Category Archives: Artists & Galleries

Michigan Books: One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge

January 16, 2008 – 8:38 am

One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge (Hyperion Books for Children) is the story of Judge's mother and grandmother, set during World War II in Pinckney. The book is illustrated with a combination of paintings, collages of original photographs, and foot tracings. Foot tracings? From the publisher's page on [...]

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#26,000: Alley by jpwbee

January 16, 2008 – 7:32 am

The 26,000th photo added to the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr!
jpwbee writes: My favorite alley. The mural is so unexpected and so good.

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Michigan Books: Connecting the Dots: Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project

January 4, 2008 – 9:02 am

Connecting the Dots: Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project from Wayne State University Press features the remarkable story of an artist's quest to transform his urban neighborhood. Through essays from a variety of contributors , the book explores both the beginning of Tyree Guyton's journey as an artist and his impact on his Heidelberg Street neighborhood in [...]

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Shop Michigan: Your Downtown

December 20, 2007 – 8:54 am

Old Downtown by cmu chem prof
Of course Absolute Michigan is all about buying what gifts you can through the web sites of Michigan's shops, stores and manufacturers. However, as the clock ticks down, shipping times mean you're probably going to have to finish up offline.
Our Michigan shopping section can help there too with hundreds of [...]

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Five Things you need to know for Tuesday, December 4, 2007

December 4, 2007 – 10:18 am

Welcome to the "Big Tuesday" edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan (sequel to our critically acclaimed Big Wednesday edition). For us, some big news was the fact that the Nick of Time Gang in Lansing managed to replace the service tax with something a lot fairer and more sensible. AP writer [...]

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Photo Friday: Sparty & Bo Pumpkins by sage_82

November 2, 2007 – 9:05 am

To say that sage_82 (Mark Ratliff) is a master of the art of pumpkin carving is a huge understatement. His 2006 tribute to Michigan football legend Bo Schembechler and his 2007 Sparty are simply incredible.
Take a moment and check out some of the pumpkins he's carved (view the slideshow).

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Petoskey's C.S. Lewis Festival

October 24, 2007 – 9:27 am

Aslan by Michael Morris
The annual C. S. Lewis Festival is a month-long exploration of the life and works of C.S. Lewis held in Petoskey, MI. While Lewis is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, he was also a leading theological scholar whose works included Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters.
In an [...]

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Michigan November Event Calendar

October 22, 2007 – 9:48 am

Parade 2 by joojanta
Here's a few Michigan festivals & events for the month of November. As usual, there's no way to get them all, so please add links and information about the one's we've missed (or reviews of ones we have here) in the comments below.
October 26 - November 18
C.S.Lewis Festival - Petoskey
A four weekend [...]

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Five things you need to know for Tuesday, October 2, 2007

October 2, 2007 – 9:40 am

Between waiting for the shoes to drop from Lansing, trying to figure out if web site building is going to be taxed under the new service tax and buffing up Absolute Michigan, it's been a busy few days! Be sure to check out home page look and Word of the Week (if you have suggestions [...]

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Through the cracked glass of memory

September 24, 2007 – 10:23 am

We're happy to be able to share this gorgeous artwork created from a vintage slide from the construction of the Mackinac Bridge.

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