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From the famous slogan “Uncle Sam Wants You” to the hope it was “the war to end all wars,” World War I was a war without precedent, from the number of nations taking up arms, the scope of the battlefield to the grisliness of the fighting. The Gilded Age to the Great War: America at the Turn of the Century, the latest program series at the Lorenzo Cultural Center, features several presentations that examine various aspects of the “Great War.”

For more than a century, Pewabic Pottery, located on the east side of Detroit, has produced renown vessels, tiles and architectural ornamentations featured on buildings across the nation as well as in Detroit. Founded by Mary Stratton, a key figure in the Arts and Crafts movement, the iconic artist and the legacy of her company will be explored in the presentation, Mary Stratton and Pewabic Pottery: Then and Now on March 20 at 11 a.m. at the Lorenzo Cultural Center.

In an era in which women have orbited the earth, announced their candidacy for the presidency and run multimillion dollar corporations, it’s easy to forget that women did not even have the right to vote in the United States until 1920. The Lorenzo Cultural Center’s latest program series, The Gilded Age to the Great War: America at the Turn of the Century, which runs through May 5, features a number of presentations that explore the redefinition of women’s roles and rights during the period.

It was a time characterized by seemingly boundless economic expansion and international leadership in trade and industry, when American captains of industry celebrated their wealth as never before, while the majority of Americans remained poor. From Feb. 23 to May 5, the Lorenzo Cultural Center at Macomb Community College shines a spotlight on this era of immense change with the program series, The Gilded Age to the Great War: America at the Turn of the Century.

The growth of the Michigan mining industry is explored during Changing Gears: The Birth of American Industry, the Lorenzo Cultural Center’s latest program series.

Changing Gears: The Birth of American Industry, the Lorenzo Cultural Center’s latest program series, brings to life stories of the Michigan lumber industry.

The significant contributions as well as hardships endured by African-Americans during the American Industrial Revolution are examined during the Lorenzo Cultural Center’s program series Changing Gears: The Birth of American Industry.

Presentations at the Lorenzo Cultural Center focus on the City of Detroit prior to the Introduction of Automobiles

The American Industrial Revolution spawned a number of influential inventions, creating new standards for the making of goods as well as impacting daily life. During Changing Gears: The Birth of American Industry, Lorenzo Cultural Center’s latest program series, several presentations examine some of these inventors.

During Changing Gears: The Birth of American Industry, the Lorenzo Cultural Center’s latest program series, several presentations highlight how the advent of modern transport played an important role in increasing the size of the nation’s marketplace as well as expanding the opportunities for personal mobility.

Changing Gears: The Birth of American Industry opens at the Lorenzo Cultural Center this Friday, September 21.

The American Industrial Revolution transformed the daily lives of Americans as much as – and perhaps more than – any other single event in U.S. history. From September 21 – November 18, the Lorenzo Cultural Center presents a wide-ranging exploration of the inventions, innovators and impact of the industrial movement nationally as well as locally in Changing Gears: The Birth of American Industry.