Your Old Mansion lecture series
Something for everyone: GPAA lecture series covers a lot of territory
Looking for something to do on Sunday afternoons this winter?
Put the Your Old Mansion lecture series on your calendar.
For its annual fundraiser, the Grosse Pointe Artists Association (GPAA) has a lineup of speakers who will energize and entertain in the reception room of the historic Alger house at 2 pm on Sundays, once a month from December to April.
You can buy tickets for each lecture or buy a series ticket that offers the five lectures for the price of four. Click at the end of this message to reserve your series ticket.
2 pm, Sunday, Dec. 8
Detroit journalist John Gallagher will talk about his memoir “Rust Belt Reporter.” Gallagher will share his insider’s view of Detroit as it met a series of challenges and triumphs, as well as chronicle the highs and lows of the newspaper industry. Click here for more details and to register.
2 pm, Sunday, Jan. 12
On Sunday, Jan. 12, a couple from Owen Sound, Ont., Canada will share their experiences hiking to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Melissa Stieber is an artist and Patrick Stieber is a photographer, so their report will be well illustrated. Click here for more details and to register.
2 pm, Sunday, Feb. 16
Artist, art historian, popular tour guide and instructor Donald Cronkhite will take the podium on February 16 to help explain the influences of old masters like Rembrandt and Monet on the artists of today. He will delve into the drama of Rembrandt and the contributions of Monet, widely considered the founder of Impressionism. Click here for more details and to register.
2 pm, Sunday, March 9
Be ready to celebrate the long career of Mickey Mouse, who sailed into our lives on Nov. 18, 1928, via the animated black-and-white short “Steamboat Willie” that premiered at the Colony Theatre in New York City. College of Creative Studies Adjunct Instructor John Monaghan, an expert on the history of animation, will give us the milestones in Mickey’s film career and explain what it means to have him outlive his copyright. Click here for more details and to register.
2 pm, Sunday, April 6
For the fifth and final lecture of the series on April 6, historian Mike Kroll will offer a side of Edsel Ford that isn’t often talked about. You probably already know he introduced fine lines and fast motors to the cars produced on the Ford assembly lines, and he paid for the famous Rivera murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts. But did you know he also enjoyed racing powerboats? He used one of them to commute from his home on Lake St. Clair to the office at the Rouge Plant in Dearborn. Click here for more details and to register.
The presenters and The War Memorial donate their services, so your entire registration fee will go to cover the expenses of GPAA’s community programs.