Category Archives: Area Information

July Michigan Event Calendar

This is what we said last year and I think we will stick with the message...

Bubble and Droplet. by G0Da
It seems that many media outlets are preaching the "staycation" this year. We say cut some corners, pack a lunch, brew your own coffee, just do what you have to do and support the festivals, [...]

Michitwitter Rewind June 2009

urban hope by buckshot.jones
Throughout each month we post items of Michicentric interest to our Michitwitter page. In case you missed them here is a look back at just a few of the items for the month June. If you find these interesting there are plenty more for you to check out. We encourage you [...]

Saugatuck Waterfront Film Festival: June 11-14, 2009

In what has quickly become a tradition, the idyllic resort village of Saugatuck, Michigan comes alive each June with filmgoers, actors, producers and directors sharing the excitement as outstanding independent films from all over the United States are screened in casual, intimate settings. Entertainment professionals from Los Angeles, New York and Michigan created the Waterfront [...]

City as Canvas: Exploring the potential of Detroit

Craftsman Home, McLean Street
Highland Park MI by pinehurst19475
A few weeks ago, the Chicago Reader had a great feature saying there's nowhere in America quite like Detroit right now. You should read the whole thing but here's a taste:
They say when the country catches a cold, Michigan gets the flu. Projects that started before the subprime [...]

Be A Tourist In Your Own Town – Lansing, May 30th

We wanted to draw attention to this annual event in Lansing as it is something every city in Michigan should consider emulating. It is just too easy to grow into the mind set that where you reside there is absolutely nothing to do or that you have already seen it, done it, surfed it. [...]

Memorial Day Weekend Michigan Style 2009

Happy Memorial Day by lorainedicerbo
Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice
Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial beginning of the summer season in Michigan and the weather forecasts around the state look to be favorable. Businesses in sleepy towns are waking up, and community plans for festivals and ongoing summer fun are taking shape after weathering it through [...]

the evolution by buckshot.jones

Here's a guest article from buckshot.jones' excellent Detroit Journal.

Here's the process of prairiefying a city:

A city is built on the river, allowing for trade and commerce and irrigation of farms.
The city prospers and more people move in, the city expands. Farms on the edge of town are converted to housing, forest further on [...]

Fat Tuesday is Paczki Day in Michigan

Comedian and commentator Mo Rocca traveled to Hamtramck last year for CBS Sunday Morning to get this report on Pazcki Day 2008.

Hamtramck's Pazcki Day page gives you all kinds of lore and legend on these traditional Polish doughnuts which are also known as Bismarcks or plain old jelly doughnuts. They explain:
Pączki is the plural form [...]

Ride the Luge in Muskegon

Byron Goggin of Wild Weekend TV has a cool feature from one of only 3 Olympic class luge complexes in the United States. It's in Muskegon and open to the public - check it out!

Here's a link to part two of the program. More about the Luge run at the Muskegon Winter Sports Complex from [...]

February is National Cherry Month!

Michigan Cherries by jdurchen
Did you know that Michigan is the largest producer of Montmorency tart cherries, growing 70-75% of the crop? With February being National Cherry Month, it's only appropriate we celebrate Michigan's almost-official fruit!
The Cherry Marketing Institute has information available for educators and other folks regarding the history and present state of the cherry [...]