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Noel Night: 37 Years of Holiday Merriment

November 19, 2009 – 11:30 am

The 37th annual Noel Night will take place on Saturday, December 5th from 5:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. in Midtown Detroit's Cultural Center Area. Over 40 institutions, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Science Center, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Historical Museum, and the Detroit Public Library, [...]

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Pontiac Silverdome – Sold!

November 17, 2009 – 9:20 am

Abandoned Pontiac Silverdome by Derek Farr
The Detroit News reports that the long-shuttered Pontiac Silverdome has been sold for a mere $583,000 as the home for a soccer league. However, with a cost over $55 million to construct:
"This was a giveaway," said David J. Leitch, a broker with an Auburn Hills based realty firm.
"The property alone, [...]

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Halloween Fun from the Detroit Pistons

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 - [...]

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Photo Friday: Enjoying Some Cider by A Dubs

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.

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Inaugural Detroit Beer Week Announced, Oct 16 – 24, 2009

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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Ticket Giveaway: Legally Blonde The Musical at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit

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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Michigan History: Hollywood's First African-American Cowboy

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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Assignment Detroit: A year in the Motor City

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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Ticket Giveaway: So You Think You Can Dance Live Tour 2009

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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Real Estate Gold Amidst Detroit's Downturn

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 [...]