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Posted: 12 years 13 weeks
Tagged: black and white, classic, cult classic, film, Horror, movie, noir, viral video, Wealthy Theatre
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Tagged: Bodyworks, Chris Shanahan, couples, Dominican Center, February 14th, gifts, Marywood, massage, Valentine's Day, Valentines Day
Back by popular demand, bodyworks at Dominican Center at Marywood is offering its annual Valentine'...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Tagged: Barb Christiaans., Congregation Ahavas Israel, Dominican Center, History, immigrants, jewish, Marywood, MSU, Rabbi, refugees, spirituality, writings
From February 1 - May 2, 2012, Dominican Center at Marywood is offering a 13-week program that will study the...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Tagged: Ann Arbor, Catalyst Radio, citizen journalism reporter, culture, Events, Grand Rapids, journalist, Linda Gellasch, music, Reviews, Rob Cole, The Rapidian, transplant, Writer, WYCE
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Tagged: art, artist, Brett Colley, fundraiser, live, Local, Margie Erlandson, UICA, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
UICA's biggest fundraiser of the year offers guests the unique opportunity to purchase artwork that is created right before their eyes! Come to the Steelcase Town Hall for an unforgettable...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
The Creston Neighborhood Association News Bureau sat down for their first training last night. Wanting to give fellow Grand...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Wednesday night, members of the community gathered as a part of the LINC News Bureau and discussed the work of Believe 2 Become (B2B) within the...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Tagged: Calvin College, Challege Scholars Program, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Valley State University, Harrison Park School, Hope College, literacy, Literacy Center of West Michigan, mayor george heartwell, Schools of Hope
In collaboration with Kristin Brace
Mayor Heartwell sat down on the gymnasium floor at Grand Rapids Public Schools' Harrison...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Wednesday morning, at least thirty protesters carrying placards took to the street outside Fulton Street Farmers Market and marched. This is...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Tagged: mental health education
Are you aware that suicide is the second leading cause of death among citizens age 15-24 in Kent County? I was hesitant about beginning this article with such sad information because I prefer to...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Tagged: Calvin College, January Series, Jesus Christ, Kingdom, N.T. Wright, New Testament, Tom, Wright
N.T. Wright first encountered “the problem” as a teenager. He and his friends were tasked with laying out the Christian doctrines about Jesus for a Sunday school class. Why was Jesus...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Tagged: interns, internship, The Rapidian
We searched high and low, long and hard, and we found four incredible people that will join our team to keep The Rapidian working towards excellence. While these interns just started, and you may...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Just when you thought January could not be any more grey, cold or unpredictable, the Grand Valley Orchid Society and the...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Tagged: Calvin College, Farmatrix, Haiti, Haiti Partners for Christian Development, January Series, Partners Worldwide, Port-au-Prince, Ralph Edmond
With temperatures hovering in the teens outside, Ralph Edmond started his talk on Friday by suggesting that Calvin...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
After a long and sometimes contentious battle with a variety of factors, Harmony Brewing Company...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Tagged: embed, Rapidian, staff editorial, video
In past "Tricks of the Trade" episodes, you've learned about ...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
It's fitting on many levels that Founders' Centennial IPA is our best selling beer at Wealthy Theatre, always on draught. Not...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Tagged: Corinne Beckwith, court, Creston High School
Friday, February 3, will be a big day for long-time Heritage Hill residents Larry and Nancy Beckwith and their family. They will be in Washington D.C...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
The Hillcrest 1 classroom for students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, part of the Grand Rapids Public Schools Kent Vocational Options and Community Based Occupational Training program,...
Posted: 12 years 14 weeks
Tagged: Awesome Foundation, bike race, Cancer Well-Fit Program, cycling, grants, Lacks Cancer Center
There’s nothing awesome about cancer. Well, except maybe a bicycle racing team that supports local fitness programs for cancer patients.
That’s how Brad MacKenzie sees it anyway...
Posted: 12 years 15 weeks
Tagged: city commission, Grand Rapids
This Tuesday, January 24, the Grand Rapids City Commission will meet for its bi-monthly meeting.
On this...
Posted: 12 years 15 weeks
Tagged: anti-piracy, bills, cirivello, CMC, free speech, internet, Linda Gellasch, online, open, pipa, sopa, The Rapidian, wikipedia, WYCE
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure....
Posted: 12 years 15 weeks
Tagged: Calvin College, David Gergen, Gingrich, January Series, Obama, politics, Romney
As a close advisor to four presidents, David Gergen knows a few things about politics. He also knows how to...
Posted: 12 years 15 weeks
Tagged: Animals Asia, Jill Robinson, moon bear
Spreading the message about moon bears' suffering is making a difference. In Grand Rapids, Melissa Malinowski is doing her part to get out the word.
Malinowski is the chair of the...
Posted: 12 years 15 weeks
Tagged: adam taylor, Calvin College, Hope, January Series, martin luther king jr., social justice, world vision
Social justice has been a theme highlighted throughout this year's Calvin College January Series, not least by Monday's speaker ...
Posted: 12 years 15 weeks
In a January Series lecture titled “Dancing With Dinner,” alternative farmer Joel Salatin promoted a radical...
Posted: 12 years 15 weeks
Tagged: chickens, farming, Joel Salatin, kitchen, local farms, Locavore, nourish, urban homesteading
While Joel Salatin was...
Posted: 12 years 15 weeks
The husband and wife music duo Gifts or Creatures will play a free show at Schuler Books and Music...
Posted: 12 years 15 weeks
The Grand Rapids Community Media Center website will be going dark from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18th.
As a part of GRCMC, The...
Posted: 12 years 15 weeks
Tagged: GRPL, Justin Amash
Roughly one hundred people gathered at the Grand Rapids Public Library for the Tuesday evening town hall meeting with US Representative, Justin Amash (R-Cascade Township).
During the hour...