Edition No. 99
Arts and Culture
Grosse Pointe Artists Association's annual fundraiser Your Old Mansion kicks off with Bruce Kopytek, author of Hudson's - Detroit's World-Famous Department Store.
Community and Family
With the holidays fast approaching, one Grosse Pointe organization is looking to help kickstart the shopping season.
Your Old Mansion lecture series celebrates the unique and nostalgic art, architecture and design found in metro Detroit.
Presented by the Grosse Pointe Artists Association
Your Old Mansion is the Grosse Pointe Artists Association's annual fundraiser. This year the event kicks off on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. with Bruce Kopytek, author of Hudson's - Detroit's World-Famous Department Store.
Join artists, architects, art historians and community activists for five intriguing lectures celebrating the old and new in our neighborhoods. A bonus for series ticketholders is a tour of the newly restored Frederick Stearns House after the final lecture!
Series includes:
Dec. 4 - Bruce Allen Kopytek, architect, historian and author of Hudson's -- Detroit's World-Famous Department Store, will talk about the days when a trip to Hudson's downtown was an adventure.
Jan. 8 - Leaders of the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan will talk about their collaboration with the Consulate of Italy to create LoveITDetroit, an exhibition that was a big part of Detroit's Month of Design last September.
Jan. 29 - A master at documenting Detroit's ever-changing urban landscape, Scott Hocking is taking center stage this year with his first museum retrospective, Scott Hocking: Detroit Stories at Cranbrook Art Museum.
Feb. 19 - One of Detroit's most celebrated muralists Hubert Massey will join art historian Deborah Lubera Kawsky to talk about the motivations behind mural-making, the role of murals to enact positive change in the community and the importance of preserving/restoring murals as evidence of Detroit's rich design legacy.
March 12 - Eric and Rachel Mitchell are anxious to share their story and inspire others to restore more of the city's historic homes. When they bought the Frederick K. Stearns house in West Village, the Arts and Crafts mansion designed by William Stratton had been divided up into a series of offices for tenants. They now invite guests into the historic house with 10 guest suites, as well as a ballroom, pub and other social meeting rooms.
To learn more and reserve your tickets for the lectures, click the button below!
Each presenter volunteers their services. All proceeds go to support GPAA's free programming for senior citizens, veterans and students in art programs at area high schools.
Holiday boutique planned at The Helm at the Boll Life Center
Are you starting to look for unique gifts this holiday season?
Nov. 12, The Herb Society of America, Grosse Pointe Unit, hosts a Herb & Holly Boutique, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The herbal marketplace includes lavender products, dried spices and soup mixes, holiday potpourri, herbal teas and more.
The boutique will be at The Helm at the Boll Life Center, at 158 Ridge Road in Grosse Pointe Farms. The Herb Society designs and maintains the four herb plots at The War Memorial in the Trial Gardens, and the herb garden at The Helm. The annual Herb & Holly Boutique, along with the spring herb sale are popular events the Grosse Pointe Unit sponsors for the community. In addition, a spring educational symposium, most recently a tea and lecture, furthers the goals of the Unit and delights its guests.
For more information on the boutique, check out the button below.
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