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Blogs We Dig: Blue Cats and Red Sox

scoring the game by Boston Fan in Michigan Blue Cats and Red Sox is written by "a Bostonian at University of Michigan OBSESSED by baseball," but I guess how could she not be, coming from Boston. Luckily she manages to talk about other sports…
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Introducing the Save the Wild UP Video Challenge

Absolute Michigan is pleased to introduce (and host) the Save the Wild UP Video Challenge. In a nutshell, Save the Wild UP is challenging you to make a YouTube video that shows why Michigan must protect its rivers, lakes and streams. Everyone…
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Photo Friday: Drinking water

Catherine Pentescu is a photographer from Kentucky, but she captured this amazing image of a swan on White Lake in Michigan. You can see more of her photos by clicking the image and at Images By Cat.
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Get your Spring back through The Michigan Gallery

Upsy Daisy by suesue2 Spring is just a few days away, so over at The Michigan Gallery on Flickr, Kathy has put out a call for spring pictures from Michigan. Check them out and (if you're a Flickr member) add your own! Spring is…
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Homeless Dave, Teeter Talk, Krappy Kameras and Matt Callow

Voigtlander Pinhole: Lefurge by Matt CallowYesterday on Michigan in Pictures we blogged a photo from Ross Orr and tried to talk up the upcoming Cheap Shots: The Silver Dreams of Plastic Cameras, a toy camera exhibition and extravaganza sponsored…
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10,000+ Michigan Photos

Sometime over the weekend, the 10,000th photo was posted to our Absolute Michigan photo group on Flickr. Photo 10K was taken at the construction of a new casino in Greektown by Mac of Detroit Bike Blog fame. It's an amazing milestone…
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Photo Friday: Magoon Creek Bed

Diann lives in a small town on Michigan's "gold coast" and says that it is a gorgeous place to live. A look through her photos will probably find you in agreement. In addition to her own pictures, she also posts a fair number of historical…
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Robin Lee Berry - Live Online

Robin in the Sun by Andy McFarlane Tony Williams (husband of Northern Michigan songstress Robin Lee Berry) sent an email telling me that they'll be tapping the sugar maples up in Boyne City on Thursday, but I should skip to the part where…
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Remembering Detroit's Paradise Valley

Orchestra Hall, Detroit by kelliekp The Detroit News has a cool audio slideshow featuring playwright Beatrice Buck talking about Detroit's "Paradise Valley" area that triggered about an hour of surfing from link to cool link. Since someone…
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Exhibit probes the question of shrinking cities

Thinking About Detroit by DA2Brian Model D has a video feature (below) and an accompanying story (Big Ideas for Shrinking Cities) on the Shrinking Cities exhibit at MOCAD and Cranbrook (also see shrinkingcities.com). The exhibit runs through…
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Photo Friday: Hardcore 313 Point

This photo is one of a few that Andy Tanguay posted from the Hardcore 313 Dance Competition held last weekend at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit (check his hardcore313 tag for the others and check out all his photos right here) Andy writes…