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Blogs We Dig: 365 Days of A

Through the TC Ticker, we learned about a cool project by Jonathan Klinger, PR Manager of Michigan based Hagerty Insurance. They begin: For the past eight months, the 29 year old has been driving a 1930 Model A as his everyday car. His project,…
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Waterfront Wine Festival in Harbor Springs ~ June 25, 2011

The 6th annual Waterfront Wine Festival takes place on Saturday, June 25 from 4-7 PM in downtown Harbor Springs. It's an evening of wine, food, and live local music that benefits Scenic Michigan and the Harbor Springs Area Chamber of Commerce.…
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$1 Million Accelerate Michigan Contest!

Speed by IreJustin Applications are now open for the 2011 Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition will award more than $1 million in cash winnings, plus in-kind awards of services, staffing…
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Water and Michigan's Future

Golden Sunset on Lake Superior by unifiedphoto The Detroit Free Press has launched a summer-long feature on the Great Lakes, water and Michigan. It starts with an interesting read by John Gallagher entitled Water shaped Michigan's past:…
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Urban Birding: Touring the Rouge River

Although most folks think of birding as something done "out in nature," Bootstrap Analysis - a great site for information about Michigan birds & birding - has an interesting feature about the Rouge River in Detroit. She begins: The Rouge…
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Weird Wednesday: Glowing Tombstones

The last Wednesday of every month is a "Weird Wednesday" on Absolute Michigan, when Linda Godfrey gives you a sample of what's weird in the Wolverine State. You can listen to Linda's latest podcasts and report your own strange encounters at…
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Listen, Play & Learn at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend

The 23rd annual  Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend is a chance to learn to play drum, fiddle, banjo, blues or swing guitar, train your toes to clog, salsa or tap (or your belly to dance), polish your singing or dance calling skills,  enjoy…
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Tree cities bloom in Michigan

Great Lakes Echo is a project of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University. The site uses Creative Commons reporting to to help the news community cover the environment of the Great Lakes watershed. Absolute…
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Michigan Movie News: Oz to be filmed in Michigan

Untitled by maggiesonmain A little movie company called Disney announced that the blockbuster Oz will be filmed in Michigan! The AP reports: A Sam Raimi-directed prequel to the story of "The Wizard of Oz" — called simply "Oz" —…
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Michigan gets a Dark Sky Park

The International Dark-Sky Association will announce today that the Emmet County's Headlands has been awarded the prestigious International Dark Sky Park designation. The Freep reports that the 600-acre park just west of Mackinaw City is…
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Saving the Great Lakes Forever conference this weekend!

People from around the entire Great Lake Basin will be gathering for the 2011 Conference "Saving the Great Lakes Forever" which kicks off on Friday, May 6, at 6:50 p.m. at the historic State Theater in downtown Traverse City. Sequence 7408-09 by…
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Weird Wednesday: Two men reigned as Lansing Batman

Our latest Weird Wednesday feature comes from the Capital Area District Library and librarian Dave Votta who researches regular Lost Lansing features. Click the banner to read many more great stories about the history of the Capital City! by…