October 24, 2008 – 12:09 pm
Absolute Michigan correspondent Scott Allman has a passion for the blues and every Sunday works as a DJ hosting one of Michigan's premiere blues shows. Scott has hosted Capitol City Blues Cruise (listen live Sunday nights from 9 p.m. - midnight) in Lansing for almost 20 years and recently had the opportunity to get Michigan's [...]
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October 24, 2008 – 8:19 am
Bill has some more pics from Fort Custer, including one of the elusive Eagle Lake Monster.
Some of his cool sets include Up North, Synergy, United States Post Office (which I hope he continues to expand) and Michigan History (view as slideshow). He also has some really cool pictures of a D-Day re-enactment in Benton Harbor/St. [...]
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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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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October 22, 2008 – 9:08 am
Bat by reddeviltj
In Michigan bats - featuring the Iron Mountain Bat Mine, Edward Vielmetti introduces us to the Millie Mine, a critical hibernating and breeding location for up to 50,000 bats - one of the largest known concentrations of bats in the Midwest. He writes that the little brown bat is especially abundant throughout Michigan [...]
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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 [...]
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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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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October 17, 2008 – 8:19 am
Rhonda was one of several Exposure.Detroit photographers that I had the good fortune to spend a few hours with on Sunday.
Some of her sets that I like are Detroit, Packard Plant, Sports stuff, Detroit Zoo, Heidelberg Project and Music. Your mileage may differ. You can dive into her photography through her Flickriver or her Explored [...]
October 16, 2008 – 10:11 am
Nothing touches the heart and engages the mind more than a good story. From ancient campfires to online urban legends, stories captivate and motivate us to explore our human potential. A visit to the award-winning Michigan Story Festival is an opportunity to experience the wonder of story telling at its finest, with national, regional, and [...]
