Ride out a winter evening next to the rails with your fellow alumni and the Columbia University Alumni Club of Michigan at a Happy Hour at Woody’s (next to the Amtrak tracks) in downtown Royal Oak. For this night especially, your Columbia degree puts you on the right side of the tracks--next to a large window where we’ll watch any trains passing by. 

Enjoy Thursday’s happy hour reduced-price drink specials from Woody’s cash barhttp://www.woodysdiner.com/events.htm, with offerings such as $2 domestic beer in cans or bottles, $4 premium draft beers (16-ounces), and $4 premium drinks. This is a chance to trade winter tales and network with fellow alumni at one of Royal Oak’s most popular and longstanding venues. 

In a dance mood? Stick around on your own for Salsa Detroit’s Latin Night and Dominican Independence Day upstairs from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., with complimentary dance lessons from 9 to 10 p.m. http://detroitsalsa.com/index.html