Category Archives: Festivals, Attractions & Event Calendars

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Michigan

March 17, 2010 – 8:23 am

Happy to be Irish today by LindaB.
It's St. Patrick's Day in Michigan and events are happening all around the state. Wear some green today and enjoy some Irish fare in your hometown. If you know of any we missed or would like to add a related event, pub crawl, feast, party etc. please do so [...]

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Absolute Michigan onLocation: Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival

February 17, 2010 – 10:15 am

Absolute Michigan is going on location again, this time to the first ever Traverse City Comedy Fest! Here's the post from the Absolute Michigan onLocation blog - stay tuned for more!

Event dynamo Michael Moore has teamed up with comedian Jeff Garlin to launch the Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival. The inaugural comedy fest takes place [...]

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March Michigan Event Calendar

February 17, 2010 – 6:00 am

Approaching Spring by mayerdavid1978
Our Michigan event calendar for the month of March features all kinds of signs that spring is just around the corner with some cautious reminders that objects around the corner may be further off than they appear.
Quotes
"March is a tomboy with tousled hair, a mischievous smile, mud on her shoes
and a laugh [...]

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2010 Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Festival

February 15, 2010 – 11:40 am

The 5th Annual Winter Beer Festival will take place Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at the Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, just north of Grand Rapids. The Winter Festival is a unique opportunity to sample some of the best beers in the world, all brewed in Michigan. The organizers are expecting more than 35 Michigan [...]

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Backcountry Skiing and the Michigan Telemark Festival

February 9, 2010 – 7:52 am

Nick writes: Yes, it's true. You don't have to live in Utah to ski the deep stuff. Here's some nice tele turns in a couple of unknown locations in northern Michigan.
The skiers in the video above are using telemark skis, about which Wikipedia says:
Telemark skiing is a term used for skiing using the Telemark turn. [...]

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Celebrate Valentine's Day the Michigan Way

February 8, 2010 – 2:40 am

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius by Church of One
The day for lovers, sweethearts, paramours and chocoholics is drawing near. Like it, love it, or hate it, Valentine's Day has become an annual tradition. Such a tradition, that according to the Greeting Card Association, over one billion valentines will be given [...]

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Love & Wine in Northern Michigan

January 28, 2010 – 2:54 pm

Cabin fever taking hold? Well here are a couple of great reasons to embrace winter in northern Michigan. On Febraury 6 & 7 the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association presents "Taste the Passion ~ Wine, Chocolate & Love". The following weekend as part of the Cherry Capital Winter WonderFest is the "Traverse City Wine & [...]

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January 26th is Michigan's Birthday

January 26, 2010 – 9:30 am

Photo: Mighty Mac at 50 by smiles7
Today is Michigan's 173rd Birthday. The Kalamazoo Gazette wonders what you'd get Michigan for the occasion - jobs seems to be leading the way - and they have the Beatles singing their birthday song. Here's Seth Bernard and May Erlewine singing a song that's my birthday wish for this [...]

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February Michigan Event Calendar

January 21, 2010 – 7:18 am

Iron Works #2 - Cranbrook by MikeRyu
Our Michigan February Event Calendar shows that the more the weather tries to keep us holed up, the more ways we find to get out and have fun!! Of course, there's still many, many more and we invite you to fill us in on other February events in the [...]

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Michitwitter January 2010

January 12, 2010 – 1:33 pm

Read a good article or blog post about Michigan? See a cool picture or video? Listen to a great podcast? Attend a fun event or find a new web site?
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