Author Archives: Jules

Jules is the Associate Editor of AbsoluteMichigan. A life-long Michiganian, Jules would love you to send any ideas her way at jules@absolutemichigan.com.

February is National Cherry Month!

Michigan Cherries by jdurchen Did you know that Michigan is the largest producer of Montmorency tart cherries, growing 70-75% of the crop? February is National Cherry Month, and the Cherry Marketing Institute (link below) has bushels of info about the history and present state of the cherry industry including growing research showing that antioxidants in tart [...]

Michigan’s Weekend Wintery Blast

Simplicity by ojoyous1 Just as Michigan was starting to warm up and the snow was starting to melt, Mother Nature came in with a wallop this past weekend. From Monroe to Ishpeming, motorists found themselves stranded, school kids had yet another snow day, utility workers found themselves putting in overtime, and the snowplows were out [...]

Absolute Michigan Exclusive: Excerpt from ‘Everyday Leadership’ by Dan Mulhern

There’s so much more to being a great leader than simply just leading, as we learn from Michigan’s First Gentleman, Dan Mulhern. His new book, Everyday Leadership: Getting Results in Business, Politics, and Life, hits the shelves of your local book store on March 1st. Dan offers business leaders, politicians, teachers, ministers and especially parents, [...]

Michigan’s First Gentleman, Dan Mulhern

Ever wonder exactly what a First Gentleman is? Best to go to the source, our own Daniel G. Mulhern, Michigan’s own First Gentleman: Share this:

Tap Some Michigan Fun with the Winter Beer Festival

Winter Beer Festival Mock Winter. Celebrate Beer! The Michigan Brewers Guild is holding their second annual Michigan Winter Beer Festival, an outdoor celebration of barrel-aged, cask and big beers from Michigan’s craft brewers on the streets of Old Town this Saturday, February 24th from noon to 5 PM. It’s a chance to sample over 150 [...]

Black History Month: Discover Detroit’s Important Role

Mask by pinehurst19475 As we continue to celebrate Black History Month in Michigan, it wouldn’t be fitting for us to unravel the past without a trip to the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. The museum’s main exhibit, And We Still Rise!, is all about the significant role that Detroit played [...]

East Lansing Children’s Film Festival

Autumn toss by paulhitz If you’re in the Mid-Michigan area Feb. 23rd -March 1st, be sure to check out the East Lansing Children’s Film Festival. The Festival which is now in its 10th year will be showing over 100 films from 19 different countries. You will see various filmmaking techniques such as: stop-motion, claymation, scratch [...]

Will Ferrell Needs A Few Good Michigan Cars

BuickElectra 225 by upthedubs1 Hollywood stars Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson will be filming a new movie in Michigan in the coming months, and they are hoping for some Michigan classic car owners to step forward and help out. The film, Semi-Pro, is due to be shot in parts of Detroit and Flint in late [...]

Governor Granholm takes Your Calls

Granholm Convention ’06 by C.A. Carrigan Real Archive and MP3 download (28 MB). Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm took telephone calls from across the state in a live call-in show airing on Michigan Public Radio Network (MPRN) stations. MPRN’s Rick Pluta is the host. The program was an open call-in format, with the governor fielding [...]

First Look at Michigan’s New State Budget

Hot off the presses in Lansing, and as promised in Tuesday’s State of the State Address, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm has released her 2007 Michigan Budget. As expected the Budget offers many cuts to various state agencies, and also implements …an aggressive, one-time economic stimulus package to further diversify our economy, create new jobs, and [...]