Category Archives: NW

Northwest Michigan

February is National Cherry Month!

Michigan Cherries by jdurchen Did you know that Michigan is the largest producer of Montmorency tart cherries, growing 70-75% of the crop? February is National Cherry Month, and the Cherry Marketing Institute (link below) has bushels of info about the history and present state of the cherry industry including growing research showing that antioxidants in tart [...]

Mt. Mancelona: A Man and his Mountain

Last winter Jason Dodge of miskireport.com and his crew spent time at Mount Mancelona and, with intern Justin Vander Velde and the  assistance of the documentary class at Grand Valley State, produced this very cool video about long-shuttered Mt. Mancelona.  Jason writes: This project is the pinnacle of things that I have been involved with up until [...]

Absolute Michigan Giveaway: Northern Pier

Our latest giveaway is from Northern Pier, a brand-new T-shirt company who is celebrating their Grand Opening this week! Owner Chris Mock explains “Northern Pier has an immense appreciation for the Great Lake State. In fact, it’s the inspiration for all of our products. We sell premium vintage style t-shirts inspired by Northern Michigan and [...]

Weird Wednesday: Michigan Sea Monsters

The last Wednesday of every month is a ”Weird Wednesday” on Absolute Michigan. Usually we get a feature from Linda S. Godfrey, the author that fascinating tome of Michigan mysteries: Weird Michigan. Linda is hard at work on her latest book so we’ve gone down to the vault and pulled out some watery weirdness! Stay up-to-date with [...]

Hoxeyville Music Festival ~ August 19-21

Held the weekend of August 19th through the 21st, the Hoxeyville Music Festival boasts 2 stages of national touring artists like Umphrey’s McGee, Mickey Hart Band, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Greensky Bluegrass, Great American Taxi, Ekoostik hookah, The Itals and many more. This summer Absolute Michigan interviewed Ragbirds front woman Erin Zindel about Electric Forest. She [...]

July Michigan Event Calendar

Expanse by g. s. george You don’t have to travel far when you live in Michigan to find a whole lot of fun. We encourage you to support the festivals, events, cities and businesses that are making all the cool things happen around the state. So get out this summer and have some fun and [...]

Michigan: Great Lakes Surfing Capital

Surfing Michigan by farlane We’ve pulled together a great collection of Great Lakes & Michigan surfing videos with a few links: The photo was taken on Lake Michigan at Leland. You can see more surfing photos on Michigan in Pictures and also on Northern Michigan Surf on Facebook and in the Surfing slideshow from the [...]

National Cherry Festival, July 3-10, 2010 Traverse City

National Cherry Festival Junior Royale Parade by farlane Remember the sights, sounds, and smells of a summer celebration in your hometown when you were a kid? Well, happy days return to Traverse City’s beautiful Lake Michigan shores July 3-10, 2010, during the National Cherry Festival featuring over 150 events including free air shows over the [...]

Photo Friday: The Whaleback – Leland, MI by danenmolly

danenmolly (Molly) is a friend of mine from the real world and her husband Dane is a pilot – hence the rare photo opportunity showing The Whaleback and North Lake Leelanau taken from high above Lake Michigan’s Manitou Passage. Be sure to check this out bigger and you can see more from this flight in [...]

Do Leelanau photos confirm a Michigan cougar presence?

This article originally appeared on Leelanau.com – click the photo for a bigger view! The Michigan Wildlife Conservancy has released results of an investigation that appears to validate a cougar presence in Michigan. The apparent cougar was photographed near the south shore of Glen Lake in Leelanau County: On Labor Day, September 7, 2009 Dr. [...]