Writer Joel Thurtell will talk about the book, UP THE ROUGE! PADDLING DETROIT’S HIDDEN RIVER at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at the West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation center.
An exhibit of Detroit Free press photographer Patricia Beck’s photos from the pair’s June 2005 trip up the Rouge River will be on display in the West Bloomfield parks building at 4640 Walnut Rd. through October.
Also, displays show equipment and other things used by Beck and Thurtell on their 27-mile odyssey.
Thurtell will show a video about the trip. In his talk, he will talk about why the two journalists made the trip, how they planned for it, the state of the river.
