![]() ![]() "The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery," won both the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award and the YALSA award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. "The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights," was included on the National Book Award Long List and received the 2014 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Nonfiction. Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of fast-paced, cinematic histories for young readers. Archival photos appear throughout, and an extensive bibliography, source notes, and index conclude this gripping, even horrific account of a battle for civil rights predating Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. Sheinkin delivers another meticulously researched WWII story, one he discovered while working on his Newbery Honor book, "Bomb.". Steve Sheinkin is the acclaimed author of many nonfiction works, including "The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery," Newbery Honor Book and National Book Award Finalist "Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World's Most Dangerous Weapon," and National Book Award finalist "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War." ![]() This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum, including history and social studies. "The Port Chicago 50" is a fascinating story of the prejudice and injustice that faced black men and women in America's armed forces during World War II, and a nuanced look at those who gave their lives in service of a country where they lacked the most basic rights. When the dust settled, fifty were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. Stay tuned.An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin. The bar is scheduled to host a tiki party as part of the upcoming Detroit Cocktail Classic. The tiki lounge is just a few blocks from PizzaPlex and the under renovation Flowers of Vietnam as well as bar, pizzeria, and music venue El Club. ![]() Mutiny Bar is part of a recent influx of restaurants and bars in the dense Southwest Detroit neighborhood. Kwiatkowski is currently in the process of developing a charcuterie and wine restaurant called Gratiot Avenue Provisions in a space near Eastern Market. ![]() Earlier this month, Detroit Optimist also took over operations of The Buhl Bar in downtown Detroit. The group currently counts The Sugar House, Wright & Company, The Peterboro, and Bad Luck Bar among its properties. Mutiny is just one of several recent additions to the Detroit Optimist Society stable of bars and restaurants. The Detroit Optimist Society team also recently replaced the VL signage with a blue and yellow flag featuring Mutiny’s emblem - an “M” and a fist holding a dagger. “We pulled out the floors and found there was some terrazzo under it,” he says of the renovations. However, customers can expect some changes to the interior. The narrow bar space will bear similarities to its previous occupant. Bartender Chris Vanderginst, who worked as general manager at The Sugar House in Corktown for the past year and a half, will be running the day-to-day operations. “Mutiny goes against the kind of pretension that a lot of other bars have and, I guess, a lot of my other bars have.” Customers can expect “blender drinks” and karaoke. “We’re playing with the idea of dive tiki,” Kwiatkowski says. He eventually purchased the brick building from the owner in October and closed it shortly after for updates and redecorating. Kwiatkowski says that he was a longtime patron of the VL, which shares a wall with Chicago’s Pizza. The new cocktail spot is currently under renovation inside the VL Bar, a slightly dive-y neighborhood watering hole with a wood paneling aesthetic that once offered affordable domestic beers, shots, and 25-cent pool. Kwiatkowski confirms to Eater that the bar is slated to open to the public on November 11 at the corner of West Vernor and Lansing Street. Dave Kwiatkowski’s cocktail empire the Detroit Optimist Society is bringing its next project - Mutiny Bar - to Southwest Detroit. ![]()
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