Month: November 2018

January 2019 TAHS Program: Waterfront Transformations by Peg Siciliano

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2498Sunday, January 20, 2019 – 1pm, at the Dennos Museum Center

In partnership with the Dennos Museum Center, Local historian and TAHS board member, Peg Siciliano, will present a program about the transformation of West Bay and Boardman Lake from industrial to recreational uses, and of Traverse City’s change from a lumbering and industrial hub to an outdoor mecca for tourists and retirees. Please join the TAHS for their January monthly program held in conjunction with Visions of American Life: Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, 1850 – 1940, organized and toured by the Detroit Institute of Arts. This program is free of charge thanks to a grant from Art Bridges.

The program will be held at the Dennos Museum Center (1701 E. Front St. GPS: 1410 College Drive, Traverse City, MI) on Sunday, January 20th, at 1 pm. Program is free and open to the public.

November 2018 History Series: “History of City Opera House Program,” Sunday, November 4th, 1pm

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COH, built in 1891.

Fred Anderson, TAHS board member, will present a program about the history of City Opera House (COH) in Traverse City. Of the approximately 128 local opera houses built in Michigan from the late-1800s through the early-1900s, only 13 still stand today, and 6 have been restored and used as entertainment venues. COH is the largest of those handful of restored facilities.

The program will be held at the Dennos Museum Center (1701 E. Front St. GPS: 1410 College Drive, Traverse City, MI) on Sunday, November 4th, at 1 pm. Program is free and open to the public.