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Wildflower Rescue in Michigan

April 17, 2008 – 10:19 am

Wildflowers by Leon Baker
In Michigan, the number of native plants being buried under bulldozers is decreasing, thanks to the efforts of the Cranbrook Wildflower Rescue Committee in southern Michigan and the Leland Wildflower Rescue in northern Michigan. The Cranbrook committee has been in operation for over 25 years, the Leland committee for over 15. [...]

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Absolute Michigan sponsor: ArtServe Michigan

March 17, 2008 – 7:47 am

We thought it might be a good idea for us to introduce some of the businesses and organizations that help to support what we do on Absolute Michigan, ask you to patronize them if you can and also to sponsor Absolute Michigan if you want!
ArtServe Michigan is a statewide arts and cultural advocacy organization [...]

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The 2008 East Lansing Film Festival

March 6, 2008 – 3:28 pm

The 11th annual East Lansing Film Festival (ELFF) takes place March 12-20, 2008. The ELFF the largest and most diverse film festival in Michigan and screens more than 100 independent and foreign feature, documentary, short and student films from around the world.
Lake Michigan Film Competition
One attraction is the Lake Michigan Film Competition, which offers cash [...]

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Michigan Restaurants: The Fleetwood Diner in Ann Arbor, Lansing & Kentwood

February 5, 2008 – 9:21 am

Fleetwood Mohawk by aTanguay
Food at the Fleetwood Diner is, as one might expect, no-frills, hot as blazes and delicately flavored with whatever else has been on the grill all day. This is a good thing. Come here for all manner of eggs, bacon, sausage, etc., burgers the way you want them, greasy fries, BLTs, tuna [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Casual & Family Restaurants, Food & Dining, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Michigan, Natural & Vegetarian Restaurants, The Michigan Pages | Comments (1)

Michigan Restaurants: Rosie's Diner in Rockford, Michigan

February 4, 2008 – 10:19 am

Rosie's Diner by bellzatk
All month on Absolute Michigan we'll be featuring Michigan restaurants. Week one is Diners & Hometown Favorites and the first of these is "the original queen of diners and the most famous diner in the world." Rosie's was featured in the Bounty paper towel commercials that starred Nancy Walker as Rosie the [...]

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Northwest Michigan Bookstores

January 14, 2008 – 10:13 am

We head north from Southwest Michigan to check out some of the bookstores around Northwest Michigan. As usual, we miss some great ones, but that's OK because you'll post comments and let us know about those we overlooked - at least that's how I wrote it in my head!

Posted in Articles, Books & Magazines, Books, Music & Video, Media, Michigan, NW, Shopping, The Michigan Pages, Traverse City | Comments (0)

2008 Detroit Auto Show

January 8, 2008 – 9:10 am

Welcome to a special edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan presenting the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, held January 19 - 27, 2008 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan.
We say Detroit Auto Show, you say..?
We're going to continue to call the 2008 North American International Auto Show the "Detroit Auto Show" [...]

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Michigan Ski Tour: Racing, Events & More

December 18, 2007 – 10:21 am

Welcome to the last day of our Michigan Ski Tour featuring downhill & cross country ski racing and some general ski links. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and that you get a chance to enjoy cruising on some great runs or trails this winter.

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Michigan Word of the Week: Skiing

December 3, 2007 – 9:02 am

Alpine Vally Ski Resort by 老六
Michigan is home to some of the best cross-country & downhill skiing and snowboarding in the Midwest. All month on Absolute Michigan, we'll be featuring all aspects of Michigan skiing with profiles of regions, resorts and trails along with a mountain of photos, video and information about the history and [...]

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Manoomin Project restores wild rice to UP … and that's just the beginning

November 13, 2007 – 7:12 am

Last year we ran a story on the Manoomin Project, a program in which at-risk teens restore wild rice to Michigan's Upper Peninsula with help from American Indian tribes. Click through to read a feature by Greg Peterson about this ground-breaking Michigan initiative that's now in its 4th year. You can also scroll to the [...]

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