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Make it a Michigan Vacation in 2008!

Ludington State Park, Big Sable Light by Through Joanne's eye Last month tourism experts from Michigan State University delivered a less than rosy forecast for Michigan's tourism industry at the Driving Tourism 2008 conference. Also see…
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Tulip Time in Holland, Michigan

Orange Tulip by markmarko This weekend is the kickoff of Holland's Tulip Time celebration. The annual festival starts this Saturday (May 3, 2008) and continues through May 10. The Tulip Time Festival's history page says that Tulip Time…
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Earth Day in Michigan

Green Frog Reflection by Pine Photography It's Earth Day ... pretty much all over the earth. The official Earth Day site is more or less overwhelmed, so we'll have to wander around to find out what's up. Wikipedia says that the story goes…
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Detroit Pistons 2008 NBA Playoffs

and i bring you fire by Paul Hitz More pics in the Detroit Pistons Pool on Flickr With a final record of 59-23, the Detroit Pistons own the 2nd best record in the NBA (final 2008 NBA Standings) and tied their 3rd best mark. In their season…
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The Week for April 14-20, 2008

Wild Turkeys by forestlady Our Michigan April Event Calendar says that some of the events on tap for this week are the Earth Day Festival in Calumet on April 19 (featuring EarthWork Music artists), the Michigan Wine Celebration on Pioneer…
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Absolute Michigan Sponsor: Earthwork Music

One of our major sponsors is Earthwork Music, a group of fine and creative folks who believe in the power of music. Check their site for plenty of music to listen to and buy, performance schedules and information about the many talented musicians…
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The Week for April 7-13, 2008

How Sweet It Is -Gladwin, Michigan by jfactor1 Our Michigan April Event Calendar says that this week is pretty much the best week to plan an event if you want to be the only game in town because we've got nothing to suggest. If you have…
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Building Green in Michigan

grand rapids art museum by chadâ„¢ When the topic of 'green building' comes up many still think of images such as earthships, built from recycled materials including used tires. Although efficient and intelligently designed, they didn't…
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Weird Wednesday: Michigan UFO Sightings

Michigan is full of UFO's, from numerous sightings over Lake Superior (especially around Saulte Ste. Marie) to the tale of a radio announcer who observed one over the freeway near the Detroit airport in 1978, so close that the radio host, Marc…
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Harvest, Michigan's first commercial wind farm starts spinning

Spinners 2 by n8xd John Deere Wind Energy is now producing energy at Harvest, the state's first commercial wind farm. The 3,200 acre installation has 32 windmills in Huron County's Oliver and Chandler townships. According to Windmill farm…
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The Week for March 24-30, 2008

Sandhill Cranes 1 by C.A. Mullhaupt We're in the first full week of spring, which of course means that there's big piles of snow on the ground and even the Easter Bunny is feeling the cold. CA says that sandhill cranes are migrating back…
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Song of the Lakes 25th Anniversary DVD

My good friends Song of the Lakes have a new DVD titled Live at Interlochen. It features a full-length movie of Song of the Lakes 25th Anniversary concert by Rich Brauer & Brauer Productions and the documentary Journey to Joy by Rebecca…