Film Fest Frenzy in metromode offered an excellent tour of Michigan’s film festival scene from niche fests like Hamtramck’s Planet Ant Film & Video Festival and the Mitten Movie Project all the way up to the premier Michigan film fests. Somehow they missed the East Lansing Film Festival. We can’t imagine how an Ann Arbor [...]
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Thanks Matt for passing this one along… inducement by powerbooktrance Yesterday the city of Grand Rapids announced the ArtPrize, a competition open to artists of all kinds from around the world that will award nearly one-half million dollars to prize winners, including $250,000 to the artist who receives the most public votes. The display and [...]
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March 19, 2009 – 10:48 am
tntdavid was on hand for the opening of the Assembly Line Concert that featured Motown artist and Detroit City Council member Martha Reeves and trumpeter Walter White… Welcome back to the Ross Sandelius Michigan Music Show. Yesterday Ross provided a photo for our Rothbury post and this morning he tipped me off to the 240-hour [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
January 22, 2008 – 9:57 am
Ben Folds by jaywestphotography Tickets are already sold out for Saturday night at The Ark’s Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival at the Hill Auditorium, but there are still a few remaining for Friday night (Jan 25) featuring headliner Ben Folds, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Shemekia Copeland, Trina Hamlin, Brian Vander Ark and others. Originally founded [...]
August 27, 2007 – 8:01 am
This photo of the Noguchi Fountain by Dave Hogg is one of a set of photos from the 2006 Detroit Jazzfest (slideshow). The Detroit International Jazz Festival is held every year on Labor Day weekend. With 6 stages, 100+ acts, it’s one of the premier free jazz festivals in the nation. They have a spectacular [...]
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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 [...]
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The Traverse City Film Festival opens tonight, and I thought it would be nice to feature the blog Absolute Michigan is hosting for them called (appropriately) the Traverse City Film Festival Blog. The TCFF wrote: To keep you up-to-date on the latest news and developments, we are launching the official TCFF blog today, packed full [...]
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April 20, 2007 – 12:01 pm
Bob Dylan – Oslo Spektrum 2007 by Ketil Blom The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports… Bob Dylan is the headliner for the 2007 Interlochen Arts Festival summer concert series, while just about every decade of rock since he helped change the world of music in the 1960s is represented. Other shows include Trace Adkins, Lyle Lovett [...]
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