Tea at the Cathedral

You are invited to join Motor City Doll Club of Detroit for a tea party and celebration marking the club's 30 years. Planned activities include a hat and fascinator competition for  girls, and a silent auction with dolls and other items. The registration link provides additional event details.

Where: Cathedral Church of St. Paul 

               4800 Woodward Ave. 

               Detroit, Michigan 48201

When: Saturday, April 18, 2026

Time: 1 PM – 3 PM

 

Admission: 

$30 (Ages 13+) 

$15 (Ages 12 and under) 

Register and purchase tickets for this family-friendly affair at the link.

https://events.humanitix.com/teaatthecathedral

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Naturalistas Crown Collection Paige

Naturalistas Paige

After publishing two Natualistas doll installations in the Virtual Black Doll Museum (for a total of three dolls) and later viewing an Instagram post about Naturalistas Paige, I added Paige to my Naturalistas collection. Her auburn, 3C textured hair also influenced the purchase. Paige is from the third wave of Naturalistas, which have extra articulation at the elbows, wrists, and knees.

Paige's auburn hair has a slight wavy curl pattern; it extends to her upper thighs.

She has brown-painted eyes and a closed mouth with nude lip color.

Paige wears an N-logoed, pink spandex top and matching pants; plastic N-logo'd  silver circular earrings, and a silver bangle bracelet. Her pink high-top sneakers are attached to the cellophane lining.

An image of Paige, her bio, motto, descriptions of her hairstyle and hair type, and images of the other dolls in Wave 3 (the Crown Collection), are featured on the back of the box.

Bio: Paige is an Oakland native with a line of natural hair care products, Naturalistas® "ICONIC" Hair System. Paige uses natural ingredients to produce products that support natural hair nurturing and health.

Motto: "Like A Flower, Natural Hair Needs Love and Nutrients To Grow!"

Hairstyle: Wash n' Go Ponytail with Tendrils

Hair Type: 3C

The other dolls in this collection are Kelsey, Liya, Dayna, and Whitney. Dayna and Whitney's VBDM installation is published here. Greg, from the Fade Collection, is the museum's other Naturalistas installation. 

Designed to celebrate children with coily, curly, loc'd, and naturally textured hair, Naturalistas were created by the founder of Purpose Toys, LLC, DeeDee Wright-Ward, whose image and bio are also on the back of Paige's box (but not captured in the image above).

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3rd Annual Black Doll Symposium (An Online Event)

Register for the 2026 March 13th and 14th 3rd Annual Black Doll Symposium here. This is an online Zoom event hosted by The Department of African and African American Studies at Duke University. 

Click "Read More" on the registration page to see the panel topics for this two-day event, which begins at 9 a.m. EST on March 13th and March 14th. 

To attend, registration is required.

View the program and speaker schedule here.

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