Category Archives: Michigan

Spotlight: The Mitten Movie Project Presents 'ZOMBIE NIGHT' A Night of Independent Zombie Films

October 30, 2008 – 10:51 am

Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Main Art Theatre, 118 N. Main Street, Royal Oak, MI 48067
The Mitten Movie Project is a monthly film night dedicated to screening independent films the first Tuesday of every month at the Main Art Theatre (118 N. Main Street, Royal oak, MI 48067). Presale tickets are available for $8. Tickets [...]

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Trick or Treat Thursday: Curry wins #1, Tiger comic, Fixing Michigan, Wine harvest & new links

October 30, 2008 – 7:26 am

Congratulations to the Phillies, who last night won the World Series the Tigers were supposed to win. We'll have to settle for Michael Curry's first win as an NBA head coach in the Piston's opener last night.
While the Tigers and everyone in baseball has gone fishing, Sam over at Roar of the Tigers is bringing [...]

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Halloween Fun from the Detroit Pistons

October 29, 2008 – 9:59 am

The Detroit Pistons kick off the 2008 season TONIGHT (Oct 29) at the Palace vs. the Indiana Pacers - check it out in the video below.
You can also download Detroit Pistons pumpkin stencils of Arron Afflalo, Chauncey Billups, Michael Curry, Richard Hamilton, Amir Johnson, Jason Maxiell, Antonio McDyess, Tayshaun Prince, Rodney Stuckey, Rasheed Wallace and [...]

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Weird Wednesday: The Unabridged Dog Lady Island Legend

October 29, 2008 – 8:42 am

Here's an excerpt 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 blog at [...]

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Electionpalooza Tuesday: The 2008 Election in Michigan

October 28, 2008 – 10:00 am

Guardian Building Flag by paulhitz
Election Day (November 4, 2008) is just a week away. That means that today is probably a good day to focus on the election and how to get informed about the issues and the candidates. We also invite you  to post your comments and thoughts about the candidates and issues below. [...]

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The Week for October 27-November 2 (Halloween Edition)

October 27, 2008 – 6:22 pm

Happy Halloween! by thomasgvsu
Welcome to 'The Week' for October 27-November 2. This is where we will be posting comments such as news items, interesting blog posts, cool video and media, coming events, new web sites added to Absolute Michigan and other items of note.
We invite you to do the same!
Halloween is going to dominate the [...]

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Forward-Thinking Monday

October 27, 2008 – 12:54 pm

the creative big three by vanessamiller
(John Howkins, Charles Landry & Richard Florida)
We'll lead off with a quick plug for an upcoming conference and a look back at one from the recent past. The Conference on Michigan's Future takes place in a few weeks (Nov 14-16) at Crystal Mountain with a focus on peak oil, energy [...]

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Video Spotlight: Michigan Blues Artist Larry McCray

October 24, 2008 – 12:09 pm

Absolute Michigan correspondent Scott Allman has a passion for the blues and every Sunday works as a DJ hosting one of Michigan's premiere blues shows. Scott has hosted Capitol City Blues Cruise (listen live Sunday nights from 9 p.m. - midnight) in Lansing for almost 20 years and recently had the opportunity to get Michigan's [...]

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Road Trip: Zombie Walk (for a cause)

October 23, 2008 – 1:04 pm

Zombie Walk Detroit by Wigwam Jones
If you happen to suddenly find yourself surrounded by hordes of flesh eating zombies don't be alarmed. October 26 is 'World Zombie Day' and around 50 cities including Ferndale and Ann Arbor will be participating in zombie walks. Why you may ask? First of all to have fun but [...]

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Setting the table Thursday: take a bite out of Michigan this fall!

October 23, 2008 – 10:59 am

Allegan Sunset 2 by raddad!
Autumn is when Mother Nature packs the boards with a feast for the eyes. AAA Michigan says that the best viewing conditions are being reported in the Southwest and Southeast Lower Peninsula with fair to good fall color conditions are reported in Holland, Jackson, Milford, St. Joseph, Tipton, with color development [...]

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