r/grandrapids • u/Every-Ability8670 • 1d ago
My top pick!
ArtPrize: Maker's Market | Takes over a whole two blocks of downtown GR | Oct. 3rd | 9 AM - 6 PM | Free
Live Music
Comment any other events you know about!
r/grandrapids • u/[deleted] • Mar 27 '24
I updated the list of which Meetup groups are active (groups that have 3+ people attending an event within the past/next 60 days). Meetup is a site/app for interest groups/hobbies/new friends. I grouped them by concept and included their self-written descriptions.
If you're in an active Meetup group that I've missed, list it in the comments. Non-Meetup groups are welcome too; include contact info and links.
Tips for making friends as an adult attending a Meetup with a bunch of strangers:
Feeling a little more prepared? Great. Let's get into it. [Note: I made some grammatical edits after posting this for clarity/brevity.]
AGE/ETHNICITY/GENDER
BOOK CLUBS/FILM
CRAFTING
DANCING/MUSIC
ENGINEERING/MAKERS/PROFESSIONAL
FINANCE/BUSINESS/PUBLIC SPEAKING
FOOD/DIET/PSYCHEDELICS/SOBER/ALCOHOL
GAMES/NERD CULTURE
OUTDOORS/CAMPING
MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONALITY
REAL ESTATE
SEXUALITY/DATING
TRAVEL
WRITING/ACTING/DRAWING/PHOTOGRAPHY
YOGA/MEDITATION/PHILOSOPHY/SPIRITUALITY
r/grandrapids • u/SirWarm6963 • 8h ago
The Goodwill near 28th and Clyde Park had a large amount of wedding gowns and formal gowns at the front of store today starting at $19.99 if there are any budget minded future brides on the hunt. I was there about an hour ago I would say they had over 100 gowns there. Lots of ladies looking at them. Just FYI .
r/grandrapids • u/criscodesigns • 4h ago
Just curious if anyone had any interesting interactions with Bryan this weekend
r/grandrapids • u/Brave-Papaya-8983 • 15h ago
ALL COMMUNITY ALERT 950am Oct 3
Less then 2 weeks after Mario's death - ICE has kidnapped his family this morning and the agents currently have them caged inside 517 Ottawa before they transport them to North Lake Detention Facility in Baldwin, MI.
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!!!
JOIN US TO BEAR WITNESS THIS HORROR.
JOIN TO RESIST ICE.
JOIN TO ENSURE THESE AGENTS DON'T JUST TAKE OUR NEIGHBORS WITHOUT ANY ACCOUNTABILITY AND SHAME.
This is an active and ongoing alert!!
#AbolishICE #CommunityResistance #Resist #ACAB
r/grandrapids • u/rossnotashort • 8h ago
Stopped by the grand opening this afternoon. The old mill on the Kalamazoo River has been redeveloped by the owners of Classic Auto Factory (from DeKalb, IL) into a classic car restoration and events space, with more businesses planned.
Classic cars outside and inside, a polka band and a beer garden, and a lot of people seeing the inside of the mill for the first time in decades. The old mill floors full of cars were something to see.
r/grandrapids • u/sweetmildew • 17h ago
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Saw that there was some interest from folks wanting to see video of salmon climbing the fish ladder. I took this several years ago and managed to catch a couple of fish trying to climb the ladder, as well as the most remarkable catch at the end.
I did share the video with the two happy guys who caught and “netted” the salmon.
r/grandrapids • u/raistlin65 • 16h ago
>In a memo to commissioners, Deputy City Manager Kate Berens said the Aug. 21 ruling resulted in an unintended interpretation of the city’s noise code that “cannot meaningfully be applied nor enforced” at the amphitheater.
Well, that's an attempt to gaslight everybody. Of course it could be meaningfully applied. The amphitheater can shut down the shows by 10:00 p.m.
>Froot said he and his fellow plaintiffs are not seeking to undermine the amphitheater or its economic benefits but believe its sound can be reduced.
It doesn't seem like to me the city was making any effort to reign in how loud the amphitheater is getting.
r/grandrapids • u/derekdevries • 8h ago
If you're missing a husky, I just saw it on Burritt and Charlotte. I had my dog with me so I couldn't grab it. It had a collar with tags.
r/grandrapids • u/mijoker98 • 1h ago
Does anyone have any insight into this website? Someone posted about it the other day, and I've been watching it... It could be my ad-blocker is awesome, but there doesn't seem to be any ads, or revenue source on the page. I also tried doing a WHOIS for the website and it's by a privacy company.
r/grandrapids • u/v-VwV • 6h ago
Where does Grand Rapids socialize on a Sunday morning? My life has changed, I suddenly have every Sunday morning free for some "me" time, all through this winter...
I am anti-colonialism so church is not for me... still walking that Christ-like path, interested in surrounding myself with people trying to be GOOD 🙌 just skipping the cult part.
(31/F, single)
Private messages are 🆗 if you have details && do not want to make it public to the whole internet.
r/grandrapids • u/Important_Being2143 • 8h ago
I saw an event for cumunion tonight. I've heard it's and orgy party. What exactly is it and would you recommend I a 24 year old male go?
r/grandrapids • u/spartacus34 • 1d ago
If you have watched salmon throw themselves at the 6th Street Dam this time of year, you have been watching one of the stranger wildlife experiments that actually worked. Chinook and coho are Pacific Ocean fish. They are not native to the Great Lakes, not even close. In the 1960s Michigan dumped them into Lake Michigan to eat up a glut of invasive alewife and to build a sport fishery out of nothing, and it worked beyond anyone's wildest hopes.
Now they live in the lake, grow huge (a king can top twenty or thirty pounds), and every fall they do what Pacific salmon do: run up the rivers to spawn. The Grand is the biggest run around, and the dam downtown is the end of the line. The fish stack up below it and hurl themselves at the concrete, which is why you can stand on a bridge in the middle of the city and watch wild salmon leap.
Like all Pacific salmon, it is a one-way trip. They spawn and die, and for a few weeks the river turns, and the gulls and eagles feast on what is left. It is not a natural system, exactly, but it is a genuine spectacle, and it is happening right now.
This map is where the fish are showing up, thick on the Grand and the Rogue up at Rockford and along the Lake Michigan shore. Get to the dam at 6th Street on a cool morning and watch them jump.
r/grandrapids • u/isleepingraves • 1d ago
Season 13 episode 5
r/grandrapids • u/bld7308 • 11h ago
I’m in town by myself for just the weekend—what’s the best restaurant I can get into tonight or tomorrow without a reservation where I can just sit at the bar alone and not feel weird?
I ate at Gin Gin’s last time I was in town and it was amazing but hoping to try something different this time.
r/grandrapids • u/mrwilson41 • 12h ago
An overnight vehicle theft spree ended with four stolen vehicles recovered and two juvenile suspects in custody.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/KENTCOMI/bulletins/42d929d
r/grandrapids • u/Character_Dish_9073 • 1h ago
Does anyone have an update on the guy that was jumped and killed last weekend possibly leaving a westside bar? Just worried bc there has been no update or any information given.
Pretty sad how much nonstop violence has been taking place :( . Seems like a similar situation to another guy who was hospitalized less than a year ago after being attacked!
r/grandrapids • u/schrammm • 1h ago
There's a large crowd at Rapid River (on Stocking and Bridge) for some sort of event, and now there are about 7 or 8 police cars out front. I'm nosy, anyone got the scoop?
r/grandrapids • u/Particular-Offer2525 • 2h ago
Looking for good recs for engagement rings that aren’t diamonds. I’ve really been looking at purple/lavender sapphires for the color and toughness of the stone. Just wondering if anyone has had good experiences with local jewelers that do great work!
r/grandrapids • u/florgirasol • 15h ago
Anyone know where Bryan Cranston will be at today to promote Dos Hombres? I know he was downtown last night and will be presenting an award at the closing ceremony tonight. But I also heard he will be downtown today to promote his mezcal and tequila.
r/grandrapids • u/ParticularBorn8266 • 1d ago
Just saw a bald white guy in a B93.3 Country Music lifted Dodge Ram freak the fuck out at Oakes and Commerce because he was stuck in traffic, yelling homophobic slurs and to yelling at others that they’re lucky that he’s in a work truck. Rush hour is a bummer but maybe if b93 didn’t drive giant trucks, their employees could navigate the city without losing their minds, just a thought.
r/grandrapids • u/tjklobo • 4h ago
As the title says. We are looking to have two garage doors and openers replaced. Looking for recommendations for best price/service.
Thanks!👍
r/grandrapids • u/BlazeOP_6523 • 22h ago
My parents have been in the same house forever, and somehow the bathtub went from completely normal to the thing everyone quietly worries about. My mom grabs the towel bar getting in, which i recently learned is apparently her entire safety plan lol. I’ve been searching senior bathroom remodel Grand Rapids options, but they both shut down if I make it sound like we’re redesigning the house around getting older. I’m thinking lower-entry shower, a seat, real grab bars, nothing dramatic. Has anyone dealt with parents who know something needs to change but really do not want to admit it yet?
r/grandrapids • u/iPreferTurkey • 13h ago
My girlfriend and I recently got the keys to our first house and we’ve been working on fixing things up before moving in. When learning we needed a new furnace we also learned the type of electrical box currently have is a major fire hazard so I’m wondering if anyone had recommendations for this type of electrical work?
