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What's on Tap: July 3-9

Submitted 07-03-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

Brewery Vivant Farm Hand, French Farmhouse Ale Triomphe, Belgian IPA Big Red Coq, Red Belgo-American IPA Solitude, Belgian style Abbey ale Undertaker, Belgian style dark ale Wit, Belgian wit  FLY2COQ - Vivant Edition, Belgian inspired...

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What's on Tap: June 26-29

Submitted 06-26-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

B.O.B.'s Brewery Hopsun, Belgian summer whit Full On IPA, India pale ale Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout Crimson King, amber ale Blondie, golden ale Bobinator, German bock Spooky Action, way beyond IPA AHA Bread Beer, belgian saison...

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What's on Tap: June 19-22

Submitted 06-18-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

B.O.B.'s Brewery Hopsun, Belgian summer whit Full On IPA, India pale ale Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout Crimson King, amber ale Blondie, golden ale Bobinator, German bock Spooky Action, way beyond IPA AHA Bread Beer, belgian saison...

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Red Cross Tornado App keeps GR residents ready for storm season

Submitted 05-16-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

It's finally spring in West Michigan, that means storm season. After a dramatic and neverending winter, barometric pressures in the Midwest have been sporatic since the thaw, and tornadoes have already touched down this spring across most of our...

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What's On Tap: May 1-6

Submitted 05-01-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

B.O.B.'s Brewery Hopsun, Belgian summer whit Full On IPA, India pale ale Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout Crimson King, amber ale Blondie, golden ale Bobinator, German bock Spooky Action, way beyond IPA Brewery Vivant Farm Hand, French...

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Stockbridge Boiler Room works to bring community together with Love Feast

Submitted 04-29-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

The Stockbridge Boiler Room has been hosting an event every Wednesday for five years called Love Feast. Love Feast is a meal made and participated collectively by people in the Grand Rapids community from all walks of life- from people in the...

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Custer to focus on building creativity on northwest side Habitat for Humanity house

Submitted 04-28-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

One of the great things about Grand Rapids is the community's investment in itself and its members. In a conversation I recently had with Todd Custer, Vice President of Sales-Architecture Products, Furniture and Technology at Custer, he...

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What's On Tap: April 17-23

Submitted 04-17-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

B.O.B.'s Brewery Platinum Blonde Afterglow Amber Full On IPA, India pale ale London Calling, porter Calgacus, Scotch ale Robert The Barrel, bourbon barrel ale Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout Hop Zeppelin Black IPA, Indian black ale Spooky...

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Storytellers spin tales for elementary classrooms, public events

Submitted 04-15-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

Every month, a group of enthusiastic individuals gathers in Grand Rapids to spin yarns and tell tall tales. Story Spinners of Grand Rapids share personal stories, fables, historical narratives, personal mementos and everything in between. They have...

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Mobile farmers market spreads access to locally grown food

Submitted 04-08-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

The Veggie Van, a mobile farmers market, is a year round program and the only one running in Grand Rapids. Their mission is to provide affordable produce in urban neighborhoods and to support local farmers.  "We buy from anywhere from five...

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