Upcoming talks

by Joel on April 5, 2010

UP THE ROUGE! photo exhibits, lectures with video:

St. Clair Shores Public Library, Wednesday, April 7, 7p.m.; 22500 Eleven Mile Road, St. Clair Shores; (586) 771-9020; lecture and video

Monroe County Community College, Wednesday, April 14, 7:30 p.m., 1555 S. Raisinville Rd., Monroe;  lecture  and video

Canton Public Library, Sunday, May 2, 1 p.m., 1200 S. Canton Center Rd., 734-397-0999; lecture and video

Southfield Public Library, April 1-May 30, 26300 Evergreen Rd.,  26300 Evergreen Rd., 248-796-4200; photo exhibit

Southfield Public Library, Tuesday, May 4, 6:30 p.m., 26300 Evergreen, Southfield; 248-796-4200; lecture and video

Dearborn Heights Caroline Kennedy Public Library, June 1 to July 31, 24590 George Street; 313-791-3800; photo exhibit

Dearborn Heights John F. Kennedy Public Library, Wednesday, May 12, 6:30 p.m.; 24602 Van Born, Dearborn Heights, 313-791-6050; lecture and video

Brighton Public Library, Monday, July 26, 7:30 p.m., 100 Library Drive, Brighton, 810-229-6571, lecture and video

Dearborn Heights Caroline Kennedy Public Library, 7 p.m., July 28, 24590 George St., Dearborn Heights, 313-791-3800; lecture and video

 

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Metro Times reviews Up the Rouge!

by Joel on January 15, 2010

Somehow, we missed a very nice review of Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River, in Detroit’s Metro Times newspaper. The review of our book was the lead section of a roundup story by Michael Jackman in the November 25, 2009 issue of Metro Times.

Here’s what Jackman wrote about Up the Rouge!:

“For a city that’s shrinking, Detroit sure gets a lot of play on the bookshelves. From appealing photographic books to auto histories to poetry anthologies, there’s plenty of paper to stuff a stocking with this year.

 

“Take Up the Rouge! (Wayne State, $34.95), for instance. Former Freep journo and active Detroit blogger Joel Thurtell tells of his 2005 canoe journey up the Rouge River. What at first appears to be a stunt quickly develops into an investigation of how the river’s environmental quality is ignored. As he makes his way up the trash-strewn, polluted waterway, scrambling over logjams and avoiding bacterial infections, Thurtell (and photographer Patricia Beck) force us to bear witness to how, unlike our other recreational rivers, we’ve been content to turn this one into a sewer. The resulting story is unusual, insightful and surprisingly engaging.”

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UTR wins Michigan Notable Book Award

December 14, 2009

Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River by Joel Thurtell and Patricia Beck has won a Michigan Notable Book Award for 2010. A panel of judges picked 20 books about Michigan topics and Up the Rouge!, published by Wayne State University Press, is on the list.

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‘Up the Rouge!’ at Dearborn museum

November 18, 2009

Dearborn Historical Museum   At 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 2, Pat Beck and I will talk about our book, Up the Rouge! at the Dearborn Historical Society. We’ll show our video, giving our show at the McFadden Ross House at 915 Brady in Dearborn.   Once again, we’ll have copies of Up the Rouge!  the print [...]

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Ann Arbor library touts ‘Up the Rouge!’

November 12, 2009

Nice commentary by the Ann Arbor District Library on our Wayne State University Press book, Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River. It’s written by me, Joel Thurtell, with photos by Patricia Beck. Too bad the A2 library doesn’t have any copies available. Guess I’d better send a sales rep their way.  Better let them know, too, that there’s [...]

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‘Up the Rouge!’ talk and photo exhibit

November 3, 2009

Redford District Library   A  collection of Patricia Beck’s photos from our book, Up the Rouge!, Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River, is on display at the Redford Township District Library now through November 14. The book was published in March by Wayne State University Press.   On Saturday, November 7 at 1 p.m., at the Redford [...]

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Rouge book talks and signings

September 28, 2009

Sierra Club Members of the Sierra Club of Southeast Michigan will hear Detroit Free Press photographer Patricia Beck and retired Free Press reporter Joel Thurtell talk and show a video about their June 2005 canoe trip up the Rouge River at 7 p.m.on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at the Northwest Unitarian-Universalist Church at 23925 Northwestern [...]

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Audio UTR debuts at Franklin Garden Walk

June 2, 2009

The audio book version of “Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River” will debut Wednesday, June 10 at the Franklin Garden Walk. The sound version of “Up the Rouge!” is a 4-CD narration by Thurtell of the text of the book he and photographer Patricia Beck produced. The print book with many of Beck’s photos [...]

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Guild Reporter lauds “Up the Rouge!”

May 29, 2009

In his review of Up the Rouge! in the Guild Reporter, Detroit Local 22 Newspaper Guild administrative officer Lou Mleczko wrote, ” ‘Up The Rouge!’ provides a story line that concerned citizens and government officials should take note of in their pursuit of a better environment.” Upcoming appearances by Up the Rouge! co-authors Patricia Beck [...]

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Up the Rouge! Canton Historical Society May 13

May 12, 2009

Here’s a link to our recent interview on WDET-FM On Wednesday, May 13, Pat Beck and I will talk to the Canton Historical Society and show our new video about the Rouge canoe trip. I plan to talk about the historical aspects of the project and the need for more historical research into the whys [...]

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