Wednesday night was the only night this week the weather cooperated enough for members of the Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association, local amateur astronomers, and Roger B. Chaffee...
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Posted: 14 years 32 weeks
Tagged: 400 years, Astronomy, Downtown, Galileo, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Jupiter, Moon, Moons, Rickey Ainsworth, Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, Science, telescope
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Tagged: Grand Rapids, marathons, racing, running
This periodic feature of The Rapidian will reveal the road racing jonesing* of Grand Rapidians.
My record is doing four marathons in a month. Usually it is at...
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Family Network of Wyoming is offering classes to help people with everyday life. Advance registration is required. You can chose from:
Budget Basic Class
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Tagged: 2009, Architecture, artprize, Jaqueline Gilmore, The Bob
If the Rapidian is to be of the people, then we need to be fair to the people. I respect...
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Tagged: art, Art Prize, breathing room, gvsu
Artist and GVSU Professor, Deanna Morse, used the LV Eberhard Center building as a drive-in movie theatre for her video installation "breathing room".
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Grand Rapids, Mich.– Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, in partnership with the City of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Dept. and the Urban Forestry Committee, today announced 4 events in area parks...
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Tagged: community development, funding, Lighthouse Communities, SE, Southtown
Lighthouse Communities, Inc. is announcing the Fall 2009 round of the Southtown Matching Fund (SMF), opening October 15 and closing November 2. The Southtown Matching Fund is a...
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Tagged: 45 Ottawa Building, artprize, consumption, Goddard College of Vermont, Home Acres Building Supply, Lisa Yarost, packaging, Recyclable Container for Humans, recycling, waste
If you've been wondering what those huge bundles of crushed plastic tucked behind the 45 Ottawa venue are all about, here's a hint: Lisa Yarost's Recyclable Container for Humans...
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If you’ve not already completed a 20-mile training run, then it isn’t likely you’re up for a fall marathon. But, if you’re still in the selection mode regarding the big 26.2, here are a few...
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Tagged: content, conversation, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy, GRCF, GRIID, Local, Local success stories, success stories, violence, voice
For every person shot by a gun in this city, there are hundreds who challenge their own belief system, learn something about themselves and reach a new level of awareness.
For every person...
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Tagged: creative, Dick Buist, Le Grande Fisch, shark, shark mobile, shark trike, transporation
SHARK!
A shark moves more like an airplane than a fish. Its forward movement controls its vertical position and its back and forth tail motion forces it forward. Whether Dick Buist had...
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Tagged: banking, banks, GR History
GRAND RAPIDS – Does history repeat itself? You can’t help but wonder when a Grand Valley State University History Professor offers a trip back to the Great Depression when many...
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A few good reasons to see ArtPrize by bicycle
- Free parking wherever and whenever you want.
- Three square miles: too far to walk, too short to drive.
- ...
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Tagged: Afro-Cuban Music., Aquinas College, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Grand Rapids Dominicans, Los Gatos, MAJIC, Pete Siers, Salsa
Los Gatos is coming to town! The irresistible Afro-Cuban rhythms and spicy salsa sounds of Pete Siers’ Latin Jazz group will be performing at Bethlehem Lutheran...
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Tagged: Buddy Walk, down syndrome, event, fundraiser, Grand Rapids, trisomy 21
A Father’s Story – By Brad Hecksel
On May 11, 2008 my wife gave birth to our second child, Lauren Christine. It was Mother’s Day. From the moment...
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Tagged: artprize, Bliss, Gilmore, Nepotism, Popularity
Once ArtPrize was announced, I was very excited about it. But upon further research, I started becoming cynical. Questions came to mind, like: why a public vote as opposed to a panel of...
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Tagged: Family Services, Food Pantry, Kentwood, Wyoming
Family Network of Wyoming is a food pantry and community education center for families in the Wyoming/Grandville area. Office hours are 10 am till 5 pm Monday thru Thursday...
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Tagged: artprize, Beta Design, Compucraft, Grand Valley State University, gvsu, Jennifer K. Waldner, Kyle Hilla, phootogram
Speaking of her entry into ArtPrize, Jennifer K. Waldner says she hopes that people take away “a new way to think about the things that they are going through.” She hopes that her work invokes...
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Tagged: Art Prize, artprize, kissing booth, San Chez, tommy allen
My daughter, Zola and I went to visit Tommy's Kissing Booth at ArtPrize. You can learn more about his Kissing Booth at his web site...
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An audio interview.
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Most artist have purpose to their works, for artist Lynell Shooks it is Awareness. Shooks has travelled with Worldwide Christian Schools setting up schools in third...
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Tagged: art, artprize, Lafontsee Galleries, performance art, race, sports, toilet tricycle, tricycle
On Friday, September 25th, as dusk was setting in, toilet tricycle athletes descended upon Grand Rapids for one of the most exciting sporting events to hit the area. Organized by the Dufala...
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Grand Rapids - West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology (WMCAT) executive director Luisa Schumacher was awarded the 2009 ATHENA® Young Professional Award by the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of...
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Tagged: artprize, Biggby Coffee, craft, Jaina's Rabbit, Jake Gless, Wayland
by Katie Talsma and Camille VanderWeide
Wayland-born Jake...
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Tagged: Activesite, artprize, Gary Boyd, Grand Haven, Heidi Camp, Hopcat, Kendall College
Sitting across from me is the elusive Garry Boyd. “Sunday Bloody Sunday” by U2 plays over the bar’s speakers. Sporting a Misfits tee, shorts, and Converse tennis shoes his boyish...
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Tagged: charity, cystic fibrosis, volunteer, wine
This year’s event is fast approaching and we are looking for volunteers to work the silent auction, live auction and registration. We are looking for volunteers who are willing to have some fun...
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Tagged: 3D, artprize, B.O.B, BOB, Greg Gilmore, T. Mikey, The Wizard of Oz, Thomas Mikey, ultraviolet, UV
The moment you walk through the front doors of the downtown institution, the B.O.B., you’re compelled to exclaim, “Dorothy, we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Such is the reaction...
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Tagged: artprize, Dufala brothers, Lafontsee Galleries, Pensylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, race, toilet, tricycles, West Prize
Artists create moving toilets for contest entry
One curious phenomenon will flush out the onlookers this Friday at 6 p.m. Those strolling...