October 25, 2011 – 3:50 pm
“Part of the appeal of the tattoo business to me is seeing how people are transformed after getting their first tattoos. There is the fear building up to it, a bit of anxiety, but then I have seen it transform people. It is empowering for people, it makes them more confident and if they are [...]
December 13, 2010 – 9:11 am
The Big Chill by Lon Horwedel | AnnArbor.com On Saturday (December 11 2010) the University of Michigan Wolverines met the Michigan State University Spartans in The Big Chill at the Big House (Wikipedia entry). A world-record smashing crowd of 113,411 saw the Wolverines pummel the Spartans 5-0, and UM AD Dave Brandon left open the [...]
September 13, 2010 – 8:48 am
All week on Absolute Michigan and Michigan in Pictures we’re going to highlight invasive species. Last week Laura Bien of the Ann Arbor Chronicle published an article on a historical invader in Michigan titled In the Archives: Fluffy Sparrow Heads. It begins: Untitled by flatgraphic In the late 19th century, an interloper was committing thievery [...]
By Jacob Wheeler President Obama at Michigan Stadium photo by Sam Wolson/Michigan Daily (video below) ANN ARBOR — President Barack Obama took a break from the constant political storms in Washington, D.C., to address the University of Michigan (U-M) 2010 spring commencement ceremony today. And thunderstorms rolling across the Midwest rewarded him with a break [...]
August 26, 2009 – 9:47 am
The last Wednesday of every month is a “Weird Wednesday” on Absolute Michigan, when Linda Godfrey gives you a sample of what’s weird in the Wolverine State. You can listen to Linda’s latest podcasts and read her blog at uncannyworld.com and also check out her books including Weird Michigan & Strange Michigan. Holga: Riverside Park [...]
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Established in 1960, the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair is the Original of the now four award-winning Ann Arbor Art Fairs: The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original The State Street Area Art Fair The Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair Ann Arbor’s South University Art Fair Together, the fairs attract over 500,000 attendees from [...]
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cseeman (Corey) is the Library Director at the Kresge Business Administration Library at the University of Michigan (Corey’s homepage) You’ll definitely want to check this photo out background bigalicious or in his cool Tulip slideshow. His sets include Birds of Saline, Fiddlers Restrung (not to be confused with the Saline Fiddlers) and Lighthouses of Michigan [...]
Morels ! by cedarkayak The latest issue of Midwest Living feature on the Best Midwest Food Towns served up a platefull of restaurants in our region that might entice the culinary tourist. Their editors selected Traverse City as the #2 town and Ann Arbor #3. Also featured were a collection of recipes from Traverse City [...]
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The We Are Michigan concert series is a three-day event to help raise awareness about gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender human rights issues in 3 Michigan cities. Each evening will feature an array of music with activists who will share their experiences fighting for gay rights. Thursday April 30th at the Magic Bag in Ferndale [...]
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Where’s Waldo? by murn On her blog Relish, photographer Myra Klarman has posted Marching toward FestiFools 2009, a great collection of photographs from snooping around the studio over the last several weeks to document the massive “behind-the-scenes†effort that goes into creating the 1-hour spectacle that is the annual FestiFools. FestiFools 2009 takes place in [...]
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