Category Archives: Organizations

Michigan’s State of the State 2009

February 3, 2009 – 11:24 am

Untitled by susiej35 The Detroit News takes a look at what Governor Granholm is likely to propose in tonight’s State of the State address to address Michigan’s $1.6 billion deficit. It’s not pretty: Gov. Jennifer Granholm wants to eliminate the 160-year-old Michigan State Fair, slash elected officials’ pay by 10 percent and slim down state [...]

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Creative Cities: an ecology of hope

October 13, 2008 – 4:24 pm

Hope This is the Fountain of Youth by Cherie S. I came to Detroit for the Creative Cities Summit unprepared, frankly, for the scale of the challenge that Michigan’s largest city is facing. As we toured sights selected to offer hope this morning, I found myself rendered nearly hopeless by incredible magnitude of the challenge [...]

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The Week for September 15-21, 2008

September 15, 2008 – 5:52 pm

Rain or Shine (since 1922) by paulh192 Welcome to a special Monday evening edition of The Week on Absolute Michigan. While the stock market falls, folks on Mackinac Island are getting ready for the Festival of the Falling Leaves Moon (Sep 18-20) which celebrates the time of year when the trees were told to stay [...]

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Dig Michigan: Kalamazoo Region

August 13, 2008 – 1:36 pm

Situated approximately half way between Detroit and Chicago and home to Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo is the second of Michigan’s regions that we are exploring this month. Our goal with this series of articles is to give you a little taste of some great vacation opportunities that are probably less than a tank of gas [...]

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Introducing the Absolute Michigan Calendar

July 29, 2008 – 11:48 am

Burst by SNWEB.ORG Photography This morning we’re excited to unveil our Michigan Event Calendar. It uses Google Calendar technology – which means you can take it with you on your phone or to your Outlook. We’ve also got a list of other calendars you can check for even more things to do. We’re still of [...]

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Detroit’s UFO Factory via Model D

July 9, 2008 – 8:21 am

Untitled by jenny murray I hope that readers of Absolute Michigan regularly tune into Model D and its other regional publications Metromode (SE Michigan), Rapid Growth (Grand Rapids), Capital Gains (Lansing) and the latest Concentrate (Ann Arbor). They’re really excellent publications that are chronicling the rebirth and re-invention of Michigan in a way that few [...]

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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 [...]

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Jamie-Sue Seal presents the Un-Valentine’s Roadshow

February 4, 2008 – 9:34 am

The Jammin Round with Jamie-Sue series is the creation of singer-songwriter Jamie-Sue Seal, who brings national, regional acts to Lansing and also takes the show around the state with her Roadshows. In this season of love, she’ll do it again with the Un-Valentine’s Roadshow: Songs & Tales Of Unforgiveness, Heartbreak, Dysfunction & Revenge at 4 [...]

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Hip Hop Icons featured in Detroit exhibit

February 1, 2008 – 9:17 am

The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) will host an exhibition of portraits by Russian-born American painter Alexander Melamid in Holy Hip-Hop! New Paintings by Alex Melamid. The life-size portraits of twelve icons of hip-hop culture capture the larger than life personas embodied by these men, who are among the wealthiest and most influential individuals [...]

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