Award winning author Patrick Livingston will lead this tour around Bob-lo Island - Detroit's island playground of the Twentieth Century. Cruise participants will explore the critical role the island played in the lives of Native Americans and Canadians, French coureurs de bois, British military, Detroit's upper class and the millions of people who escaped to Bob-lo's amusement park for a one day holiday for almost one hundred years. Livingston will share island anecdotes and illustrations from his Summer Dreams: The Story of Bob-lo Island, recognized by the library of Michigan as a Notable Book of 2009. Feel free to bring along your own Bob-lo stories and souvenirs as we cruise back in time to The Greatest Spot On Earth.

Cruises depart from the Lake Erie Metropark marina and last approximately 2 1/2 hours. They are open to the public (ages 6 and up). Cost for adults is $15, and $10 for children under 18. Online registrations can be made via http://www.discoverycruises.org. Questions can be directed to Lake Erie Metropark at (734) 379-5020 x6836.

Sign on for a voyage into the world of Great Lakes shipping with former sailor and ancient mariner Patrick Livingston, author of the Library of Michigan award winning Eight Steamboats: Sailing Through the Sixties, As the E/V Clinton cruises through the channels of the lower Detroit River, you will learn about lakers and salties, legendary sailors and Lake Erie shipwrecks. With some luck, you might even get up close and personal to a thousand-footer or two along the way. Wear your Old Spice!

Cruises depart from the Lake Erie Metropark marina and last approximately 2 1/2 hours. They are open to the public (ages 6 and up). Cost for adults is $15, and $10 for children under 18. Online registrations can be made via http://www.discoverycruises.org. Questions can be directed to Lake Erie Metropark at (734) 379-5020 x6836.

Arthur L. Johnson, author of Race and Remembrance, will speak about his book and sign copies at the historic Main Branch of the Detroit Public Library at 6:00 p.m.

Award winning author Patrick Livingston will lead this tour around Bob-lo Island - Detroit's island playground of the Twentieth Century. Cruise participants will explore the critical role the island played in the lives of Native Americans and Canadians, French coureurs de bois, British military, Detroit's upper class and the millions of people who escaped to Bob-lo's amusement park for a one day holiday for almost one hundred years. Livingston will share island anecdotes and illustrations from his Summer Dreams: The Story of Bob-lo Island, recognized by the library of Michigan as a Notable Book of 2009. Feel free to bring along your own Bob-lo stories and souvenirs as we cruise back in time to The Greatest Spot On Earth.

Cruises depart from the Lake Erie Metropark marina and last approximately 2 1/2 hours. They are open to the public (ages 6 and up). Cost for adults is $15, and $10 for children under 18. Online registrations can be made via http://www.discoverycruises.org. Questions can be directed to Lake Erie Metropark at (734) 379-5020 x6836.

Sign on for a voyage into the world of Great Lakes shipping with former sailor and ancient mariner Patrick Livingston, author of the Library of Michigan award winning Eight Steamboats: Sailing Through the Sixties, As the E/V Clinton cruises through the channels of the lower Detroit River, you will learn about lakers and salties, legendary sailors and Lake Erie shipwrecks. With some luck, you might even get up close and personal to a thousand-footer or two along the way. Wear your Old Spice!

Cruises depart from the Lake Erie Metropark marina and last approximately 2 1/2 hours. They are open to the public (ages 6 and up). Cost for adults is $15, and $10 for children under 18. Online registrations can be made via http://www.discoverycruises.org. Questions can be directed to Lake Erie Metropark at (734) 379-5020 x6836.

Jack Ridl, author of Broken Symmetry, will read his poetry as part of the Chamber Music Festival in Saugatuck, MI beginning at 8:00 p.m.

Evelyn Aschenbrenner, author of A History of Wayne State University in Photographs, will speak about Wayne State's history and sign copies of her book at Borders in Canton (43435 Ford Road) at 7:00 p.m. For more information, please call (734) 844-2090.

Anthony J. Yanik, author of Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation, will discuss his new book and how Maxwell Motor, whose cars were the first popular ones to feature the engine in front, helped to form the new Chrysler Corp. in 1925. Registration is required. Please see the link for below more information.

David Roskies will speak about and sign copies of his book, Yiddishlands: A Memoir, as part of the Author Discussion Series at the Hampton Synagogue in Hampton, NY.

Michael Zadoorian, author of The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit, will read and sign copies of his book at Horizon Books (243 E. Front Street, Traverse City) at 4:00 p.m.