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 Highway in Southfield. Beck and Thurtell are authors of the book, Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River, published by Wayne State University Press. Beck and Thurtell will sign books.
Plymouth Community Arts Council
A collection of Patricia Beck’s photos from our book, Up the Rouge!, is now on display at the Plymouth Community Arts Council at the southeast corner of Sheldon and Junction streets in Plymouth.
On Friday, October 2, 2009, we’ll have a signing session at PCAC between 7-9 p.m. At about 7:45 p.m., I’ll talk about the canoe trip and the importance of questioning official claims about the Rouge. We’ll show our video, and in the Q & A, discuss how we might improve the river.
