The Metropolitan Affairs Coalition (MAC) invites you to get outside and enjoy a day of kayaking, bicycling, and family fun on the blueway and greenway trails in Flat Rock, Gibraltar, and Rockwood, as well as Lake Erie Metropark and the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, August 4 for the first annual “Celebrating Community [...]
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Wishing you could time travel? 18thC Cuisine does, join Carolyn Smith-Kizer as she explores 18th century French cuisine as a women of that era may have cooked it. Her blog is a filled with a rich assortment of historical facts and recipes. In addition to posting interesting historical recipes, Carolyn also tells you how acquire [...]
Festival by One Foot Over The Moon June 8-10 The Detroit Festival of the Arts – Detroit From hot Latin rhythms to the comic antics of international street theatre or a 75-ton sand sculpture, the Detroit Festival of the Arts will delight the whole family. Now in its 21st year, the Detroit Festival of the [...]
Lapeer County Courthouse by Larry the Biker (click for a closeup of the marker!) In the summer of 1831, brothers Alvin N. and Oliver B. Hart left New York state and headed west in a quest for land. They camped along the fast-moving Flint River, at a place their guide called LePierre. The men returned [...]
April 19, 2007 – 10:49 am
Flickr Royal Oak Rove by Ashley Dinges A number of photographers whose work appears on Absolute Michigan & Michigan in Pictures will be featured in a Michigan Radio item by Jen Guerra tomorrow (Friday, April 20). It will run during Morning Edition and metro-area All Things Considered. The exact time is uncertain, but it will [...]
March 14, 2007 – 10:05 am
Voigtlander Pinhole: Lefurge by Matt Callow Yesterday on Michigan in Pictures we blogged a photo from Ross Orr and tried to talk up the upcoming Cheap Shots: The Silver Dreams of Plastic Cameras, a toy camera exhibition and extravaganza sponsored by the Ann Arbor Area Krappy Kamera Klub. One of the driving forces behind this [...]
Jennifer Granholm by C.A. Carrigan WJRT-TV 12 Flint has complete video coverage of the first of Governor Jennifer Granholm’s live town hall meetings and also video of the Republicans “counter-offensive” on the budget. The Freep has an article that includes a schedule on these invitation-only events: Tuesday, March 6: Southfield, 7 p.m. on WXYZ-TV (Channel [...]
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February 19, 2007 – 10:40 am
Mask by pinehurst19475 As we continue to celebrate Black History Month in Michigan, it wouldn’t be fitting for us to unravel the past without a trip to the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. The museum’s main exhibit, And We Still Rise!, is all about the significant role that Detroit played [...]
By Jules
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Also posted in Articles, Arts & Entertainment, Community, Community & Nonprofit Organizations, Detroit, Festivals, Attractions & Event Calendars, History & Libraries, Media, Museums & Collections, Technology & Internet Media, The Michigan Pages, The Michigan Pages: History: Black History
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February 15, 2007 – 9:48 am
Bobby and others have had the unfortunate loss of a friend. We’ll be doing Bobby’s profile next Monday – Wednesday (Feb 26-28) and our condolences go out to all the friends and family of Jeffrey Colby. We will (finally) be profiling another Michigan photographer: Bobby Alcott aka “UrbanTikiâ€, a Detroit photographer. We’ll be asking Bobby [...]
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