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A Very Michigan Thanksgiving

November 17, 2011 – 7:15 am

Turkey by Vaughan Thanksgiving is just around the corner and over a million Michiganians will soon be hitting the road to attend family get-togethers and enjoying annual traditions. To help get ready for the upcoming holiday we have compiled a bunch of informative and entertaining Thanksgiving related links for you to enjoy. Share this:

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Weird Wednesday: The Nain Rouge, a Detroit Ghost Story

October 26, 2011 – 8:30 am

The following tale is from Myths and Legends of Our Own Land by Charles M. Skinner, available free at Project Gutenberg. You can get more recent accounts of the Nain Rouge from David A. Spitzley’s spooky & excellent Mythic Detroit and a slightly humorous account called Seeing Red from Model D. Detroit Gargoyles by The [...]

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July Michigan Event Calendar

July 8, 2011 – 9:15 am

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 [...]

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Even the Ghosts are Gone

October 26, 2009 – 6:51 am

Jeff Westover put together this great montage of photographs from the greater Irish Hills area with the music of The Buzzrats from Ann Arbor to start off Halloween week on Absolute Michigan. (Buzzrats on MySpace) Share this:

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Spotlight: Arts, Beats & Eats – Festival of Hope, Sept 4 – 7 Pontiac

August 13, 2009 – 12:00 pm

Arts, Beats & Eats is excited to add to its name, mission and purpose in 2009. The festival is now called Arts, Beats & Eats – Festival of Hope and is excited to announce new changes and partners for the 2009. Arts, Beats & Eats will still feature The HealthPlus Art Fair, one of the [...]

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Road Trip: The Michigan Challenge Balloonfest in Howell

June 25, 2009 – 9:11 am

If you’re looking for something to raise your spirits, lift your eyes to this Road Trip courtesy Michigan in Pictures! For more on the destination, head over to Absolute Michigan keyword Howell and be sure to scroll down for a very cool time lapse video! Pics 126, photo by m7k7k7. The annual Michigan Challenge Balloonfest [...]

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When Ice Attacks: Saginaw Bay homes damaged

March 12, 2009 – 8:10 am

Embedded video from CNN Video Weird Wednesday already? Nope. Huge piles of ice were pushed by NE winds into homes along Linwood Beach (just north of Bay City), forcing evacuations and causing damage. Linwood Beach residents return to find ice piled around, inside and atop their homes from the Bay City Times begins: “I was [...]

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Motown Winter Blast aka the Detroit Winter Blast

January 27, 2009 – 9:15 am

Ice Rink by Allan M The event started in 2005 as a tuneup to Super Bowl XL and was called the Motown Winter Blast. It’s now called Detroit’s Winter Blast and it happens February 6-8, 2009. In what has become typical Michigan media fashion, the Detroit News fills the glass half full, dwelling on what [...]

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Blogs We Dig: Black Coffee at Sunrise

December 22, 2008 – 12:42 pm

Snowshoeing by nasunto Billed as a blog about camping, hiking, nature and Michigan with occasional sarcasm and embellishment, Black Coffee At Sunrise was recently recognized at Backpacker Magazine in their Daily Dirt section online. We think the recognition is well deserved. Blogger Nina describes her blog: Despite the unstable times we are facing, there is [...]

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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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