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Posted: 12 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Calvin College, January Series
Calvin College's January Series will be held January 4-24 this year, with weekday presentations starting at 12:30 in the...
Posted: 12 years 23 weeks
Fred Meijer (December 7, 1919 – November 25, 2011) was an innovative businessman willing to take risks that changed the way people shop in Grand...
Posted: 12 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Cook Arts Center, Devos Hall, GAAH, GAAH Press Club, Grand Rapids Ballet Company, GRCYC, The Nutcracker
Posted: 12 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Community, LINC, Local News, Neighborhood news bureau, revitalization, Southtown
The LINC News Bureau is a project of The Rapidian and LINC designed to bring news to the people of Grand Rapids through the eyes and ears of their fellow citizens. Through training, equipment and...
Posted: 12 years 24 weeks
Tagged: Annex, ArtPeers, ballet, dance, DITA, Grand Rapids, indie, Local, Modern Dance, music, performance, trip the light, Wealthy Theatre
In 2012, DITA's seminal event "Trip The Light" will add a second night and be bigger than ever. Currently we're accepting submissions of music from bands and musicians interested...
Posted: 12 years 24 weeks
Tagged: Christmas Trees, city parks, Grand Rapids, tree disposal, tree removal
This year the city of Grand Rapids will again offer a variety of options for the disposing of used Christmas trees. According to a press release from James Hurt with the Public Services department...
Posted: 12 years 24 weeks
Tagged: CBS Outdoor, Equality, Grand Rapids Press, lgbt, Until Love is Equal
Since June 2011, we have attempted to present helpful and hopefully useful information for...
Posted: 12 years 24 weeks
Tagged: Catalyst Radio, Chelsea Laforge, citizen journalist, city government, conversation, facebook, Holly Bechiri, hyper local, Linda Gellasch, reporters, The Rapidian, year in review
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure....
Posted: 12 years 24 weeks
Tagged: bilingual, Neighborhood news bureau, new perspectives, news bureau, The Rapidian, The Rapidian staff, voices, youth reporters
As we ring in the New Year here at The Rapidian, we’re taking time to look back, but we're also busy planning for 2012. We just...
Posted: 12 years 24 weeks
Tagged: beats, Community, food, hyperlocal, internships, Local, music, politics, Writers
We're always looking for creative ways to give our readers more information about the city of Grand Rapids. We are also know we have quite a lot of reporters that have strong, passionate...
Posted: 12 years 24 weeks
Tagged: 2011, from the staff, staff editorial, top 2011, top ten
What were your favorite stories on The Rapidian over the past year? I asked our team that very question. Below I'm revealing what they came up with-would you have come up with the same list?...
Posted: 12 years 24 weeks
Tagged: adoption, art, Downtown, foster care, heartside, homelessness, Hope, native american, ottawa tribe
Our featured artist for January is Kathy Sam.
Here's a little bit about Kathy, in her own words:
"My name is Kathy Sam, and I was born in Manistee...
Posted: 12 years 24 weeks
The Kent County Health Department released a statement earlier today regarding a 51-year-old man from Comstock Park claiming to...
Posted: 12 years 24 weeks
Tagged: concert, music, new years eve, performance, the starlight six, Tom Petty, wealhy theatre, Wildflowers
The Starlight Six welcomes the new year with their return to the Wealthy...
Posted: 12 years 25 weeks
Tagged: fight, woodland mall
Mall security closed down Woodland Mall Monday evening after a large scale fight broke out at around 6:30pm. The mall has mostly been evacuated, but as of 7:15pm, many mall employees remain locked...
Posted: 12 years 25 weeks
So you took the plunge: you signed up to be a reporter for The Rapidian!
Once you're a New Reporter, you'll have a mentor to help you along the way-all the way from coming up...
Posted: 12 years 25 weeks
Tagged: celebration, Christmas, cinema, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Public Museum, winter
Yes, we all know that the holidays are intended to be spent with family, friends and loved ones. Office parties, egg nog, twinkly lights, 24 hours of "A Christmas Story." These are all...
Posted: 12 years 25 weeks
Tagged: building, Community, construction, family, Habitat for Humanity, Neighborhood, neighbors, pay it forward
It started when a speck of shingle stone landed in Michael Bradley's eye. Bradley was volunteering as one of Union High School's Habitat builders. While Bill Moerdyk, a...
Posted: 12 years 25 weeks
Tagged: Burton Street SE, City Commision, DASH, Healthcare, Knapps Corner Redevelopment District, mayor, Mayor Heartwell, retirement, Rosa Parks Circle, Ruth Kelly, sewer
Large white fluffy snowflakes sprinkled the city streets as Mayor Heartwell and the Grand Rapids City Commission gathered for their last meeting of 2011 Tuesday night. The agenda was full of year-...
Posted: 12 years 25 weeks
Tagged: literacy, lunch, open house, tour
The Literacy Center of West Michigan will launch the Open Book Tours in January 2012. The...
Posted: 12 years 25 weeks
Tagged: airport, complete streets, dashboard, de-icing, funicular, jail, land bank, one kent, pdr, recycle, rock the rapids, transit, urban market
Sometimes looking back helps us look ahead. Here are some highlights in local government from 2011, seen from my perspective as a local elected official:
- Despite Kent County...
Posted: 12 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Actors' Theater, actors' theatre, Duncan Sheik, Musical, Musical Theater, Spring Awakening, Steven Sater, Tony Awards
Teen angst is timeless, and when done right can win a few Tony Awards (read: eight), as Spring Awakening, the rock musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, did in 2007. An adaptation of...
Posted: 12 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Community, conversation, Flickr, newsletter, photos, Rapidian, training
Since the beginning of The Rapidian's life over two years ago, we've been sending out a weekly digest that provided you with a complete list of the last week's stories. However, we...
Posted: 12 years 26 weeks
Tagged: city commission, Grand Rapids
On Tuesday, December 20th the Grand Rapids City Commission will meet for its bimonthly meeting. On the...
Posted: 12 years 26 weeks
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization can earn a $350 donation from the Fifth Third River Bank Run by providing a minimum of 35 volunteers as volunteer support on Saturday, May 12. Corporate teams...
Posted: 12 years 26 weeks
Tagged: Amnesty International, Catalyst Radio, human rights, James Quatrine, journalists, Write For Rights, Write-a-thon
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure....
Posted: 12 years 26 weeks
Tagged: bureau, Creston, Creston Neighborhood Association, crestongr, Local News, Neighborhood news bureau, youth
The Creston Neighborhood Association (CNA) is partnering with The Rapidian to host its very own Neighborhood News Bureau. The focus of the news bureau will...
Posted: 12 years 26 weeks
Tagged: comedy, Dog Story Theater, Don't We Boys
Joe Anderson, Dave Lyzenga, and Matt Sterenberg are the kind of guys you want to hang out with. They’re quick wits, don’t take themselves too seriously, and despite their ambiguous...