CultureShift Events Guide: Musicals, movies and museums to check out this week

This week, we've got some big names coming to Detroit. From "Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "Ratatouille," there's something entertaining...

Detroit polling locations largely not accessible to disabled voters, audit finds

In 2022, Detroit Disability Power worked with the Carter Center to gauge how accessible Metro Detroit’s polling sites were for...

Detroit Today: Longtime activist named city’s first director of urban agriculture

Last month, Detroit Major Mike Duggan named longtime urban farming activist Tepfirah Rushdan as the city’s first director of urban agriculture....

Detroit Today: Reckoning with the construction and rebuild of I-375

In the early 1960s, I-375 was created. That highway, and highways like it, allowed people to more quickly maneuver the...

Detroit Historical Society, Wright Museum seeking millage to continue operations

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and the Detroit Historical Society are taking steps to ask taxpayers...

Miguel Cabrera steps up to bat one last time

Every time Miguel Cabrera stepped up to bat, the crowd got loud. Miggy's own kids announced him for his first...

CultureShift Events Guide: Woodbridge Porch Concerts, Detroit Harvest Fest and more

This week, we’re celebrating some legendary music careers, from London rock to Detroit Techno, as well as some budding neighborhood...

Take a tour of Southwest Detroit for National Hispanic Heritage Month

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) the City Institute is hosting guided tours in Southwest Detroit...

New survey aims to identify needs of Arab American business owners

Reda Taleb is the New Economy Initiative project manager with the Arab American Women's Business Council, an organization that empowers...

Introducing the CultureShift Events Guide

As we move into a new fiscal year at WDET, we’re also moving our events newsletter to a new home....

American Muslim Town Hall kicks off Michigan advisory council listening sessions

The Growing Michigan Together Council and the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding hosted a private American Muslim Town Hall...

Mailchimp CEO named Outstanding Arab American Philanthropist of the Year

Rania Succar is the CEO of Intuit Mailchimp. She’s also the co-founder and board member of Jusoor, a global nonprofit...