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Detroit Design Festival ~ September 21-28, 2011

The inaugural Detroit Design Festival (DDF) starts tomorrow (Wednesday, Sep 21) with a kickoff party from 6-9 PM at New Center Park. DDF is a "crowd-sourced design festival" developed to showcase the talents and abilities Detroit’s creative…

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ArtPrize 2011 in Grand Rapids

The Eyes Have It by pairadocs Our favorite Michigan art event, ArtPrize, kicks off its third year in Grand Rapids this Wednesday. ArtPrize runs September 21 - October 9, 2011. It's billed as a radically open art competition that is open…

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11 straight wins ties 1968 Detroit Tigers!

Thanks to Roar of the Tigers for getting me thinking about this! Yesterday the Detroit Tigers powered to their 11th straight victory, a 5-0 shutout hurled by Justin Verlander, his 11th in a row as well and 23rd victory overall. The Tigers…

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Climate Change in Michigan

I read that Al Gore is going to present 24 hours of Climate Reality starting tomorrow at 7 PM. It's hard for me to comprehend how an issue that should be mainly about science and solutions has become politicized to such a ridiculous degree.…

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2011 September Michigan Event Calendar

Mick Road Maple Monster by jimflix Say hello to September and enjoy the bountiful harvests and beautiful scenery it brings. September is a perfect time to enjoy the outdoors with it's warm days and cool evening temperatures (not to mention…

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2011 Mackinac Bridge Walk ~ Monday, September 5, 2011

Mackinaw bridge walk by KatSwinehart On Labor Day (Monday, September 5th) the 54th annual Mackinac Bridge Walk takes place. The walk is free to all and starts at 7 AM and you can leave any time up to 11 AM. They have a blog with information…

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Weird Wednesday: Michigan Sea Monsters

The last Wednesday of every month is a "Weird Wednesday" on Absolute Michigan. Usually we get a feature from Linda S. Godfrey, the author that fascinating tome of Michigan mysteries: Weird Michigan. Linda is hard at work on her latest book…

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Seeking Michigan: The Treaty of Detroit

By William LeFevre of the Walter P. Reuther Library , courtesy Seeking Michigan and the Archives of Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic &…

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Losing the battle against sea lampreys in the Great Lakes

Michigan Radio has a sobering report on another threat to the multi-billion dollar Great Lakes fishery, the familiar sea lamprey. It takes you inside the work of lamprey control teams and is well worth your consideration. For fifty years Canada…

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Kalamazoo River Oil Spill: One Year Later

KALAMAZOO RIVER OIL SPILL by mic stolz (View Mic's Oil Spill Slideshow) It's been a little over a year since close to a million gallons of oil tar sands oil fouled the Kalamazoo River in Michigan's largest ever oil spill (Wikipedia entry…

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Blogs We Dig: Awesome Mitten

Last week I had a chance to sit down with Alex Beaton, founder of Awesome Mitten, who introduced me to her blog that's dedicated helping Michigan residents discover all things awesome in their own backyard. In their first campaign, “365 Days…

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August Michigan Event Calendar

Also see our Michigan Event Calendar, the Pure Michigan Blog's excellent August 2011 Event Roundup and definitely sign up for our email list because we have FREE tickets (marked in light blue) to a number of the events below in our Festival…