Fun

• Petra: Lost City of Stone, at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, April 4, 2005 - August 15, 2005

Tickets are on sale! 1-800-PETRA05 (616) 526-7800

http://www.calvin.edu/petra/

• Apr 19: Elvis Costello at Michigan Theater
• Apr 14: David Sedaris at Michigan Theater

Art

we like to visit art museums ...

• detroit architecture ... better go before it gets too chilly. http://monkey.org/sl/58b11b05

• in Detroit, On the Edge: Contemporary Art from the Daimler Chrysler Collection http://monkey.org/sl/fda2b254

The exhibition is presented in 11 thematic galleries, giving visitors the opportunity to explore art movements and subject matter from the 1950s until today. The exhibit includes more than 100 works that span the media from minimalist paintings and sculptures to photography and video to installation art. Includes works from Josef Albers, Sylvie Fleury, Robert Ryman, Andy Warhol, and Andrea Zittel. For additional information, contact the DIA at (313) 833-7900.

• toledo museum of art http://www.toledomuseum.org/Happening.htm

• paula brown gallery, toledo. http://www.paulabrowngallery.com/

• umich school of art and design, slusser gallery http://art-design.umich.edu/exhibits/slussercurrentexhibitions.html

November 7 - December 13

These artists, through their personal lenses, invite, engage and seduce the viewer to contemplate our planet, our place and our relationships with it and on it. They have recreated worlds as might prophets and visionaries and, as offerings, presented them to the visitor. Images merge fact with fiction and clarity is illusive. There is calm after the storm, beauty in the ashes, a hope of resurrection — and grace.

• umich zoology musem http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/

Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, 734-764-0476

• umich natural history museum http://www.exhibits.lsa.umich.edu/New/Welcome.html

• michigan military and space museum http://www.michigansmilitarymuseum.com/ frankenmuth, mi

• detroit zoo http://www.detroitzoo.org/

• toledo zoo – done on 5 sept 04 http://www.toledozoo.org/

• toledo museum of art http://www.toledomuseum.org/

• baker sanctuary http://www.michiganaudubon.org/bakersanctuary/bakerhome.html

• meijer gardens http://www.meijergardens.org/generalinfo.htm

Museums and Exhibits

• Welsh Classic Car Museum, steubenville, oh ... http://www.welshent.com/museum.htm

• National Motorcycle Museum, anamosa, iowa, http://www.nationalmcmuseum.org/ .. not near Ann Arbor but near enough to my parents in iowa ...

• Regional history, historic automobiles and hands-on science are major features of the Sloan Museum, flint, MI, http://www.sloanmuseum.com/maps.html

• Gilmore Car Museum, near portage, mi, on I94, http://www.gilmorecarmuseum.org/html/localmap.html

• The Motorsports Hall of Fame and Museum, novi, mi, http://www.mshf.com/

• in Detroit, North American International Auto Show http://www.naias.com/

The North American International Auto Show is considered among the most prestigious auto shows in the world and is one of the largest media events in North America.

• in Dearborn, Automotive Hall of Fame http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/

The Automotive Hall of Fame preserves the history of mobility by celebrating the creativity, toil and genius of the individual. The Automotive Hall of Fame is both a visitor attraction and an educational resource for inspiring others to higher levels of achievement in their own work and lives.

Future Items

• detroit historical museum http://www.detroithistorical.org/

• Ann Arbor Film Festival http://www.aafilmfest.org/

• University of Michigane Student Astronomical Society Open House for the observatory: http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/sas/openhouse.html

• Michigan Cricket Association, Detroit http://www.michca.org/

more michigan museums

• http://www.collectics.com/museums_michigan.html

• http://www.museumspot.com/cities/detroit.htm

• http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Michigan/Cities/Detroit/Entertainment_and_Arts/Museums_and_Exhibits/

• http://travel.michigan.org/attractions/?m=2;12&city=G2974

• cricket in detroit http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/midfield/7653/

• soap box derby (detroit, then akron) http://www.allamericansoapboxderby.com/

• Detroit Kennel Club Dog Show, Cobo Convention Center. http://www.detroitkennelclub.com/show.html