On November 7, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle was set to commemorate the Edmund Fitzgerald with an amateur radio event.

The Livonia Amateur Radio Club planned to operate Special Event Station W8F from 10 in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon, inviting visitors to watch operators and learn how radio works.

Admission was listed at $5.

The freighter sank in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975, while bound for Detroit, killing all 29 people aboard.

Today marks 51 years since the disaster, a loss still felt across Michigan.

Other local plans included November 7 Diwali celebrations, November 8 holiday shopping at Eastern Market and a November 9 Midtown small business mixer.

The free Make a Difference Community Market is scheduled for November 12 at Detroit Shipping Company.

All Things Detroit brought 200 small businesses to Eastern Market, giving holiday shoppers a chance to meet the people behind locally made gifts.

From handmade goods to custom art, the market offered an alternative to a routine shopping trip.

Organizer Jennyfer Crawford-Williams, founder of Ask Jennyfer and All Things Detroit, wanted visitors to see how their purchases support local entrepreneurs and their families.

For vendors like Nicole Couture of Loosey Goosey Mobile Bar and Cocktails, meeting customers also made the hours of preparation feel worthwhile.

Shoppers Nancy Westpfahl and Royal Pointer stressed the importance of supporting small businesses and showing up for one another.

That connection can make a Michigan-made gift more meaningful while giving local makers a chance to share their work.

All Things Detroit takes place twice a year, with another opportunity to shop the market in spring.