The Detroit Drunken Historical Society welcomes Tony Paris of the Sugar Law Center to drink a bunch of beers, then walk us through the labor movement from its beginnings during the Depression to its radical re-imagining during the 1960s -- and its impact on present-day labor relations.
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Presently a shell whizzed past him, taking with it the pipe from his mouth. He was unharmed, but was so indignant at the unceremonious treatment and the loss of his pipe that he seized his musket and ... fired at the battery of the enemy until his ammunition was exhausted.
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The story of Detroit begins on July 24, 1701, when an argumentative French fugitive shores his canoe on the banks of the strait and founds a city for the glory of King Louis XIV.
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Corrado Parducci designed much more than architectural ornamentation — he also painted intricate designs on the walls of his home, wove tapestries, carved wooden busts of his children, and designed hub caps and bumpers for cars. A guest post about Detroit's most prolific designer from the maker of a new documentary.
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Upcoming events at Palmer Park and the SkyBar in Capitol Park. Bike rides + Underground Railroad history + horses.
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Four reasons to celebrate Detroit's role in the War of 1812. We'll talk more at Drunk History on Thursday, 6/21.
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"Some of the blamed things have grown until they are as long as your arm, and they wallow about on the bottom like a lot of hogs until the water is ruined in appearance."
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Why build an aquarium on Belle Isle at all? Where did it get the fish? How adorable is a lake sturgeon? Answer to these questions AND MORE!
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From sturgeon to shad, pike to pickerel, carp and people who carped about carp, the fish tells us a lot about the way we live in Detroit. Today: the magnificent whitefish.
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Visiting the grave of Alexander Macomb, hero of the Battle of Plattsburgh, namesake of Wayne County, painter, playwright, son of a swindler, and decorated early Detroiter.
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Celebrating General Friend Palmer's birthday with "whiskey in the gentlemen's dressing room, and champagne in the supper room."
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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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A picture book of spring in Detroit. Historical glimpses of weather patterns. A poem about Lake Erie. Plus, it's Opening Day.
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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.
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