Game Gallery Amusements

Pinball, Pinball, Pinball, is running at Eastern Michigan UniversityApril 4, 2003 - Pinball, Pinball, Pinball, a history and retrospective of pinball machines and pinball artists, is running at the Ford Gallery (114 Ford Hall) on the campus of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan from February 1 to February 25. The show is co-curated by pinball enthusiast David Silverman and Eastern Michigan Art Professor Richard Rubenfeld. Pinball, Pinball, Pinball will then travel to the Riverside Art Gallery at 76 North Huron Street in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The show runs from March 2 through March 29. Riverside Gallery is open Wednesday, Noon to 6PM; Thursday to Saturday, Noon to 9PM; and Sunday, 1:30 to 4PM.Pinball, Pinball, Pinball is an exhibition of pinball machines, backglasses, and other pinball rarities from David F. Silverman. Visitors will see early pinball machines from the time the flipper was created all the way through the machines of today. They will experience the extensive variety of pinball themes, including card games, sports, and film, as well as the many types of artwork used by the great pinball artists.Gary Stern says, "Pinball, Pinball, Pinball is one more event demonstrating the continuing strong interest in pinball."Visitors to Pinball, Pinball, Pinball are often the sort of people who purchase games for their homes, when operators are done with them, sometimes at higher prices than originally paid by the operators.Ford Gallery is open Monday and Thursday, 10AM to 5PM; Tuesday and Wednesday, 10AM to 7PM; and Friday and Saturday, 10AM to 2PM. For further information, contact Larry Newhouse (734-487-0465; larry.newhouse@emich.edu) or Richard Rubenfeld (734-487-1268; richardrubenfeld@emich.edu).