Category Archives: Video

Fly High at the Pine Mountain Ski Jumping Tournament

February 2, 2012 – 9:40 am

Every year the Kiwanis Ski Club in Iron Mountain holds the Pine Mountain Continental Cup Ski Jumping Competition, one of the best tournaments in the United world. The first competition was held in 1939, making 2012 is the 73rd annual. The event takes place the weekend of February 11-12, 2012 and will draw top US & international [...]

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Today is Veterans Day

November 11, 2011 – 6:30 am

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~Elmer Davis Today’s photo and quotation is provided by luna.nik and I think that it pretty much sums up what is asked, what is given and what we are called to remember and honor on [...]

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Michigan: Great Lakes Surfing Capital

June 27, 2011 – 10:20 am

Surfing Michigan by farlane We’ve pulled together a great collection of Great Lakes & Michigan surfing videos with a few links: The photo was taken on Lake Michigan at Leland. You can see more surfing photos on Michigan in Pictures and also on Northern Michigan Surf on Facebook and in the Surfing slideshow from the [...]

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April is Michigan Wine Month

April 6, 2011 – 6:00 am

Ready for the Harvest by lpwines While Governor Snyder has made a lot of changes in his first few months in office, he joined his predecessor in proclaiming April Michigan Wine Month. Sales of Michigan wines in the state rose nearly 12 percent in 2010, while total wine sales increased just 4 percent. Michigan wine [...]

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Halloween Fun from the Detroit Pistons

October 30, 2009 – 9:00 am

The Detroit Pistons kick off the 2008 season TONIGHT (Oct 30) at the Palace vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder. You can get upper level tickets for just $15 and $5 of that goes to breast cancer research at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit. You can also download Detroit Pistons pumpkin stencils of [...]

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The Woodward Dream Cruise, a Detroit Classic

August 12, 2009 – 10:17 am

Red, White and Chrome Dream Cruise by kelley girl The 15th annual Woodward Dream Cruise happens this Saturday, August 15, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. It’s billed as the world’s largest one-day celebration of car culture, and with more 1.7 million visitors and over than 40,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles, [...]

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Larry Charles, Jeff Garlin, Michael Moore and others on the Traverse City Film Festival

August 3, 2009 – 7:52 am

Director Larry Charles, Producer/ Actor Jeff Garlin, festival co-founder Michael Moore, TCFF Director Deb Lake and others give their thoughts on Traverse City and the Traverse City Film Festival in this video by Scott Allman Video. Absolute Michigan: On Location has much more coverage from the 2009 Traverse City Film Festival. Share this:

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Video Rewind: Detroit Windsor International Film Festival

July 16, 2009 – 10:11 am

Absolute Michigan contributor Scott Allman recently traveled to the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival and brought back some interesting and informative footage from another successful year. If you didn’t go this year then put it on your calendar for 2010! ABOUT THE DETROIT WINDSOR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The DWIFF brings truth to the term “International”, [...]

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Video: “Cedars for the Au Sable” by Scott Allman

July 7, 2009 – 1:52 pm

Au Sable River by lorainedicerbo Absolute Michigan contributor Scott Allman took a trip to the Au Sable and has produced an interesting piece on reintroducing Michigan white cedar trees along the banks of the Au Sable river. From the website Cedars for the Au Sable we learn: The northern white-cedars along the river’s banks provide [...]

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Video Rewind: Waterfront Film Festival 2009 Breaks Records

June 22, 2009 – 12:43 pm

Absolute Michigan contributor Scott Allman recently traveled to the Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck and brought back some cool footage from a record breaking year. If you didn’t go this year then put it on your calendar for 2010! About Waterfront Film Festival Now in its eleventh year, the Waterfront Film Festival celebrates independent film [...]

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