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Catalyst Radio: GR Web Dev brings together techies of all persuasions
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 06-24-2011 under NONPROFITS
Don't have time to listen right now? Download the MP3 and listen at your leisure! INTERVIEW (10:33) Two facilitators from the Grand Rapids Web Development Group, Ben Rausch and Ross Hunter, join us on air to explain this hot young gun on the...
[AUDIO] Joe Taylor Park Set to Open on Grand Rapids' SE Side
by (WYCE_Matt)
Submitted 06-21-2011 under NEWS
West Michigan Environmental Action Council's Dan Schoonmaker speaks with Steve Faber, Executive Director of Friends of Grand Rapids Parks. Faber talks about Baxter neighborhoods' new Joe Taylor Park, opening June 29th, saying the world-class...
[MAP] Picturesquing about town
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 05-18-2011 under OPINION
Two weeks ago, we launched the spring edition of Picturesque, a community photo collaboration that collects images around the theme, "in plain sight." "What do we Grand Rapidians notice that we think others miss?" we asked. Forty-nine images later...
May Day is for workers and soup - Live coverage of Sunday Soup #13
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 04-29-2011 under NEWS
Showers or flowers, you never know with Michigan weather. The Division Avenue Arts Collective hopscotched past April and is kicking off May with Sunday Soup #13. Sunday Soup is a mini-granting program organized by The DAAC (115 S. Division...
Sunday Soup #12: A full year of soups
by (pichot)
Submitted 03-27-2011 under NEWS
The time has come: the last Sunday of the month. Three proposals were up for Sunday Soup #12, although only Ribbons of Song (this round's recipient) and Grand Rapids Comic Society presented. The potluck-minigrant event started at 6 p.m. and lasted...
Literacy Center of West Michigan Welcomes New PR Specialist Tatum Rucker
by (LiteracyCenter)
Submitted 03-25-2011 under NONPROFITS
Literacy Center of West Michigan (LCWM) Executive Director, Susan Ledy announced that Tatum Rucker would be joining the non-profit organization as a public relations specialist. This position was added to bring awareness to the Literacy...
Skeptics in the Pub at Brewery Vivant on February 25th
by (millertime79156)
Submitted 03-24-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
Skeptics in the Pub (SITP) is the name of the monthly meetup by the organization Center for Inquiry (CFI). According to the Center's website, their main mission is “to foster a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and...
Live coverage of Sunday Soup #11
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 02-25-2011 under NEWS
We're coming up on the last Sunday of the month, which means another edition of Sunday Soup. A monthly series, Sunday Soup is a community potluck with an admission fee of $5. In return, attendees get a bowl of soup and a ballot to vote on their...
Rapidian socials: In a boat, with a goat? In the rain, on a train?
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 02-22-2011 under OPINION
Perhaps you remember them: ice cream socials, Rapidian reporter gatherings, happy hours... we took a break from monthly socials during the holiday season, and now that we've been gifted with a full staff, let's rock and roll! All you creative...
An Interview with Photographer Holly DeGarmo : Giving Back
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 02-09-2011 under NONPROFITS
To check out the photographs from Holly DeGarmo’s photoshoot, please visit www.hollydegarmo.com/bgc/. Giving back to the community is an important part of any profession. Photographer Holly DeGarmo (www.hollydegarmo.com) understands the...