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Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: American Red Cross, Christmas, Christmas tree, Grand Rapids, holidays, Red Cross
While we haven't even seen a glimmer of white on the ground yet, many people are already feeling the holiday spirit creep up. Get ahead of the curve this year and check "get tree" off of your...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: AIGA, Community Media Center, Gary Hustwit, Helvetica, NoshNight, Objectified, Phil Meade, Thomas Overthun, UICA, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Wealthy Theatre
On the night of November 11, 2009, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts teamed up with...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Audio, China, Community Media Center, ID, IDEO, Industrial Design, NoshNight, Product Design, Steelcase, Thomas Overthun, UICA, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Wealthy Theatre
An interview with Thomas Overthun at NoshNight's screening of...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: C. Frances Fallon, comedy, division avenue, Division Avenue Arts Collective, Mexicains Sans Frontieres, performance, You Know This Girl
Writer and performer, C. Frances Fallon performed her one woman comedy “You Know This Girl” at the Division Avenue...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
It is funny how one small change in the urban ecosystem can create major positive improvements in a neighborhood. One of these small changes is the mural created by Erwin Erkfitz at 217 S....
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Aging, Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, Elderly, God, Hope, Joy, November, Sister, Thanksgiving, Vatican, Women Religious
In November, I think of Tony. I was teaching then, and he was one of the difficult students in my class. His parents were going through a bitter divorce – so I tried to be patient with him as he...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Grand Rapids
On a busy night downtown people are out having a good time and enjoying an unusually warm November. The usual car traffic is buzzing throughout downtown now mixed with bicycles converted to taxis...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: ambassador's club, boys & girls clubs, cardboard boat race, chair, change, Children, committe, dining out, education, friend, fundraiser, golf, Grand Rapids, help, kids, Michigan, money, plan, special event, steak and burger dinner, support, teens, time, volunteer, youth
Time is often a commodity taken for granted. The average person wants to do a bucket list full of things but usually ends up not being able to find the time. With the economy as it is today, there...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
For weeks I drove past this arresting image: a man in a black cape and top hat, locked in deathly pas de deux with a hollow-eyed ballerina. Bloody light pools around them. Her muscles are taut and...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
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Localism is hitting hard in Grand Rapids, and Neighborhood Ventures' 20th Annual Neighborhood Business Awards (NBA), held on November 5 at...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: bus, gvsu, public transportation, the rapid
I've lived in West Michigan all of my life. I was born at Blodgett and raised in South East Grand Rapids until I was seven when my family moved to Hudsonville. I lived in...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Comics, Ladies Literary Club, music, Music review
An easy-to-follow cartoon picture story and critical review of the live musical performance by The Great...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: boys & girls clubs, camp, camp o'malley, Grand Rapids, grand rapids youth commonwealth, kids, low-income, Michigan, non-profit, Poverty, summer, youth
Despite the completion of another successful summer, Camp O’Malley’s camper attendance numbers dropped a little over two percent this year. The number of youth attending in 2009 was 484,...
Posted: 14 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Art Museum, Exhibitions
The Grand Rapids Art Museum presents three exhibitions this fall that focus on cities as an inspiration to artists more than a century ago. The exhibitions, Tissot’s London 1871- 1882: The...
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
Tagged: animal rights, animals, carols ferals, cats, dogs, murphys pet project, pets, winter
It is estimated by local animal welfare groups that in Grand Rapids alone, hundreds of companion animals are left to fend for themselves against the cold each winter. Without proper shelter and...
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
Tagged: Bicycling, cyclocross, local life
The parking lot and streets surrounding Highland Park in northeast Grand Rapids are bumper to bumper on an overcast autumn morning on the third of October. Half a dozen tents are set up...
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
A motion was unanimously passed Nov 4th that will allow the wall and mural at 217 South Division to remain in place temporarily. Although the Grand Rapids Historic Preservation Committee was...
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
Civil War history fans will learn how the diary of a Michigan Civil War prisoner ended up in the hands of an author who was so stirred with the prisoner's day-...
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
Tagged: buy local, Going Local, Living Wage, local economy, Local First, nov09, sustainable economy
Grand Rapids is doing relatively well riding the storm of the economic downturn that has crippled much of our state. Among the many reasons for this there is a primary one, being a vibrant local...
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
By Emily Coyle
More than 11 million Americans who have heard the words “You have cancer,” are alive today thanks to the progress that’s being made in the fight against cancer....
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
Tagged: Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, city commission, death, Downtown, First Community AME Church, George Heartwell, Lyman Parks, mayor, Pantlind Hotel, Urban Renewal Act
A Tribute by Mayor George Heartwell
Grand Rapids lost a giant yesterday. Former Mayor Lyman Parks died of complications accompanying a stroke. The...
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
Participate in fun social games and watch a performance by the GRAM theater group during Friday Nights at GRAM. For more information, see the schedule below.
Friday, November 6
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Tagged: City of Grand Rapids, city services, parking, ParkMobile, phone
Parking at meters on the streets of Grand Rapids just got a little easier, especially if you don't keep a pile of change in the cup holder of your car. No change? No problem!...
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
Historic Preservation Committee has asked Kevin Haviland (building owner) and Erwin Erkfitz (neighbor and artist) to remove an Artprize mural from the front of 217 S. Division.
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Tagged: economic development, economic recovery, Grand Rapids, local business, nov09, small business
Everybody I know is tightening their belt right now. Many have lost jobs ,and others worry about the possibility. I see less impulse spending and more talk of home cooking and low-cost...
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
Tagged: AmeriCorps, BGC, boys & girls clubs, employment, Grand Rapids, grant writing, jobs, kids, marketing, special events, VISTA, volunteer, youth
The current economic situation is leaving businesses and non-profits alike struggling to maintain their already-existing staff, shutting the door completely on the possibility of hiring...
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
Tagged: American Red Cross, Grand Rapids, lifesavers, Red Cross, safety
As we go about our lives each day, we too often miss the seemingly small stories with the biggest impacts. A ride to a therapy appointment, a call to a solider overseas, learning skills in a CPR...
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
Tagged: 3rd Ward, election, nov09, polling, precinct 10, precinct 9, voting
By 11:40 a.m. this morning, 96 voters had entered their decision at the polling station for the 3rd Ward’s precincts 9 and 10...
Posted: 14 years 27 weeks
Tagged: art sale, division avenue, downtown gallery, folk art, holiday show
The Heartside Gallery and Studio Annual Holiday Sale features new, festive works by self-taught/intuitive artists of the Heartside neighborhood. Great and affordable gifts,...