer Missionary Movement is sponsoring a fundraising event featuring...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: ballot initiative, casino, committee for more michigan jobs, economy, gambling, Grand Rapids, growth
If a group of investors across the state have their way Grand Rapids residents soon won't even have to get in the car to bet it all on black. A proposal to add a casino to the downtown area is...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: creative, Creston Neighborhood Association, journalism, lifestyle editor, media, Tommy Allen Creston Art Battle, Writer
Don't have time to listen now?
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Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: america, discrimination, freedom, Holland, lgbt, liberty, Michigan, Rosa Parks Circle, ULIE, Until Love is Equal, West Michigan
On June 15, 2011, five members of council in Holland, MI voted against extending basic anti-discrimination protections, to its residents and workers that happen to be LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: Grand Rapids, photos, picturesque, Spring, staff editorial
There's quite a collection of spring photos building in our current Picturesque Gallery, "Signs...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
The Wayland-based band Big Dudee Roo exemplifies today's Grand Rapids indie music scene well. The lead vocal harmonies...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: Grand Rapids, Haris Alibasic, sustainability, West Michigan Environmental Action Council, WMEAC
In this installment of "A Watershed Moment", the Director of Energy and Sustainability for the city of Grand Rapids talks about the 2010 ...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Kent County Animal Shelter (KCAS) has a way for the community to help shelter animals in Kent County...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: campaign, Grand Rapids Community College, voting
The importance of Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) for West Michigan residents is known by most who live here. GRCC partners with many high schools and...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: Leadership Development
The Center for Community Leadership (CCL), the community leadership program of the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: florida, Grand Rapids, killing, Rally, Rosa Parks Circle, trayvon, trayvon martin
There is a law in Florida and nine others states called "Stand Your Ground." It reads: "a person is...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: Asthma, Asthma Camp, camp, Camp Tall Turf, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, summer camp, youth
Asthma is often viewed as a limitation for sports and other activities, especially activities that take place outside. At Camp Tall Turf’s Asthma Camp...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: 5x5, beer, beer co-op, black star co-op pub and brewery, dallas mcculloch, O'Connors, super beer coop
Dallas McCulloch has beer on the brain. He loves beer. He has traveled the world tasting beer. Plus, the 25 year old has his own beer brewery set up in his house. But his brewery is only the...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: City Connection, George Heartwell, GRCMC, GRTV, Linda Gallesch, Mayor Heartwell
At 5 p.m. Monday night, Mayor Heartwell's live interactive public access show City Connection was simulcast right here on The Rapidian. City Connection is an...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
Tagged: beer, beer garden, Brewery Vivant, monk club, summer, zaison
Brewery Vivant hosted a private beer party yesterday afternoon to introduce their summer ale: Zaison. It is now available to the public, both at the brewery...
Posted: 12 years 6 weeks
“Poetry as singing speech” is just one way that Grand Rapids Poet Laureate, David Cope, describes his love for the art. Beginning as a child by reciting the 23rd Psalm and reading...
Posted: 12 years 7 weeks
A trusted musician friend of mine stated matter of fact that the Xenia Rubinos...
Posted: 12 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Downtown, heartside gallery, homelessness, poetry
Our featured artist for April is Denis Burkett.
Here's a little bit about the artist in his own words:
‘Never in a...
Posted: 12 years 7 weeks
Tagged: anti-war, blog, FBI, grand jury, investigation, raid, Solidarity, Tom Burke, Writer
Posted: 12 years 7 weeks
Tagged: Bicycles, Downtown, monroe center
52 Monroe Center NW has recently seen the addition of a brand new bike shop. Central District Cyclery officially opened on the 15th of March and owner...