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Michigan History: The Birth of the Panty Raid

Here's a little bit of an early #ThrowbackThursday in honor of the University of Michigan's play-in win last night for the NCAA March Madness tourney and their likely selection for the Frozen Four NCAA hockey championship. Also note that the…

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Earth Day 2012 in Michigan

Untitled by Brooke Pennington Sunday (April 22) is the 42nd Earth Day. Here's some highlights from this morning's Earth Day post on Michigan in Pictures - don't miss the CBS News segment on Albion featuring Walter Kronkite from Earth Day…

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Absolute Michigan Giveaway: Lucky Monkey Tattoo Parlor

"Part of the appeal of the tattoo business to me is seeing how people are transformed after getting their first tattoos. There is the fear building up to it, a bit of anxiety, but then I have seen it transform people. It is empowering for…

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Big Chill, Big House, Big Crowd

The Big Chill by Lon Horwedel | AnnArbor.comOn Saturday (December 11 2010) the University of Michigan Wolverines met the Michigan State University Spartans in The Big Chill at the Big House (Wikipedia entry). A world-record smashing crowd of…

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Invasive Species: History of the House Sparrow

All week on Absolute Michigan and Michigan in Pictures we're going to highlight invasive species. Last week Laura Bien of the Ann Arbor Chronicle published an article on a historical invader in Michigan titled In the Archives: Fluffy Sparrow…

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Obama brings full house to the Big House (President Obama at the University of Michigan Commencement)

By Jacob Wheeler President Obama at Michigan Stadium photo by Sam Wolson/Michigan Daily (video below) ANN ARBOR â€” President Barack Obama took a break from the constant political storms in Washington, D.C., to address the University…

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Weird Wednesday: Killer Rivers

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 read her blog at uncannyworld.com and…

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50th Annual Ann Arbor Street Fair, July 15-18, 2009

Established in 1960, the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair is the Original of the now four award-winning Ann Arbor Art Fairs: The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original The State Street Area Art Fair The Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair Ann…

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Photo Friday: Tulips at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) by cseeman

cseeman (Corey) is the Library Director at the Kresge Business Administration Library at the University of Michigan (Corey's homepage) You'll definitely want to check this photo out background bigalicious or in his cool Tulip slideshow.…

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M is for Monday ... and Midwest, MCS, Michigan Agriculture and MORELS!

Morels ! by cedarkayak The latest issue of Midwest Living feature on the Best Midwest Food Towns served up a platefull of restaurants in our region that might entice the culinary tourist. Their editors selected Traverse City as the #2 town…

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We Are Michigan Concert Series ~ April 30 - May 2

The We Are Michigan concert series is a three-day event to help raise awareness about gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender human rights issues in 3 Michigan cities. Each evening will feature an array of music with activists who will share…

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Backstage at Ann Arbor's FestiFools Parade

Where's Waldo? by murn On her blog Relish, photographer Myra Klarman has posted Marching toward FestiFools 2009, a great collection of photographs from snooping around the studio over the last several weeks to document the massive â€œbehind-the-scenesâ€…