Category Archives: Detroit

Detroit International Jazz Festival ~ Sept 4-7, 2009

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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Detroit Tigers pennant chase is something to roar about

August 27, 2009 – 7:32 am

"It's lonnng gone" --Harwell by b.plus
Tigers a big source of pride in Motown from MLB.com says that:
...For all the upheaval going on around this bruised piece of the Midwest, the Tigers' little piece of it has almost become a separate reality. And they've received such a boost from their fan base that they [...]

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Detroit based band's 'library tour' makes stop at Guantanamo Bay

August 19, 2009 – 2:39 pm

We stumbled across this article about Detroit based band The High Strung over at boingboing.net about playing an unusual show at Guantanamo Bay as part of their 'library tour'. With so much in the news about making Michigan 'Gitmo North' we found it particularly interesting. Check it out it's a good read....
Detroit-based indie rockers The [...]

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The Woodward Dream Cruise, a Detroit Classic

August 12, 2009 – 10:17 am

Red, White and Chrome Dream Cruise by kelley girl
The 15th annual Woodward Dream Cruise happens this Saturday, August 15, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. It's billed as the world’s largest one-day celebration of car culture, and with more 1.7 million visitors and over than 40,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles, it [...]

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MCS Panorama

August 11, 2009 – 8:22 am

Waiting room, Michigan Central
Station by jeanpierrelavoie
Over on Michigan in Pictures today we featured a link to an incredible panoramic walkthrough of Detroit’s Michigan Central Station by Montreal photographer Jean-Pierre Lavoie. The Detroit News had a feature on Lavoie that explains:
In Lavoie's past, he was an electrical engineer with an interest in cameras.
Now he's a former [...]

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2009 Michigan State Fair & Upper Peninsula State Fair

August 10, 2009 – 11:11 am

world's largest stove by detroit am
The Nation's Oldest State Fair was officially first held in 1849, only twelve years after Michigan attained statehood. At the onset it was customary, in fact, for the fair to be held one year in one city, the next year in another, and there was always a hot contest to [...]

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Detroit Pistons Offseason Primer

July 21, 2009 – 12:10 pm

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I started this 2 weeks ago and it just kept growing. I heard Dumars traded Mason and Hooper to the Lakers for Jack Nicholson's sunglasses and the "D" from the "HOLLYWOOD" sign.
Below are my brief thoughts and links - please add your own in [...]

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Video Rewind: Detroit Windsor International Film Festival

July 16, 2009 – 10:11 am

Absolute Michigan contributor Scott Allman recently traveled to the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival and brought back some interesting and informative footage from another successful year. If you didn't go this year then put it on your calendar for 2010!
ABOUT THE DETROIT WINDSOR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The DWIFF brings truth to the term "International", with an [...]

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Ticket Giveaway: Paolo Nutini at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit August 1, 2009

July 1, 2009 – 9:51 am

Our giveaway winner of a pair of tickets to the Paolo Nutini concert at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit on August 1, 2009 was Elspeth W of Royal Oak - thanks to everyone who entered!
Visit Paolo Nutini's MySpace and Facebook pages!
Click here for directions to St. Andrews Hall in Detroit.
Interesting Facts
Paolo sang with The Rolling [...]

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The Michigan Film Festival Page

June 8, 2009 – 9:32 am

Film Fest Frenzy in metromode offered an excellent tour of Michigan's film festival scene from niche fests like Hamtramck’s Planet Ant Film & Video Festival and the Mitten Movie Project all the way up to the premier Michigan film fests. Somehow they missed the East Lansing Film Festival. We can't imagine how an Ann [...]

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