The Week for October 20-26, 2008

Fallen Beauty by lorainedicerbo
Fallen Beauty by lorainedicerbo

Welcome to 'The Week' for October 20-26. This is where we will be posting comments such as news items, interesting blog posts, cool video and media, coming events, new web sites added to Absolute Michigan and other items of note.

We invite you to do the same!

Temps are dropping and most areas have already experienced their first frost with snow coming up in the forecast. With this change in weather it is a great week to check out the The Michigan Story Festival in Mt. Pleasant on October 24 - 25. The two-day Michigan Story Festival offers a complete showcase of the power of storytelling in all its art forms. Michigan Story Festival is one of the only storytelling festivals to integrate the stories of many cultures and traditions. There is also the History, Mystery & Haunting: THE WHITNEY RESTAURANT in Detroit on October 25th for an evening to be remembered! First enjoy a three-course meal at this beautiful, 5-star restaurant. Later, Kathleen Tedsen and Beverlee Rydel, authors of "Haunted Travels of Michigan" will tell the Whitney story and, in association with paranormal team HIGHLAND GHOST HUNTERS, will share their experience and evidence collected during a two-night investigation. You may be in for a surprise! Photographs, Video & Audio Presented. A ghost hunt will follow.

Also be sure to check out our massive Michigan Haunted Houses, Mazes & Attractions page that features all kinds of haunted houses, corn mazes and scary attractions from all across Michigan.

Also, this Saturday the Michigan State University Spartans travel to Ann Arbor to play the University of Michigan Wolverines at The Big House. Check out our Michigan vs Michigan State Football Rivalry page for a ton of information on this much anticipated annual football game!



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4 Comments

  1. Absolute Michigan
    Posted October 22, 2008 at 4:26 pm | Permalink

    NASA To Honor Michigan On Next Space Shuttle Flight

    The state of Michigan will be honored during space shuttle Endeavour's upcoming STS-126 mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour is targeted to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 14.

    NASA is honoring all 50 states during the remaining flights of the space shuttle, which will be retired in 2010. During the STS-126 mission, Hawaii and Indiana also will be honored.

    Continue reading: MITECHNEWS.COM

  2. Absolute Michigan
    Posted October 22, 2008 at 5:50 pm | Permalink

    Record number of Michiganians registered to vote, state says

    A record 7.47 million Michiganians have registered to vote in the Nov. 4 general election, Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land announced today.

    That's about a 5 percent jump from January and 98 percent of the state's voting age population.

    "I'm pleased so many people have registered to vote," Land said. "Now I encourage everyone to take the next step and cast a ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 4 either in person or by absentee if you qualify.

    Continue reading: The Detroit News

  3. Absolute Michigan
    Posted October 23, 2008 at 2:42 pm | Permalink

    National museum features planned Michigan redevelopment project

    A planned Muskegon Heights housing development hasn't even been built yet, but it's already in a museum. Mona Terrace, a residential neighborhood projected for the site of a former municipal wastewater treatment plant, is part of an exhibit opening Oct. 23 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

    The year-long exhibition titled "Green Community" features communities of all sizes where government and the private sector are coming together to work for a more sustainable future. It's the third in a series of National Building Museum exhibitions that focus on sustainability in architecture, planning and design.

    Continue reading: EPA.gov

  4. Absolute Michigan
    Posted October 24, 2008 at 9:50 am | Permalink

    No wins, no TV for Lions

    A bad football team will be replaced by "Bad Boys" on Sunday.

    The Lions failed to sell out their game against the Redskins at Ford Field by Thursday's deadline and, for the first time since late in the 2001 season, their game will not be broadcast on local television.

    No station whose signal penetrates a 75-mile radius of Detroit may broadcast the game. That's a new development since the last time the Lions were blacked out. In the past, die-hard fans could drive outstate to watch the game on television.

    Even fans who have the NFL Ticket through DirecTV or a satellite dish won't receive a signal for the game.

    In place of the Lions game, Fox 2 plans to show the movie "Best Laid Plans," starring Reese Witherspoon and Josh Brolin, followed by a "Cops" doubleheader. Fox will broadcast the Giants-Steelers game and CBS will show the Browns-Jaguars game at 4 p.m.

    Continue reading: The Detroit News

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