Established in 1964, the East Lansing Art Festival is held every spring during the weekend prior to the Memorial Holiday weekend. Known for featuring the highest caliber fine art and fine craft, this highly anticipated Festival attracts 70,000-80,000 attendees from across the region. Through the jury process approximately 230 artists from across the United States [...]
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March 24, 2009 – 12:16 pm
Michigan citizens backed “green” laws and lawmakers before the term was even popular. Ours is one of ten states that require a deposit on bottles and cans. In the 1950s and 1960s, pop and beer bottles and cans were not returnable. The roadsides were littered with these bottles and cans. In 1974, State Representative Lynn [...]
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ballin' by Beth☮♥♬
With the 2009 Final Four taking place in Detroit, it's probably fitting that both the University of Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans have received NCAA Basketball Tournament bids
It's the first NCAA tournament bid for the Wolverines since 1998, a #10 seed in the South Region with a draw of Clemson (23-8). UM [...]
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The 12th annual East Lansing Film Festival (ELFF) takes place March 19-26, 2009. The ELFF the largest and most diverse film festival in Michigan and screens more than 100 independent and foreign feature, documentary, short and student films from around the world.
Lake Michigan Film Competition
One attraction is the Lake Michigan Film Competition, which offers cash [...]
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Born in England in 1938, Ann Marston immigrated to the United States with her parents in 1949. Already an accomplished archer—and British national champion--Ann soon dominated the field of American archery. Throughout the 1950s, she won numerous competitions. After winning every junior award and consistently breaking world records in the junior classification, she was allowed [...]
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February 20, 2009 – 7:38 am
Lance says that this photo is part of a series of HDR shots for a photo class and asks that you take the time to view it on black.
You can see more including a stunning shot of the Capitol in his HDR set (slideshow). Other sets include Lomo, TTV and Polaroid.
February 18, 2009 – 7:30 am
Frequent Absolute Michigan contributor Scott Allman has some great videos from a recent performance by Thom Jayne & the Nomads at Lansing's Creole Gallery. This song is called Cuban Cigars and you can see more videos from the show including a sweet version of Also sprach Zarathustra aka the theme from 2001: A Space [...]
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February 4, 2009 – 2:53 pm
In celebration of Black History Month, the Michigan Freedom Trail Commission is sponsoring a free, public lecture by Dr. Karolyn Smardz Frost, author of "I've Got a Home in Glory Land" - an account of the experiences of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn, two Kentucky slaves who made a daring escape, only to be recaptured in [...]
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January 20, 2009 – 8:54 am
Untitled by Blackbeard Ben
This morning I found kind of a cool video showing all 43 Presidents and President-elect Barack Obama. It was pretty neat watching the march of familiar faces like Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln and FDR peppered with the less familiar John Tyler, Chester Arthur and two-time President Grover Cleveland and then to see [...]
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January 16, 2009 – 9:31 am
Pete Meade is from Lansing. He says this photo offers a slightly different view from last week's snow storm. You can see more of his snow shots right here and get this photo gigantilicious-size too!
His photo sets include Winter, Autumn, Mackinac Island, The Asylum and Americana (view slideshow).
Check out Pete's Flickriver too!
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