Imagine you have been torn apart from everything you know and love. Your home is destroyed and your family is torn apart by armed soldiers. Now, years later, you wonder where your family members...
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Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: band, bands, chance jones, concert, friction records, Grand Rapids, intersection, live, music, party, release, show, sw, the incident at primrose and west, the intersection
On Friday, November 27th, local band Chance Jones released The Incident at Primrose and West LP, yes, they released it on vinyl, at The Intersection. It's available on CD and for digital download...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: AmeriCorps, Bank, Burger King, Caitlin Kleiboer, Catherine's Care Center, Catherine's Health Center, charity, Chase, Chase Community Giving, donation, facebook, fans, L Studio, Lexus, Linda Krombeen, Literacy Center of West Michigan, nonprofit, social media, twitter, Whopper sacrifice
The mantra of social media marketing could very well be "be human." Equipped with Facebook,...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: Avenue of the Arts, Degage Ministries, division ave., Heartside Neighborhood, homeless, patrons
Revised on Dec. 11 in light of new information. Click here for more information.
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Join us at the Grand Rapids Art Museum this weekend for a short play about James McNeill Whistler. Friend us on Facebook and Twitter for a $1 admission coupon to GRAM this Friday.
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Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: adoptathon, adoption, animal rescue, animals, Argus, Argus Friend, art, Art to the Rescue, Black Friday, cat, cats, Cyber Monday, dog, dogs, economy, Hadley, hskc, humane society, humane society of kent county, karen terpstra, kibble konnection, microchip, microchipping, neuter, obedience classes, pet, pet care, pet care assistance program, rabbit, rabbits, rescue, silver paws society, spay, White Saturday
When walking through the Humane Society of Kent County, you see a more cheerful place than you may have expected. You see "hope," says...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: Brian Damson, Circle Theatre, Michael Sobie, Mirror Ball Christmas, Ryan Jarosh, Santaland Diaries, Sedaris, Wealthy Theater
Circle Theatre and Wealthy Theatre (a service of Community Media Center) are proud to announce their inaugural collaboration, entitled A Series of One-Night Stands. The Dec. 4/5 production...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: 955 Godfrey, art, Art Battle, Art Competition, artist, Neil Hubert, Patrick Perry, The Little Village
Earlier this month (Saturday, November 7th), approximately 500 individuals poured through the doors of a large warehouse at 955 Godfrey to observe 23 teams of artists compete for a grand prize of...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: Biggby Coffee, Downtown, Grand Rapids, potluck, Thanksgiving, turkeythrowdown
About 90 people gathered on November 23 for a noon potluck outside the Monroe Center Biggby Coffee www.biggby.com. Organized by Danny...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
On Sunday, November 22, UICA (41 Sheldon SE) hosted the Found Footage Festival, a roadshow...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
Tagged: A.B. and Coconut Brown, adam in exile, anna fisk, auction, benefit, billy's, bloody mary bar, chance jones, charity, chernobyl babies, concert, Eastown, event, fainting generals, Four for Smoking, fundraiser, Just for Kicks, La Famiglia, local bands, moss folk, movement of sound, multiple sclerosis, music, silent auction, Southpaw Players
Billy's in Eastown was the place to be Sunday, November 23rd. There was a Bloody Mary bar, great drink...
Posted: 14 years 24 weeks
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Join the GRCM for our 12th annual New Year’s Early Eve party. Enjoy live music and dancing, have your face painted, decorate your own party hat and noisemaker and more!...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: art, Grand Rapids, Stuff to do, weekend
Word on the Street is a semi-regular weekend update. It is published on Facebook, through the...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Written By: Carrie Lyzenga, Special Events Coordinator & Marketing/PR Manager
D.A. Blodgett for Children has a wonderful opportunity and an important need...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Ann Arbor, economy, Grand Rapids, jobs, Michigan, nov09, Pensylvania Academy of Fine Arts, workforce
The Generation Y Michigan podcast on Michigan Radio and the overly...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Barnes & Noble, Book, Palin, Sarah, Signing
Article by Nick Manes, Photo slideshow by Jon Clay
Whether or not one-time Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican Vice-Presidential...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
There's nothing like the gift of giving! Due to the economy, this year there will be many families unable to give their children gifts during the holiday season. It would be greatly...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Biggby Coffee, Danny Beckett, food, social media, Thanksgiving
Wondering if you're up to the challenge of Thanksgiving 2009?
Like any physical or mental feat, success depends on preparation and practice. For Rapidians who are nervous about the upcoming...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: cancer, road to recovery, transportation, volunteer
By Sally Blanchard
This year in Michigan more than 53,000 people will be diagnosed with cancer. They will find themselves needing chemotherapy, radiation, and other medical care. They...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: art, Corey Ruffin., Grand Rapids, music, talent show, Wealthy Theater
Friday was a blur of activity, after wrapping up a wild week at work, I dashed home to get changed and then heading out for a few quick errands. Mr. Man and I only...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Until the Light Takes Us is a feature length documentary about black metal: an ideological movement/music genre comprised of metal musicians, murderers, church-burners, and suicide...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: art, dec09, food and drink, opening, UICA
Six new winter exhibitions will open, showcasing the works of Lisa Kellner, Mira Burack & Narine Kchikian, Carrie Olson, Joel Seah, Juliane Beth Shibata, and the group exhibition (S)...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
The Beaches of Agnes opens at UICA on December 11. The magnificent new film from Agnès Varda (Cleo From 5 to 7, Vagabond, The Gleaners and I) is a kind of cinematic...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: art, film, Grand Rapids, UICA
How far would you travel to heal someone you love? An intensely personal yet epic spiritual journey, The Horse Boy opens at UICA on December 4. The film follows a Texas couple and their...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: art, Avenue for the Arts, Downtown, Entertainment, Founders Brewing, gift ideas, Grand Rapids, market, Shopping
The Avenue for the Arts Market will extend their summer session to include a Holiday event being held at Founders Brewing Company in downtown Grand Rapids on Saturday November 21, 2009. The...
Posted: 14 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Arts, fundraiser, Hugo Claudin, lazy genius, mcgowen, Mexicains Sans Frontieres, music, periodical, southworth, the litribune
Tonight (Nov. 15), there was a fundraiser for the local quarterly publication, "The Litribune" at Mexicains Sans Frontieres (120 S. Division #226). It's a non-profit periodical with a focus on...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Atomic Object, C-Snip, Chris Woodruff, Dustin Tinney, DVQ Studio, Emily Stoddard Furrow, Friends of GR Parks, GiveCamp, Grand Rapids, Heather Kaweck, RCM Technologies, YMCA
Nonprofits are notoriously low on funds, but in the Web 2.0 age, a strong, online presence is crucial for nonprofits to connect with their donors, volunteers and community.
Two years ago,...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: creative, education, funding, Granholm, gvsu, new economy, nov09, tuition, unemployment
In a poorly performing national economy Michigan is currently one of its worst players. Our un-employment rate hovers around 15%, not to mention the unreported stats, under-employment and...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: 4 mile, activies, affordable, day trip, dining, east beltline, fall, food and drink, foodforthought, Grand Rapids, local products, michigan products, Robinette's, Township, wine, Wine Tasting
Many Grand Rapidians have memories of day trips to Robinette's Apple Orchard. With fresh cider, apple doughnuts, gift shops, horse drawn hay rides, and plenty of other family friendly activities,...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: 11-11-09, artist's lofts, Arts, C. Frances Fallon, comedy, division ave., heartside, Hugo Claudin, Mexicains Sans Frontieres, performance, satire
Described as "A one woman comedy about the depths of shallowness", C. Frances Fallon kept her audience laughing riotously as she quipped satirical comments about the loose-moraled,...