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GMnext.com
Date(s): 4/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
Where: GMnext.com
To mark its 100th anniversary, GM has launched a global dialogue through an initiative called GMnext. The medium for the dialogue is a dedicated web site, GMnext.com.
GMnext Showroom
Date(s): 4/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
Where: GM Renaissance Center
Display of vintage, current and concept vehicles combined with new interactive displays and information centers relating to GMnext and the GM centennial
Motor City Exhibition, Cadillac Body Drop
Date(s): 4/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
Where: Detroit Historical Museum
The Motor City Exhibition is a permanent display which interprets how cars built Detroit and how Detroit builds cars.
What's My Assembly Line?
Date(s): 4/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
Where: The Henry Ford, Henry Ford Museum
Visitors can take a shift on the assembly line in this audience participation game show.
Model T 101
Date(s): 4/15/2008 - 10/31/2008
Where: The Henry Ford, Greenfield Village
Learn about the basic mechanical components and operation of the Model T.
Model T Ride Experience
Date(s): 4/15/2008 - 10/31/2008
Where: The Henry Ford, Greenfield Village
Hop on a real Model T and take a narrated tour through Greenfield Village.
Model T Medley of Songs
Date(s): 5/5/2008 - 8/24/2008
Where: The Henry Ford, Greenfield Village
Enjoy this lively medley of Model T songs performed by the Greenfield Quartet and Village Trio.
Henry's T, A Dramatic Presentation of Young Henry Ford
Date(s): 5/5/2008 - 8/24/2008
Where: The Henry Ford, Greenfield Village
Enjoy this dramatic presentation of young Henry Ford and hear how he was inspired to build the world's universal car, the Model T. Presented daily.
Visit the Buick Gallery
Date(s): 5/15/2008 - 12/31/2008
Where: Buick Gallery and Research Center
Sloan Museum's Buick Gallery features over 25 classic and concept Buicks, Chevrolets, and other locally-built automobiles.
General Motors Gems
Date(s): 5/17/2008 - 9/14/2008
Where: Alfred P. Sloan Museum
Nicola Bulgari's true passion is cars from the 1930s and 1940s. His outstanding collection has a special emphasis on Buicks, along with other GM cars.
Jackson Cruise Nights
Date(s): 5/23/2008 - 9/26/2008
Where: Downtown Jackson
Join the tradition of cruising downtown Jackson.
Wheels on Woodward
Date(s): 6/9/2008 - 9/18/2008
Where:
Raise funds for the Woodward Avenue Action Association and win a new car!!!
Model T Ford Driving Classes
Date(s): 6/14/2008 - 7/20/2008
Where: Gilmore Car Museum
Can you picture yourself behind the wheel of an authentic 1915 Model T Ford?
Model T Camp Program
Date(s): 6/23/2008 - 8/8/2008
Where: The Henry Ford, Greenfield Village
Campers will experience a Model T activity each Wednesday of the youth summer camp.
The Home the Model T Built
Date(s): 7/1/2008 - 10/15/2008
Where: Henry Ford Estate - Fair Lane
Henry Ford Estate -Fair Lane includes the residence of Clara and Henry Ford and his powerhouse, consisting of his generators, research laboratory and garage.
The Birthplace of the Model T factory
Date(s): 7/1/2008 - 7/31/2008
Where: Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
The plant looks a lot like it did in 1908 when the first 12,000 Tin Lizzies were built here. Available July days - 7/5, 7/19
Take a Model T ride during Comerica CityFest
Date(s): 7/2/2008 - 7/6/2008
Where: Detroit's New Center
With its impressive mix of restaurants, stellar local and national musical acts, boutique retail, fun for kids, extreme park and social gathering spots, Comerica CityFest is a celebration of city life.
Lunch and T
Date(s): 7/5/2008
Where: Henry Ford Estate Fair Lane
View Henry Ford’s own vehicles and get an in-depth look at our 1916 running Model T, the car that made the creation of Fair Lane possible.
Auto Collage at the Flint Institute of Arts
Date(s): 7/12/2008 - 7/20/2008
Where: Flint Cultural Center
Provide a photo of your favorite automobile to the Flint Institute of Arts. It will be used in a collage of automobiles.
Visit the Birthplace of GM
Date(s): 7/12/2008 - 7/20/2008
Where: Durant Dort Headquarters Building
It was here that William C. Durant applied his highly successful carriage company experience into creating the General Motors Corp.
E-M-F Centennial
Date(s): 7/13/2008 - 7/19/2008
Where: Piquette Avenue Ford Plant
Celebrating the people, automobiles and enduring legacy of the Everett-Metzger-Flanders Company.
General Motors Family Reunion Picnic
Date(s): 7/13/2008
Where: Kearsley Park, Flint
Time to meet old friends and co-workers. Picnic in the park; listen to music; play games. Watch baseball games between GM divisions.
Buick Club of America National Meet
Date(s): 7/16/2008 - 7/19/2008
Where: Flint Cultural Center
Buick Homecoming celebrating 105 years of Buick and 100 years of GM; In Flint Cultural Center; over 1,500 cars on display, lectures, concerts and a swap meet.
Stockton Center at Springrove
Date(s): 7/16/2008 - 7/19/2008
Where: Stockton Center at Springrove
The home of Col. Stockton and his wife Maria was built in 1872 and became the first St.
Joseph Hospital in Flint, 1921.
Visit a 19th Century Victorian House Museum
Date(s): 7/16/2008 - 7/20/2008
Where: Whaley Historical House Museum
Billy Durant said that had it not been for Mr. Whaley loaning him money to start his carriage business, there would never have been a General Motors.
Applewood Estate of Charles Stewart Mott
Date(s): 7/17/2008
Where: Flint Cultural Center
Visit the gardens and grounds of Charles Stewart Mott. Applewood Estate was built as a gentlemen's farm in 1916.
Mott Community College Open House
Date(s): 7/17/2008
Where: Mott Community College Technology Center
Demonstrations of the smart machines being used in industry today: flexible manufacturing cells and rapid prototyping systems.
Concert in Riverbank Park
Date(s): 7/17/2008
Where: Flint, MI
Enjoy a summer evening listening to music of the Genesee Valley Concert Band
Michigan Story Telling Festival
Date(s): 7/18/2008 - 7/19/2008
Where: Flint Public Library, Flint Cultural Center
28th annual Michigan Story Telling Festival on the grounds of the Flint Public Library. Admission is free.
GM 100th Anniversary Luncheon
Date(s): 7/18/2008
Where: Kettering University
The Rotary Club of Flint invites
Kettering University Alumni and Guests
Kettering University Open House
Date(s): 7/18/2008
Where: Kettering University, Flint
Tour the archives which houses the papers of GM founder, Bill Durant and of Charles Kettering, inventor of the electric starter.
Metawanene Hills Preview Event and Garden Party
Date(s): 7/18/2008
Where: Flint, MI
With dessert and lemonade in hand stroll through and bask in the beauty of one of the most well-kept and imaginative gardens in the Metawanene Hills Community.
GM Car Cruise under the Arches
Date(s): 7/18/2008
Where: Downtown Flint
Cruise begins at three Meijer stores in Flint: 2333 Center Road, 2474 Hill Road, and 4333 W. Pierson Road.
Carriage Town Celebration
Date(s): 7/19/2008
Where: Flint, MI
Enjoy music in the plaza on Water Street across from the birthplace of General Motors
Flint GM 100th Home Tours
Date(s): 7/19/2008
Where: Flint, MI
Tour five homes built for General Motors Executives between 1920 through 1940.
Flint GM 100th Anniversary Parade and Car Show
Date(s): 7/20/2008
Where: Saginaw Street, Downtown Flint
The paraded will feature authentic/original GM vehicles for every year from 1908 to 2008; includes military vehicles (1942-1945) and busses.
Michigan Fiero Car Club meet
Date(s): 7/24/2008 - 7/28/2008
Where: Marriott Centerpoint, Pontiac, MI
Track day with Golden Gate Fieros, tour of GM Headquarters, car show with special guests, DJ and door prizes, display of GM prototypes, a "Fiero Reunion" banquet, and go karting with the Heartland Fiero Club
The GM Century: The Men, The Machines Car Show
Date(s): 7/26/2008
Where: Automotive Hall of Fame, Dearborn
The 3rd Automotive Hall of Fame Classic pays homage to the thirty-five men associated with GM who have been inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame.
Lunch and T
Date(s): 7/26/2008
Where: Henry Ford Estate Fair lane
View Henry Ford’s own vehicles and get an in-depth look at our 1916 running Model T, the car that made the creation of Fair Lane possible.
Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance
Date(s): 7/31/2008 - 8/3/2008
Where: Meadow Brook Hall
The Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance is like no other concours in the world.
