Category Archives: Media

(tahquamenon) fall color

October 16, 2008 – 9:53 am

The photo is tahquamenon falls by postpurchase.
You can get 1000% of the Recommended Daily Allowance of fall color and learn all about the Tahquamenon Falls at Michigan in Pictures

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Creative Cities: The Bold Vision of Bill Strickland

October 14, 2008 – 2:42 pm

Mama's gunna knock you out by Kcjacoby
Last night at the Creative Cities Summit, author and MacArthur Fellow Bill Strickland delivered one of the boldest and bluntest talks about what can and should be done to re-energize our cities and nation. The video below offers a little taste of Bill - you can get more at [...]

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Hello from Creative Cities and Detroit

October 13, 2008 – 8:23 am

the spirit by n.elle

This week we're broadcasting (sort of) live from the Renaissance Center in Detroit and the Creative Cities Summit 2.0.
In addition to a cool outing that we'll talk about later, we were able to check out the "Unconference" at MOCAD where 150 or so people gathered to focus on the future of Detroit. [...]

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Photo Friday: reclamation project by jamelah

October 10, 2008 – 3:25 pm

Jamelah says: I don't have anything to say about what photography means to me or what cameras I use or any of that kind of stuff, but I do really really like bacon, so there's that.
This photo is in her The Middle of Nowhere set (slideshow). Some of her other sets that I particularly like [...]

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Michigan Radio's Northern Arts Series

October 9, 2008 – 8:25 am

Deep Woods Press, photo by Todd Zawistowski
Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra recently took a trip to northern lower Michigan to explore the ties between art & community. One of her stops was Chad Pastotnik's Deep Wood Press studio in Mancelona to learn about the centuries old art of letterpress:
The first you thing you notice about Chad [...]

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Exposure.Detroit … just because

October 8, 2008 – 6:46 pm

The photo is Yes by Amy Palomar, seen (with so many others) in Exposure.Detroit - dive into the Exposure.Detroit Flickriver.
Amy says that if she could add music, it would be this.

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The Great Michigan Fire of 1871

October 8, 2008 – 9:30 am

"A sky of flame, of smoke a heavenful, the earth a mass of burning coals, the mighty trees, all works of man between and living things trembling as a child before a demon in the gale. To those who have seen, the picture needs no painting."
-a history of Sanilac County
The Chicago Fire of 1871 gets [...]

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Michigan History: A wok down memory lane with La Choy

October 7, 2008 – 12:47 pm

As America began its experiment with Prohibition in the early 1920s, some Michiganians concocted illegal spirits in their bathtubs. However, at least one Detroiter reportedly used his bathtub to grow bean sprouts. From such modest beginnings sprang the Chinese food brand La Choy.
The origins of La Choy can be traced to Ilhan New, a native [...]

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Winds of Change?

October 2, 2008 – 5:03 am

One thing I can tell you is you
got to be free by sgs_1019
A new report titled Michigan's Offshore Wind Potential from the Land Policy Institute at Michigan State University says that Michigan has the potential to become a big player in offshore wind energy:
The preliminary analysis finds that Michigan's portion of the Great Lakes has [...]

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Fort Fright: Haunted history at Michilimackinac

September 30, 2008 – 6:01 am

On October 10 & 11 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m, Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinac City becomes "Fort Fright" - home to  werewolves, witches, and other legendary characters. Many of the fort's buildings will be open, with lanterns lighting the way from door to door and costumed interpreters telling stories, playing music and serving authentic autumn [...]

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