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![Diane Sanders (center), manager of strategic initiatives at WDET, poses with her four daughters.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DianeSandersandDaughters-e1715606765517.jpg)
The Metro: Local moms talk about the beauty, meaning of motherhood
On today’s show, we’re joined by three local moms for a roundtable discussion about what motherhood means and how the role has changed them.
![Ferndale resident Chris Dempsey poses with his granddaughter, Noa Molnar, outside the Dutch Girl Donuts shop on Saturday, May 4, 2024.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DutchGirlDonuts-scaled-e1715282660305-900x507.jpg)
The Metro: Dutch Girl Donuts to hold grand reopening this Saturday
After a brief closure and a soft opening last weekend, the popular Detroit donut spot is set to officially reopen its doors this Saturday.
!["It Was All a Dream" will premiere at the Tribeca film festival in June 2024.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ItWasAllADream_DreamHampton-900x506.png)
‘It Was All a Dream’ documentary takes a close look at the golden age of hip-hop
The new documentary from Detroit filmmaker dream hampton is a visual memoir — from her own personal archives — about the dawn of the golden age of hip-hop.
![Aerial view of the Dearborn area.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Ford_Headquarters_Dearborn_Michigan_with_Detroit_in_Background_14223941883-scaled-e1708546199610-900x507.jpg)
The Metro: Why Dearborn amended its dust ordinance with stricter standards
The Dearborn City Council recently amended its ‘bulk storage’ ordinance to help reduce ‘fugitive dust’ and improve air quality in the city.
![Schatzman and Handler Deli, 378 Hastings Street, courtesy Michelle Levine Millman.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Schatzman-and-Handler-Deli-378-Hastings-Street-courtesy-Michelle-Levine-Millman-copy-900x506.jpg)
The Metro: New exhibit tells history of Jewish community living in Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan and the Detroit Historical Museum present “In the Neighborhood: Everyday Life on Hastings Street,” about the Jewish enclave that used to exist in Black Bottom.
!["Dearborn" by Ghassan Zeineddine.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GhassanZeineddine_Dearborn-900x506.png)
The Metro: Author highlights diversity, sense of community in Dearborn with book of short stories
Professor Ghassan Zeineddine joined the show to share more details about his book and his connection’s to Michigan’s cultural jewel.
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