Upcoming Fall Classes

Downtown Ann Arbor and the Old West Side. On Thursday September 5, ever popular Grace Shackman starts her class on the history of downtown Ann Arbor from its founding fathers to today. The Old West Side, Ann Arbor’s first subdivision that began as a German enclave. The class meets on four Thursdays: two lectures and two walking tours..
Historic Stories – Music of the Civil Wat and the Paris Exposition of 1900. September 10 and 17 (Tuesdays) John Hauger tells HISTORIC STORIES of two periods. Events and emotions of the Civil War era were expressed vividly in the music of those times. Many countries were invited to participate in the Paris Exposition: from the US, Philip Sousa and Scott Joplin -as well Thomas Edison’s latest inventions.