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Detroit'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.
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Miz 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.
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"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.
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For 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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DETROIT - Detroit philanthropist Gretchen Valade has given more money to boost jazz studies at Wayne State University.The Detroit school announced Monday…
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Cynthia Lambert had the title many others dream of: sports reporter. She worked for the Detroit News covering the Red Wings for 12 seasons, including…
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Grant funding is being extended for a program in Detroit that supports a business startup accelerator for students.TechTown's Detroit Technology Exchange…
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Update: 2:20 p.m.Officer Glenn Doss died at Detroit Receiving Hospital shortly after 1:00 this afternoon, according to Detroit Police Chief James Craig.…
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Michigan’s hopes of hosting Amazon’s second headquarters crashed into pieces when Detroit failed to make the list of 20 finalists. It’s a sign that…
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This week is National School Choice Week. But is school choice in Michigan cause for celebration?Gary Miron is a professor of evaluation, measurement and…
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Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon is facing mounting pressure to resign over how the university handled complaints against former sports…
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The Next IdeaYou’ve heard of a “hotbed of innovation” – a time and place where money and talent flow towards the creation of new ideas. Sometimes, though,…
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A few miles from the heart of Detroit’s downtown, sandwiched between diverging freeways is a sort of microcosm of the city: a factory, a boarded-up…
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Hajjar Baban is the 2017 Detroit Youth Poet Laureate. She was also a finalist in the 2017 National Youth Poet Laureate Program.Baban joined Stateside…
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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan warned on Thursday that southeast Michigan is already a national COVID-19 hotspot—and the worst is still to come.Detroit itself…
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Today on Stateside, people in Detroit are getting hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, and hospitals are worried about a surge in patients overwhelming the…
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Today on Stateside, we spoke with U.S. Senator Gary Peters about how Congress is responding to the COVID-19 outbreak. We also checked in on Lansing, where…
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Detroit is checking the city’s homeless population for signs of the coronavirus.Michigan’s largest city has an estimated 2,200 homeless men, women and…
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer will not use her executive powers to end water shutoffs in Detroit.Civil rights groups, including the ACLU, petitioned Whitmer…
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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan gave his seventh annual State of the City address Tuesday night in signature Duggan style—a whirlwind PowerPoint presentation…
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The City of Detroit has announced that improvements in its animal care and control operations are exceeding initial goals.Last December city officials…
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Today on Stateside, it's the end of an era for Michigan State fooball under head coach Mark Dantonio. Plus, the city of Detroit's new chief storyteller…
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As a young, black Muslim woman growing up in Detroit, model and style blogger Leah Vernon rarely saw her own experiences reflected in media. But several…
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In a little more than two weeks, Michigan will formally join the list of states where an adult can legally buy marijuana for recreational purposes. But…