Hello, Moto
We write a lot about bicycles in RGM, but Ruth Terry takes a look at motorcycling (and its safety) in her piece, Hello, Moto.
Ruth Terry's Latest Articles
Got Insurance?
From an unassuming office in a 28th Street strip mall, insurance agent Sarah Mayne helps everyone from college students to small business owners like herself navigate the increasingly turbulent waters of the American health care system.
Zen and the Art of Krav Maga
Ruth Terry tries Krav Maga, a tactical self-defense system invented in the 1930s by Imi Lichtenfeld, a Jewish Slovakian who sought a way for the Jewish people to defend themselves against Nazis. This effective combat technique is being taught in West Michigan today.
Modern Movement
Dancers with DITA practice for a performance scheduled tonight at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts that celebrates the blossoming of the art form in metro Grand Rapids. It's poetry in motion.
Caching In
Ryan Nelson sees a city with hidden loot lurking everywhere, and thanks to modern technology he can find it. Follow Nelson and other intrepid adventurers as they seek out buried treasure -- usually right under someone else's nose.
Flying the Frugal Skies
Rapid Growth's Ruth Terry takes us on a journey of cut-rate travel on Allegiant Airlines, the budget carrier that flies to warmer destinations from the Gerald R. Ford International Airport. Here's some tips on keeping the low cost from creeping up.
Seeing the Big Picture
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.
Art Without Borders
The world of Hugo Claudin consists of luchadores -- Mexican wrestlers -- captured on canvas in vivid colors, but it also has a more contemplative side
The Affordable Gift
The final installment of Rapid Growth's guide to shopping local and sustainable this holiday season. This week: How to watch out for your bottom line.
The Art of the Gift
Give the gift of art. Local art. From local artists. Part 2 or our three-part series on how to go green and local this holiday season.
