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Seeking Michigan: The Dickens of Detroit

October 11, 2011 – 10:30 am

By Randy Riley, Library of Michigan and courtesy Seeking Michigan and the Archives of Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving look at Michigan’s cultural heritage and read more from Seeking Michigan on Absolute Michigan! Detroit author Elmore [...]

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ArtPrize 2011 in Grand Rapids

September 19, 2011 – 1:16 pm

The Eyes Have It by pairadocs Our favorite Michigan art event, ArtPrize, kicks off its third year in Grand Rapids this Wednesday. ArtPrize runs September 21 – October 9, 2011. It’s billed as a radically open art competition that is open to any artist in the world who can find space and it is one [...]

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2011 Detroit Lions Preview

September 7, 2011 – 6:53 am

The Detroit Lions open the 2011 season with if not high expectations, at least expectations. That alone is enough for a little excitement. A little. From headlines like “The Lions might be … good” and “Detroit Lions: Why They Are a Sexier Pick Than the Houston Texans”, you can tell that nobody is letting the [...]

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Justin Verlander notches 20th win

August 29, 2011 – 8:26 am

Over the weekend, Justin Verlander became the first pitcher in 2011 to reach the 20 win milestone, the first in August since Curt Schilling in 2002 and the first Tigers pitcher in 40 years to hit that mark before September 1st. Here’s the report on Verlander’s 20th win from the Detroit Tigers website. While it wasn’t [...]

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Blogs We Dig: Awesome Mitten

August 8, 2011 – 9:59 am

Last week I had a chance to sit down with Alex Beaton, founder of Awesome Mitten, who introduced me to her blog that’s dedicated helping Michigan residents discover all things awesome in their own backyard. In their first campaign, “365 Days of Awesome,” they are featuring one cool person, place, business, product, band, event, etc. from [...]

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2011 Detroit Tiger All-Stars

July 11, 2011 – 11:12 am

Post-game Update The Tigers didn’t have a very strong showing at the All-Star game and Roar of the Tigers has the breakdown (in typically humorous fashion). What wasn’t funny at all is Miguel Cabrera’s strained oblique muscle. They are saying it’s a slight strain but ouch. Alex Avila by by ArtCPhotos The Detroit Tigers head [...]

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July Michigan Event Calendar

July 8, 2011 – 9:15 am

Expanse by g. s. george You don’t have to travel far when you live in Michigan to find a whole lot of fun. We encourage you to support the festivals, events, cities and businesses that are making all the cool things happen around the state. So get out this summer and have some fun and [...]

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Longform: Detroit

June 28, 2011 – 11:58 am

Penobscot Building by mgsmith Every month, Longform.org shares five cool stories with SLATE Magazine. This month, the topic was Detroit, and they have five really great stories ranging from Willow Run’s role in winning WWII from TIME magazine in 1942 to a recent interview with Dave Bing from GQ. Probably my favorite was one I never [...]

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Michigan: Great Lakes Surfing Capital

June 27, 2011 – 10:20 am

Surfing Michigan by farlane We’ve pulled together a great collection of Great Lakes & Michigan surfing videos with a few links: The photo was taken on Lake Michigan at Leland. You can see more surfing photos on Michigan in Pictures and also on Northern Michigan Surf on Facebook and in the Surfing slideshow from the [...]

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Blogs We Dig: 365 Days of A

June 22, 2011 – 9:36 am

Through the TC Ticker, we learned about a cool project by Jonathan Klinger, PR Manager of Michigan based Hagerty Insurance. They begin: For the past eight months, the 29 year old has been driving a 1930 Model A as his everyday car. His project, dubbed “365 Days of A,” has him parking his Ford Explorer and [...]

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