Category Archives: Dig Michigan SE

The 46th Ann Arbor Film Festival

Opening Day by Tanguay
Established in 1963, this internationally-renowned festival showcases independent and experimental film and video and is the oldest of its kind in North America. Each year the festival attracts entries from artists worldwide and screens more than 100 films. Every year they select a four-hour program of awarded and highlighted films for [...]

2006 Michigan State Fair - August 23 - September 4

Night at the Fair by Oldbrushes
The annual Michigan State Fair opens today (Aug 23) and continues through September 4. The state fairgrounds are located in southeast Michigan at the corner of Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue in Detroit - two miles from I-75, three miles from I-696, and eight miles from I-94.
Popular attractions include [...]

We do love our cars: Southeast Michigan

TheStrip by Hemicuda82 We do love our cars in Michigan, as this photo of the Summer Classic Car Show in Flint demonstrates. For a century the automobile has defined Michigan and now the demise of the auto industry is redefining us. At Absolute Michigan, we're trying very hard to fight past the "we lost a [...]

Two Big Southeast Michigan Events!

Ann Arbor Art Fair by Capt Piper
Michigan is home to the largest art fair in the nation (and one of the oldest). Absolute Michigan has a feature on the 47th annual Ann Arbor Art Fairs that take place this Wednesday through Saturday (July 19-22). Model D has a report on the Detroit Reunion. The event [...]

Detroit Zoo Issues Page

UPDATED: February 26, 2006
Feb 26, 2006: River Rant is indeed ranting today about the Zoo, imagining how former Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young might have handled the zoo issue. It's also a four-star look at one of Michigan's legendary political figures.
Feb 25, 2006: The Detroit News reports that on Friday afternoon, the council postponed discussion [...]