Presented by Jackie Hoist, AIA, and Ron Campbell, AIA
Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 7 PM
Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
Free for Museum Members
Tickets for the General Public - $5
The Museum’s second presentation as part of the Smart Towns series on the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth and railroads were the major growth industry. America had a love- hate relationship with the railroads as travel became easier, cheaper and more common. How did these iron horses change our country? Jackie Hoist and Ron Campbell will take you on a trip back in time to learn about trains, depots and travel during the Gilded Age.
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Presented by Ford Peatross Founding Director, Center for Architecture, Design and Engineering at the Library of Congress
Thursday, September 14, 2017 - 7 PM
Rochester Hills Public Library - Multipurpose Room
Ford Peatross is the Founding Director for the Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering at the Library of Congress. As part of our Smart Town series Peatross will discuss his successful and interesting career as well as the architecture for the Library of Congress.
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Presented by Austin Stewart, Michigan Opera Theatre Audience Engagement Coordinator
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 7 PM
Rochester Hills Public Library - Multipurpose Room
OperaHERE is Michigan Opera Theatre’s enrichment experience for adults, designed to make you think about opera in new and revealing ways. MOT’s resident musicologist and audience engagement coordinator, Austin Stewart covers topics ranging from cultural and historical context surrounding opera, to exploring current events through an operatic lens. Our autumn 2017 OperaHERE program introduces new and experienced audiences to two great war horses of opera—Verdi’s Rigoletto and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Each session is illustrated by audio and visual examples and includes opportunities for question-and-answer and discussion.
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Presented by Madelyn Rzadkowolski, Dir. Of Curatorial Services, Meadow Brook Hall
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 7 pm
Meadow Brook Hall
Learn more about John and Horace's rise to success in the Motor City with Meadow Brook Hall Director of Curatorial Services Madelyn Rzadkowolski.
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Reservations are required. Call (248) 364-6252 to make your reservation.
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Presented by Dr. David Greer
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 7 PM
Rochester College - Auditorium
This presentation will examine the confluence of ideas and interests that shaped late-nineteenth-century American attitudes on the prospect of empire and world power.
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Presented by Madelyn Rzadkowolski, Director Of Curatorial Services, Meadow Brook Hall
Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 7 to 8:30 pm
Meadow Brook Hall
Meadow Brook Hall Director of Curatorial Services Madelyn Rzadkowolski will explore the family's deep connection with Tiffany, the extensive collection and how and why the legendary glass was moved to the family's country estate, but no longer displayed with prominence.
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Reservations are required. Call (248) 364-6252 to make your reservation.
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Presented by Dr. Mark Manry
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - 7 PM
Rochester College - Auditorium
This presentation will discuss the changes to agriculture that took place in the Gilded Age, with an emphasis on communities in South East Michigan, particularly Rochester and Oakland Township.
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Presented by Dan Bollman, AIA, East Arbor Architecture
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 7 PM
Rochester Hills Public Library
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Presented by Bruce Zellers, Special Lecturer at Oakland University
Monday, May 15, 2017 - 7 PM
Meadow Brook Hall - Ballroom
At the end of the 19th century, many Americans found themselves in a perfect storm of long-term economic decline, dissipating political influence, and evaporating cultural clout. Once the central actors in the Jeffersonian vision of a flourishing agricultural republic, farmers now felt under appreciated; indeed they saw themselves as the objects of mockery in the new America of factories and cities. They fought back with a series of organizations, and finally with the Populist Party. In 1896, the populists and the Democrats combined under William Jennings Bryan, seeking to reverse their fortunes. They failed, but managed to create a template for future protests against wrenching social, economic, and cultural changes.
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Presented by Patrick McKay
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 7 PM
Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
Free for Museum Members
Tickets for the General Public - $5
What was happening in Rochester during the age of the Robber Barons, westward expansion and railroads? How did the inventions and scientific advancements by Levi Strauss, Burbank, Carver, Edison, Ford, Tesla and Westinghouse affect the local residents? What kind of architecture was popular here when Frank Lloyd Wright created a new American aesthetic with the Prairie School and the wealthy spent fortunes on the arts? Museum Manager, Patrick McKay, will entertain and educate with his presentation on Rochester in the Gilded Age.
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Presented by Joe Odoefer, AIA, University of Detroit
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 7 PM
Rochester Hills Public Library
Joseph Odoerfer the Associate Dean and Professor of the School of Architecture at the University of Detroit Mercy will provide an overview of the American Renaissance, looking at the art, buildings, fairs, and urban plans it produced, including the Boston Public Library, the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, the Library of Congress, the 1901 Plan for Washington D.C. and some local works, such as, the Detroit Public Library.
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Presented by Dr. Anne Nichols, PhD
Monday, April 3, 2017 - 7 PM
Rochester College - Auditorium
This presentation will explore the role of theology in the proto-feminist movement, with particular attention given to Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Harriet Beecher Stowe.