The Phi Beta Kappa Society
GREATER DETROIT ASSOCIATION
Upcoming Events
Come From Away at Meadowbrook Theatre
March 22, 2026 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
We invite you to join us in seeing Come From Away at the Meadowbrook Theatre. A musical based on the true story of the 7,000 airline passengers stranded in Gander, Newfoundland, after the 9/11 attacks, and the small town that welcomed them.
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Registration here. Guests of PBK members are welcome to join us.
Glacial Geology Trip in Ann Arbor Area
April 25, 2026 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Glaciers thousands of feet thick shaped the landforms of Michigan between 17,000 and 11,000 years ago. Would you like to learn about the formation and location of glacial features in our area? You can begin your exploration by joining fellow Phi Betes on April 25th for a geology field trip in and near Ann Arbor. Our guides will be two local geologists, Janet Thornburg and Fred Metzger.
More information and registration for the trip will be available in late March.
Spring Virtual Book Club
May 13, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
We invite you for a thoughtful discussion of What We Can Know by Ian McEwan. In 2014, at a dinner for close friends and colleagues, renowned poet Francis Blundy honors his wife's birthday by reading aloud a new poem dedicated to her, 'A Corona for Vivien'. In 2119, much of the western world has been submerged by rising seas following a catastrophic nuclear accident. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost. In the water-logged south Thomas longs for the early twenty-first century as he chases the ghost of one poem, "A Corona for Vivian'. When he stumbles across a clue that may lead to the elusive poem's discovery, a story is revealed of entangled loves and a brutal crime that destroy his assumptions about people he thought he knew intimately well.
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Register here. Guests of PBK members are welcome to join us.