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Submissions for Made-in-Michigan Film Festival

May 11, 2011 – 7:43 am

Pix Theater Marquee by SCOTTS WORLD AnnArbor.com reports that the Made-in-Michigan Film Festival now seeking submissions: The Made-in-Michigan Film Festival (MiMFF) is now accepting submissions for its 4th annual festival, scheduled for October 21-22. The festival will be held at the Pix Theatre in historical downtown Lapeer, Michigan. The MiMFF is accepting films in every [...]

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Jeremy Stein talks Electric Forest Festival

May 10, 2011 – 10:39 am

The Electric Forest Festival is sponsoring Absolute Michigan’s Arts & Entertainment section for the summer, and we’ve got a series of interviews to help you learn more about the festival and musicians who’ll be there: Mike Devol of Greensky Bluegrass Erin Zindle of The Ragbirds Grand Rapids DJ SuperDre …and Electric Forest founder Jeremy Stein [...]

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Five Things You Need to Know About Michigan Morel Mushrooms

May 4, 2011 – 11:55 am

May is Morel Season in Michigan. It’s just getting underway so we thought it an excellent time to give you 5 things about Michigan morels! The Elusive Black Morel by cedarkayak 1. Morechella, true morels, are a honeycomb-like mushroom that  are prized by chefs the world over. The Great Morel Homepage can take you a [...]

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Future Midwest Conference this week in Detroit

April 26, 2011 – 10:11 am

Painting A Picture Of Optimism by DetroitDerek Photography Later this week (April 27-29) the 3rd annual  Future Midwest Conference kicks off in Detroit. It’s the largest digital business conference in the Midwest and  seeks to accelerate business and cultural transformation by uniting community passions with emerging technologies. In 2011, they’ve selected Eastern Market in Detroit [...]

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Women in (Michigan) Brewing

April 21, 2011 – 8:27 am

It’s somehow fitting that on the day after St. Pauli selected their new St. Pauli girl, Jennifer England from Lansing, we have a feature about women in brewing & beer in Michigan from Amy Kuras at MetroMode entitled Beer’s Better Half. Amy writes that from the beginning, it was women who made beer (and made [...]

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Detroit Red Wings open the 2011 NHL Playoffs

April 13, 2011 – 8:20 am

Team Spirit of Detroit by Maia C The Detroit Red Wings open the 2011 NHL Playoffs at home tonight vs the Phoenix Coyotes at 7 PM at the Joe Louis Arena. It’s their 20th straight NHL Playoff appearance, and Wikipedia tells us that the Red Wings are 2nd in Stanley Cup appearances with 24 and [...]

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TEDx Traverse City – May 17, 2011

April 5, 2011 – 9:38 am

via Leelanau.com… FIM Group and Northwestern Michigan College have collaborated to present the inaugural TEDx TraverseCity on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Milliken Auditorium at Northwestern Michigan College. Tickets go on sale TODAY (Tuesday, April 5) at 10 AM through the website at www.tedxtraversecity.com. They will probably go [...]

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Jeff Daniels to star in Chrysler Emigrated from Escanaba commercials

April 1, 2011 – 8:31 am

Fresh on the heels of the runaway success of their “Imported from Detroit” campaign starring rapper Eminem, Michigan-based Chrysler announced their new U-series heavy trucks will be promoted by Michigan actor Jeff Daniels in the “Emigrated from Escanaba” campaign. Chrysler spokeswoman Anita Thawte explained “Mr.  Daniels has starred in numerous Hollywood films and is well [...]

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Detroit Tigers Opening Day 2011: Play Ball!

March 31, 2011 – 9:18 am

“You look forward to it like a birthday party when you’re a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.” ~Joe DiMaggio on Opening Day On The First Day of the Baseball Season, Every Team is in First Place (and other cliches) by DetroitDerek Photography It’s probably fitting to lead off with that quote [...]

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Michigan Radio finds out What’s Working in Michigan

March 29, 2011 – 10:13 am

Vineyard by ramjetgr Michigan Radio Morning Edition host Christina Shockley is asking those in the know What’s Working in Michigan? There’s no better time to take a look at things that are already happening to improve our state’s economy and our lives. Here’s a snapshot of a few of the voices: Linda Jones, the Executive [...]

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