Category Archives: Muskegon

Jeremy Stein talks Electric Forest Festival

May 10, 2011 – 10:39 am

The Electric Forest Festival is sponsoring Absolute Michigan’s Arts & Entertainment section for the summer, and we’ve got a series of interviews to help you learn more about the festival and musicians who’ll be there: Mike Devol of Greensky Bluegrass Erin Zindle of The Ragbirds Grand Rapids DJ SuperDre …and Electric Forest founder Jeremy Stein [...]

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The Return of Rothbury: 2011 Electric Forest Festival

February 23, 2011 – 8:41 am

Rothbury Festival 2009 by Ã…nne Two years ago, Absolute Michigan joined tens of thousands of folks at the Rothbury Music Festival.  The festival wasn’t able to secure the commitments necessary to make it work in 2010, but they will return in 2011 as the Electric Forest Festival. You can tune in right here next Monday [...]

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Muskegon solar array will be Michigan’s largest

April 13, 2010 – 7:38 am

Thanks to the Grand Vision for the find… Inovateus Solar, Chart House Energy and Torresen Marine are partnering on a $740,000 solar power development atop the 28,000 square foot sailboat storage facility at Torreson Marine in Muskegon. Their press release says that at 150kW, Torreson Solar will be the largest solar power project to date [...]

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Photo Friday: beach walk by abigail burch

February 19, 2010 – 9:45 am

abigail burch (Abby Burch) says that she’s always loved photography and loves taking pictures of things, places and people she finds interesting with her still relatively new Canon Rebel Xsi . You can (and should) check this photo of the Muskegon beach out bigger and have a look at her sets including favorites, nature, city, [...]

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Michigan Wind Energy Zones & Windmills in the Water

October 20, 2009 – 9:32 am

167|365 ride the wind by nicole st. john The Huron Daily Tribune noted last week in Final report: Wind potential high that the final report issued Thursday by the Michigan Wind Energy Resource Zone Board (view PDF) identified key regions for wind energy generation and a potential annual energy output of an eye-popping 17,720,522 megawatts! [...]

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Photo Friday: The Mighty Underdogs by the Absolute Michigan Rothbury Team

July 3, 2009 – 12:12 pm

We’re bumping the normal Absolute Michigan Photo Friday to link you in to our Rothbury 2009 coverage. Stay tuned! Share this:

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2009 Rothbury Music Festival lineup and tickets

March 18, 2009 – 10:43 am

Tough Decisions by Ross Sandelius Billboard Magazine reports that last year’s four-day Rothbury Festival ranked No. 8 on their 2008 top-grossing festivals tally, pulling in $7.4 million and drawing 120,820 music fans. Unsurprisingly, they’re doing it all over again this summer July 2-5, 2009: The Dead, Bob Dylan, The String Cheese Incident, Willie Nelson & [...]

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Ride the Luge in Muskegon

February 9, 2009 – 12:11 pm

Byron Goggin of Wild Weekend TV has a cool feature from one of only 3 Olympic class luge complexes in the United States. It’s in Muskegon and open to the public – check it out! Here’s a link to part two of the program. More about the Luge run at the Muskegon Winter Sports Complex [...]

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Frosty Tuesday: Silver Bells, Falling Snow & Skidding Autos

November 18, 2008 – 11:00 am

Thistle Stop by photoshoparama The 24th annual Silver Bells in the City takes place this Friday (Nov 21) in downtown Lansing. The event features a parade of lights, the lighting of Michigan’s Christmas tree and (weather permitting) a fireworks show. It’s also free and attracted more than 120,000 people last year! Click that link to [...]

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Growing up with Michigan’s Adventure

July 30, 2008 – 1:23 pm

When Camille Jourden-Mark was two years old, her father, Roger Jourden, bought Deer Park with the intention of turning it into an amusement park. At first, the Jourdens lived in a tiny house inside the park. From a young age, Jourden-Mark and her sister, Lisa (Jourden) Arnouts, worked on the family business. “For my parents, [...]

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