Hop Growers of Michigan Expands Board
Hop Growers of Michigan (HGM), the non-profit organization representing the hop industry in the Great Lakes State, has recently expanded its volunteer board from five to nine members.
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Author: Dianna Stampfler
Two New Michigan Hemingway Tour Sites to be Dedicated in June
The Michigan Hemingway Society (MHS) will be dedicating two new sites on its Michigan Hemingway Tour this June with the presentation of bronze plaques. Ceremonies will take place on Wednesday, June 8 at 4pm at the Pigeon River Discovery Center (9984 Twin Lakes Rd., Vanderbilt) and Friday, June 16 at 6pm in downtown Walloon Lake’s Circle Park. These two commemorative signs are among 15 officially designated sites in northern Michigan including several in Petoskey and Horton Bay, with one also in Kalkaska. The new signs are inscribed with the following historical text:
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Happy Retirement Henri Boucher!
When I left West Michigan Tourist Association on August 19, 2004 to launch Promote Michigan, I was taking a leap
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New Holland Brewing’s Legacy Zoomer Beer Returns in Seasonal Variety Pack
New Holland Brewing is proud to announce the return of one of its popular legacy beers in a 12-can Spring/Summer Variety Pack. Zoomer, an American wheat ale (4.7aBV) first introduced in 2000, is among four beers featured along with Lightpoint, Hazy River, Tangerine Space Machine.
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The Sweet Smell of Success…
When Cindy Birk was a second grader at Reid Elementary School in Grand Blanc, Michigan, she attended a Young Authors
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Dragon’s Milk Announces Packaging Refresh, New Beers, RTS Cocktail
Dragon’s Milk today announced a full flight of upgrades to its bourbon barrel-based brand family of beer and high-proof bourbon,
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Celebrate Spring in a Sweet Way… Michigan Maple Syrup Weekends Return
Michigan maple syrup producers are hoping for another sweet season of tapping trees and boiling sap after a producing 190,000
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Hotel Walloon Welcomes John Patrick Hemingway for 2nd Annual Writer’s Retreat Weekend
Author John Patrick Hemingway – grandson of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway – will be the guest of honor at the 2nd Annual Walloon Lake Writer’s Retreat coming up April 13-16 in Walloon Lake. Activities will be held throughout the event at Hotel Walloon, Talcott Center, Walloon Lake Inn and other locations meant to inspire and motivate budding writers.
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2023 Milestone Years
Michigan was founded on January 26, 1837 as the 26th state of the United States of America—making this year its 186th Birthday / Anniversary (depending on how you look at it). Here is our annual list of tourism related businesses celebrating BIG years in 2023 (if we have missed any, please email details to travel@promotemichigan.com).
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Christmas at the Holly Hotel
Christmas at the Holly Hotel was filmed last winter at the historic 1891 Holly Hotel (which sadly was damaged by the third fire in its 132-year history this past summer) by Joel Reisig of JPR Studios. Joel has been making movies since 2008 and has produced over 35 feature films with distribution deals to Universal Studios, Netflix, Showtime, Lifetime, Redbox, Walmart and others (including global reach in various languages).
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Michigan’s Magic Cemetery
The small town of Colon, Michigan in St. Joseph County (population 1,128 according to the 2020 census) is commonly referred to as the “Magic Capital of the World”. It was here in Colon that magicians of the early twentieth century would flock to buy their supplies, tricks and costumes and where they would gather each summer for a festival like no other (an event which is held annually in August). And, it is where many remain today — interred in the Lakeside Cemetery.
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Read Up On Michigan’s Haunted Side!
The History Press (a division of Arcadia Publishing) has a longstanding history of producing titles that are “spirited” in nature
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Michigan Hemingway Society Focuses on “Hemingway and the Odawa Indians” at 2022 Annual Literary & History Conference
The Michigan Hemingway Society (MHS) will delve into “Hemingway and the Odawa Indians” at its annual literary and history conference,
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