October 30, 2009 – 9:00 am
The Detroit Pistons kick off the 2008 season TONIGHT (Oct 30) at the Palace vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder. You can get upper level tickets for just $15 and $5 of that goes to breast cancer research at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit.
You can also download Detroit Pistons pumpkin stencils of - [...]
October 16, 2009 – 8:20 am
Even the undead enjoy Michigan apple cider!
A Dubs (Alan) runs the blog Faded Detroit.
His sets include Detroit in Black & White, Faded Detroit: City wide and Tiger Stadium Demolition.
Dive into his Flickriver.
October 8, 2009 – 10:35 am
Following the success of “Beer Week” events held in other cities such as Philadelphia, New York and San Diego, a group of Industry Professionals is organizing the first ever Detroit Beer Week, to be held the third week of October, 2009.
The week-long series of beer-centric events will be held at participating venues in Detroit, with [...]
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October 5, 2009 – 12:12 pm
Absolute Michigan in conjunction with Broadway in Detroit will be giving away 5 pair of tickets to 'Legally Blonde The Musical' which is playing at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit (directions) from October 15 through November 1, 2009. The lucky winners will receive tickets to opening night.
The ticket giveaway is now over with and [...]
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October 5, 2009 – 10:24 am
Herbert Jeffries has acted, sung, even ridden--his way to the top of the entertaining world.
In the 1930s, when white singing cowboys like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers carved out names for themselves, Jeffries decided there should be black cowboy films* especially since there had been many African American cowboys in the American west.
Born in Detroit [...]
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September 24, 2009 – 8:51 am
Is reality the next reality show?
The Nature Bar by SCOTTS WORLD
Time, Inc. bought a house in Detroit:
Why would we ever do such a thing? Because we believe that Detroit right now is a great American story. No city has had more influence on the country's economic and social evolution. Detroit was the birthplace of both [...]
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September 14, 2009 – 2:49 pm
You’ve seen them on the TV show So You Think You Can Dance . Now you can see them in person when the Top 10 finalists perform live on stage. Absolute Michigan is giving away a pair of So You Think You Can Dance Live Tour 2009 tickets for their October 3rd stop at Joe [...]
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September 9, 2009 – 7:01 am
Slows by farlane
A few weeks ago NPR had an interesting feature titled Despite Tough Times, Some See Opportunity In Detroit that looked at how Detroit's dramatic downturn has created some amazing opportunities for starting businesses.
Phil Cooley says the city is wide open for new ventures and is tolerant of his mistakes and successes. "It's lovely [...]
September 4, 2009 – 10:46 am
susiej35 (Susan Lucas) is a high school art teacher.
Be sure to check her photo out bigger and in her Michigan Fair 2009 set (slideshow). Some of her other sets are Bower's Farm, Belle Isle, TTV and Super hero gets attacked by the giant weimaraner!.
September 2, 2009 – 7:57 am
Dave Brubeck Quartet by Maia C
For more than a quarter century, the Detroit International Jazz Festival has entertained millions of fans with jazz legends ranging from Herbie Hancock to Yusef Lateef and Ron Carter. Today, it ROARS on six stages over four days, with blues, gospel, R&B, and one of the finest jazz lineups on [...]
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