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Vote on Let’s Save Michigan Posters!

Hundreds of posters were submitted, and the 60 finalists in the Detroit Institute of Arts & Let’s Save Michigan Poster Contest have been posted online. Voting is underway, and it’s a great chance to see what some artists feel Michigan has going for it. Poster: Handmade Michigan by Joseph Cissel Share this:

Celebrate Fat Tuesday with paczki … then maybe The Twist

The Last Paczki by cseeman While groundhogs are a sign of spring’s approach around the country, the appearance of paczkis in grocery stores in Michigan lets you know that spring is not too far off. Our Fat Tuesday Paczki Day page on Absolute Michigan will load you up with 110% of the USRDA on these [...]

Absolute Michigan Radio: Doug Luciani of the Traverse City Chamber on Pure Michigan Funding

Pure Michigan funding is the topic of Michigan Senate Finance Committee today, and across the state, businesses and chambers of commerce are asking state lawmakers to permanently fund the popular campaign. In our first Absolute Michigan Radio feature co-sponsored by Traverse Legal, we talk with Traverse City Chamber of Commerce director Doug Luciani about Pure [...]

Tweet & Taste Michigan: Wines of Black Star Farms

Shannon Casey is the publisher of MichiganByTheBottle.com, a blog that features original content like tasting notes, articles, in-depth winery video features and weekly video podcasts, as well as links to news stories on Michigan wine from across the Web. The site’s purpose is to educate consumers on the state’s presence in the wine industry, expose [...]

Let’s Save Michigan poster contest

The AP reports that the Detroit Institute of Arts and Let’s Save Michigan are calling on people to create posters in the fashion of Works Progress Administration artwork of the Great Depression to highlight turnaround efforts and rally Michigan residents to revive the state: “There’s so many different ideas about how to turn around Michigan,” [...]

Very Cherre – Michigan grown cherry juice

Leelanau Tarts (fo-lomo) by farlane Old Orchard Brands debuts ‘Very Cherre’ premier line of cherry juice on mLive begins: Move over exotic pomegranate, acai and mangosteen. The All-American tart cherry could be the next rage in superhealthy “superfruits.” Old Orchard Brands is giving the simple pie fruit a chic makeover with its introduction of a [...]

Report from the 2009 Michigan Downtown Conference

Michigan downtowns, courtesy the photographers of the Absolute Michigan pool. [iframe http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/show/?q=downtown&m=pool&s=int&w=70057581%40N00 500 375] Today I’m at the Michigan Downtown Conference in Lansing. This morning I’ll be posting some updates from the conference as I’m able. This afternoon I’m on a panel with Julielyn Gibbons, Ryan Knott and Bigby Coffee co-founder Bob Fish, talking about [...]

High Voltage claims from GM about Chevy Volt mileage

Chevy Volt by wizardkitten Autotopia from WIRED reports that GM is claiming that the forthcoming Chevy Volt will get 230 MPG. That’s more than four times higher than the Toyota Prius, the current EPA fuel-efficiency champ. The figure is based on development testing using methodology drafted by the Environmental Protection Agency for plug-in hybrid vehicles. [...]

Chapter & Verse on the General Motors Bankruptcy

I read the news today, oh boy. by Alana M. Layer Like many in Michigan, I felt a profound sense of shock and unreality at yesterday’s filing by GM for bankruptcy. It will probably come as a surprise to no one that Michigan will feel the brunt of the effects: In the latest round of [...]

Chrysler 3D at the 1939 World’s Fair

Boing Boing alerted us to 60 Minutes of Magic, a wonderful post with tons of photos and the rather strange video below. Iowahawk says that it all started when he found an original handout flyer for the Chrysler Pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, along with a pair of 3-D glasses for the [...]