Category Archives: Community

Forward-Thinking Monday

October 27, 2008 – 12:54 pm

the creative big three by vanessamiller
(John Howkins, Charles Landry & Richard Florida)
We'll lead off with a quick plug for an upcoming conference and a look back at one from the recent past. The Conference on Michigan's Future takes place in a few weeks (Nov 14-16) at Crystal Mountain with a focus on peak oil, energy [...]

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Road Trip: Zombie Walk (for a cause)

October 23, 2008 – 1:04 pm

Zombie Walk Detroit by Wigwam Jones
If you happen to suddenly find yourself surrounded by hordes of flesh eating zombies don't be alarmed. October 26 is 'World Zombie Day' and around 50 cities including Ferndale and Ann Arbor will be participating in zombie walks. Why you may ask? First of all to have fun but [...]

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Setting the table Thursday: take a bite out of Michigan this fall!

October 23, 2008 – 10:59 am

Allegan Sunset 2 by raddad!
Autumn is when Mother Nature packs the boards with a feast for the eyes. AAA Michigan says that the best viewing conditions are being reported in the Southwest and Southeast Lower Peninsula with fair to good fall color conditions are reported in Holland, Jackson, Milford, St. Joseph, Tipton, with color development [...]

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Strange Michigan: More Wolverine Weirdness

October 22, 2008 – 8:43 am

So deep, wide and long is the weirdness of Michigan, that it couldn't be contained in one book. Author Linda S. Godfrey has followed up Weird Michigan with the sequel, Strange Michigan: More Wolverine Weirdness, co-authored with Michigander Lisa A. Shiel. The book features all new material - everything from Detroit's Satanic Shrine to the [...]

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Michigan vs Michigan State Football Rivalry

October 21, 2008 – 8:08 am

updated October 21, 2008

This Saturday the Michigan State University Spartans travel to Ann Arbor to play the University of Michigan Wolverines at The Big House.
Wikipedia says that the Paul Bunyan-Governor of Michigan Trophy is awarded to the winner of the annual football game between the University of Michigan Wolverines and the Michigan State University Spartans. [...]

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The Week for October 20-26, 2008

October 20, 2008 – 9:35 am

Fallen Beauty by lorainedicerbo
Welcome to 'The Week' for October 20-26. This is where we will be posting comments such as news items, interesting blog posts, cool video and media, coming events, new web sites added to Absolute Michigan and other items of note.
We invite you to do the same!
Temps are dropping and most areas have [...]

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The Conference on Michigan's Future - Nov 14-16, 2008

October 20, 2008 – 5:51 am

A brief talk with Crystal Mountain GM Jim MacInnes that you can watch in higher quality on YouTube. The Conference on Michigan's Future will be held Friday November 14 through Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Crystal Mountain Resort near Traverse City.
Rising oil prices and shrinking liquidity have negatively impacted Michigan’s three largest industries of automobiles, [...]

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Creative Cities: The Bold Vision of Bill Strickland

October 14, 2008 – 2:42 pm

Mama's gunna knock you out by Kcjacoby
Last night at the Creative Cities Summit, author and MacArthur Fellow Bill Strickland delivered one of the boldest and bluntest talks about what can and should be done to re-energize our cities and nation. The video below offers a little taste of Bill - you can get more at [...]

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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 at [...]

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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 of Detroit. [...]

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