StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: Chalk Drawings on the Hudson Building

StoryCorps Maurice Greenia, Jr. is an artist and performer from Detroit. In the mid-1990s, he decided to brighten up the boarded-over display windows...

Detroit Singer/Songwriter Holly Bernt Releases “Lightening on the Vine” and Performs in WDET’s Studio A

Holly talks with Essential Music Host, Ann Delisi, about listening to hymns and gospel music growing up and what it...

J’adore Detroit’s Suggestions for Your Last Minute Valentine’s Day Plans

Lifestyle blog J'Adore Detroit has combed through the list of Valentine Day events and come up with four excellent ways...

Automakers Hope Tech Gives Sales a Positive Charge [VIDEO]

U.S. auto sales fell slightly in 2017, the first decline in eight years. Most analysts expected sales to ebb after the...

Who’s Running for Detroit City Council and Police Commissioner?

Voters are meeting face-to-face with candidates for Detroit city offices and police commission at Citizen Detroit events this month. WDET's...

New Community Center to Open at Detroit School

The Ford Motor Co. Fund is bringing a center to Detroit's east side to help increase educational opportunities for students...

Free Book Exchanges Coming to Detroit Police Precincts

Police in Detroit want to help children in the city read more often.  The police department is partnering with the national...

The Art of Community: How the City, Citizens, Donors Created the Detroit Institute of Arts [VIDEOS]

The Detroit Institute of Arts originally was built with money allocated by the city and contributed from its residents. That...

Bedrock: Four New Developments for Downtown Detroit

By COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Four developments totaling more $2 billion in new investment are planned for...

Public Clashes over Future of Detroit Grand Prix

DETROIT (AP) — State officials are deciding whether to continue hosting the Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle, a state...

StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: “The city is like one big house”

One day while renovating her recently purchased home, 55-year-old Tate Osten heard a knock on the door. When she answered it,...

Standout Detroit House Songs

House music may have been created in Chicago, but in Detroit's LGBT club scene in the 1980s and 1990s, it...