
Ticket Giveaway: Traverse City Wine & Art Festival - August 22, 2009
Absolute Michigan is giving away a pair of tickets to the inaugural Traverse City Wine & Art Festival. The festival will take place on Saturday August 22, 2009 from 5-10 PM in front of Building 50 at the Grand Traverse Commons under the…

Michigan Wine & Spirits Competition Gold Medal Wine Reception 2009
Michigan Wine & Spirits Competition
Be among the first to try winning wines from the 2009 Michigan Wine and Spirits Competition and taste the breadth of quality from Michigan's vineyards. Sip a glass of wine while chatting with winning…

Michitwitter August 2009
Read a good article or blog post about Michigan? See a cool picture or video? Listen to a great podcast? Attend a fun event or find a new web site?
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Larry Charles, Jeff Garlin, Michael Moore and others on the Traverse City Film Festival
Director Larry Charles, Producer/ Actor Jeff Garlin, festival co-founder Michael Moore, TCFF Director Deb Lake and others give their thoughts on Traverse City and the Traverse City Film Festival in this video by Scott Allman Video.
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Michitwitter Rewind July 2009
Fourth of July Fireworks Display... by Doug Langham
Throughout each month we post items of Michicentric interest to our Michitwitter page. In case you missed them here is a look back at just a few of the items for the month of July. If…

Photo Friday: Balloon Seafood by mikesophia
mikesophia is one of tens of thousands of people taking in the 2009 Traverse City Film Festival. He snapped this shot of one of balloon artist Jason Hackenworth's fanciful sea creatures on the opening night of the festival and we're using…

Michigan History: Rediscovering Our Covered Bridges
The July/August 2009 issue of Michigan History tells the stories of Michigan's three remaining covered bridges. Back in the days when couples rode in a horse and carriage, covered bridges were known as “kissing bridges.†The walls…

Lansing JazzFest - August 7 & 8, 2009!
Entering its 15th year, the Lansing JazzFest is a two-day FREE music festival that brings national, regional, and local acts to an audience of roughly 15,000 people from across Michigan and nearby states. JazzFest's music truly is living music,…

Seeking Michigan: Driving to the Dinosaurs
by Maria Leiby - courtesy Seeking Michigan
In 1954, five-year old Tom Friggens was awed by the dinosaurs at Domke's Prehistoric Zoo in Ossineke, Michigan. In 1987, the adult Friggens took his sons there. (The photo below, dating from 1987,…

Michigan Uncorked: Rose Valley Winery Plants in Northeast Michigan
Michigan Uncorked is a regular column by Lorri Hathaway and Sharon Kegerreis, writers who are passionate for Michigan and authors of award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries. Learn all about Lorri & Sharon and their book…

On Location: 2009 Traverse City Film Festival
Complete coverage at Absolute Michigan On Location: 2009 Traverse City Film Festival!
Our next stop is the 2009 Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF) which takes place July 28 through August 2 in Traverse City, Michigan.
This is the 5th…

Video Rewind: Detroit Windsor International Film Festival
Absolute Michigan contributor Scott Allman recently traveled to the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival and brought back some interesting and informative footage from another successful year. If you didn't go this year then put it on…
