
U.P. Oktoberfest ~ Marquette, MI - 9.12.09
BREAK OUT YOUR LEDERHOSEN
More than 150 beers from some of Michigan's finest microbreweries and brewpubs. Live music. Food available for purchase. Rain or shine.
The first-ever Michigan Brewers Guild U.P. Oktoberfest is coming September…

Seeking Michigan: Hot dogs, Strohs and the President
by Bob Garrett, Archives of Michigan, courtesy Seeking Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving look at Michigan's cultural heritage.
On…

Michigan Rated #1 in Social Media Tourism Promotion
Travel Michigan has announced that it has earned the top-ranking amongst the 50 official US tourism office Web sites in the use of social media. In a recent study, How Social is Your State DMO (national break down pdf), How Social is Your State…

Michitwitter September 2009
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Seeking Michigan: Ice Cold Pop!
by Gloriane Peck, Library of Michigan, courtesy Seeking Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving look at Michigan's cultural heritage.Each…

Michitwitter Rewind August 2009
Saline Summer Sunflower Super Set...Sweet by Andy Tanguay
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 those items for the month of August.…

Photo Friday: #75,000 is Grand Portal by [JARED]
Welcome to a very special Photo Friday on Absolute Michigan, the 75,000th photo in the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr!! I can't tell you how amazingly cool it is that so many people have graciously allowed us to use their photos to help…

Detroit based band's 'library tour' makes stop at Guantanamo Bay
We stumbled across this article about Detroit based band The High Strung over at boingboing.net about playing an unusual show at Guantanamo Bay as part of their 'library tour'. With so much in the news about making Michigan 'Gitmo North' we…

The Woodward Dream Cruise, a Detroit Classic
Red, White and Chrome Dream Cruise by kelley girl
The 15th annual Woodward Dream Cruise happens this Saturday, August 15, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. It's billed as the world's largest one-day celebration of car culture, and with more 1.7…

MCS Panorama
Waiting room, Michigan Central
Station by jeanpierrelavoie
Over on Michigan in Pictures today we featured a link to an incredible panoramic walkthrough of Detroit's Michigan Central Station by Montreal photographer Jean-Pierre Lavoie.…

of Farms & Folly: Michigan Department of History, Arts & Libraries
Over on Michigan in Pictures there's a post this morning titled Farming in Michigan in the 1880s that features an excerpt from a Michigan farmer's diary from the 1880s.
It also looks at the proposed elimination of the Michigan Department…

Michitwitter August 2009
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