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Victoria Mullen

Victoria Mullen's Latest Articles

Do Good: Access Pantry seeks 1,000 volunteers to fill cupboards this fall

Though hunger is a year-round issue, Access Pantry is hoping many hands will make light work as they try to fill food pantry cupboards across the county this fall. Do Good editor Victoria Mullen reports on how you can pitch in during Access Pantry's annual county-wide food drive Oct. 6 through 12.

Open house at the DRCWM
Pat Perry takes line drawing to new levels.
Pat Perry: Art by Experience

Pat Perry's art bridges two often-different worlds. His commercial work lives in one world, created for such clients as Ogilvy & Mather, The New York Times, Altamont Apparel, Fearless Records, and Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. In the other world lives his socially aware and just-for-fun art. Sometimes, it's hard to tell the worlds apart.

Lori Slager of the Creative Youth Center
Dreams Come True and Grades Improve at the Creative Youth Center

Story-writing workshops. Screenwriting workshops. Journalism classes. These are just a few of the things the Creative Youth Center does to enrich at-risk kids’ lives. Now in new digs, CYC plans to expand its offerings.

With a Sustainable Community Food System, the Circle is Complete

There's a new kid in town. And he’s cultivating a locally based, self-reliant food economy so that all of us have access to an adequate, affordable, nutritious diet.

Harbinger Leather Design Heralds Great Goods to Come

Jake Vroon strives for a self-sustaining, homesteading lifestyle. His newly launched business, Harbinger Leather Design, brings him one step further to his goal.

One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Compost

New Soil helps local businesses go green by composting organic waste -- and not just food. Restaurants are the obvious customers of New Soil’s services, but expand your mind for a moment and think: law offices, architects, hair salons, department stores... the list goes on.

Integrated Plantscapes: A Down-to-Earth Company Always on the Grow

Chances are you’ve seen the DeVecht team’s work. They’re responsible for prizewinning plantscape installations in corporate and medical settings, as well as the Arid Garden, Lena Meijer Conservatory, and the Victorian Garden at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park.

Sinuous Guitars: Strumming the Songs of Sweet Success

Greg Opatik wasn’t out to light the world on fire. All he wanted was a solid body electric guitar with a shape that made sense. Be prepared for sexy.

Fubble Entertainment Captivates Audiences

Back from LA for only a week, Teresa Thome and Patrick Ziegler won an Eclipse award for their web series, Backstage Drama. They’ve been asked to be judges for the daytime Emmy Awards in LA. What is the secret to their success?

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