Category Archives: Community

Video Spotlight: Josh Davis Trio - "Working Man's Hymn"

November 14, 2008 – 5:17 pm

Taped at the Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council (Mid-MEAC) benefit, Absolute Michigan correspondent Scott Allman captured this video of the Josh Davis Trio performing "Working Man's Hymn". Held on Friday, November 7 the event raised nearly $4,000 to keep Mid-MEAC programs going and growing. The concert also featured Jen Sygit, Captain Midnite, and Mike Shimmin.
Watch some [...]

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Changing Gears Thursday: Cars, Guards & 100 Pound Carp

November 13, 2008 – 9:51 am

Tom's Vision by G0Da
From the Pistons changing point guards and changing Tayshaun Prince to "point forward" to a Presidential campaign in which change was the overwhelming theme, "change" has been very much in the air of late.
One part of Michigan that is certain to see change is the auto industry. The Globe & Mail notes [...]

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What about water Wednesday?

November 12, 2008 – 11:34 am

AuSable river flood waters by sunrisepenny
Michigan is known as The Great Lakes State, but we could easily be called "The Water State". 10,000 lakes? Please. Michigan has over 11,000 lakes (15,000 if you count the little ones!). All that water - FRESH water - means that Michigan has a big responsibility.
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation [...]

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The Water Festival in Traverse City - December 12-14

November 12, 2008 – 8:40 am

The Water Festival will be held December 12-14, 2008 in Traverse City, Michigan. The latest in an ongoing series of Water Festivals will give you a chance to experience world-class Michigan musicians, speeches from water luminaries, interactive multimedia projects and presentations, artisan foods and beverages, workshops, visual art, theater and dance, children's activities and connections [...]

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Today is Veterans Day

November 11, 2008 – 7:39 am

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
~Elmer Davis
Today's photo and quotation is provided by luna.nik and I think that it pretty much sums up what is asked, what is given and what we are called to remember and honor on Veterans [...]

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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald edited by Joseph Fulton

November 10, 2008 – 9:00 am

Joseph Fulton put together this amazing tribute to the 29 men who died November 10, 1975 aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior set to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. This video is one of the best I've ever seen on YouTube and I hope you can watch it.

Watch the video
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Photo Friday: Late Afternoon Sun in Michigan Pines by Heart Windows Art

November 7, 2008 – 10:21 am

Heart Windows Art (Katie) says she's a retired art teacher who still has classes in her home and her new art center. She lives in Indian River and grew up in the Upper Peninsula.
Be sure and check the above photo out bigger. Some of her sets include Indian River, Michigan (to which this photo belongs), [...]

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Post-election withdrawal Wednesday

November 5, 2008 – 10:45 am

Voting is a family affair by Eye See 360
Election 2008 is more or less in the books and while we don't have complete results, we can hit the high points before politics slides off the front page and those elected get down to the very difficult challenges that await them.
CNN reports that Michigan went overwhelmingly [...]

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Spotlight: Green on the Big Screen - An Environmental Film Festival & Fair

November 4, 2008 – 10:30 am

Michigan State University's College of Communication Arts & Sciences and the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism are partnering with the East Lansing Film Festival to present Green on the Big Screen, an environmental film festival and fair to be held November 13-16.
The four-day event on the MSU campus will reach across the university to the [...]

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The Week for November 3-9

November 3, 2008 – 1:32 pm

Autumn Leaves by cedarkayak
Welcome to 'The Week' for November 3-9. 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!
Tomorrow, November 4th, is election day and [...]

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