Grand Hotel Opens for 130th Season Friday
The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island opens its 130th season on Friday, May 6. A few guests paid for an early...
$10 Bill Gets Image of First Female Slave to Sue a White Man and Win
The U.S. treasury announced this week that Sojourner Truth, among others, will be featured on the back of the $10 bill. Her name...
The Progressive Underground Show 168 feat. JMSN
White Room Records On tonight's show we interview emerging soul crooner (and Michigan native) JMSN and talk about his upcoming...
Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 4-30-16
This week on RREM, upcoming Ann Arbor Summer Festival artists Gregory Porter, Bruce Hornsby and Michael Franti, plus Water Hill...
Michigan Poet Named Finalist for Pulitzer Prize
Credit: Gabe Montesanti Pulitzer Prize jurors are calling the poetry collection Four-Legged Girl by Diane Seuss (Graywolf Press) "a richly improvisational poetry...
Artist Brendan Patrick Re-Envisions the Canvas, Plus Music from Animal Collective, Glen Hansard & Much More!
WDET's Travis Wright interviews artist Brendan Patrick. Photo by Rob Cousineau We're doin' a little something different on today's show....
Detroit’s Food Scene: Flavored with Impact [MAP]
Jake Neher In his new role as the Detroit Free Press' restaurant critic, Mark Kurlyandchik is back where he started. “I’m...
Midwest Literary Walk Author’s New Book Explores Colonial Kenya in the 1920s
Elizabeth Garrett This Saturday, the city of Chelsea will hold its Annual Midwest Literary Walk, which features five authors reading their work...
Veteran Political Cartoonist Mike Thompson Talks 2016 Elections and His Changing Industry
Rev. Jay Goldstein Mike Thompson is a political cartoonist for the Detroit Free Press, and talks with Stephen Henderson about...
First Female Coach Brings NFL History to Detroit
Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET Over the weekend the Detroit Tigers brought a piece of pro football history to the Metro region. The...
D.C. Rapper Explores Tough Realities of Gentrification, Detroiters Respond
“What people are choosing to invest in is very interesting to me," says rapper Tarica June. “Like, they’re saying we...
Roostertail Owners Celebrate “50 Years of Parties”
Jake Neher Tom and Diane Schoenith run the Roostertail on Detroit’s east side, and recently threw a huge party to celebrate...