Category Archives: UM

Ann Arbor Street Art Fair - July 16 - 19

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds by Amy Loo Who
Established in 1960, the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair is the Original of the now four award winning art fairs together attracting over 500,000 attendees from across the nation. Among the many accolades received by the fair is the Number One Art Fair rating in the [...]

Matthaei Botanical Gardens - Ann Arbor

Plumeria by IShutterToThink
Named after former Michigan regent Frederick C. Matthaei, Sr. and his wife Mildred, who donated 200 acres of land, the Matthaei Botanical Gardens are operated buy the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Spring is a great time to visit and watch the Gardens come to life. Here is a downloadable Visitor Guide [...]

Michigan March Madness!

The Michigan State University women's basketball team defeated Kansas, 58-54, in the third round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament at the Breslin Center and the University of Michigan's women's hoops squad dispatched Southern Miss 59-45. Now the Spartans and Wolverines will meet in an all-Big Ten, all-Michigan WNIT quarterfinals on Sunday at 2 PM [...]

End of the Lloyd Carr era?

The pretty darn connected mgoblog reported last night:
Three separate sources indicate that Carr has made his decision to retire official and people around the athletic department are being told. The formal announcement will come after the Ohio State game, possibly at the Monday press conference, possibly a day or two later.
You can click over there [...]

Photo Friday: Sparty & Bo Pumpkins by sage_82

To say that sage_82 (Mark Ratliff) is a master of the art of pumpkin carving is a huge understatement. His 2006 tribute to Michigan football legend Bo Schembechler and his 2007 Sparty are simply incredible.
Take a moment and check out some of the pumpkins he's carved (view the slideshow).

Michigan vs Michigan State Football Rivalry

Editor's note: I might as well call this "Me vs. Charter Internet Rivalry" as my connection seems to be struggling to stay in the game ... we'll add more to this later today including some blogs to watch and photos!
This Saturday the University of Michigan Wolverines travel to play the Michigan State University Spartans at [...]

86: UM Art & Design Senior Show this week

We aren't (yet at least) a big events site, but I feel compelled to let you know that 86: the Art & Design Senior Show will be held this week (April 12-14). The show features projects by the University of Michigan's School of Art & Design's 86 graduating seniors, including film, installation, traditional and new [...]

Blogs We Dig: Blue Cats and Red Sox

scoring the game by Boston Fan in Michigan
Blue Cats and Red Sox is written by "a Bostonian at University of Michigan OBSESSED by baseball," but I guess how could she not be, coming from Boston. Luckily she manages to talk about other sports (and cities) as well, maybe because baseball isn't always in season? Baseball, [...]

2007 Rose Bowl: Michigan Wolverines vs USC Trojans

Our feature on the 2007 Rose Bowl has tons of links, articles and pictures about the January 1, 2007 football game between the USC Trojans and the Michigan Wolverines. Check it out!

A Very Good Point

Jack Lessenberry says that even though he voted against Proposal 2 last month, and would vote against it again and is a a proud member of the American Civil Liberties Union, he thinks that the suits filed by the ACLU and the NAACP are flat-out wrong.
Find out why over at Jack's blog.
Photo: Thirds Rule [...]