Travel

  • The DIA - Melodies at the Museum: PanaMO

    The DIA - Melodies at the Museum: PanaMO

    Thursday, March 27, 2025 | 11:00-4:00pm

    Bus leaves Next at 11:00 am, returns about 3:45 pm

    We will get you to the museum by 11:30, so you will have an hour and a half to do whatever you would like before a special musical performance beginning at 1:00 pm.  “Get your groove on” with PanaMO: With a name that combines Panama and Motown, PanaMO brings a unique fusion of Latin Jazz, Afro-Latin rhythms, and original music. This visit includes the concert, a self-guided tour, a coupon for the Museum Shop, and Cookies-to-go  for the bus ride back..

  • The Sheperd

    The Sheperd

    Thursday, April 3, 2025 | 11:30-2:30pm

    This offering is currently at capacity. Please call the office to be added to the wait list. 

    Bus leaves Next at 11:30 am, returns about 2:15 pm

    Located in Detroit’s East Village, the Shepherd is a one hundred ten-year-old Romanesque-style church that has been transformed into a cultural arts center with multi-faceted programming focused on exhibitions, public projects and performance. The adaptive reuse of the church, led by the architectural design firm Peterson Rich Office (PRO), has created gallery spaces, a public library, and a workshop space for the local community.  The campus grounds, include a boutique bed and breakfast, a public skatepark, and a sculpture park honoring the late Detroit artist Charles McGee.  Spend an hour and a half on a self-guided visit walking the grounds, checking out the gallery, and just getting a lay of the land of “The Next Big Thing In Detroit”.

  • “Blunch” at the Fly Trap & The Rust Belt Market

    "Blunch" at the Fly Trap & The Rust Belt Market

    Friday, April 11, 2025 | 10:30-11:30am

    Bus departs Next at 10:30 am, returns about 1:45 pm

    Indulge in breakfast, on your own first at The Fly Trap “a finer diner”.  The Fly trap, is not your run of the mill diner.  The inside is sleek, the soundtrack is contemporary, and the breakfast is, well, it’s called “blunch”: hearty entrees with a breakfast twist. After “blunch” we will head over to The Rust Belt Market for a dose of human connection and inspiration in this age of click-and-buy.  They are an artisan marketplace and venue located at the northwest corner of Nine Mile and Woodward Avenue in FABULOUS Ferndale. Browse over thirty independently owned and operated small businesses (Michigan makers and collectors) that have set up shop and consider The Rust Belt their anchor storefront. Go explore and enjoy!

  • The DIA - Melodies at the Museum: Marvin Jones Quartet

    The DIA - Melodies at the Museum: Marvin Jones Quartet

    Thursday, April 17, 2025 | 11:00-4:00pm

    We will get you to the museum by 11:30, so you will have an hour and a half to do whatever you would like before a special musical performance beginning at 1:00 pm.  The Marvin Jones Quartet plays a wide variety of jazz and popular standards, led by vocalist Marvin Jones and pianist Jay Valle.  The visit includes the concert, a self-guided tour, a coupon for the Museum Shop, and Cookies-to-go cookies for the bus ride back.   “If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.” – Louis Armstrong

  • Mill Race Village - Northville Historical Society & Lunch at Gennetti’s Hole-in-the-Wall

    Mill Race Village - Northville Historical Society & Lunch at Gennetti's Hole-in-the-Wall

    Thursday, May 1, 2025 | 10:15-2:00pm

    Bus departs Next at 10:15 am, returns about 2:00 pm

    Enjoy a one hour guided, walking tour of Mill Race Village in Northville.   A knowledgeable docent will lead you through the grounds and buildings while telling the history of each. They will also share the history of Mill Race Village and the beginnings of the Northville Historical Society.  Learn about Northville’s rich history, the story of the Mill Pond, the race and the importance of the Rouge River in the development of the community and the industries that called Northville home.  The Northville Historical Society would like to remind you that all of the buildings in Mill Race Village are museums.  Not all of the buildings are handicapped accessible, this is a walking tour. Those that are: Cady Inn, Blacksmith shop, JM Mead Store, Wash Oak School and New School Church. Please note that the Village is a living Village, with maintenance and work to the grounds and buildings year round.  Lunch on your own at Genneti’s Hole- in- the- Wall (a landmark since 1971) following the tour.