We are unable to request that money back. If a product you purchased is defective, please contact us immediately at and we will work diligently to rectify that situation. The artist is paid for the item you purchased. Please call visit our hours and information tab for each weeks schedule.Īt this time we do not accept returns or exchanges due to the fact that we carry more than 120 different artists. Our hours are temporary due to Covid-19 and do change weekly. Come enjoy a complimentary coffee from Detroit Bold, and we'll see you soon! Made In The Mitten focuses to bring more families and free activities back to the Downtown Royal Oak area, and provide not only an art market, but a family friendly fun shopping atmosphere. Colleen is a member of the Royal Oak Chamber Of Commerce, Michigan Small Business Association, Michigan Women's Association, Oakland County 40 under 40 list, and puts on charity events for The Royal Oak Judson Center, and Gleaners Food bank yearly since 2009. This also means she is homeschooling her daughter while trying to run a retail empire. Not only does Colleen run the day to day operations at Made In The Mitten, but is also a mother to a now six year old Lily, who you will frequently see running the cash register, if you're lucky. This year, she won a space among the Oakland County Elite 40 Under 40 award list. Owner Colleen McClue has been present in the local Downtown Royal Oak area since 2012, and has invested her time, money and love into the city, even becoming a permanent resident. McClue started with 12 initial artists in Downtown Royal Oak, and has quickly grown to more than 110+ small businesses within the last 4+ years. Made In The Mitten focuses on exposing local art to local people, as well as to Michigan transplants around the world. The center is listed on the zoo’s volunteer application among various positions open to people 18 and older, with further details available at orientations scheduled through out the year.įor more information on the opportunity, go to the zoo’s volunteer website or contact the volunteer services department at (248) 541-5717 ext.What started as a passion for all things Michigan in 2008 as a teenager, owner Colleen McClue has grown Made In The Mitten into one of the top selling artisan markets in the state. The new home is also the deepest aquatic environment anywhere outside the animals’ native Antarctic waters.Īt the Drake Passage gift shop, visitors can buy penguin-themed souvenirs, including T-shirts, coffee mugs, books, stuffed animals and even packages of Penguin Party Pasta, which is probably how the Macaroni penguins got their name.Īs the Polk Penguin Conservancy Center nears its Monday grand opening, the zoo is looking for volunteers to work near the flock. The smell of the old exhibit appears left behind as well. The pool is 10 times bigger than one at the penguins’ previous home, zoo officials said. Clumsy on land, in the water their fat-in-the-middle, tapered-at-both-ends designs make them dart through the water like they’re riding an underwater roller coaster. One level below visitors can dawdle inside an acrylic tunnel and watch as penguins zip by in the 40-degree water. We relied on the expertise of designers, display teams, architects plus scientists who studied thousands of penguins in Antarctica to make it as real as possible.” “The planking on the deck of the display came from reclaimed wood from Detroit so it would seem more authentic. “Visitors will feel the wind and will be hit by sea mist,” said Patricia Janeway, director of communications for the zoo. Visitors will be surrounded by the ship as it sails through calm waters and then through a pounding storm that lashed the ship as it battled through the Drake Passage. Located just inside the main entrance to the zoo, the penguin habitat features a nearly 360-degree 4-D video display (it includes arctic blasts, waves and snow) on a descending walkway that places you on deck of the HMS Endurance, the ship that carried Sir Ernest Shackleton on his disastrous journey to Antarctica. “ We walked the first batch over last week, and they immediately began checking out their new home, especially the Gentoo penguins. “It is so much fun to watch them,” Carter said. The habitat is home to 83 Rockhopper, Gentoo, King and Macaroni penguins, all native to the South Pole and each as funny as a clown and dignified as an ambassador at a state function. An exhibit with just smooth surfaces is bad for penguin feet.” The exhibit also has different types of ledges and terrain so they have to climb and hop to get around. “The old exhibit didn’t have snow so they’re learning how to adapt to it. View Gallery: Polk Penguin Conservation Center opens to public
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