Cultural Features
J. Bennett Rylah
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Teri O'Driscoll did a little multitasking when she suggested that her school's Parent Teacher Student Association sponsor a market where artists using recycled materials could sell their wares. The result: raise money for City High, teach kids to be mindful of the environment and support local artists.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
G-Sync's Tommy Allen may have discovered something cool about the evolution of our future selves that even Darwin may not have seen coming for those who love to play on the 'net. Are you ready to leap to 3.0 yet?
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Matthew Gryczan
Thursday, October 08, 2009
ActiveSite partner Todd Ernst thinks the us-and-them mentality between local artists and the fire department has given way to a we-together approach -- gelling just in time for ArtPrize.
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G.F. Korreck
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
East Hills activitst Carol Moore says many people don't see the most effective way for them to support the green movement, even though it's staring them right in the face. Care for the trees, she beckons.
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Ruth Terry
Thursday, October 01, 2009
This 80-foot-long mural gracing the side of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation headquarters will remain when ArtPrize 2009 ends next week, one of several artworks that have permanently changed the Grand Rapids cityscape. Lasting marks of ArtPrize abound in the city.
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Juliet Bennett Rylah and Matthew Gryczan
Thursday, September 24, 2009
It's like Halloween, Christmas and New Year's, all rolled up into the 17-day party marathon of ArtPrize. What to wear, say and go to during city's over-the-top arts event.
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Mary Radigan
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Mary Radigan and her husband, Mike Hale, head into the Patterson Ice Center as movie extras in the film "The Genesis Code," which wound up its shooting in metro Grand Rapdis last week. Find out what life is like as a fledgling star in a Hollywood movie.
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Mary Radigan
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Grab your pen and notebook, sling the camera over your shoulder and head out to cover news as a reporter for The Rapidian, the city's newest online publication. Or use your digital recorder or video camera: it publishes audio and video too. Local news never had it so good.
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Matt Vande Bunte
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Take a step back in time to the 18th century at Guarneri House in Grand Rapids, where master craftsmen construct and repair some of the finest stringed instruments and bows in the world.
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Amy Ruis
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Even though its the second largest population center in Michigan, metro Grand Rapids is surrounding by farms that grow everything from blueberries to turkeys. So it only stands to reason that the city folk would blog about what the country folk do.
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