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TOMORROW at 8:00 AM Eastern in #Michigan and online:

Performing into a new Reality: Michigan circus women at the @michiganstateu.bsky.social Library and on Zoom

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#LansingMI #LaborHistory #Circus
Performing into a new Reality: Michigan circus women (MI & Virtual) - Events - Labor Heritage Foundation
Marian J. Matyn from the Clarke Historical Library joins the Brown Bag series at MSU. Time and location TBA.
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October 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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THIS WEEK'S LABOR HISTORY TODAY

Built by Workers, Remembered by Workers

Find out more and listen to the #podcast at tinyurl.com/569yskzm

#LansingMI @uaw.org #Museum #Art
THIS WEEK'S LABOR HISTORY TODAY PODCAST - Labor Heritage Foundation
Built by Workers, Remembered by WorkersOn Labor History Today: An automobile museum full of cars—but where are the workers who built them? Retired autoworker and union leader Mark Strolle helped answer that question with “Assembled in Lansing,” a new permanent exhibit at Michigan’s R.E. Olds T
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October 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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TODAY at 12:00 PM Eastern in #Michigan and online:

Making Dances, Making Places at the @michiganstateu.bsky.social Green Room in #LansingMI

Find out more at tinyurl.com/3uhjfjth

#Dance #latindance #Hispanos
Making Dances, Making Places (MI & Virtual) - Events - Labor Heritage Foundation
Making Dances, Making Places: Tejano Labor Migration and Musical Community in the Midwest. Richard Cruz Davila from the Julian Samora Research Institute joins the Brown Bag series at MSU. The presentation is also available as an online webinar at https://msu.zoom.us/j/97496813137.The password is odwodl.
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September 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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THIS WEEK'S LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR

Joe Uehlein’s Three Roads and Lansing’s Autoworkers

Find out more and listen to the #podcast at tinyurl.com/r3dtsj5j

#Music #LaborArts #LaborHistory #Museum #LansingMI
THIS WEEK’S LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR - Labor Heritage Foundation
On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: Joe Uehlein shares stories from his new book, “Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology,” including how songs helped workers organize. Mark Strolle takes us inside “Assembled in Lansing,” a new exhibit about the autoworkers behind the city’s auto industry.
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September 26, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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LHF Co-Sponsors Fall Labor History Brown Bags at MSU

Programs run from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the MSU Library and on Zoom; the series moves entirely online in January.

Find out more at tinyurl.com/496z5jsu

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LHF Co-Sponsors Fall Labor History Brown Bags at MSU - Labor Heritage Foundation
LHF is now co-sponsoring Michigan State University’s longtime Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives Brown Bag series. The fall 2026 lineup explores Michigan circus women (Oct. 7), Jimmy Hoffa’s service-sector organizing strategy (Nov. 9), women and work in Northern Michigan (Nov. 18), and labor s
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September 26, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Right now on the Labor Heritage Power Hour

Mark Strolle takes us inside Assembled in Lansing, an exhibit that puts autoworkers at the center of the city’s auto history.

Listen LIVE at bit.ly/3P0fK8w or WPFW 89.9 FM in #WashingtonDC

#Art #Museum #LansingMI @uaw.org
September 24, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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What is great transportation service about?

It's about the kind of feedback we're proud to receive + the kind of experience we want every National Trails passenger to have.

Professional drivers + safe transportation + great customer service.

#CharterBus #LansingMI #GroupTravel #CustomerService
September 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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🔥Olympic Broil mention 🔥

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Lansing,MI rap ! #lansing #michigan #lansingmi #rap #raps
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August 21, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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TODAY at 3:00 PM Eastern and online:

Dr. Lisa Fine talks about Downriver Detroit: The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place

Find out more at tinyurl.com/mtyd5fy8

#Books #Bookworm #ClassStruggle #Detroit #LansingMI
Dr. Lisa Fine on "Downriver Detroit" (MI & Online) - Events - Labor Heritage Foundation
Dr. Lisa Fine of the Michigan State University History Department will do a presentation on her new book, "Downriver Detroit: The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place".
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August 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Recap of Lansing City Council meeting August 10, 2026
BWL rate increases
NOVA gets a contractor
Proposed CATA changes
more...

#Lansing #LansingMI #CityCouncil #PublicRecords

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Lansing City Council, August 10, 2026: two developer tax breaks sent to committee, three charter board ordinances adopted, a healthcare question sent to the ballot.
A chronological record of Lansing's August 10 meetings, a 5:30 Committee of the Whole and a 7:00 regular session, both chaired by Vice President Trini Pehlivanoglu with Council President Peter Spadafo...
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August 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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BWL has a mayor-appointed board with no term limit. They set rates, raised them a fifth straight year, while running a growing surplus and paying its top three executives nearly a million dollars combined.
#Lansing #LansingMI #TermLimits #Utilities #CEOSalaries

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Is board entrenchment a problem at Lansing's Board of Water and Light? An unelected board with no term limit sets the utility's rates with no elected vote.
On August 11, 2026 the Lansing Board of Water and Light's board of commissioners adopted FY2027 rate increases (residential electric ~2.1%, water 2.39–3.34%, steam 5.51%, effective October 1) in an 8-...
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August 12, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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#Limitededitionprints may be purchased exclusively through me or on #Etsy.

Link: pabitelphotography.etsy.com/listing/1754...
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July 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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#BeachRose can be found in the print shop.

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July 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Take a peek at my list and let me know if there are any spots you think I should add! If nothing else, you'll have up to 10 new spots for exploring this summer and fall!

Read the list here: www.pabitelphotography.com/post/outdoor...

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10 best outdoor photo locations in Mid-Michigan for families and couples
As a proud Michigander through and through and someone who grew up square in the middle of mid-Michigan, I may be biased, but I think our quiet chunk of the mitten is beautiful in its own right. We ha...
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June 6, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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I think my love for #mallardducks might be about equal to my love for seagulls. LOOK AT THEM. 🥺🪶

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Mallard Duck Couple is currently available at Big Rock Coffee & Events in Chesaning, MI as a matted 8x10 print and as a blank notecard. Stock is limited!

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Two mallard ducks swimming across a calm golden pond
May 20, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Purple Lily, Petals can be found at Big Rock Coffee & Events in Chesaning, #Michigan as a blank notecard or 5x7 print.

(P.S. Don't mind me assigning human characteristics to my images. I can't help it; to me, they breathe life! 😍😇)

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March 18, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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There are only a handful of days left to shop the majority of my prints at Big Rock Coffee and Events. Next week, Spring is coming to the #mid-Michigan coffee shop! Fall landscapes will be making their way out, while florals, #birds, and some brighter colors take their place. 🌸🪶

#lansingmi
March 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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My booth will be Spring ready with florals, birds, and fresh ocean scenes, available on magnets, notecards, and prints. Hope to see ya there! 💌

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February 20, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Give me some moss and a diamond ring, please. 💍✨

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January 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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#LowerDoylesFalls (pictured) is available as a blank notecard at Big Rock Coffee & Events in Chesaning, MI. Fall and winter photos will be swapped out in March, so pick up your favorites soon! 🧵
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January 21, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Sunbeams over Valley ☀️

Available as a notecard at #mid-Michigan coffee shop Big Rock Coffee and Events in Chesaning, MI!

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Sunbeams shine through the clouds into a valley during sunset
October 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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ANYWHOOO, at the beginning of the week, I did a partial #Fall inventory refresh at #mid-Michigan coffee shop Big Rock Coffee and Events in Chesaning. You'll now find #GreatFalls as a NEW-to-the-shop notecard, now through December.

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A river lines the bottom of this image. Alongside it and taking up most of the image, is a bank filled with sharp, rocky cliffs and fall foliage.
September 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Shayna + Stacer in one of the coolest spots outside of #Lansing. Shayna is modeling one of my client closet dresses for me: Little Mistress in size 14. Access to the #clientcloset is included with all Pábitel Photography packages. ✨

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A man and woman stand in front of brick ruins. They are holding hands, walking toward the ruins with the man's back to the camera and the woman looking at the camera from over her shoulder. A couple stands together beside brick ruins, trees visible behind them.
August 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Sunset over #GrandTraverseBay 💕💙

Available at #mid-Michigan coffee shop Big Rock Coffee & Events in Chesaning as a single 5x7 print. 🤗

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A purple sunset fills the sky over a large body of water. Sand and bare branches of a tree can be seen in the foreground.
July 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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It's Julyyyy, which means I am supporting another new organization through my #photography work. July's organization is #LittleTraverseConservancy: a conservation group working to keep #NorthernMichigan, Northern Michigan. 🌲🌅🌳

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A woman in a floor length dress looks over her shoulder as she stands next to a trail, a boulder face to her side.
July 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM