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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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Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a challenge with the state court of appeals this week over the issue of public money for private schools. Schuette… -
There’s a new tool that Michigan cities can use to better understand their health care needs.The NYU School of Medicine has developed what they call the… -
Out-of-state investors own many of the vacant homes in Detroit. Those homes sometimes sit empty until they are stripped by scrappers or burned down by… -
2,000 Detroit public school teachers are getting a bonus.It’s part of the district’s plan to attract and retain teachers.Superintendent Nikolai Vitti says… -
Detroit's back in control of its finances: it's out of oversight.It's a big moment for a city that only three years ago exited the biggest municipal… -
There's been a lot of talk about reviving and restoring Michigan Central – the once-proud train station in Detroit's Corktown.There's another piece of… -
After a year of constant problems, the shiny electric streetcar that hums down Detroit’s main thoroughfare has proven more troubled than trusty.The QLine,… -
It’s easy to picture “comfort food,” but what about “discomfort food?”That’s what Tunde Wey will be serving up in the pop-restaurant Saartj, running from… -
The Detroit NAACP branch will recognize students from about a half-dozen Detroit-area high schools for their activism, including participation in protests… -
Fatou-Seydi Sarr was born in Senegal, but she now calls Detroit her home.She brings her experiences as a black African Muslim immigrant woman to her work…
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There are people in Michigan who are quietly making pieces of art with a purpose beyond art. One of them works in Detroit at a nondescript shop on Mack… -
The city of Detroit is suing Dan Gilbert's real estate company, Bedrock Management, for refusing to turn over personal information of its apartment… -
Tomorrow, the Grand Rapids Film Festival will screen the short film Detroit Diamond. The film is about a young mother addicted to heroin. The state is… -
A summer jobs program is providing kids in Detroit with more than just a paycheck.That's according to researchers at the University of Michigan. They… -
This year, Michigan Radio is trying something new.Instead of sending a reporter in to tell stories about MorningSide, we’re inviting the MorningSide… -
April is National Poetry Month, and today marks the birth and death of two figures who proved words could change politics, culture and art: Dr. Maya… -
What happens when community members lead the conversation about their community?MorningSide 48224, a community-led podcast, will endeavor to find out.… -
Tomorrow, March 27, beginning at 7 p.m., the Detroit Institute of Arts will host a 14-hour, overnight event called "The Science of Grief." The idea came… -
The city of Detroit may shut off water in 17,461 households next month. Water and Sewage Director Gary Brown told the Detroit Free Press the average past… -
As Ford talks of buying Michigan Central Station, residents in the surrounding neighborhood might be the ones seeing the most impact.Howard King, a…
