Hi everyone!

has been working at compiling a listing of Festivals around our state during the month of july.


Enjoy!

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I’d like to put a spotlight on some of Michigan’s various festivals during the month of July… This isn’t a complete list in any way.


July 2-6 Battle Creek’s Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival in Battle Creek

July 3-6 St. Helen National Bluegill Festival in St. Helen

July 4-6 Luther Logging Days in Luther

July 5 Thunder Bay Resort Wine, Hops and Food Festival in Hillman

July 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, 26-27 Silver Leaf Renaissance Faire in Battle Creek

July 5-12 National Cherry Festival in Traverse City

July 7-13 Common Ground Music Festival in Lansing

July 9-14 Kindleberger Festival of the Performing Arts in Parchment

July 10-12 Elsie Dairy Festival in Elsie

July 10-12 Idlewild Music Fest in Idlewild

July 12 Saline Celtic Festival in Saline

July 15-19 Alpenfest in Gaylord

July 15-August 3 Michigan Shakespeare Festival in Jackson

July 17-20 Bronson Polish Festival in Bronson

July 17-20 Indian River Summerfest in Indian River

July 17-20 Venetian Festival in St. Joseph

July 17-27 Au Sable River Festival in Grayling

July 18-19 Michigan Storytellers Festival in Flint

July 18-20 Michigan’s Mayville Sunflower Festival in Mayville

July 23-27 Festival of Flags in Davison

July 24-27 Munger Potato Festival in Munger

July 25-26 Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti

July 25-27 Farwell Annual Lumberjack Festival in Farwell

July 25-27 Yale Bologna Festival in Yale

July 26-27 Art On the Rocks in Marquette

July 26-27 Michigan Antique and Collectible Festival in Midland

July 30-August 3 Harbor Days Festival in Elk Rapids

July 31-August 2 Sterlingfest Art and Jazz Fair in Sterling Heights

July 31-August 3 Pig Gig in Bay City

July 31-August 3 Boyne Falls Polish Festival in Boyne Falls

We have a few to add on to this list.

June 26 -July 6 Muskegon Summer Celebration in Muskegon

July 4, 5 & 6th Floyd Mayweather's Round 13 Celebration in Grand Rapids

July 16-19 Art Fair in Ann Arbor

There's bound to be photo opportunities! Let's see what you see!


Also, here is a link to where to see fireworks this Fourth of July around Michigan: [link]

Here is the big fat journal where we will show all of the submission contributions that were sent to the club via note and by us this week.

Drumroll please........







The rest of our submissions for this week are going to be listed here, so let's see what you've got!

Remember: 3 submissions per week via note titled "submit" or "submission"

Feel free to wander our Faves section to see all the art submitted by the members of

Instead of posting duplicate of Member image to Club gallery we will be adding your submissions to our s and collections.

Here's how it would work: Club members would send their submission links for us to and in a note titled either "submit" or "submission"

The images we would be classified week by week into folders, and also cross-classified by category.

Members would be able to submit three (3) images per week now instead of only two. We go by calendar week -- Sunday through Saturday equals one week.

Tge club gallery would be reserved for club stamps, ID's and items to that regard. The club submissions would in turn be viewed by checking out our Faves section. (the only exception to this would be old submissions that have been removed from the original artist's gallery, therefore making them unable. these are located in their own collection in the club gallery.

The club will issue a weekly journal showing all the submissions we've received for said week, sort of a feature thumb extravaganza journal. This would give club members the opportunity to easily check out and other club member's contributions.

At the end of the month, all images will be placed into a collection archiving the submissions for the whole month, and then again likewise for the year.

These changes would require the basic honesty within Members - sending only allowed amount of images for faving and collecting. It would also require actively watching the Club journals. If you are not paying attention to what other Club Members are *submitting* you can't expect them to pay attention to your *submissions*.


This method of submissions to the club should completely take care of any issues we had previously with permissions, or faving the original deviation.



I would really like to hear your thoughts on these changes, so please leave your comments below.

Welcome to the all new dA-club for Michiganders! Call it 'dA-MI' for short I know there were a few others out there that have become dead. This club won't though! Not with active members and a whole bunch of fun

Numerous activities will keep you involved and having fun while you can submit your MI photos to the gallery

Even tourists that have gone through MI before and have photos of MI may submit them to this gallery, even if they aren't a Michigander

Putting the club icon in your journal isn't required but its extremely helpful in making this club a success. Even putting it in your signature will help.







To whomever got us the subscription - Thank you so much!

Please make yourself known to the club admin via note so that we can give you proper thanks and credit.





I am welcoming aboard as head admin) as I ( =Tinman-20-Tinster ) have moved to British Columbia to stay.

Thanks for reading this,

=Tinman-20-Tinster

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Congrats to for catching a screencap of our 6000th pageview and winning the Featured Deviation spot and the Michigander of the Month title.











Catch our 7000th pageview in a screencap and win the featured deviation spot and the Michigander of the Month! Send us a note with the link to the screencap -- just that easy!









SEE MORE HERE: Tribute Journal









[First name:] Janine
[Location Currently:] Davison, MI
[Grew up (if town is different then location now):] All over - I'm an Air Force brat... I grew up in Germany, California, Idaho, and have now spent about half my life here in Michigan.
[Current Job:] Mom of two girls
[Favorite MI Sports Team:] Red Wings
[Favorite MI beach and lake:] Beach - I love the beach at Sleeping Bear Lake - Superior, it's so clean and cool
[Favorite MI season:] I love early summer, when all the flowers are blooming and the temperature isn't too hot yet. It's the perfect time to go camping at a state park and see our state in all its glory.
[Favorite place in MI to eat:] Mackinaw Pastie & Cookie Co. in Mackinaw City
[Likes to spend vacations where:] Copper Harbor, Tahquamenon Falls, Mackinaw City/St. Ignace area, Ludington
[Favorite funny saying/quote/favorite fact/something about MI:] Michigan is the only place in the world with a floating post office. The J.W. Westcott II is the only boat in the world that delivers mail to ships while they are still underway. They have been operating for 125 years.
Congrats to ~daisy-june for catching our 6000th pageview!

Each month I would like to bring a new place, sight, object, season, or anything else to show the beauty of Michigan, to here. It could be almost anything that comes to mind, but hopefully you will enjoy it Each tribute will feature many deviations taken by numerous deviants on here. Also we will include often, a short little history of what we are going to feature June's featured Michigan spot is:



History and Facts:

Saugatuck is a city in Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,065 at the 2000 census.

Originally a lumber town and port, Saugatuck, along with the adjacent village of Douglas became a noted art colony and tourist destination in the arts and crafts movement of the late 19th century. In the early twentieth century, Saugatuck was home to the famous Big Pavilion, a large dance hall that attracted bands and visitors from across the Midwest. The building was a popular destination on Lake Michigan from its construction in 1909 until it burned down on May 6, 1960.

Today, tourists are drawn to the art galleries, harbor, marinas, scenery, unusual stores, the view from atop Mount Baldhead, and tourist attractions as well as Oval Beach on Lake Michigan, which enjoys a worldwide reputation. Nearby are Saugatuck Dunes State Park and Allegan State Game Area as is the city of Holland.

History of Saugatuck/Douglas, Michigan The Saugatuck/Douglas are as unusual among Midwest frontier towns in that it did not experience either the destruction of the fires that hit most towns in the mid to late 1800's or the railroad that brought modernization and urban growth. Because of this, the villages of Saugatuck and Douglas provide a rare opportunity to observe pre- and post-Civil Ware Greek Revival and Italianate architecture, together with later structures in the Arts & Crafts and Colonial Revival manner. Both villages retain their essential traditional character and quaint char, having been spared the suburbanization and chain store and "mall" invasion that makes most other places look almost identical to each other. At the same time, the villages offer much in terms of first class lodging, restaurants, recreation, shipping and cultural opportunities. Key to the area's history and popularity is its natural environment. Saugatuck and Douglas are nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan and the Kalamazoo River and are defined by steep, rolling dunes to the west and lush orchard country and farmland to the east. The climate is blessed by the moderating effects of Lake Michigan which provides cool breezes on warm summer days, and plenty of winter snow. It was to this setting that urbanites from Chicago and as far away as St. Louis started escaping in the early 1900s, although the settlement of the area began in the 1830s by lumber barons who founded nearby what is now known as the lost village of Singapore. For many years the villages supported a thriving mix of sawmills, barrel factories, and other wood product firms - the area contributed much of the lumber used to rebuild Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871. When the trees were gone, so were the lumbermen. But Saugatuck and Douglas thrived, turning to shipping and fruit growing as a source of income in the latter part of the 1800s. Peaches from the area were called "Michigan Gold: and were shipped by large steamships to the Chicago market. Hundreds of ships of various types were built in Saugatuck shipyards and the town was a haven for ship captains. A resort, tourist, and "cottage" culture emerged in the 1880s and took a propitious turn in 1910 when a group of Chicago artists established the Summer School of Paintings on Ox-Bow Lagoon, and when a huge dance hall, called the Big Pavilion, was built on the waterfront. The resulting influx of well-known artists and big name Chicago architects resulted in a wave of building in the Arts & Crafts and Colonial Revival manner. The seed planted at Ox-Bow has continued to flourish over the years, with the area is now known as the Art Coast of Michigan. Today, Ox-Bow continues to be affiliated with the Art Institute of Chicago. The area's many historical buildings, fine art galleries, and famous chain ferry, together with the art of recreation, the art of learning, and the art of nature, are all aspects of the area's history that are part of the art of being Saugatuck and Douglas.

Saugatuck's primary source of revenue stems from tourism - though only 1,000 individuals call Saugatuck their year-round home, the population of the town swells to nearly 3,000 in the summer months. Saugatuck is a prime weekend getaway destination for residents of Chicago, Grand Rapids and Detroit and many guests are attracted to the many Bed and Breakfasts in the area.

In town, attractions include the many art galleries (over a dozen), small, independent shops, and restaurants, such as the Butler (named after the founder of the town, William Butler), Marro's Italian Restaurant, The Elbo Room, Coral Gables, and the Mermaid Bar & Grill. The Saugatuck Chain Ferry departs from Wicks Park, near the Star of Saugatuck, a large paddle-wheel boat that gives daily tours of the Kalamazoo River and Lake Michigan. There are art and music festivals throughout the year.

Other attractions include the nearby town of Douglas, Saugatuck's sister city, and the above mentioned Oval Beach Putchky.

Saugatuck is also a gay-friendly town. Many merchants display rainbow flags or decals, and most lodging establishments are comfortable with gay couples.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,065 people, 549 households, and 265 families residing in the city. The population density was 893.6 people per square mile (345.5/km². There were 928 housing units at an average density of 778.7 per square mile (301.1/km². The racial makeup of the city was 95.21% White, 1.60% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.94% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 1.41% from other races, and 0.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.32% of the population.

There were 549 households out of which 18.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.7% were non-families. 41.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.93 and the average family size was 2.62.

In the city the population was spread out with 16.8% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 32.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $44,318, and the median income for a family was $64,583. Males had a median income of $46,161 versus $26,484 for females. The per capita income for the city was $34,382. About 6.7% of families and 11.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.1% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.


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Some photos from around Saugatuck: