Emily T Gail Talk Story with Bill Dow, Free Lance Sports Writer and Fellow Supporter of Detroit Historical Society

Emily T Gail Talk Story

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Bill Dow is a free lance sports writer and big supporter of the Detroit Historical Society. He is Involved in the fundraiser this Saturday 6-10pm celebrating the opening of the new exhibit : A Night at the Lindell AC The Lindell AC was Detroit’s original watering hole for athletes and entertainers alike. celebrate the opening of the new exhibition Lindell AC: America's First Sports Bar. Share burgers and beer, sports trivia and fun panel talk and meet and greet with Bill Dow, Terry Foster, Roxanne Foster, Pete Waldmier, Jerry Green, Dave Rozama and others. everyone of them with stories about the Lindell AC and it place in legends of sports. 6 p.m. Meet Me at the Lindell movie Seating first come, first served.) 7 p.m. Enjoy burgers and beer in our recreated Lindell, featuring some of the original treasured photographs and sports memorabilia from the bar. $75 members DHS can join at Detroithistorical.org or $100 non members. Bill and I talk about how he became a free lance writer when he was a stay at home dad. He shares what he has learned about the effort it takes and the pleasure he has derived from researching his stories and people he has met. Be is a collector and some of his items are in the Lindell AC exhibit and he has volunteered his time in helping curate and write some of the copy. items Bill is a friend of mine ... I admire and enjoy his work. *Co-Editor/Co-Author of book "Tiger Stadium, Essays and Memories of Detroit's Historic Ballpark, 1912-2009" (McFarland & Company 2018) * Guest Curator and Writer: "Year of the Tiger 1968: at the Detroit Historical Museum April 20 to October 7, 2018 (50th Anniversary of the 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers Exhibit) * guest writer and curator on the Lindell AC exhibit opening March 2019 Wrote feature articles for newspapers and magazines, covering a wide range of subjects in business, sports history, health, music, education and parenting. Wrote and distributed news releases, scheduled media interviews, and cultivated relationships with Detroit area media outlets. • Published 200 +articles in The Detroit Free Press, D Business Magazine, Hour Detroit Magazine, Detroit Home Magazine, Baseball Digest, The Oakland Press, Metro Parent Magazine. Wrote Afterword to Paper Lion by George Plimpton (later editions) • Provided media relations assistance for Wayne State University Press (Rodwan Communications) and United Way for Southeastern Michigan. (Rodwan Communications) • Wrote marketing copy for the Danbury Mint and Easton Press, performed research for Cranbrook Schools, and provided photographic research and caption writing for Avanti Press.