Category Archives: Movies

Michigan: Great Lakes Surfing Capital

July 10, 2007 – 8:05 am

Surfing Michigan by farlane
We've pulled together a great collection of Great Lakes surfing videos on our Michigan Station at chime.tv including:

The best of the bunch is what appears to be a TV special on Grand Haven filmmaker Vince Deur's movie Unsalted. the 7 minute short introduces you to the history and present day of Great [...]

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Michigan August Event Calendar

July 9, 2007 – 8:21 am

A sampling of Michigan festivals & events for the month of August. As usual, there's no way we'll get them all, so please add links and information about those we've missed (or reviews of ones we have here) in the comments below.
July 27 - August 5
Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival - Grand Haven
The Grand Haven [...]

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Five Things you need to know for Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

July 3, 2007 – 9:54 am

Watch Michael Moore's Sicko online, birdwatch (or apartment hunt) in Detroit's Brush Park, follow the growing Michigan wine industry with a new blog and head over to Fremont, Michigan - baby food capital of the world!

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MCS 7.2.7: Transformers co-star Michigan Central Station

July 2, 2007 – 8:00 am

Today Transformers opens at screens across the country, and we thought it would be a good idea to give a shout out to the city of Detroit in general, and Detroit's Michigan Central Station in particular. As the still above shows, MCS gets some face time in the summer blockbuster. The building is a favorite [...]

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Planet Ant Film & Video Festival in Hamtramck

June 13, 2007 – 7:47 am

The 5th annual Planet Ant Film & Video Festival will be held Thursday, June 14th through Saturday, June 16th at Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck (there's also an opening night party tonight at Northern Lights Lounge in Detroit's New Center area). The festival celebrates independent movies and the people who make them, featuring comedies, dramas, [...]

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Super picture of Detroit's Penobscot Building

May 18, 2007 – 8:56 am

Head over to Michigan in Pictures for a Superman/Penobscot Building mashup in which everything somehow gets tied in to Michigan.
I have no idea how it happened, but it did.

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Promoting film in (West) Michigan

May 8, 2007 – 7:45 am

H H H N S (Hand Held Holga Night Shot) by G0da
Grand Rapids - Rapid Growth says that the recent Motion Picture Tax Incentives Package has begun the effort to attract more filmmakers to Michigan with a $7 million incentive fund offering rebates to cover up to 20% of production costs (details from the Michigan [...]

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86: UM Art & Design Senior Show this week

April 9, 2007 – 7:40 am

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 [...]

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Film Festival Update: Funding cuts, festival coverage and YouTube

March 21, 2007 – 8:23 am

Michigan Theater by meanmustard1982
Create Detroit pulled together all the links surrounding this NPR feature on state lawmakers cutting funding for the Ann Arbor Film Festival for three years (at least), claiming it showed material they considered pornographic. It sounds as if there will be court battles over this. You should click over and check out [...]

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Introducing the Save the Wild UP Video Challenge

March 19, 2007 – 8:10 am

Absolute Michigan is pleased to introduce (and host) the Save the Wild UP Video Challenge.
In a nutshell, Save the Wild UP is challenging you to make a YouTube video that shows why Michigan must protect its rivers, lakes and streams. Everyone will vote on the best and the winners will receive all kinds of prizes, [...]

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