Freep Film Festival brings diverse array of documentaries to Detroit

  If you’re looking for a Michigan-centric documentaries that run the gamut from failed pizzeria owner who invented the modern-day...

Wayne State President reveals deeply personal experiences in new memoir

Wayne State University President Dr. M. Roy Wilson is turning inward with a new memoir that is both reflective and...

Web comic “Yes I’m Hot in This” explores Muslim life in America

  When Huda Fahmy was growing up in Dearborn, the way her schools handled students during Ramadan wasn’t great. “They...

Ashley C. Ford on life with incarcerated dad

What does it do to a person and their family when they lose someone important to them to prison? That’s...

Making maple sugar in the Detroit Sugarbush

  On Feb. 18, people with the Detroit Sugarbush Project – many of them Indigenous – gathered in Rouge Park...

Moonchild’s neo soul sound evolves on “Starfruit”

  A shared love of music brought L.A.-based trio Moonchild together. The three friends all went to the University of...

Poet Billy Collins to appear at Midwest Literary Walk

  For anyone who has tried, writing poetry can be hard. It can be difficult to know if you are...

dream hampton’s new video short “Freshwater” explores her Detroit childhood, climate change

  Detroiters experienced an enhanced form of water destruction from massive flooding that destroyed homes and belongings and lives last...

Midwest Literary Walk author Don Winslow discusses latest book, event

The Midwest Literary Walk returns to Chelsea, Michigan next week after going virtual during the height of the pandemic. Organizers...

Greenfield Village reopening with new exhibit

  Greenfield Village is reopening on Easter weekend with a new permanent exhibit. The Detroit Central Market is the first...

New book explores what the American South is and isn’t

The American South is intertwined with the North. The economy, culture and music often blend together. That blending can also...

Production “Fallen Petals of Nameless Flowers” highlights stories of former juvenile lifers

The world premiere of the production “Fallen Petals of Nameless Flowers,” performed by the American wind quintet, Imani Winds, will...