Southfield Historical Society

09/02/2026

September 3, 6 pm: Rob Crozier - A Brief History of American Music
Bring American music to life! One-man band Rob Crozier presents "Skip, Hop and Swing," a lively journey through jazz, blues, country and folk. Engaging performances on harmonica, guitar and tambourine, plus vocals, offer an accessible and entertaining exploration of our musical heritage. A unique program for all ages! This program is made possible by the Friends of the Southfield Public Library, and is sponsored by the Southfield Historical Society

08/19/2026

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07/29/2026

We welcome Great Michigan Read author Curtis Chin to the Southfield Public Library for an interview and discussion of his book, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.
Nineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung’s Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone—from the city’s first Black mayor to the local drag queens, from a big-time Hollywood star to elderly Jewish couples—could sit down for a warm, home-cooked meal. Here was where, beneath a bright-red awning and surrounded by his multigenerational family, filmmaker and activist Curtis Chin came of age; where he learned to embrace his identity as a gay ABC, or American-born Chinese; where he navigated the divided city’s spiraling misfortunes; and where—between helpings of almond boneless chicken, sweet-and-sour pork and some of his own, less-savory culinary concoctions—he realized just how much he had to offer to the world, to his beloved family and to himself.

07/26/2026

The Statue of Liberty and Frederick Douglass connect through America's evolving, complex promises of freedom, famously critiqued in Douglass's 1852 address "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" and later echoed in modern public art like Abigail DeVille's torch sculpture Light of Freedom, which pairs the iconography of Lady Liberty with Douglass's powerful words.

07/26/2026

07/26/2026

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