When Miles Davis Walked the Streets of Detroit
wdet In 1953, Miles Davis moved to Detroit for a months-long residency at the Blue Bird Inn on Detroit’s...
Sam’s Jams: This Track from Detroit Techno Pioneers Changed Music History
WDET Artist: Cybotron Track: Alleys of Your Mind (1981) In Chicago, a new genre of music called House emerged in...
Meet the DIA’s New Indigenous Art Curator
The opportunity to work with the Detroit Institute of Arts' robust Native American Art collection was the golden ticket that...
Sam’s Jams: This Funk Songwriter Also Hand-Painted Signs in Detroit
WDET This week at 101.9 WDET, we're celebrating 70 years of music here in Detroit. Each day, Sam's Jams will...
Indigenous Musician Jeremy Dutcher Brings Award-Winning First Nations Music to Detroit
Ryan Patrick Hooper In 2018, indigenous Canadian musician Jeremy Dutcher released the Polaris-prize winning album "Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa," a collection of post-classical...
Sam’s Jams: Eddie Russ and Deep Jazz Cuts from Michigan
WDET This week at 101.9 WDET, we're celebrating 70 years of music here in Detroit. Each day, Sam's Jams will...
‘Beatles Yellow Submarine’ Animator Ron Campbell to Exhibit at Danielle Peleg Gallery
In 1958 television had just come to Australia and Ron Campbell, an ambitious and spirited animator recalls himself walking around...
What’s Greener in Michigan’s Marijuana Industry — The Bud or the Money?
Eli Newman / WDET Marijuana in Michigan was fully legalized last year and a lot has been going on behind...
Tyler Perry’s Studio: Success For Black Hollywood Layered and Complicated
Kimberly Moffitt/UMBC Actor, writer and director Tyler Perry has been in the news a lot this week. His new studio in...
Coleman A Young Foundation and We Run 313 Team Up
The Coleman A Young Foundation has partnered with We Run 313 to raise money for scholarships through the Detroit Free Press...
This Weekend’s Shows Feature the Best of Hip Hop and Halloween
Welcome to “Milo Minute,” the 60 seconds (or thereabouts) you need to find a local show or fest to attend...
Tracing The Origins of the Race Debate in America
Linfield College Political Science Professor and author Nicholas Buccola takes Detroit Today's Stephen Henderson back to the turbulent 1960s, and a debate about...
