Detroiter Michael Eric Dyson Discusses ‘Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America’

Midwest Literary Walk Detroiter Michael Eric Dyson is a professor and author whose assessments of America’s original sins and our...

The Westerns of Detroit Novelist Elmore Leonard

Laura Weber Davis/WDET The world knows Elmore Leonard as the native son who penned classic modern crime novels such as...

Power of Reading: What Impact Did Your Favorite Book Have on Your Life?

Will Schwalbe Every year, The Midwest Literary Walk sends book lovers on a unique “stroll” through town where they hear...

New Music Venue Spot Lite Will Be Part Gallery & Bar Near Detroit’s Heidelberg Project

Jesse Cory / 1xRun Click on the audio player above for the full conversation. With the help of a $40,000...

Live @ WDET: Sara Marie Barron Debuts a Trio of Tracks from Upcoming Debut Album

Photo via Annie Scaramuzzino / WDET Click on the audio player above for the full conversation.  Ahead of her single release...

Taylor Swift covers Earth Wind and Fire’s “September” for Spotify Singles Collection.

Recently Taylor Swift surprised the internet with a cover of a legendary Earth Wind and Fire record “September”. The track...

Submit Your Pick for Detroit’s Best Rock Song

The 2018 Concert of Colors is coming up this July and the theme for the Don Was All-Star Revue is...

Bookstock 2018 Expects to Raise $2 Million for Local Literacy Projects

Jake Neher/WDET Bookstock 2018 kicks off April 22 at Laurel Park Place in Livonia. It runs through April 29. The...

Illustrator for ‘The Black Panther’ Newspaper Talks Power of Art to Create Change

Courtesy of Emory Douglas Art and social upheaval have walked hand in hand throughout our history. Groups setting out to...

The Progressive Underground Show 259 feat. DERRICK MAY

Transmat Records On tonight's installment of The Progressive Underground, host Chris Campbell interviews techno pioneer and legend DERRICK MAY as...

Group of Black MSU Players Helped Desegregate College Football in 1960s

Through the Banks of the Red Cedar Now in its fifth year, the Freep Film Festival is underway. This year, 75...

DIA Becomes 1920’s Hollywood for Film Festival Gala

Detroit Free Press The Detroit Institute of Arts goes back in time Saturday to celebrate the golden age of cinema....