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Local residents can give their opinions on important issues facing Michigan through a short, online questionnaire offered by state Rep. Goeff Hansen.

The line-up for this year’s Edinburgh International Festival has been unveiled, with The Enlightenment as its key theme.

“I think that often in churches you hear very little about cultural creativity. What’s subtly communicated is, it’s not important. So you’re going to be formed in your cultural imagination somewhere else. And you’re likely to wander away from the church. If we could do a better job of recognizing it, we’d find that more people who have a vocation culturally would find more room in our churches. You get what you celebrate.” – Andy Crouch, author of the book “Culture Making,” from an interview

The Library of Michigan today announced the 2009 Michigan Notable Books author tour, which features more than 50 free presentations and book signings by 16 of this year’s Notable Books authors at libraries statewide. The tour begins April 1.

Ties between Taiwan and the mainland will be significantly enhanced if the two sides cooperate to fight the global economic slowdown, former vice-chairman of the standing committee of the National People’s Congress Xu Jialu said on Saturday.

The Library of Michigan is about to hold its annual “Learning More Genealogy Seminar” on Saturday, April 4. These workshops typically draw over 300 people from across Michigan. Family history researchers can discover an array of tools and tips to make their search for ancestors more fruitful at “Learning More at the Library of Michigan: Online Genealogy,” set for Saturday, April 4, at the Michigan Library and Historical Center in downtown Lansing. This free annual seminar will spotlig

The following news release was posted yesterday by the Department of History, Arts, and Libraries in the State of Michigan. It seems that we took down their servers! This is something to be expected when a website is launched that includes historic death indexes! See my blog from March 18 about the new digitized Michigan Death Certificates online . I’ve been on the site today and all is working well again. March 18, 2009: The Department of History Arts and Libraries (HAL) yesterday launched

TAIPEI, Taiwan — President Ma Ying-jeou promised yesterday to lift restrictions on investment in Taiwan and liberalize administrative regulations, while enhancing the island’s competitive edge concerning geographical location and transport services.

From the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries: ‘Seeking Michigan’ Web site employs today’s technology to deliver Michigan’s history to information seekers The Department of History, Arts and Libraries today announced the launch of the Seeking Michigan Web site ( www.seekingmichigan.org ), a growing collection of unique historical information that – through digitized source documents, maps, films, images, oral histories and artifacts – creatively tells the stories of Michiga

The following was written by The Department of History, Arts and Libraries staff: ‘Seeking Michigan’ Web site employs today’s technology to deliver Michigan’s history to information seekers The Department of History, Arts and Libraries today announced the launch of the Seeking Michigan Web site ( www.seekingmichigan.org ), a growing collection of unique historical information that – through digitized source documents, maps, films, images, oral histories and artifacts – creatively tel