Grand Rapids
Park Place or bust : Monopoly Game Tournament for Camp O'Malley
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 03-29-2010 under NONPROFITS
Do not pass GO, do not collect $200 dollars. This is the dreaded Monopoly game phrase that would upset any game-player. We’ve all heard these words before and felt the longing of collecting the $200 we deserve. Now...
Trip the Light : Never an event like this before
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 03-23-2010 under NONPROFITS
ArtPeers, an arts organization encouraging local art, and Dance in the Annex (DITA), a contemporary dance collaborative, are hosting the premiere of something completely unique in Grand Rapids: Trip The Light 04.14.10 at Wealthy Theatre, doors at...
Land of Riches – Art.Downtown. and beyond
by (markrumsey)
Submitted 03-22-2010 under NEWS
The Grand Rapids Public Museum has partnered with Paul Amenta, originator and former director of Activesite to bring a new vision to the former Public Museum site at 54 Jefferson. The building, having stood vacant for well over a decade, will once...
Google is Good for Grand Rapids & Grand Rapids is Good for Google
by (Suzanna LaCroix)
Submitted 03-22-2010 under NEWS
Families, business people, college students, politicians, unemployed workers, company owners, educators and high school students came out Friday, March 19 to Calder Plaza to support the nomination of Grand Rapids as a test city for Google Fiber....
Art.Downtown.2.0
by (markrumsey)
Submitted 03-20-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Over three hundred artists, twenty five venues, two trolleys and one big heaping dollop of fun on Friday April 16th from 6 to 11pm. Now in its eight year, and the second under the Art.Downtown. moniker, the event continues to expand and...
100 Holes Golf Challenge to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 03-17-2010 under NONPROFITS
USE YOUR CLUBS TO SUPPORT OURS! Have you ever dreamed of spending an entire day playing golf? Do you think you can play 100 holes in a day? Come help be a part of this fundraiser for Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids...
Photographer's Work Calms Minds of Cancer Patients, Families
by (Roberta F. King)
Submitted 03-16-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Wandering the halls of a hospital can be a lonely walk. Patients and families are in unfamiliar territory, corridors might seem to be a maze and for those spending multiple days in the same space there is little to divert the mind from the often...Flying Without Wingz mixes up a masterpiece
by (Michael Tuffelmire)
Submitted 03-16-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Last Wednesday I went to a great hip hop concert at The Intersection (133 Grandville SW). The Show featured two headline acts 88Keys and the Kidz in the Hall. Before the Headline act was a group that has been previously featured in the Rapidian...
What's YOUR Art? People in GR Tell All.
by (Roberta F. King)
Submitted 03-12-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
To launch its new arts portal Web site, the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids hosted an arts sampler party on March 11. The open-to-all event at the McKay Tower downtown, featured short performances and/or presentations by Opera Grand Rapids,...
2010 Census Be Counted campaign makes its way to Boys & Girls Club
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 03-08-2010 under NONPROFITS
Warm weather means spring is upon us, which also means April is creeping up rather quickly. Everyone knows that very special tax season deadline that falls in April, but this year another date should be marked on the calendar, the 2010 Census Day on...