Join author, photographer and architectural historian Dale A. Carlson as he discusses over forty significant stained glass installations in the Detroit metro area, including a dozen here in Washtenaw County. Examinations of contemporary and classic makers represented locally, notable transplantations, and top local single-site collections fill out this compelling look at Metro Detroit's singular stained glass legacy.

This event includes a signing with books and photo prints for sale.

Join us for a panel discussion looking back at the history and importance of LGBTQ+ spaces in Ann Arbor. Speakers include historian Tim Retzloff, the former owners of the Aut Bar, Keith Orr and Martin Contreras, and one of the original owners of Common Language bookstore, Lynden Kelly.

Join author Paul Vachon for a presentation on the newly-released second edition of his book Detroit: An Illustrated Timeline, a photographic account of significant events in Detroit's history.

Detroit: An Illustrated Timeline invites the curious reader along that chronological path that is Detroit’s past and present. 

Join Japanese American internment camp survivor Mary Kamidoi as she recounts growing up in an internment camp and the anti-Asian discrimination she experienced through the decades. Mary Kamidoi used to work for the Ford Motor Company and was the Treasurer for the Japanese American Citizens League in Detroit and is today an active speaker and storyteller, drawing parallels from her life experiences with the current situation today of a rise in Anti-Asian hate and xenophobia, and inhumane treatment of refugees and migrants on our southern border. 

Join us for an interview with Dr. Mika Kennedy and Celeste Shimoura Goedert, co-curators of the exhibit Exiled to Motown: Japanese Americans in Detroit, for a vibrant discussion on the origins of the exhibit, the history of the Japanese American community in Metro Detroit, and the connections we can make today within our current socio-political climate.

This discussion is hosted by Bill Kubota of Detroit Public Television.

This event is in partnership with AAPI performance collaborative IS/LAND, Detroit Public Television, and Rising Voices.

Historian and filmmaker Laurence Cotton, originator of and consulting producer to the PBS special “Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America,” will be speaking on the remarkable life and career of the Renaissance-man Frederick Law Olmsted and the firm’s work in master planning Barton Hills Village.

Award-winning journalist Sierra Clark will discuss Michigan's Residential Indian Boarding Schools, and how she came to find her family's own history in these institutions.

Corrado Parducci came to Detroit in 1924 and for over half a century produced architectural sculpture applied to buildings throughout Metro Detroit and the United States.

Lisa McDonald is the co-author of Tea for Dummies, a guide to enjoying the delicate flavors and health benefits of the world’s second most popular beverage. She will discuss research on tea’s benefits, where it’s grown, how it’s processed and how it’s enjoyed around the world. Lisa is the proprietor of TeaHaus, a tea store, tea room and café in downtown Ann Arbor.

This event is in partnership with the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor.

Although the greater Ann Arbor area has enjoyed low crime rates, extraordinary criminal acts have occasionally pierced its calm and quiet. James Thomas Mann presents his latest book Murder & Mayhem in Washtenaw County, a tour into some of the darkest corners of our area's past.