Category Archives: Performance & Dance

The Amazing Grand Rapids American Pie Lip Dub by Rob Bliss

May 27, 2011 – 2:14 pm

I don’t know what else you can say but bravo? Produced by Rob Bliss, this is the best 10 minutes you’ll spend online today I expect. You might also enjoy The Making of the Grand Rapids Lip Dub by Michigan Radio. UPDATE: Roger Ebert posts simply “The greatest music video ever made” Rob writes: “The [...]

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Listen, Play & Learn at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend

May 19, 2011 – 7:52 am

The 23rd annual  Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend is a chance to learn to play drum, fiddle, banjo, blues or swing guitar, train your toes to clog, salsa or tap (or your belly to dance), polish your singing or dance calling skills,  enjoy concerts and performances, explore the arts though rug weaving, carving or painting, discover [...]

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Celebrating 100 Years at the Wealthy Theatre

May 3, 2011 – 7:46 am

The Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids turns 100 this year. Located at 1130 Wealthy Street, the theater was constructed in 1911 for vaudeville and live theater, later becoming a neighborhood movie house. During World War I, the Wealthy served as a warehouse for the Michigan Aircraft Company and in the 1960s is was the only [...]

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5×5 Night in Grand Rapids

April 25, 2011 – 8:58 am

5 ideas, 5 minutes each, 5 slides each, 5 judges, 5,000 dollars 5×5 Night is a monthly event in Grand Rapids that allows 5 people to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges who decide how to award $5,000 on the last Tuesday night of every month. The third 5×5 happens tomorrow night at [...]

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ArtPrize Artist registration opens … and a great video!

April 18, 2011 – 7:12 am

ArtPrize – Vision by David Spriggs by Canon Screwdriver (gary syrba) ArtPrize (Sep 21 – Oct 9, 2011) is a radically different art competition that gives away huge cash prizes, $250,000 to the winner and nearly a half a million dollars total and it’s all decided by a public vote! Venue registration has closed and [...]

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Michigan Radio: The Cost of Creativity

February 1, 2011 – 10:38 am

Michigan Radio has a great radio documentary titled The Cost of Creativity that I really hope you get a chance to check out. They note  that while Michigan was funding arts & culture at a level of $26 million dollars a year through a combination of state taxes and federal money a decade ago, it’s [...]

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The Water Semester at University of Michigan

January 18, 2011 – 9:18 am

“Water is the most critical resource issue of our lifetime and our children’s lifetime. The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land.” ~ Luna Leopold Huron River by Ann279 Our friends over at the Great Lakes Echo tipped us off to an interesting thing that the University [...]

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ArtPrize Happenings: Concerts, Presentations & Parties

September 23, 2010 – 9:23 am

Absolute Michigan will be on location at ArtPrize and bringing you regular updates In addition to seeing all the art at the venues around the city, ArtPrize 2010 features numerous happenings all over the city. Before we get into that, however, here’s a great Opening Montage by filmmaker Brian Kelly that we came across this [...]

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Grand Rapids gets ready for ArtPrize 2010

August 26, 2010 – 8:47 am

via Michigan in Pictures… Face Paint by TerryJohnston Last year ArtPrize in Grand Rapids launched and was the most successful art event in Michigan’s history, attracting 200,000 visitors to see the work of over 1000 artists in every media from fine art to paper airplanes. In 2009, Absolute Michigan was on location for ArtPrize and [...]

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Traverse City Wine & Art Festival ~ August 21, 2010

August 11, 2010 – 10:36 am

In August, Absolute Michigan is featuring all kinds of Michigan wine stories and events – we’ll be giving away (or pointing to giveaways) from Michigan wine events and in general trying to everything we can to promote Michigan’s great wines and wine touring opportunities. Special Giveaway Alert! As a sponsor of the 2010 Traverse City [...]

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