The Webster Township Historical Society

Supper Club with Maureen
2025-04-17 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Detroit) | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
Learn healthy cooking tips, substitutions, and methods for preparing food free of charge. See how an air fryer can speed up food preparation and result in a healthier meal you can do yourself at home. This is the second class in the new monthly series offered by WTHS to help you learn how to live healthier and happier.
Please let us know by sending an email to thelma@webstervillage.org if you plan to come so Maureen brings enough food for all to sample.
Maureen Kimmel hosts cooking classes at several senior centers in the area, and WTHS is happy to be able to offer this opportunity to members of the Webster community. Maureen’s background is with Pampered Chef for 31 years providing live cooking events for organizations.

Living Well with Chronic Pain Seminar
2025-04-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
Welcome to Living Well with Chronic Pain! This FREE one-hour introductory seminar, led by Julie Gruber, is intended for those directly affected by pain as well as for caregivers and loved ones. Chronic pain affects millions of people and most of them are living less than ideal lives, unsure of how to take the reins back and find ways to thrive. I’m interested in sharing some of the non-medical strategies I’ve found helpful.
Please join us for an interactive conversation about ways to live alongside the pain without being governed by it. We will leave any internalized stigma or shame at the door and take our first steps into being in charge of our own lives again. This will be a safe space to discuss several aspects of living with chronic pain and its impact on our lives, while reclaiming our strengths and vitality.
Julie Gruber is a former career educator, writer and artist who is taking a life shift she didn’t ask for and transforming it into a new way of BEING. She is committed to sharing inspiration and encouragement through active and authentic dialogue. She is not a licensed medical provider. However, she does have the lived experience of navigating a life alongside chronic pain and understands the unique challenges involved. She is currently writing a book about all she’s learned on her chronic pain journey and has created her company, The WordWise Project, aimed at helping others living with chronic pain learn strategies for empowerment and resilience.
Please complete the form below to register yourself or a group for this event.

Wine Tasting & Silent Auction
2025-04-05 16:00 - 18:00 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
Join us for a special evening!
Enjoy tasting six wines from around the world, perfectly paired with delicious bites. Place bids during the Silent Auction on Jewelry, Original Art, Theater Tickets, Professional Services, Gift Baskets, and more.
Preview our auction items here.
This is a ticketed event with limited seating for 25 people.
$30 per adult (21 and over)
Between 9% and 12.5% of wine sales will be donated to WTHS. All proceeds from the silent auction go to WTHS.
Purchase Tickets Here
To learn more about Wines for Humanity, please visit https://www.winesforhumanity.com/.

Spring Tea and Silent Auction SOLD OUT
2025-03-22 11:00 - 14:00 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
Looking forward to a Traditional English Tea and Silent Auction!
This event is sold out!

Enjoy a delicious selection of finger sandwiches and sweet treats as you sip a lovely cup of tea. This year’s Silent Auction will showcase an eclectic selection of vintage items.
We give a warm welcome to Diane Hall from the Ann Arbor Fiber Guild as our guest speaker. She will be presenting about vintage hats.
Reservations required; seating is limited
Tickets: $25 per person

WTHS Members Meeting
2025-02-11 19:00 - 21:30 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
Members of the Historical Society are invited to our quarterly meeting. WTHS business and event information will be shared, along with a presentation by guest speaker and local scientist Charlie Sing. Popcorn Charlie will be sharing about his development of a special breed of popcorn that can thrive in many conditions throughout the world.
Refreshments will be served.

St. Valentine's Tea Moved to March 22
2025-02-08 11:30 - 14:00 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States

Euchre Night
2025-01-23 18:30 - 21:30 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
EUCHRE NIGHT
Thursday, January 23
Suggested donation at the door: $5/person.
Check-in begins at 6:30 PM; play begins at 7:00 PM — Please allow time for check in and table selection.
7 tournament-style games will be played; losing partners will change tables after 2 rounds of deals and everyone changes partners. It’s a great way to meet new people!
Hearty refreshments will be served mid-evening. Donations are appreciated for beverages and refreshments.
Remaining 2025 Euchre Night Schedule
–4th Thursday of the month–

February 27
March 27
April 24

Supper Club with Maureen
2025-01-16 13:00 - 14:30 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
Learn healthy cooking tips, substitutions, and methods for preparing food. See how an air fryer can speed up food preparation and result in a healthier meal you can do yourself at home. This is the first class in a new monthly series offered by WTHS to teach you how to live healthier and happier.
It’s free of charge. Please let us know if you plan to come so Maureen brings enough food for all to sample. Send an email to bafelma@gmail.com or call 734-368-0887.
Maureen Kimmel hosts cooking classes at several senior centers in the area, and WTHS is happy to be able to offer this opportunity to members of the Webster community. Maureen’s background is with Pampered Chef for 30 years providing live cooking events for organizations.

Christmas in the Village
2024-12-14 17:00 - 19:00 | Historic Webster Village, 5583 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
Spend the evening strolling through the Historic Village by lantern light and luminaires; go back in time as the Arbor Consort, in period dress, fill the air with carols. Each building will be dressed in festive greenery and candlelight. Santa is in residence in the Old Town Hall; the schoolmarm will read “Twas the Night Before Christmas” in the one-room school and the blacksmith will fire up the old forge in the blacksmith shop. Revelers can warm by the outdoor
fire with hot chocolate and cookies from the general store.
$10.00 per person. Children 12 and under are free.

Euchre Night
2024-12-12 18:30 - 21:30 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
EUCHRE NIGHT
Thursday, December 12
* Last one for this year *
Suggested donation at the door: $5/person.
Check-in begins at 6:30 PM; play begins at 7:00 PM — Please allow time for check in and table selection.
7 tournament-style games will be played; losing partners will change tables after 2 rounds of deals and everyone changes partners. It’s a great way to meet new people!
Hearty refreshments will be served mid-evening. Donations are appreciated for beverages and refreshments.
Complete 2025 Euchre Night Schedule

January 24
February 28
March 28
April 25

“12th Annual Huron Valley Woodturners’ Holiday Sale and Benefit”
2024-12-07 10:00 - 2024-12-08 15:00 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
12th Annual Huron Valley Woodturners’ Holiday Sale and Benefit
Dec. 7 (10am – 5pm) and Dec 8 (10am – 3pm)
Crossroads Community Center in Historic Webster Village
A free weekend event at 5501 Webster Church Rd in Dexter. The whole family is invited to this benefit and sale of handmade beautiful unique wooden creations including pens, ornaments, bowls, vases, lamps, as well as paintings, jewelry and notecards in a lovely, rustic 160 year-old building. There will be an opportunity to watch woodturners turn items on a lathe, and they offer to give interested folks a chance to safely try turning as well. Come and enjoy free cookies and coffee and consider buying a $2 raffle ticket! Raffle proceeds go to benefit Webster Township Historical Society and 20% of sales will go to the Virtual Dialysis Support Center.
For more information, contact Erica Perry, at ericaellenperry@gmail.com.
Holiday 2024 poster

Men's Monday Drop-In
2024-11-05 10:00 - 2024-12-17 11:30 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
This group meets every Monday morning at 10:00 AM for conversation, coffee and snacks.

Pampered Chef Cooking Demonstration
2024-11-02 12:30 - 14:30 | MI
Pampered Chef Hostess Maureen Kimmel will present a cooking demonstration on Saturday, November 2, 2024. In addition to tasting several dishes, you may place an order for Pampered Chef products. Pampered Chef products have an established reputation for quality and a company that will stand behind them.
All in-person and online orders now through November 30 will be credited to WTHS and a percentage will be donated the Society.
If you cannot attend the cooking demonstration in person, please use the link below to browse the catalog and place an online order.
Place My Online Order

Halloween on the Green
2024-10-27 15:00 - 17:00 | Historic Webster Village, 5583 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
The Webster Historic Village will be decked out in its spooky best!
The fun begins with children decorating trick-or-treat bags. Next they use their newly decorated bags for trick-or-treating at each of the village buildings, receiving a stamp in their “passport” at each stop. The event ends at the Kleinschmit General Store with cider and cookies.
Suggested donation: $5 at the gate.

Euchre Night
2024-10-24 18:30 - 22:00 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
EUCHRE NIGHT
Join Us for a Fun-Filled Evening!
Thursday, October 24
Suggested donation at the door: $5/person.
Check-in begins at 6:30 PM; play begins at 7:00 PM — Please allow time for check in and table selection.
8 tournament-style games will be played; losing partners will change tables after 2 rounds of deals and everyone changes partners. It’s a great way to expand your Euchre skills and make new friends!
Hearty refreshments will be served mid-evening. Donations are appreciated for beverages and refreshments.
Complete 2024 – 2025 Euchre Night Schedule
October 24, 2024, 6:30pm
December 12, 2024, 6:30pm
January – April 2025, 4th Thursday, 6:30pm

Celtic Harp Concert
2024-10-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Historic Webster Village, 5583 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
A Benefit Concert for the Webster Township Historical Society

Carol Kappus & the Ann Arbor Harpists

Sunday, October 20, 2024
2:00 PM
Tickets: $25/person. Includes light refreshments. Capacity: 50 guests.
Buy tickets here or at the door. Space is limited.
Click here to buy tickets

41st WEBSTER FALL FESTIVAL
2024-09-28 10:00 - 17:00 | Historic Webster Village, 5583 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
A family-friendly event offering something for everyone!
No admission charge; free parking.
People Like YOU Help Make the Webster Fall Festival a Success!
Send an email message to tthorburn@chelseaschools.org to help support the 2024 Festival.

Volunteer
Become an Individual or Corporate Sponsor
Donate Items to the Auction or Rummage Sale
Contribute Bakes Goods, Preserves, etc. to the Taste of Webster
Contribute pies for the auction and Taste of Webster. Click here to sign up.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

10am
Auction by Braun & Helmer

10am until out
Coffee, Apple Cider and Donuts

11am-5pm
Rummage Sale

11am until out
Hot Dogs

11am-5pm
Taste of Webster

11am until out
Pulled Pork Tent

11am-5pm
Artisans in Community Center

11am-5pm
Blacksmithing demonstrations

11am-5pm
Demonstrations such as Wool Spinning

11am-5pm
Displays of local artists in Webster Church

11am-5pm
Historical Buildings open

11am-5pm
Antique Equipment & other displays

11am-5pm
Children’s Activities & Farm Animals

11am-5pm
Webster Township Challenge Map

11am-4:30pm
Hay Rides

11am, 12:30pm, 2 pm, 3:30pm
One-Room School Session

11:30am-12:20pm
Dexter Senior Citizen Dulcimer Group at Taste of Webster porch

12-12:50pm
Foxtree on Corncrib Stage

times to be determined
Sheep Herding Demo

1:30pm until done
Baseball Games played by rules of 1860

1:10-1:50pm
Stouthearted String Band on Corncrib Stage

2-2:50pm
Handpan concert in Webster Church

2:40-3:30pm
Fiddle Pie on Corncrib Stage

3:30-3:40pm
Dedication of 41st Webster Fall Festival to Jack and Jane Clark

3:40-4pm
Village Green Show by Wingless Productions

4-5pm
RFD Boys in Corncrib Stage

2024 Bluegrass Jamboree
2024-08-03 12:00 - 17:00 | Historic Webster Village, 5583 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
This is the Bluegrass event of the season and not to be missed!
Bring your instrument and a chair to join in the “jam circles” that will be happening around the village. Four bands will entertain you this year: Wilson Thicket, The Next Paige, Cedar Creek Bluegrass, and The Companion Band. There will be lots of actiities for children of all ages. Our historic buildings will be open, and a blacksmith will be demonstrating in the Wheeler Wheelwright & Blacksmith Shop. The general store will offer old-time games and toys, candy and ice cream for sale. Two food trucks will offer food and beverages for purchase: The Smoke Doctor and Tacos El Mariachi Loco. Free Parking.
Come and join in the fun!
Tickets: Adults $20 in advance; $25 at the gate.
Students 13-18, $10.
Children 12 and under, free.
BUY TICKETS AT THE GATE

Historic Webster Village Celebrates the Dexter Bicentennial
2024-07-13 09:00 - 16:00 | Historic Webster Village, 5583 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
The Historic Webster Village invites you and your family to step back in time to the 19th century:

See demonstrations of pioneer skills such as spinning, weaving, laundering, tatting, basket-weaving, bee-keeping, and fiber arts among others.
Visit our blacksmith shop, one-room school, general store, and old town hall where docents will bring the past of the building alive.
There will be lawn games in the Village and a special area for children to try out some old-time games.
The Village willl be filled with music all day from the “Huron Valley Harmonizers,” a barbershop group with Nathan Sweet on the guitar, and the “Copycats,” a local musical group.

A free fun event for the whole family! Bring a lunch and blanket to picnic on the village green and enjoy a step-back-in-time as we celebrate with Dexter our 200-year kinship.

Annual WTHS Member Meeting & Picnic
2024-06-11 06:30 - 20:30 | Historic Webster Village, 5583 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
Our Annual Meeting and Picnic will be held on Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30pm in Historic Webster Village. Gather around the picnic tables next to the Dieterle Corncrib and under the big tent in front of it. Grilled hotdogs will be furnished by WTHS along with ice cream treats and tableware. To round out the meal, please bring a dish to share.
Our current president will inform everyone about the “state of the Society” while ballots for the 2024 election are opened and counted. Results of the election will then be presented and the new officers and directors will begin their terms at the end of the meeting. It’s the perfect time to thank those who are leaving and celebrate those who are staying/joining with the WTHS Board of Directors.

Medical Marijuana Panel Discussion
2024-04-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
Three experts on medical marijuana will provide information about using CBD oil and medical marijuana: Dr. Betty Chaffee, a pharmacologist; Adrienna Spence, who has used CBD oil for her chronic illness; and Dr. Evan Litinas, MD, a specialist on this topic.

Euchre Night
2024-04-25 18:30 - 22:00 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
EUCHRE NIGHT
Join Us for a Fun-Filled Evening!
Thursday, April 25
Suggested donation at the door: $5/person.
Check-in begins at 6:30 PM; play begins at 7:00 PM — Please allow time for check in and table selection.
8 tournament-style games will be played; losing partners will change tables after 2 rounds of deals and everyone changes partners. It’s a great way to expand your Euchre skills and make new friends! High and low scorers will win a small prize.
Hearty refreshments are served after Game #4. Donations are appreciated for beverages and refreshments.

Men's Monday Drop-In
2024-03-25 10:00 - 11:30 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
Every Monday come join the group for conversation, coffee, and snacks.

Men's Monday Drop-In
2024-02-26 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-02-19 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-02-12 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-02-05 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-01-29 10:00 - 11:30 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
Join in the conversation with community residents and enjoy free coffee and snacks.

Euchre Night
2024-02-22 18:30 - 22:00 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
EUCHRE NIGHT
Join Us for a Fun-Filled Evening!
Thursday, February 22
Suggested donation at the door: $5/person.
Check-in begins at 6:30 PM; play begins at 7:00 PM — Please allow time for check in and table selection.
8 tournament-style games will be played; losing partners will change tables after 2 rounds of deals and everyone changes partners. It’s a great way to expand your Euchre skills and make new friends!
Hearty refreshments are served after Game #4. Donations are appreciated for beverages and refreshments.

St. Valentine's Tea
2024-02-10 11:00 - 14:00 | Crossroads Community Center, 5501 Webster Church Road, Dexter, MI, 48130, United States
An event not to be missed: “High Tea” including a variety of finger sandwiches and special sweets to accompany your tea. A Vintage Item Silent Action will follow speaker Charlie Haas on this topic. Seating is limited.
Tickets: $25/person. BUY NOW
