Category Archives: Museums & Collections

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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Michigan December Event Calendar

November 21, 2007 – 9:12 am

Below is a list of just a few Michigan festivals & events for the month of December. As usual, there's no way to get them all, so please add links and information for those we missed and reviews of ones we have here in the comments below!

home for the holidays by Where's Walden
November 20 - [...]

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Remembering the Great Storm of 1913

November 7, 2007 – 11:23 am

Pointe Aux Barques LightHouse built 1857 by TamedWolf
Anyone who has spent time in Michigan late in the fall has probably heard Gordon Lightfoot singing of the gales of November. The big blow that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald was far from the first (or deadliest). Wikipedia's entry on the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 says that [...]

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Fall Color Tours: Lansing - Grand Ledge - Hastings - Battle Creek - Eaton Rapids

October 17, 2007 – 9:06 am

Our next fall color tour from Travel Michigan, Lansing - Grand Ledge - Hastings - Battle Creek - Eaton Rapids, starts where the photo the the right (maplepath by Aunt Owwee) was taken: at the Fenner Nature Center in Lansing (once known as the Fenner Arboretum). The park is named after biologist Carl G. [...]

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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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Michigan October Event Calendar

September 19, 2007 – 9:45 am

Upper Tahquanemon Falls by JohnnyRR
A sampling of Michigan festivals & events for the month of October. As usual, there's no way we'll get them all, so please add links and information about those we've missed (or reviews of ones we have here) in the comments below.
October 6
The Red Flannel Festival - Cedar Springs
This will is [...]

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Ernie Harwell's plan for Tiger Stadium

August 16, 2007 – 8:20 am

Tiger Stadium 1987 vs. Toronto Blue Jays by 1ManWithACamera
I have apparently been hanging with Rip van Winkle, and so missed the news that Ernie Harwell has come forward with an 11th hour plan to save Tiger Stadium from demolition. Michigan Radio's Jack Lessenberry spoke with Ernie Harwell about his plans and just hearing Ernie talk [...]

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Berrien County, Michigan

June 12, 2007 – 8:52 am

Berrien County is located at the southwest corner of Michigan along the shores of Lake Michigan and shares a state border with Indiana. Read on for history and links!

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Rock Stars, Cars & Guitars at the Henry Ford

June 5, 2007 – 8:59 am

This summer the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn presents Rock Stars' Cars & Guitars (has loudish music, a very cool presentation!). It opens to the public on June 9 and continues through Sept 30, 2007. The exhibit includes legendary cars from rockers along with 30 guitars.
Featured cars & guitars include:

The 1999 "Kisscat" Plymouth Prowler (pictured [...]

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Michigan Week and 2007 Michigan Week Celebrations

May 16, 2007 – 7:45 am

Michigan State Capitol Post Card by Marxchivist
Michigan Week is an annual celebration that seeks to to embrace, explore and celebrate the history, resources and opportunities that set Michigan apart as an ideal state to work, play and thrive.
Recently retired Michigan Week director Jim Schultz wrote an article on Michigan Week (PDF) that tells how Michigan [...]

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