Official Detroit Bookfest Afterparty at Eastern Mkt Brewing Co. (July 21, 2024)

Official Detroit Bookfest Afterparty at Eastern Mkt Brewing Co. (July 21, 2024)

 

BEER!

Official Detroit Bookfest Afterparty at Eastern Mkt Brewing Co.

Sunday, July 21, 2024

10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

No cover charge!

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In celebration of the annual Detroit Festival of Books (aka Detroit Bookfest), EMBC will be opening early on Sunday, July 16th for the Official Detroit Bookfest Afterparty!

Located three blocks southeast of Shed 5, Eastern Market Brewing Company (EMBC) is one of the most popular destinations in the Eastern Market district.

Currently, the street they’re on, Riopelle, is closed to vehicle traffic. It is pedestrian-only and they will have tables in the street, food, live DJ, and of course beer.

Shed 5 to EMBC Detroit

 

Some of their most popular beers are:

Elephant Juice, Market Day IPA, Mae Blanc, Wonderboy, and White Coffee Stout

https://easternmarket.beer/beers/

 

 

 

DJ Khalil Heron will be bringing the beats.

 

Delicious ice cream food truck Cookies and Cream Detroit will be selling Guernsey ice cream!

 

Eastern Market Brewing Company

2515 Riopelle Street

Detroit, MI 48207

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Visit Detroit’s official mobile tourism center, the D-Rover Van, will be at Detroit Bookfest!

Visit Detroit’s official mobile tourism center, the D-Rover Van, will be at Detroit Bookfest!

The D-Rover Van will be at Detroit Bookfest!

*Special thanks to John Francis, Harriet Carter, Stan Smith and the great staff at the DMCVB for this*

The D-Rover Mobile Visitors Center travels around the region, helping to promote Detroit by passing out free magazines, maps, giveaways and special Detroit promotional materials to anyone interested in hearing more about the area.

Owned and operated by the The Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB), the D-Rover will be making its way to Bookfest!

John Francis @ the D Rover from DMCVB (photo by: Detroit’s Debography)

The DMCVB is “the only organization that promotes Metro Detroit regionally, nationally and internationally as a convention, business meeting and tourism destination.”

It is a non-profit economic development corporation which helps generate excitement about the area.

Factoring in all of the ancillary revenue streams (ie: hotels, restaurants, bars, stores, etc), the economic impact of Detroit Festival of Books for the Metro Detroit region is projected to be several million dollars.

Come check out the D-Rover!

Visit Detroit 

https://visitdetroit.com/

Visit Detroit calendar of events

https://visitdetroit.com/events/7th-annual-detroit-festival-of-books/

The D-Rover Van will be at Detroit Bookfest!

 

Here are some fun Detroit facts courtesy of DMCVB’s VisitDetroit.com

Detroit Facts

Detroit Facts

Detroit Facts

Detroit Facts

Thank you MIGeekScene for listing us on your Events Calendar

Thank you MIGeekScene for listing us on your Events Calendar

MI Geek Scene

MI Geek Scene is run by Joe Hubbard and based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Joe is “Head Geek” and started MGS in 2014 as a “positive geek culture website”. Joe also takes great photos and conducts engaging interviews with his guests.

They consistently feature one of the best calendars of cool pop-culture related events in the state of Michigan.

We highly recommend listing your event, if applicable, on their calendar.

MI Geek Scene

 

MIGeekScene upcoming events

https://migeekscene.com/events/list/

 

Submit your event for consideration here

https://migeekscene.com/category/submissions/

 

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MI Geek Scene

Thanks for the Shout-Out BooksaleFinder.com!

Thanks for the Shout-Out BooksaleFinder.com!

Detroit Festival of Books on Booksalefinder.com

 

Special thank you to Helen & Tom Oram and the team in Massachusetts at BookSaleFinder.com for listing our event!

Helen & Tom created BookSaleFinder.com in 1994.

Their website is a phenomenal resource for locating over 10,000+ book sales in the USA.

 

Detroit Bookfest @ BookSaleFinder.com

https://www.booksalefinder.com/MI.html#X15138

 

 

Detroit Bookfest @ BookSaleFinder.com

https://www.booksalefinder.com/MI.html#X15138

 

Exclusive Interview: Touring the Paulson Aviation Library @ Canton’s Mettetal Airport

Exclusive Interview: Touring the Paulson Aviation Library @ Canton’s Mettetal Airport

Aerial photo of Mettetal Airport Canton (photo courtesy of Mettetal)

 

Mettetal Airport is a non-towered airport (ie: no control tower) that was founded in 1939 on 63 acres in Canton, Michigan. One of the hangars contains a rare resource in the form of Paulson Aviation Library.

John Maxfield, VP of EAA Chapter 113, graciously answered questions and provided a fascinating tour.

“We have about 3,500 volumes. The library was started in 2002 and is hyper-focused on all things aviation. Our main librarian is Barb Cook but she’s on vacation right now. And yes, this is a functional library, Dewey catalogued and everything.”

 

Paulson Aviation Library @ Canton’s Mettetal Airport (photo by Ryan M. Place)

 

“The library features mostly books. Non-fiction, biographical, military, reference & technical manuals. We also have vintage journals, flight manuals, various ephemera, photos, DVDs and VHS tapes.”

“Some classic standard books we have are Stick and Rudder (1944), We (1927) Lindbergh, and Carrying the Fire (1974). I’m currently looking for a decent copy of Sled Driver (1991) by Brian Schul.”

“The founder of our library, Robert Paulson, was a Colonel in the Civil Air Patrol. He was a CAP Chaplain, lived in Dearborn, and was parish priest at Church of the Holy Cross in Novi. He was also a book enthusiast and initially started this library by donating his own personal collection. He didn’t own an airplane, so this was his main project. And it’s grown over the years mostly via donations.”

“Mettetal Airport was started by Bob Mettetal. He was a bomber pilot in WWII. His brother Marv (Marvin) was also a pilot. The Mettetal family owned the land since 1920 when it was purchased by Bob’s dad Raphael (Ray) Mettetal. They had a greenhouse and decided to build an airport. Currently, Mettetal is mostly a recreation airport for enthusiasts, and it’s also used by corporations and air ambulances. It’s owned by MDOT Office of Aeronautics.”

 

Robert Mettetal @ Mettetal Airport Canton (photo courtesy of Google Archives)

 

The State of Michigan has made a couple of incredible historic contributions to the field of aviation. In the 1920’s-30’s, Ford Motor Company invented commercial airline travel with the Ford-Trimotor Airplane. What is now Ford Proving Ground (Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn) used to be the Ford Airport, which had one of the world’s first paved runways. The Dearborn Inn across the street was one of the first air travel hotels. And the other contribution was of course the Willow Run Bomber Plant in Ypsilanti during World War Two.”

Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is the world’s largest recreation sport aviation association. EAA Chapter 113 was founded here at Mettetal in 1961. Our nickname is the Backyard Eagles. Anyone from the general public can join. Legally, the chapter cannot own an airworthy airplane but flying clubs can form within. Our chapter has 4 flying clubs with 7 airplanes, mostly single-engine Cessnas.”

“We host interesting speakers monthly every 3rd Thursday. We’ve had authors, parachute riggers, aviation medics, astronauts, military personnel, etc. And our Young Eagles program offers free airplane rides for those aged 8-17. We do this four times per year.”

 

Paulson Aviation Library @ Canton’s Mettetal Airport (photo by Ryan M. Place)

 

Donate your aviation books (they may possibly purchase exceptionally rare items)

[email protected]

Paulson Aviation Library is available by appointment and also during regular gatherings (3rd Thurs of the month, 7:30pm) and events (see calendar on their website).

 

Paulson Aviation Library @ Mettetal Airport

8550 N. Lilley Road

Canton, MI 48187

 

EAA Chapter 113 @ Mettetal Airport

https://chapters.eaa.org/eaa113

 

Young Eagles

https://www.yeday.org/

 

EAA Chapter 113 @ Mettetal Airport Canton (photo courtesy of EAA)

 

Mettetal Airport records @ Plymouth Historical Museum

https://plymouthhistory.org/cm/dpl/downloads/content/57/Mettetal_Airport_RG_5_.pdf

 

Genealogy info for Mettetal Family

https://www.oocities.org/heartland/hills/8073/tiny1.html

 

Directory of Michigan Airports

https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/travel/mobility/aeronautics/airports

 

Col. Robert W. Paulson @ Mettetal Airport

 

Robert Paulson comments on NW Crash

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/08/17/Investigators-today-tentatively-ruled-out-sabotage-aboard-a-Northwest/1893556171200/

 

Robert Paulson obituary

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/detroitnews/name/robert-paulson-obituary?id=41424130

 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83855512/robert-waldron-paulson

 

Some other interesting aviation libraries to check out:

 

  • MI-Kzoo-WMU’s Waldo Library-flight simulator lab
  • OH-Dayton-Museum of the USAF
  • WashDC-Smithsonian Ntl Air and Space Museum library (40,000 volumes)
  • WA-Seattle-Museum of Flight’s Bracklin Library (36,000 volumes)
  • TX-UT Dallas-McDermott Lib-Aviation Archives

 

Paulson Aviation Library @ Canton’s Mettetal Airport (photo by Ryan M. Place)

Paulson Aviation Library @ Canton’s Mettetal Airport (photo by Ryan M. Place)

Paulson Aviation Library @ Canton’s Mettetal Airport (photo by Ryan M. Place)

Sonex 2012 airplane built by John Maxfield. 130 mph cruising speed (photo courtesy of John Maxfield)

Col. Robert W. Paulson

Paulson Aviation Library

Flight simulator @ Paulson Aviation Library @ Canton’s Mettetal Airport

Mettetal Airport (Canton, Michigan)

Barb Cook, librarian at Paulson Aviation Library @ Canton’s Mettetal Airport

John Maxfield, VP of EAA Chapter 113 @ Canton’s Mettetal Airport (photo by John Maxfield)

Mettetal Airport Canton archives (courtesy of Google Archives)

Mettetal Airport Canton archives (courtesy of Google Archives)

John Maxfield @ Mettetal Airport Canton archives (courtesy of Google Archives)

Proposed airplane mechanics school @ Mettetal Airport Canton archives (courtesy of Google Archives)

Robert Mettetal @ Mettetal Airport Canton archives (courtesy of Google Archives)

Robert Mettetal @ Mettetal Airport Canton archives (courtesy of Google Archives)

Mettetal Airport Canton archives (courtesy of Google Archives)

Michigan State Police at Mettetal Airport Canton (photo courtesy of MSP)

News Media about Detroit Festival of Books (aka: Detroit Bookfest)

News Media about Detroit Festival of Books (aka: Detroit Bookfest)

6th annual Detroit Festival of Books in July 2023 at Eastern Market’s Shed 5 in Detroit (photo by Debbie Maciolek)

 

This is a collection of various news media pieces about Detroit Festival of Books (aka: Detroit Bookfest):

 

DBusiness (2024)

https://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/dbusiness-daily-update-detroit-festival-of-books-to-expand-in-2024-and-more/

Visit Detroit (2024)

https://visitdetroit.com/events/7th-annual-detroit-festival-of-books/#:~:text=7th%20annual%20Detroit%20Bookfest%20Sunday,%2Dday%20six%2Dhour%20event

 

CBS News Detroit (2023)

https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/detroit-festival-of-books-returns-for-6th-year-in-eastern-market/

 

Fox 2 Detroit (2023)

https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/1252416

 

WXYZ Detroit (2023)

https://www.wxyz.com/news/political/spotlight-on-the-news/spotlight-on-the-news-oakland-county-small-business-loans-detroit-bookfest

 

WDIV ClickonDetroit (2023)

https://www.clickondetroit.com/video/news/2023/07/17/6th-annual-detroit-festival-of-books-held-at-eastern-market/

 

Fine Books Magazine (2023)

https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/events/book-club-detroit-presents-6th-annual-detroit-festival-books-2023-07-16

 

 

 

Detroit News (2022)

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/books/2022/07/14/family-friendly-day-events-eastern-market-detroit-bookfest/7702727001/

 

Detroit Free Press (2022)

https://www.freep.com/picture-gallery/news/local/michigan/detroit/2022/07/17/michigan-authors-showcase-books-detroit-festival-books/10082858002/