CANCELED
Canceled due to: Dwindling Attendance

Valentines Day Tea Fundraiser
Location 1677 Fort Street
Lincoln Park, MI 48146
Dates February 14, 2010 - February 14, 2010 - CONFIRMED!
Primary CategoryFood & Drink
Event CategoriesFood & Drink, Tea Party, Holiday & Seasonal Events, Valentines Day, Learning & Literary, History & Architecture
Description: Lincoln Park Preservation Alliance (LPPA) is having a Valentine’s Day Tea fundraiser. Enjoy a full afternoon tea with scrumptious tea sandwiches, Scones with Devonshire Cream and Jam as well as dessert.

Lincoln Park Preservation Alliance is working on saving Lincoln Park’s endangered buildings such as the Park Theatre, Mellus Newspapers Building and other architecturally significant buildings. They are raising funds to acquire the Mellus Newspapers Building to turn it into a retail incubator with an art gallery, coffee house and small business space. They also recently got a the northwest portion of North Fort Street, from Southfield to Euclid, including the Park Theatre and National City Bank building declared as eligible for a National Register of Historic Places Historic District by the State Historic Preservation Office, Lansing, Michigan.

The Lincoln Park Preservation Alliance is a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of Lincoln Park’s historic resources, working to protect Lincoln Park’s historic sites through education, advocacy, research, tours, workshops, and lectures. The Alliance also has got the former Lincoln Park Post Office, now Lincoln Park Historical Museum, and the Mellus Newspapers Building on the National Register of Historic Places. They are also the author of the Arcadia Publishing book ‘Lincoln Park’ and the creator of the Lincoln Park Discount Card.
Contact nameLeslie Lynch-Wilson
Phone313-598-3137
Email Event PromoterClick Here
Show hours2 PM
Location Typenext to Park Restaurant, Fort Street and Arlington
Public Admission Price$20, RSVP to 313-598-3137 by Feb. 9th
Attendance50
Attendance MethodPTickets
Year #2
ParkingOn street or in back
Parking FeeFree
EntertainmentSusan Marie Selasky of the Detroit Free Press will speak on food. Susan Marie Selasky is the Test Kitchen director and a food writer for the Free Press, where she has worked since 1984. She tests and develops recipes, tests and reports on new food products and kitchen equipment. She reports on a myriad of food subjects, people and events in the food world. An expert at navigating grocery stores, Susan keeps in a mind a budget when choosing recipes for both quality and pocket-book ease. She grows her own herbs and also is a fan of farmers markets and the eat local movement. Before working full-time on the Free Press food section in 1994, Susan worked as an editorial research assistant in the business department. Prior to that, Susan worked in the circulation, classified and national advertising departments. She attended the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Henry Ford Community College, where she studied writing, culinary arts and business. She attended the Culinary Institute in Hyde Park, N.Y., for food styling certification and received continuing education credits in nutrition. Susan lives on Grosse Ile with her husband, Doug, and dog Arby.
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Maps and Directions (from Google Maps)
Hall is one block north of Fort Street between Arlington and OConnor. Parking on street or in back.


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