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Michigan Film: Frontier Boys :]

Absolute Michigan  caught up with John Grooters, producer and director of Frontier Boys and asked him a few questions about this Michigan-made movie. One thing that makes the film unique is the fact that the story is actually set in Michigan.…
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Detroit Red Wings open the 2011 NHL Playoffs

Team Spirit of Detroit by Maia C The Detroit Red Wings open the 2011 NHL Playoffs at home tonight vs the Phoenix Coyotes at 7 PM at the Joe Louis Arena. It's their 20th straight NHL Playoff appearance, and Wikipedia tells us that the…
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Michigan Time Lapse: Winter on Sturgeon Bay

milapse (TimelapseFromMichigan) shoots some amazing time lapse videos. As the spring rains wash winter away, I thought we'd be ready to fondly recall winter with this fantastic time lapse from Wilderness State Park on Sturgeon Bay in early 2011!…
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New wreck to be featured in Mysteries and Histories Conference

A sixty-foot, single-masted sloop dating back to the 1830's has been discovered in deep water between Saugatuck and South Haven, Michigan. Holland-based Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates made the discovery in collaboration with nationally…
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Detroit Tigers Opening Day 2011: Play Ball!

"You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen." ~Joe DiMaggio on Opening Day On The First Day of the Baseball Season, Every Team is in First Place (and other cliches) by…
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Pistons to Retire Dennis Rodman's #10 Jersey on April 1st

The Detroit Pistons are retiring the jersey of Dennis Rodman this Friday (April 1) when the Pistons host the Chicago Bulls. Wikipedia's entry for Dennis Rodman notes that that Rodman was voted to the NBA All-Defensive First Team seven times…
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Photo Friday: spine as if frozen by jen526

jen526 ( Jenn Adams) says that she loves the outdoors, and photography is a great reason to go exploring, little kid style, in the woods or around a lake or through a meadow - the two are synergistic. She asks: Does it detract anything…
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Northern Lights near Marquette on March 11th!

Originally posted to Michigan in Pictures, but definitely too good not to share! March 11 Northern Lights over Lake Superior, photo by Shawn Malone Last week  Michigan in Pictures featured an article saying that the prospects for…
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Photo Friday: Churning by Jeff Gaydash

Jeff Gaydash writes: My love for photography began years ago back in high school when on a whim, decided to take a course in photography. I knew nothing about the process of making images and when we got our supplies list the first thing…
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Lake Huron Sinkholes: A window on the past and future

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 Books: A 1,000 Mile Walk on the Beach

Next Friday (March 11, 2011) at Brilliant Books in Suttons Bay, Loreen Niewenhuis will release her book, A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach. The book chronicles her walk around the shoreline of Lake Michigan and her observations along the way. ABSOLUTE…
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Long Long Honeymoon: Movin' on U.P.

"Because life should be a long long honeymoon…" Sean and Kristy Michael got married in 2007, bought an Airstream trailer and have traveled 30,000+ miles. In the course of their journey they have produced some very cool videos and blogs…