Dance Theatre of Harlem Comes To Detroit’s Opera House

Virginia Johnson was a principal ballerina with Dance Theatre of Harlem for nearly 30 years until she took over as...

Detroit City FC Sets Ambitious “Gooooooal!”

The Detroit City Football Club plans to play soccer in Hamtramck this summer. Cass Technical High School has been the...

Brahms: Great Responsibility to German Composition Made Great Music

Flickr There are three great “B”s of Germanic orchestral composition -- Beethoven, Bach, and Brahms. But unlike some of the famous...

Archives of Michigan to Display Rare Slavery Document

Michigan Library/ CC An Eaton Rapids resident has donated a slavery freedom receipt to the Michigan Historical Center dating back...

The Progressive Underground Show 156

Jay Nemor Music On this weekend's installment of The Progressive Underground, we bump tracks from the Brand New Heavies, Toni,...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 2-6-16

This week on RREM, lots of EWF (Maurice White, RIP), new Graham Nash, Esperanza Spalding, Motor City tunes from Jack...

Open Competition for Screenwriters of Diversity in the Film Industry

The DuSable Panthers may have been cheated out of the Illinois State High School championship in 1954 based on the...

Director and Detroit Native Mike Binder Talks New Thriller “Keep Calm”

Binder Born in Detroit and raised in Birmingham, Michigan, Mike Binder is a director, screenwriter, producer and now a novelist....

New Plans for Michigan and Trumbull Site

After years of passionate and sometimes heated debate, new plans are being finalized for the site of the old Tiger Stadium. The...

Pot Shops Hamstrung by Federal Banking Laws Prohibiting Deposits

While driving through Detroit it’s likely that you’ve passed buildings with a big green medical cross outside.  It’s part of...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 1-30-16

Next time on RREM, new Motor City music from Chris Bathgate, and JR JR, plus Anderson. Paak to Peter Frampton...

How Many Homeless in Detroit?

Volunteers and staff from homeless organizations across Detroit plan to comb the streets tonight (WEDS) looking for those without shelter....