The Detroit Drunken Historical Society takes over the side room at Slows to talk about the city's mutable past. And I'm giving a reading at the Farmington Public Library on May 10.
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Have a drink, learn about Detroit's original badass, then get together to banish our little red devil in high historical spirits.
Read more →If you're planning to join in the drunk lecture on Wednesday, please note a venue change! We had so much interest that Foran's won't fit all of us.
Read more →Get out your calendar! Here's where I'll be in the next couple of weeks.
Read more →I will be reading tomorrow (Wednesday) night as part of Wednesday Night Sessions. Vievee Francis and Jeff Kass are also reading. It will be great.
Read more →… and sail to Milwaukee to come see me talk at Sugar Maple on Jan. 12, 2012! (Who am I kidding? They’ll be there for the dance party.) Oh my gosh, how great is this poster? My friend dwellephant made it. You should send him $5 immediately. (Or maybe you need some love letters? Valentine’s...
Read more →I will be giving a tour of historic Elmwood Cemetery on Dec. 17, 11 a.m., with the League of Adventurous Detroiters.
Read more →Thurs. Dec. 1, 7:00 pm, at Leopold's Books in Detroit.
Read more →We'll be toasting Detroit's long love affair with booze at The Sugar House on Repeal Day, Dec. 5, 2011.
Read more →Who’s celebrating his bicentennial tomorrow? THIS GUY! Stevens Thomson Mason is one of my all-time favorite characters from Detroit history. Determined! Dreamy! Stubborn! Stylish! Triumphant! Tragic! The boy governor had it all. This time last year we were re-interring Stevens T. Mason for the FOURTH time. Buried first in New York City after his...
Read more →EDIT (as of 10/24/11): Thanks to those of you who joined us for the tour on Saturday! We had a lovely time meeting lots of new people, telling historical tales and reveling in the perfect fall weather. If you are looking for the historical photos of the old Log Cabin that I mentioned, you...
Read more →A first for The Night Train: Guided tours of historic Detroit places! Join me!
Read more →Detroit gets a very special visit from a War of 1812 tall ship this week.
Read more →A small crowd gathered in Capitol Park yesterday to honor Stevens T. Mason, Michigan's first and America's youngest governor, on his 199th birthday.
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