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Building on Faith: The Historic Churches of Detroit

January 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Detroit's Historic 1st Congregational Church

DEARBORN, Michigan – The Dearborn Historical Museum will present a free public lecture and showing of a documentary film on historic churches in Detroit at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The event takes place at the McFadden-Ross House, 915 Brady Street in Dearborn. From the beginning when French explorer Cadillac landed on the banks of the Detroit River in 1701, the City of Detroit began its legacy of building church structures where immigrants could practice their religion. This program shares the personal stories of how these churches were built and how they have been … [Read more...]

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Dearborn Historical Group Discuss Detroit Movie Palaces

January 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
Fox Theatre - Detroit Movie Palace

DEARBORN, Mich. – The Dearborn Historical Museum will be hosting a free public lecture on the evolution of Detroit’s movie palaces on Wednesday, February 2, at 7:30 p.m. The event is set to take place at the museum’s McFadden-Ross House at 915 Brady Street. Detroit Opera House marketing manager, Michael Hauser, and curator of collections for the Detroit Historical Society, Marianne Weldon, will be presenting. The pair has written a series of Detroit-themed history books, the most recent of which, Remembering Hudson's: The Grand Dame of Detroit Retailing, was released last … [Read more...]

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Dave Bing to Speak at Business Builders Breakfast

May 4, 2010 By 1 Comment
Dave Bing, Mayor of Detroit

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing will be the keynote speaker at the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce’s Business Builders Breakfast, Wednesday, May 12, 7:30 am at the Henry Ford Estate - Fairlane. Dave Bing was a seven-time All-Star professional basketball player for 12 seasons with the NBA, a businessman and just elected as the 70th mayor of the city of Detroit. He had earlier been elected mayor in a special election on May 5, 2008 to replace Kwame Kilpatrick and then won the full-term mayoral election last November, defeating challenger Tom Barrow. “We are thrilled to host Mayor Bing and … [Read more...]

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