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2011 Electric Forest Festival ~ June 30 - July 3, 2011

The lineup for the inaugural Electric Forest music festival in Rothbury, Michigan on June 30 - July 3, 2011 has been announced. Rothbury Crowd by Colleen Catania Photography Surprising to probably nobody is the headliner, String Cheese…
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Film Friday: High Five for Michigan Film Incentives

"This is not about saving Hollywood. This is about saving Michigan." ~ Mitch Albom Read on for a report on last night's Town Hall meeting but we definitely want to start off by featuring High Five for Film Incentives. Deep Blue Pictures…
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The Return of Rothbury: 2011 Electric Forest Festival

Rothbury Festival 2009 by Ã…nne Two years ago, Absolute Michigan joined tens of thousands of folks at the Rothbury Music Festival.  The festival wasn't able to secure the commitments necessary to make it work in 2010, but they will…
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Baffling Budget Beatdown: Axe to Fall on Michigan Film Incentive?

If you care about this issue, visit Tell Rick on Facebook or Rick's Wrong (About the Michigan Film Industry Tax Credit). You can also try to contact your legislators and impress upon them the importance of this tool to Michigan's future. If…
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Photo Friday: DN hiking it, Elk Lake- Elk Rapids, Michigan by rickrjw

rickrjw (Rick Wolanin) added an ice boating shot from Harbor Springs to the Absolute Michigan pool today, but I liked this one from 2 years ago on Elk Lake. He's a retired commercial photographer. Check his Collections for tons of iceboating…
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Report from the Traverse City Comedy Festival

Crowd for Jeffrey Ross by tcfilmfest The Absolute Michigan team spent the weekend working on the 2nd annual Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival. The festival was a big success and once again festival co-founders Jeff Garlin & Michael…
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ArtPrize 2011 ~ September 21 through October 9, 2011

Cavalry by pairadocsArtPrize, the radically open, radically cool art competition that awards the world's largest art prize has issued their call for ArtPrize 2011 artists. The wildly successful event will return to Grand Rapids September 21…
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Benzie County Water Festival ~ Saturday, March 19th

Here's some videos from presenters and performers at the Benzie County Water Festival, along with some of the beautiful water they'll be talking about! Do you have others to add? Add them in the comments or click that Facebook link to share…
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Fiborn Quarry by Marty Hogan

Today's post and photos are by Marty Hogan, a member of the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr who does amazing work photographing Michigan's nearly vanished ghost towns. See all the photos at Fiborn Quarry set (slideshow). Fiborn Quarry was…
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City Recycling + Film Incentive = Raleigh Michigan Studios

On Michigan in Pictures we recently wondered whether the road to Oz will wind through Michigan. Here's a feature on where the Wizard's balloon may land in Michigan. Crow's Nest by Jeff Gaydash Great Lakes Echo has a cool series about City…
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Imported from Detroit: Chrysler scores a Super Bowl Ad Touchdown

Despite the fact that the Lions kept their membership in the Never Make a Super Bowl Club current, the Motor City made an appearance in Super Bowl 45 with a pretty impressive commercial for Michigan-based Chrysler. USA Today's cool Super…
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Photo Friday: shadowy barn by danielle422

Danielle is from Allen Park and says that she's trying to expand her horizon of the types of photos she takes and has some for sale at her Etsy shop. You can get this photo background big and see more in her Barns slideshow. You might…