February 5, 2012

Dearborn Historical Group Discuss Detroit Movie Palaces

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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...]

Feel Like A Real Ogre Again!

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Shrek Forever After (3D) opened at the IMAX Theatre -- at The Henry Ford in Dearborn today. A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away -- where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met -- he sets out to restore his world... … [Read more...]