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Five Things you need to know for Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

I really hope you get a chance to check out yesterday's Michigan Surfing feature. Quite a few cool videos and another shining example (based on reader comments) that Michigan is often more than people believe it to be. Shhh. Proposed Grayling…
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Michigan August Event Calendar

A sampling of Michigan festivals & events for the month of August. As usual, there's no way we'll get them all, so please add links and information about those we've missed (or reviews of ones we have here) in the comments below. July…
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Photo Friday: Fleeting Monster by postpurchase

postpurchase says that he had to pull over into the Lodi Township hall parking lot on his way home last night in order to get a few shots of these massive supercells pounding Monroe County. This same storm system produced a July 5th record…
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Shop Michigan: Shout Sister Shout by Steppin' In It and Rachael Davis

Shout Sister Shout by Patrick T Power Shout Sister Shout, the first album by Rachael Davis and Steppin' In It, "focuses on old-time American Jazz featuring torch swing numbers alongside bluesy ballads." Rachael Davis and Steppin' In…
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Absolute Michigan Pool - 15,000 photos and growing

This morning, practically as I watched, the photodometer on the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr rolled over to 15,000. The photo from Detroit International River Days maybe wasn't as dramatic as some of the others Connie (One Foot Over…
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Photo Friday: Woo hoo! by Ed Roth

Ed says that this photo is from the official start of summer (well from last summer).   From his photos, it's clear that Ed and his family have a great time at home and on vacation in Michigan.
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The Absolute Michigan channel on chime.tv

The chime.tv web site provides a very well thought out and high-powered* interface for viewing internet video. They also allow you to create a channel, so we created the Absolute Michigan channel on chime.tv. The first video we're featuring…
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Photo Friday: Pappy by Pistol Pete

Pete writes: My Grandfather Ray, he worked for GM for 40+ years in various factories and started in the infamous "hole" and was there for the sit down strikes. He is great man and even better grandpa. Pete feels that there's something…
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Father's Day

Sue added this photo to the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr. In addition to sharing it with you, I'd also like to share the wish that you can spend some of today with your dad, your kids or your memories.
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Photo Friday: Mackinac Bridge by maproomsystems

Brett takes some amazingly diverse photos and is the Director of Operations for the even more amazingly diverse Maproom Systems. I don't know what else to say, so I'll stop now.
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Planet Ant Film & Video Festival in Hamtramck

The 5th annual Planet Ant Film & Video Festival will be held Thursday, June 14th through Saturday, June 16th at Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck (there's also an opening night party tonight at Northern Lights Lounge in Detroit's New Center…
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Photo Friday: Seney, the sky afire by Kyle Rokos

There are a lot of things I like about Kyle including the fact that he uploads his photos at huge enough sizes to be great backgrounds, the cool places he goes in the Upper Peninsula, and of course the fact that he too is aware of the phenomenon…