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Grand Rapids ArtPrize: the city is the gallery

April 24, 2009 – 7:28 am

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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Are we doing tourism right in Michigan?

April 13, 2009 – 6:12 pm

Carefree Days in West Michigan by loungelistener The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that Michigan’s tourism industry is expected to drop by 3-4 percent this year (this on top of last year’s 6.2% drop) due to the economic downturn in Michigan and the rest of the country. “This year will be an even more challenging year [...]

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Newspocalypse Now

March 26, 2009 – 2:00 pm

Extra! Extra! by E. Brow The story earlier this week that the Ann Arbor News would be ceasing publication caught many by surprise. Michigan Radio’s Jack Lessenberry (who also wrote an essay on newspapers last week) writes that he was shocked by the announcement: Not downsizing, not going to Internet-only publication. Closing, as in, going [...]

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10 Day Assembly Line Concert on behalf of Big Three

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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Somewhere in the late Cretaceous Era at the Detroit Auto Show

January 15, 2009 – 7:45 pm

2008_03_04_UofM_HistoryMuseum_Walking by Andy Tanguay Jack Lessenberry writes about the frustrations of journalists at the bare cupboard of swag at this year’s Detroit Auto Show and the seeming idiocy of holding an event like this in sub-arctic Detroit in The fossil show in the Metro Times. He then says: However, I actually think I might go [...]

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Mitch Albom on the Michigan Film Incentive

January 12, 2009 – 9:15 pm

They’re coming, and they’re liking what they’re seeing and we have a chance to seed a new industry in the state of Michigan. ~Mitch Albom Scott Allman has produced a great interview with Mitch Albom about the Michigan Film Incentive. Check it out below! Share this:

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Discover Michigan Skiing in January

December 17, 2008 – 11:25 am

Skilhouettes by greencottage Michigan ski resorts and McDonald’s restaurants are once again offering Discover Michigan Skiing, an affordable introduction to the skiing and snowboarding. The program has run every January for the past 15 years and includes a beginner lesson (covering basic maneuvering on skis or snowboards), ski or snowboard rental equipment and a beginner-area [...]

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Look Sharp Wednesday: Rare Cuts (from Neil Young), Deep Cuts (at GM) and Rough Cuts (jobs)

December 3, 2008 – 10:46 am

Stylized by Ralph Krawczyk Jr Neil Young was just a few days shy of his 23rd birthday in 1968 when he performed a now-legendary solo show at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor. You can read about the show and listen to some of the album Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House 1968 (includes links [...]

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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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Hello from Creative Cities and Detroit

October 13, 2008 – 8:23 am

the spirit by n.elle This week we’re broadcasting (sort of) live from the Renaissance Center in Detroit and the Creative Cities Summit 2.0. In addition to a cool outing that we’ll talk about later, we were able to check out the “Unconference” at MOCAD where 150 or so people gathered to focus on the future [...]

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