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Erin Allen/Michigan RadioDetroit's Movement Electronic Music festival normally ends by midnight, but there’s an overnight dance scene that makes it a 24-hour affair. As a part of our "Mornings in Michigan" series, Michigan Radio’s Erin Allen takes us into the wee hours of the weekend with a Detroit techno icon. -
Paula SmileyMiz Korona's artistry extends from before her scene in 8 Mile through almost three decades of international touring, teaching, photography, fashion design, and beat production. Today, she’s getting ready to release a new EP: The Healer and the Heartbreaker. -
Photo submitted by Joshua Mango"What up doe?" If you’ve heard the term before, you probably know it as a greeting or maybe even a question. But for many Black Detroiters, the phrase is a piece of home. Today, we'll talk about the history of "what up doe" and what it means to its originators. -
Erin Allen/Michigan RadioFor most of us, to start the day is to turn off our alarm, get dressed, have a coffee or maybe water, and then start work or school. But there’s a little place in Detroit where the first few things on the list are instead — sitting, chanting and meditating.
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In Detroit, places like Downtown, Midtown, and Corktown are undergoing major changes. Investment is flowing, and an influx of white residents are moving… -
A lot of people have tried – and failed – to make significant changes to Michigan’s auto insurance system. Michigan drivers pay some of the highest… -
There wasn’t always such a clear dividing line between the two neighborhoods on either side of Alter Road.The change happened slowly. White families began… -
Actor and comedian Marc Evan Jackson has appeared on Parks and Recreation, Reno 911!, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He currently stars as an all-knowing… -
Wayne County is switching up the way it will report real-time results for Tuesday’s election. Officials say the county will bypass its usual website… -
Detroit and Buffalo will each receive $50 million from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation to improve waterfront parks.The West Riverfront Park in Detroit… -
New data show the range of life expectancies for different areas in the state.The numbers are from the U.S. Small-Area Life Expectancy Estimates Project… -
How is design playing a role in Detroit’s revitalization?That question will be on many designers’ minds at the first-ever Detroit Month of Design. It runs… -
The city of Detroit is celebrating the life of Aretha Franklin this week.Franklin died two weeks ago at the age of 76.Events include tributes from famed… -
Most entrepreneurs start small and dream big. And for Nailah Ellis-Brown of Detroit, those dreams came true. She started selling her family's sweet tea…
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Detroit radio personality John Mason reflects on 20 years with the Pistons -
Senator Stabenow pushes for more mental health coverage in Michigan. A young Michigander makes a prehistoric discovery. How law enforcement decides what threats are credible when posted online. New book compiles Detroit data into 50 maps. And we’ll get an update on a historic mayoral election in Dearborn. -
Author and activist adrienne marie brown’s Afrofuturist novella Grievers imagines a fictional Detroit where a mysterious and deadly illness is spreading rapidly, plaguing the city with grief. -
On today’s episode, we’re talking about contemporary feminism and the making of Womxnhouse Detroit. -
Adults in Detroit households with children are only about half as likely to have received a COVID-19 vaccine as those in households without… -
By starting time, early Saturday evening, more than 100 had gathered on the Delray block where a makeshift boxing ring had been set up in the street.The… -
Today on Stateside, Detroit's handling of sewage, and a system that’s been overwhelmed with flooding twice already this summer. Also, thoughts on this… -
The Belle Isle Aquarium will reopen on Friday, relieving the ennui that has set in among fish, eels, and frogs since the building closed to visitors last… -
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking the White House for a disaster declaration to secure federal aid to deal with damage from last month's flooding in… -
The torrential rain and flooding that struck parts of Metro Detroit on June 26 took a “devastating” toll on some households. That’s especially true in…
