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Wine Time in TC: Harvest Stompede & Old Mission Wine & Food Celebration

September 10, 2009 – 10:20 am

If you're looking for a reason to get back to Traverse City this fall, we've got two!

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February Michigan Event Calendar

January 23, 2009 – 11:50 am

Star Dream by Conlawprof
Our Michigan February Event Calendar seems to demonstrate that the more the weather tries to keep us bottled up, the more innovative ways Michiganians will find to tell the weather what they think about that!! Of course, there's still many, many more and we invite you to fill us in on other [...]

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

September 25, 2008 – 11:47 am

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 [...]

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Dig Michigan: Kalamazoo Region

August 13, 2008 – 1:36 pm

Situated approximately half way between Detroit and Chicago and home to Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo is the second 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 [...]

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Photo Friday: Warmup by Rudy Malmquist

July 4, 2008 – 9:35 am

Rudy says he's a sarcastic joke-bomb manufacturer that happens to own a camera.
It also appears that he's a runner who sometimes finds cool things like old firetrucks and old tractors ... and a unique way of framing common scenes. Check out his Top 25 slideshow.
Happy 4th of July folks!

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Watch: Race for the Cure – 2008

June 2, 2008 – 6:02 pm

This video by mattmb1 from High Gear Racing features a ride through Detroit with Andy Staub and other riders from Beat the Train and Saturday's Komen Detroit Race for the Cure.
We're linking to the high quality version - if that doesn't work, here's standard quality. The photo is Cannondale Bike Detail by bmg5.

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Ice Climbing and the Michigan Ice Fest

March 10, 2008 – 9:19 am

Eben6119 by ETCphoto
The Chicago Sun-Times has a cool feature on ice climbing and the annual Michigan Ice Fest by Felicia Schneiderhan. The Ice Fest is held in Munising (home to over 100 climbable waterfalls) and celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Schneiderhan says:
Ice festivals are great for beginners since the cost of admission -- $25 [...]

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Michigan Ski Tour: Cross Country Skiing

December 17, 2007 – 9:29 am

Last week, our Michigan Ski Tour took you to downhill skiing resorts from one end of the state to the other. You don't need a lift to have fun with skis though - read on for all kinds of nordic skiing fun!

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Five things you need to know for Tuesday, November 27, 2007

November 27, 2007 – 10:09 am

They said it: Dana Johnson, chief economist for used-to-be-Detroit-based Comerica Bank in forecasting modest 1-2% growth for Michigan's economy in 2008. We'll finally have the sense, after four years of a downturn, we're on a rise again. Roy Williams, on the I don't want it, you take it NFC playoff race: Yeah, we’re in this [...]

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Bike Tour de xTwo: Tour de Leelanau & Tour de Troit

September 6, 2007 – 9:25 am

tour de two by various artists
Next Saturday (September 15, 2007) Michigan hosts two very different bike tours. The annual tour de troit is billed as a leisurely 40-mile ride through the streets of Detroit that begins at 10 AM explores the city's historic areas and sights. I'm not sure if I'd use "leisurely" and "40-mile [...]