BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230215T233000Z DTEND:20230216T013000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale coming to the Michigan Maritime Museum! DESCRIPTION:The Michigan Maritime Museum's Steamship Lecture Series continues with\n\na screening of the award-winning documentary\, Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale at the\n\nMaritime Heritage Center on Wednesday\, February 15\, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. After the screening\,\n\nfilmmaker Aaron Schillinger will join virtually from across the state for a Q & A with the audience.\n\nWhether or not you had the chance to ride these iconic boats yourself\, you're sure to enjoy this\n\nfascinating look at their history and potential restoration!\n\nWhen Ste. Claire and SS Columbia sounded their whistles\, every Detroit kid knew it\n\nheralded the coming of summer and the magic of ferrying over to nearby Boblo Island\n\nAmusement Park. In 1993 Boblo Island tragically shut down\, and the boats were left to ruin.\n\nMirroring Detroit's decline and resurgence\, two teams of people doggedly attempt the\n\nrestoration of these iconic vessels as the city stands in the midst of a grass roots renaissance.\n\nSS Columbia is presently owned by a New York-based nonprofit endowed with grants and\n\nemploying experienced nautical preservationists\, leaving Ste. Claire as Detroit's last vestige of\n\nBoblo Island. Claire's fate rests in the hands of an unlikely band of heroes: a doctor\, a psychic\,\n\nand an amusement park fanatic. Martha Reeves\, the Motown legend with a lilting voice\,\n\nnarrates this revelatory fable-doc that's full of heart and hard truths about a challenging\n\nrestoration and the intoxicating ways that nostalgia can inspire and blur memories.\n\n"The film has been receiving such incredible accolades since it premiered and inspiring\n\nso much interest in these ships\, we knew we wanted to bring it to South Haven\," said Ashley\n\nDeming\, Director of Education and Administration. "We're thrilled Aaron can join us to talk about\n\nthe creative process behind its creation!" Like the other events in the Museum's 2022-23 lecture\n\nseries\, this look into the history of Great Lakes passenger steamships complements the new\n\nexhibit\, Full Steam Ahead.\n\nTickets are free for museum members and $10 for non-members. For more information\n\nabout the Museum's events\, please visit https://www.michiganmaritimemuseum.org/events/. For\n\nmore information about the film\, please visit https://www.bobloboatsfilm.com/. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Michigan Maritime Museum&rsquo\;s Steamship Lecture Series continues with
\na screening of the award-winning documentary\, Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale at the
\nMaritime Heritage Center on Wednesday\, February 15\, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. After the screening\,
\nfilmmaker Aaron Schillinger will join virtually from across the state for a Q &\; A with the audience.
\nWhether or not you had the chance to ride these iconic boats yourself\, you&rsquo\;re sure to enjoy this
\nfascinating look at their history and potential restoration!
\nWhen Ste. Claire and SS Columbia sounded their whistles\, every Detroit kid knew it
\nheralded the coming of summer and the magic of ferrying over to nearby Boblo Island
\nAmusement Park. In 1993 Boblo Island tragically shut down\, and the boats were left to ruin.
\nMirroring Detroit'\;s decline and resurgence\, two teams of people doggedly attempt the
\nrestoration of these iconic vessels as the city stands in the midst of a grass roots renaissance.
\nSS Columbia is presently owned by a New York-based nonprofit endowed with grants and
\nemploying experienced nautical preservationists\, leaving Ste. Claire as Detroit'\;s last vestige of
\nBoblo Island. Claire'\;s fate rests in the hands of an unlikely band of heroes: a doctor\, a psychic\,
\nand an amusement park fanatic. Martha Reeves\, the Motown legend with a lilting voice\,
\nnarrates this revelatory fable-doc that&rsquo\;s full of heart and hard truths about a challenging
\nrestoration and the intoxicating ways that nostalgia can inspire and blur memories.
\n&ldquo\;The film has been receiving such incredible accolades since it premiered and inspiring
\nso much interest in these ships\, we knew we wanted to bring it to South Haven\,&rdquo\; said Ashley
\nDeming\, Director of Education and Administration. &ldquo\;We&rsquo\;re thrilled Aaron can join us to talk about
\nthe creative process behind its creation!&rdquo\; Like the other events in the Museum&rsquo\;s 2022-23 lecture
\nseries\, this look into the history of Great Lakes passenger steamships complements the new
\nexhibit\, Full Steam Ahead.
\nTickets are free for museum members and $10 for non-members. For more information
\nabout the Museum&rsquo\;s events\, please visit https://www.michiganmaritimemuseum.org/events/. For
\nmore information about the film\, please visit https://www.bobloboatsfilm.com/. LOCATION: UID:e.2015.6760 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260519T025153Z URL:http://business.southhavenmi.com/events/details/boblo-boats-a-detroit-ferry-tale-coming-to-the-michigan-maritime-museum-6760 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR