Category Archives: Television & Internet Video

Happy Halloween from Absolute Michigan!

PumpkinHeads! by ShaneWyatt
We at Absolute Michigan hope that your candy is sweet, your costumes are cool and that you have a safe and fun evening tonight! Here's a few Halloween highlights:

The Rowdy Ghosts of the Fenton Hotel - in our very first "Weird Wednesday" Linda S. Godfrey takes us on a tour of this 1856  [...]

Halloween Fun from the Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons kick off the 2008 season TONIGHT (Oct 29) at the Palace vs. the Indiana Pacers - check it out in the video below.
You can also download Detroit Pistons pumpkin stencils of Arron Afflalo, Chauncey Billups, Michael Curry, Richard Hamilton, Amir Johnson, Jason Maxiell, Antonio McDyess, Tayshaun Prince, Rodney Stuckey, Rasheed Wallace and [...]

Forward-Thinking Monday

the creative big three by vanessamiller
(John Howkins, Charles Landry & Richard Florida)
We'll lead off with a quick plug for an upcoming conference and a look back at one from the recent past. The Conference on Michigan's Future takes place in a few weeks (Nov 14-16) at Crystal Mountain with a focus on peak oil, energy [...]

Video Spotlight: Michigan Blues Artist Larry McCray

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 [...]

Setting the table Thursday: take a bite out of Michigan this fall!

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 [...]

Michigan vs Michigan State Football Rivalry

updated October 21, 2008

This Saturday the Michigan State University Spartans travel to Ann Arbor to play the University of Michigan Wolverines at The Big House.
Wikipedia says that the Paul Bunyan-Governor of Michigan Trophy is awarded to the winner of the annual football game between the University of Michigan Wolverines and the Michigan State University Spartans. [...]

The Conference on Michigan's Future - Nov 14-16, 2008

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, [...]

Creative Cities: The Bold Vision of Bill Strickland

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 [...]

Hello from Creative Cities and Detroit

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. [...]

Get your Green(s) at the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference

SEEDS director Sarna Salzman talks about the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference which takes place October 17-19th, 2008 in Traverse City, Michigan @ Northwestern Michigan College (click through to view in high quality). The music is "Greens" by Seth Bernard & May Erlewine from the very tasty disc Something Fresh. Hear more at earthworkmusic.com.

Sarna mentions the [...]