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Michigan breweries shine at national competition With Michigan's wine industry becoming an international player our state microbreweries don't always get the full attention they most definitely deserve. The KalamaBrew staff over at mlive.com bring to our attention that "Several Michigan breweries medal at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival."

Weird Photo Wednesday: Lakenenland Corporate Greed by Kristina_5 Found on the Absolute Michigan flickr pool, Kristina_5 has some interesting shots from an equally interesting sculpture park located 15 miles east of Marquette, Michigan on M-28. Click on in for more information on this photo and to see other 'Michigan Oddities' as captured through the lens of Kristina_5.

Creative Cities: The Bold Vision of Bill Strickland 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.

Hello from Creative Cities and Detroit This week we're broadcasting (sort of) live from the Renaissance Center in Detroit and the Creative Cities Summit 2.0. At yesterday's "Unconference" one of the themes that kept coming up was how the stories of Detroit are impacting the city's efforts to re-invent itself as a place to live, work and play. Check out this video and share your thoughts.

Creative Cities: an ecology of hope I came to Detroit for the Creative Cities Summit unprepared, frankly, for the scale of the challenge that Michigan's largest city is facing. Two speakers: Toronto's Poet Laureate Pier Giorgio Di Cicco and British city planner & consultant John Howkins have some thoughts about overcoming those.

The Week for October 13 - 19, 2008 Welcome to 'The Week' for October 13-19. 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!

Photo Friday: reclamation project by jamelah This photo is in Jamelah's The Middle of Nowhere set. Some of her other sets that I particularly like are Spring, Summer, Autumn & Trees. I thought that twenty and twelve were pretty good ideas too.

Michigan Radio's Northern Arts Series Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra recently took a trip to northern lower Michigan to explore the ties between art & community. One of her stops was Chad Pastotnik's Deep Wood Press studio in Mancelona to learn about the centuries old art of letterpress. Also features on Bay Bucks, the Art Farm and Earthworks Music.

Exposure.Detroit ... just because The photo is Yes by Amy Palomar, seen (with so many others) in Exposure.Detroit - dive into the Exposure.Detroit Flickriver.

The Great Michigan Fire of 1871 While the Chicago Fire of 1871 gets lots of attention, Michigan experienced fires swept across the state in October of 1871, wiping out or endangering Holland, Manistee, Grand Rapids, South Haven and Port Huron doing millions of dollars worth of property damage and killing hundreds.

Spotlight: Food, Wine & All That Jazz, October 10 - Grand Rapids Head to Grand Rapids for Food, Wine & All That Jazz, West Michigan’s premier wine tasting event at the Grand Rapids Public Museum. Enjoy more than 35 tables filled with over 300 domestic wine selections and over 25 tables of select gourmet foods.

Michigan History: A wok down memory lane with La Choy As America began its experiment with Prohibition in the early 1920s, some Michiganians concocted illegal spirits in their bathtubs. However, at least one Detroiter reportedly used his bathtub to grow bean sprouts. From such modest beginnings sprang the Chinese food brand La Choy.

Detroit Shock win third WNBA Championship Last night the Detroit Shock captured their third WNBA crown in 5 years with a 76-60 rout of the San Antonio Silver Stars. Read on for more about the game and photos. Also, there will be a Championship Celebration TODAY (Monday, October 6 2008) at Noon at Campus Martius Park in Detroit!

The Week for October 6 - 12, 2008 Welcome to 'The Week' for October 6-12. 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!

Photo Friday: Hunter's Point by darylann Hunter's Park (on Copper Harbor) overlooks Lake Superior on the west side of the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula, in Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula. Daryl has been doing portrait and wedding photography for almost 10 years, but her heart and passion is in outdoor photography.

Get your Green(s) at the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference SEEDS director Sarna Salzman and "Greens" by Seth Bernard & May Erlewine. Use the links below to share your photos and videos with us! Add Your Videos Share Your Photos Check below for more videos!

Creative Cities: The Bold Vision of Bill Strickland 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. Get your Green(s) at the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference 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. Creative Cities Summit 2.0 in Detroit Detroit will host the Creative Cities Summit 2.0 (CCS2) on October 12-15, 2008 at the Renaissance Center. CCS2 is an interdisciplinary conference on the economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects of what makes great cities. Click through for videos, speakers and registration information! Michigan's Small Business Advocate ... and cider Crain's Detroit has a neat "Small Talk" series of videos. One of these is a Q&A with Michigan's Small Business Advocate, Chris Holman whose job is to connect small businesses with services and programs. There's another about cider producer Parmenter's Market. Park(ing) Day webcasting from Grand Rapids Tomorrow (Friday, September 19) is National Park-ing Day. In this video about Parking Day in Grand Rapids, Andy Dragt says he'll be broadcasting live via internet tomorrow. Cool. GM2K: Production Chevy Volt revealed Yesterday the Chevy Volt - a car many feel is the last, best hope of General Motors - was revealed. Click through for photos, video and information about the plug-in hybrid that is slated for a 2010 release. Back to School: Free college with The Kalamazoo Promise Quite simply, The Kalamazoo Promise is a scholarship offered to every Kalamazoo Public School student. Learn how the Kalamazoo Promise is working, check out some of the programs it has spawned in and out of Michigan and tell us how you think we should help students prepare for the challenges of the 21st century in this era of spiraling education costs. John McCain & Michigan Last Friday, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain made his first major visit to Michigan. With an estimated 10,000 attendees, McCain's rally at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heighs dwarfed any previous appearance. Read on for reports, photos and video! Detroit International Jazz Festival video Enjoy this great report from the 2008 Detroit International Jazz Festival hosted by Jim McClain and shot and produced by Scott Allman for Absolute Michigan. Traverse Epicurean Classic video ... still time to win tickets! 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! Woodward Dream Cruise 2008 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. We Are All Downstream Eric Hansen is the author of "Hiking Michigan's Upper Peninsula" and "Hiking Wisconsin". In this morning's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he has an editorial titled Headwaters are no place for toxic new mining. It's a much need call on citizens of the Great Lakes region to take a hard look at the risks of sulfide mining in Michigan Remembering the Detroit Riot of 1967 One of the most profound events in Michigan's history is the Detroit Riot of 1967 (also known as the 12th Street Riot). This feature includes photos, recollections and videos (including one set to the song Black Day in July by Gordon Lightfoot that was banned in the US). We'd love to share your vision of Michigan with others. Please feel welcome to add your videos to our YouTube group and please share your photos in the Absolute Michigan group on Flickr.

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