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Thursday, March 25 / 6 p.m.
The General Motors Heritage Center serves as the showplace for the vehicles of the GM Heritage Collection and for the Heritage and Media Archive. The center showcases 200 vehicles and the Archives house 15,000 linear feet of shelving containing significant documents, manuals, brochures and artifacts documenting GM's history of innovation.

*Price includes a $1.50 order processing fee.

Saturday, April 10 / 10 a.m.
Get a backstage tour of the magnificently restored Opera House! The tour includes stops in the costume shop, rehearsal studio, dressing rooms, Resource Center and Education Center. Guests will also learn about the restoration and renovation that transformed this 1922 former movie palace into one of the nation’s finest performing arts centers.

Saturday, April 17 / 11 a.m.
Visit the church highlighted in Mitch Albom’s latest book, Keeping the Faith. Until this fall, the hole in the roof was so large that the congregation was forced to worship in a tent inside the sanctuary.

Saturday, April 17 / 2 p.m.
This Detroit Temple boasts 12 million cubic feet of space and is the largest and most complete building of its kind in the world. Bring your walking shoes!

Saturday, April 24 / 11 a.m.
This men’s monastery follows the patristic Julian calendar and was founded in 1999 as a center for liturgical arts in conjunction with traditional monastic standards. It occupies six acres and includes the Monastery Katholicon, a library of over 6,000 books, the Abbot’s quarters, the trapeza, a gift shop, candle shop and bakery. Includes three-course lunch!

Thursday, April 29 / 1 p.m.
Founded in 1925 as a suburban church, the Shrine is an architectural beauty. On this tour you'll hear the church's many stories, tour the grounds and discover why this church is one of the area's most popular destinations.

Saturday, May 1 / 11 a.m.
The buildings, dedicated in 1927, were designed by Albert Kahn. The oval test track was so well-engineered that drivers traveled around the banked curves at more than 100 mph without holding the steering wheel.

Friday, May 7 / 1 p.m.
The Whitney was once referred to as “the most elaborate and substantial residence in this part of the country” when it was built in 1894. On this tour, you'll be invited to experience the chef’s delectable desserts and refreshing beverages. Includes dessert!

Saturday, May 15 / 11 a.m.
Peter Gavrilovich, co-author of The Detroit Almanac and the paper’s Nation/World editor, will guide us through the newsroom and discuss the newspaper’s history, its current place in the city and its direction for the future.

Saturday, May 22 / 11 a.m.
Take a guided tour of one of Detroit’s most unique neighborhoods. In the early 1900s, many executives from Detroit’s growing industries built homes and lived a life of opulence in Palmer Woods. Once home to the Fisher, Van Dusen and Briggs families, this neighborhood is still appreciated by its current residents.

Saturday, June 5 / 11 a.m.
Historian and author Jim Conway will guide guests on this tour and share stories about the military fort that never saw a shot fired in anger. The fort was a primary induction center for Michigan troops entering battle in every U. S. conflict from the Civil War to Vietnam.

Saturday, June 12 / 11 a.m.
Historian Gail Hershenzon will guide guests through Woodmere Cemetery’s 200 rolling acres including ornate mausoleums, a Civil War monument, and headstones dating back to the 1860s. Prominent individuals such as auto magnates David Buick and Henry Leland (a brilliant innovator who built engines for Olds and Cadillac) are buried here.

Saturday, June 19 / 11 a.m.
This tour, led by Jerald Mitchell, explores one of Detroit’s most beautiful and unique historic neighborhoods. The area features over 900 homes where no two houses are alike! Early residents included James Couzens, Henry Ford, Joe Louis, Horace Rackham and Sebastian Kresge.

Tuesday, June 22 / 1 p.m.
Designed by noted Detroit architect Albert Kahn in 1908, the English Arts and Craftsstyle home of Cranbrook founders George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth is the oldest surviving manor home in metro Detroit! This tour will unveil the history of the exquisite home and extensive gardens!

Saturday, June 26 / 10 a.m.
Begun in 1986, the Heidelberg Project transformed vacant lots into “lots of art” and abandoned houses into “gigantic art sculptures.” Parts of the Heidelberg Project installation were demolished in 1991 and again in 1999. The project continues to evolve, and today is recognized as one of the most influential art environments in the world. Come explore the project and meet the artist, Tyree Guyton.

Monday, May 3 / 10 a.m.
The tour will feature the following churches:
St. Francis D'Assisi
St. Hedwig
Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Cathedral
Messiah
St. Gabriel


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Wednesday, March 10 / 6 p.m.
Join Armando Delicato, author of Detroit’s Corktown, as he discusses why the community is known as the sentimental heart of the Irish American community of metropolitan Detroit, and how the Irish Plaza on Sixth Street honors the city’s Irish pioneers and their 600,000 descendents living in the region.

*Price includes a $1.50 order processing fee.

Tuesday, March 23 / 6 p.m.
Join featured scholar Dr. Thomas Killion, archaeologist from Wayne State University, as he discusses the exciting details on the award-winning dig at the Workers Row House site in Corktown and share with us the significance of the artifacts uncovered in the process.

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Wednesday, April 14 / 6 p.m.
Authors Deborah J. Larsen and Lt. Col. Louis J. Nigro will discuss the history of Selfridge Field and the role it played in the development of American airpower, from crude biplanes to the supersonic F-16 fighter.

Thursday, April 22 / 6 p.m.
Join Dr. John Telford, a retired executive educator, as he discusses A Life on the RUN. Dr. Telford, an amateur boxer, was raised in the tough near-west side of Detroit and incarcerated as a teen. He was expelled from one city high school for fighting but rose to become a world-ranked sprinter, lead suburban school districts, and direct programs working to reform street gangs and rehabilitate parolees.

Tuesday, May 4 / 6 p.m.
Join Greg Moss and Utz Schmidt as they discuss the publication Detroit Changed Grocery Shopping. Over the last 120 years, Detroit has played a leading role in the grocery trade. With the slogan “Guard your Profits and Protect your Customer” in the early 1900s, inventors, entrepreneurs, and financiers found new ways to solve the everyday problems of grocers and their customers using cutting-edge food equipment. Learn about people such as Stimpson, Barnes, Caille, Osborn and others, their products, the “Crusade for Honest Weight” and its impact on legislation across the country.

Wednesday, May 12 / 6 p.m.
Author Jeremy Williams will discuss Detroit: The Black Bottom Community. Between 1914 and 1951, Black Bottom emerged from the need for black migrants to find a place for themselves. Because of the discrimination in housing, blacks migrating from the South seeking employment in Detroit’s burgeoning industrial metropolis were forced to live in this former European immigrant community. From World War I through World War II, Black Bottom became a social, cultural, and economic center of both struggle and triumph, as well as a testament to the tradition of black self-help and community building strategies.

Wednesday, May 19 / 6 p.m.
The Works Progress Administration, a government agency created during the Great Depression, was a program that put the unemployed to work. It was a revolutionary concept that sought to improve the lives of Americans through the physical improvement of their surroundings and the physical and intellectual improvement of themselves.

Wednesday, June 9 / 6 p.m.
Join author Michael W.R. Davis as he discusses Detroit Area Test Tracks. In 1924 General Motors started building the industry’s first scientific proving ground to test new vehicle designs before they were released for production and sale. Before this, automakers tested new cars haphazardly on public roads and within limited engineering laboratories. Join the author as he takes us behind the test track walls to show how the facilities evolved and learn what actually takes place inside.

Friday, April 30, 2010 / 6 p.m.
Sponsored by the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, the evening will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Dossin Museum and will include a silent auction filled with maritime-related items, a strolling dinner, and casino style games.

Saturday, May 15 / 5 p.m. (Benefactors)/6 p.m. (Patrons)
Our extensive collection includes more than 200,000 artifacts. Guests will get an exclusive look at some of most popular and historically interesting collections in the nation. This facility is not normally open to the public but, for one night only, it will be yours to explore! Guided tours will escort guests through the CRC to view our Political Campaign Material Collection, Historic Toy Collection, classic car models from throughout the 20th Century, fashion accessories, “Made in Detroit” artifacts — and a special exhibit featuring artifacts that portray life during the 1960s.