Category Archives: NW

Northwest Michigan

Absolute Michigan's Wide World of Sports: 2009 DN Gold Cup on Torch Lake

Just found out that the 2009 DN Gold Cup iceboat races are being held on Torch Lake today! If you go to that link during the racing, you'll be able to watch them on the webcam I'm told!
The photo above of yesterday's opening ceremonies on Torch Lake is part of Gretchen Dorian's great DN World [...]

First Annual Ohio vs Michigan Wine Clash

You've heard of Bud Bowl, right? Well, panels of wine tasters in Ann Arbor and Columbus recently gathered to judge over 60 selected consumer-selected wines from Michigan and Ohio. It was the first purely consumer-selected judging of wines in either state and also unique by being limited to wines from grapes exclusively from Ohio & [...]

Michigan Radio's Northern Arts Series

Deep Woods Press, photo by Todd Zawistowski
Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra recently took a trip to northern lower Michigan to explore the ties between art & community. One of her stops was Chad Pastotnik's Deep Wood Press studio in Mancelona to learn about the centuries old art of letterpress:
The first you thing you notice about Chad [...]

Road Trip: Benzie County Fallfest October 4-5 & 11-12

Benzie County Coastal Color by John Clement Howe
The annual Fall Festival offers two weeks of fun in Frankfort, Beulah, Benzonia and the surrounding area. The Benzie County Visitor's Bureau has a page of information on the festival and for more details visit the Frankfort-Elberta Chamber.
Weekend of October 4-5
Fall food takes center stage with the Fall [...]

Weird Wednesday: Michigan Sea Monsters

Here's a pair of excerpts by Linda S. Godfrey from that fascinating tome of Michigan mysteries: Weird Michigan. The last Wednesday of every month is a "Weird Wednesday" on Absolute Michigan, so be sure to stay tuned and send us or Linda your Michigan weirdness. You can listen to Linda's latest podcasts and read her [...]

Dig Michigan: Traverse City

Traverse City is the largest city in Northwest Lower Michigan, and the first of Michigan's regions that we are exploring this month. Our goal with this series of articles is to give you a little taste of some great vacation opportunities that are probably less than a tank of gas away, so if you have [...]

Photo Friday: Walloon Lake View Michigan by artbabee

Rebeka is a graduate art historian currently working with the Denver Art Museum.
Most of her photos are from Someplace Other Than Michigan but she has a great set from Charlevoix, Cross Village, and Walloon Lake, Michigan (slideshow).
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Blissfest Music Festival – Cross Village July 11&12

The Blissfest Music Festival will again present a world of traditional and innovative folk music and dance at the Festival Farm in their peaceful, rural northern Michigan setting. It is truly a blissful musical weekend to be shared with families, friends and music-lovers of all ages. This year's 28th Celebration will feature Retro and Nouveau [...]

The Week for June 23-29, 2008

Rainbow of Color by Patti
Summer has officially arrived and festival season is kicking into full gear! Events for this week include the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, the Muskegon Summer Celebration kicks off with 11 days of concerts, events, fireworks, arts & crafts and carnival rides, the Alpena Blues Festival, now in it's 5th year [...]

From the Vine: Old Mission Peninsula Wine Trail

As part of our celebration of Michigan Wine Month, we'll be featuring excerpts on each of Michigan's five wine trails (and one taking you beyond the trails) from the Michigan Notable Book award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries.
(Old Mission Peninsula AVA)
The meso-climate of Old Mission Peninsula is unique not only in the state of [...]