National Writers Series: A Dialogue with Omar El Akkad, Author of “What Strange Paradise”
WDET reporter and producer Nargis Hakim Rahman recently hosted an event for the National Writers Series with journalist and author...
Author Mitch Albom’s New Novel Explores What It Means to Ask for Help
Detroit Free Press columnist and author Mitch Albom has sold tens of millions of books since “Tuesdays with Morrie” was...
This Week at the Detroit Film Theatre: “The Macaluso Sisters”
CultureShift on 101.9 WDET-FM gives you a front-row seat to the latest films playing at the Detroit Film Theatre (DFT). Jake Neher/WDET...
Muralist Waleed Johnson Talks About ‘The Spirit,’ Detroit’s 100th City-Sponsored Mural
If you drive around the city of Detroit these days, you might notice some new artwork around town. The Duggan...
Tree Lighting Ceremony Returns to Campus Martius in Downtown Detroit
The annual tree lighting in downtown Detroit makes its return with visitors in attendance since the start of the COVID-19...
This Week at the Detroit Film Theatre: “Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)”
CultureShift on 101.9 WDET-FM gives you a front-row seat to the latest films playing at the Detroit Film Theatre (DFT). Jake Neher/WDET...
Community Podcast Lab Helps Detroiters Get Their Start in Podcasting
While the popularity of podcasts has exploded in recent years, opportunities for people of color to get their start in...
One Man’s Journey to Make the Tuba Cool
Adam Fenster Richard Antoine White is the first African American to ever earn a doctorate in music for tuba performance....
What Happened at the Astroworld Festival in Houston?
The Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas left eight dead and hundreds injured. A fatal crowd surge happened while rapper Travis...
New Releases from Third Man Records Include Jack White, Kelley Stoltz, Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth
Discovering new music is one of the things you’ve told us you love the most about WDET. To satisfy your...
What We Can Learn From Better Appreciating Our Sense of Smell
Penguin/Random House Of all the senses we often take for granted, the sense of smell is probably the most unappreciated....
New Film Explores What Henry Ford Might Do and Say If He Visited Southeast Michigan in 2021
What would Henry Ford do and say if he traveled in time to Detroit in 2021? That’s the question that...