Category Archives: Traverse City

A-maze-ing timelapse

Our 2010 Michigan Haunted Attractions, Corn Mazes & Halloween Guide lists a bunch of opportunities for spooky fun all across Michigan. Photographer Ken Scott has assembled a very cool time lapse of an evening at one of these, Jacob’s Corn Maze near Traverse City. Click over to YouTube, select the 720p option, and then full [...]

Traverse City Wine & Art Festival ~ August 21, 2010

In August, Absolute Michigan is featuring all kinds of Michigan wine stories and events – we’ll be giving away (or pointing to giveaways) from Michigan wine events and in general trying to everything we can to promote Michigan’s great wines and wine touring opportunities. Special Giveaway Alert! As a sponsor of the 2010 Traverse City [...]

Dunegrass 2010 to focus on Michigan Music

The 2010 Dunegrass Music Festival takes place this Friday through Sunday (August 6-8) near Empire (click for map). The organizers write: We are taking the Dunegrass Festival back to its roots! In it’s 18th year, we continue to remember our focus of showcasing the fine talent that we are so blessed to have right here [...]

Photo Friday: Finding Nemo…Film Festival 2010 TC by Pamela Ann Photography

Over on our On Location blog we featured this photo from the Traverse City Film Festival. Every year for the Traverse City Film Festival they show free movies on the big screen. Still to come: Raising Arizona, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Mary Poppins! Pamela Ann Photography (Pamela Bevelhymer) writes that she’s a [...]

Weird Michigan: Michigan Movie Special Edition

The last Wednesday of every month is a “Weird Wednesday” on Absolute Michigan, when Linda Godfrey gives you a sample of what’s weird in the Wolverine State. You can listen to Linda’s latest podcasts and report your own strange encounters at weirdmichigan.com, follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/lindasgodfrey and also check out her books including [...]

On Location: 2010 Traverse City Film Festival

The Traverse City Film Festival is in full swing and our coverage is ramping up! Check out posts from our OnLocation blog and scroll down for info about the Traverse City Film Festival and a really cool video! Speaking of video, Absolute Michigan is producing daily video for the festival … here’s the first! (7/29) [...]

Driving Michigan: Seth Bernard interviews Ray Minervini

Seth Bernard by Patrick T Power Driving Michigan is Absolute Michigan’s new show that explores the state of Michigan and the people who are moving us towards the future. It’s hosted by Seth Bernard, a musician with a passion for Michigan. The video was shot by Ken Lake of Mythic Michigan. Our first episode was [...]

Michigan Memorial Day Weekend Travel

Pretty clouds distract me as I drive by merebearlandon Memorial Weekend is the launch of the summer travel season. AAA Michigan estimates that 1.1 million Michigan residents will travel on state roads this Memorial Day weekend, paying 11 1.2 cents less per gallon of gasoline as compared to last week (and maybe even less by [...]

Absolute Michigan onLocation: Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival

Absolute Michigan is going on location again, this time to the first ever Traverse City Comedy Fest! Here’s the post from the Absolute Michigan onLocation blog – stay tuned for more! Event dynamo Michael Moore has teamed up with comedian Jeff Garlin to launch the Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival. The inaugural comedy fest takes [...]

Tweet & Taste Michigan: Wines of Black Star Farms

Shannon Casey is the publisher of MichiganByTheBottle.com, a blog that features original content like tasting notes, articles, in-depth winery video features and weekly video podcasts, as well as links to news stories on Michigan wine from across the Web. The site’s purpose is to educate consumers on the state’s presence in the wine industry, expose [...]