Category Archives: Video

Creative Cities: The Bold Vision of Bill Strickland

October 14, 2008 – 2:42 pm

Mama’s gunna knock you out by Kcjacoby Last night at the Creative Cities Summit, author and MacArthur Fellow Bill Strickland delivered one of the boldest and bluntest talks about what can and should be done to re-energize our cities and nation. The video below offers a little taste of Bill – you can get more [...]

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Get your Green(s) at the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference

September 27, 2008 – 1:34 pm

SEEDS director Sarna Salzman talks about the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference which takes place October 17-19th, 2008 in Traverse City, Michigan @ Northwestern Michigan College (click through to view in high quality). The music is “Greens” by Seth Bernard & May Erlewine from the very tasty disc Something Fresh. Hear more at earthworkmusic.com. Sarna mentions [...]

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John McCain & Michigan

September 8, 2008 – 12:43 pm

Sarah Palin Addresses Michigan, photo by b24chicago Last Friday, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain made his first major visit to Michigan. In McCain Makes a Run at Michigan, A Wavering Democratic Stronghold, the Wall Street Journal observes that Michigan could be critical in November: If John McCain becomes the nation’s 44th president, it may be [...]

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Traverse Epicurean Classic video

September 4, 2008 – 7:49 am

Scott Allman & Eric Villegas of the TV show Fork in the Road visited the Traverse Epicurean Classic in 2006 – you can visit in 2008 if you enter Absolute Michigan’s Epicurean Classic Giveaway! The winner will be announced on Friday so be sure to get your entry in now! (click to YouTube to see [...]

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Wooodward Dream Cruise 2008

August 21, 2008 – 9:48 am

Absolute Michigan’s video correspondents Scott Allman and Jim McClain have some great shots of the cars along with interviews with the interesting and colorful characters that make up the world’s largest one-day car event: It’s definitely worth clicking over to see the high quality version. 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise by Wigwam Jones Another must see [...]

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Remembering the Detroit Riot of 1967

July 22, 2008 – 10:06 am

One of the most profound events in Michigan’s history is the Detroit Riot of 1967. Wikipedia’s 12th Street Riot entry explains: The 12th Street Riot was a civil disturbance in Detroit that began in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, 1967. Vice squad officers executed a raid at a blind pig, or speakeasy, [...]

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Michigan History: The Story of Michigan J. Frog

July 17, 2008 – 11:05 am

Chuck Jones, the famous Hollywood screen artist, helped create such cartoon characters as Elmer Fudd, the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Pepe Le Pew and others. But of all the fictitious creatures that appeared in his more than 300 films, his favorite animated figure was Michigan J. Frog. Released in 1955 by Warner Brothers, the [...]

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S.S. Badger passing the Ludington Lighthouse

July 7, 2008 – 9:02 am

.Doug Coldwell added this video of the S.S. Badger car ferry coming home past Ludington lighthouse to our group on YouTube. Also check out his video of the Badger from up in the lighthouse, learn more about this vessel at ssbadger.com and have a look at Shaun Davis’s videos from the Badger’s engine room. The [...]

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2008 Rothbury Ticket Giveaway from GM Next & Absolute Michigan

July 1, 2008 – 12:07 pm

We had some great entries and it was tough to make our promised arbitrary decision. We’d really like to thank all of you who took the time to make your case and hope that we get many more chances to give you stuff. After a brief drum roll, here’s who’s going to Rothbury: Jacqui Balogh [...]

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Barack Obama & Michigan

June 19, 2008 – 9:21 am

Gore, Obama and Granholm by wizardkitten As the editor, I try pretty hard to keep the tone on Absolute Michigan as non-partisan as possible. When I read Obama Reaches Out to Michigan Voters in the Washington Independent, I realized that as a result, we probably side-step a lot of significant news … and also some [...]

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