Category Archives: Lansing

Weird Wednesday: Delos Marvin of Dimondale

November 30, 2011 – 7:34 am

The last Wednesday of every month is a Weird Wednesday on Absolute Michigan. Today we journey to Lansing with Dave Votta of the Capital Area District Library. Dave is a librarian who researches regular Lost Lansing features. Click the banner to read many more great stories about the history of the Capital City! by Dave Votta, [...]

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11/11/11: MSU Spartans vs North Carolina on US Navy aircraft carrier

November 8, 2011 – 8:50 pm

“I can’t think of a better way to start my senior season” ~MSU Center Draymond Green Do you suppose that Tom Izzo uses lines like “I can’t offer you beaches and palm trees, but chances are you’ll be playing on aircraft carriers and on national television in March.”?? This Friday, November 11th at 7 PM [...]

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Lansing’s Common Ground Music Festival ~ July 11-17

June 23, 2011 – 12:04 pm

Common Ground Festival by M.Hallowell Common Ground is an annual celebration along the banks of the Grand River in Adado Riverfront Park in downtown Lansing. Now in its 12th year, the festival draws over 80,000 people across 7 nights and has showcased over 300 artists including 36 Grammy Award winners and 21 Rock-and-Roll Hall of [...]

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Weird Wednesday: Two men reigned as Lansing Batman

April 27, 2011 – 6:21 am

Our latest Weird Wednesday feature comes from the Capital Area District Library and librarian Dave Votta who researches regular Lost Lansing features. Click the banner to read many more great stories about the history of the Capital City! by Dave Votta, CADL Local History Librarian When he plummeted to his death during an air show [...]

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Lansing is The Next American City

November 22, 2010 – 8:59 am

Lansing, Michigan, USA by Mario.Q Next American City partnered with IBM and its SmarterCities initiative to encourage citizens across the nation to share how their cities are addressing the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. The prize for the city with the most posts to the SmarterCities Scan was a profile on their website, [...]

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Great Lakes Folk Festival: August 13 – 15, 2010

August 11, 2010 – 8:00 am

The roots, the rhythms and the richness of music, dance, arts and culture from across America and around the world come to downtown East Lansing for the Michigan State University Museum’s annual Great Lakes Folk Festival, Aug. 13 – 15. The festival encourages cross-cultural understanding of our diverse society through the presentation of musicians, dancers, [...]

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Lansing ranks among great cities for young adults

July 29, 2010 – 2:37 pm

Skyline: Lansing, Michigan, USA by Mario.Q Spotted in the Lansing State Journal today, Kiplinger magazine Lansing has been identified as one of 10 great cities for young adults. Ranking right along side the notable locations of Austin, TX, Charlotte, N.C., Chicago, IL, Kansas City, MO, New York, NY, Portland, OR, Salt Lake City, UT and [...]

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Stand for Michigan’s Land & Water on Thursday

June 1, 2010 – 6:54 am

Editor’s Note: Absolute Michigan has actively opposed the dangerous practice known as sulfide mining or acid mining since it was first proposed as we feel that Michigan’s water is a resource to vital to the lives and livelihoods of Michigan’s residents to jeopardize with this risky technology. Yellow Dog by Luminous Light Huntress Stand for [...]

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Michigan Memorial Day Weekend Travel

May 27, 2010 – 9:30 am

Pretty clouds distract me as I drive by merebearlandon Memorial Weekend is the launch of the summer travel season. AAA Michigan estimates that 1.1 million Michigan residents will travel on state roads this Memorial Day weekend, paying 11 1.2 cents less per gallon of gasoline as compared to last week (and maybe even less by [...]

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Michigan’s premiere worldbeat band, Bop (harvey), reunites for East Lansing fest

May 19, 2010 – 6:14 pm

And they said it would never happen. After fifteen years apart, Michigan’s own Bop (harvey) has reunited and will be headlining the East Lansing Art Fair on Saturday, May 22 at 4:45pm. This, the band’s first major festival in 15 years, marks a very special anniversary: celebration of the band’s prolific and juggernaut career, which [...]

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