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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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A development team has closed on the purchase of 128 parcels in northwest Detroit as part of a massive reinvestment in one of the city's…
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They may be tiny, but the honeybee is a powerful force for good in our environment.Brian Peterson is a fifth-grade teacher in Rochester and the founder of…
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Detroit has one of the largest populations of African-Americans among major US cities. But you might not know it based on what you see in the media, which…
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There is plenty of coverage about Detroit’s “comeback.” Stores and restaurants are opening, and downtown is more vibrant than its been in decades.But the…
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The counties in Southeast Michigan cannot agree on a regional transportation plan. Regional unity, as is well known, is an uphill struggle in the state.A…
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Michigan's economic development board has awarded $618 million in tax incentives for a development project in Detroit that includes a 58-story building on…
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Nikolai Vitti is marking the one-year anniversary of becoming the superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools Community District.Erin Einhorn, editor for…
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The bike share program, MoGo Detroit, turns one year old this month.? Lisa Nuszkowski, founder and executive director of MoGo, joined Stateside to discuss…
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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…
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The city of Detroit is suing Dan Gilbert's real estate company, Bedrock Management, for refusing to turn over personal information of its apartment…
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Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality should update its rules on the level of lead that’s considered acceptable in drinking water.That is the one…
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Detroit Parks and Recreation is reopening the Scout Hollow campground in Rouge Park after a closure of more than 10 years. The campground will offer group…
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In the land of Big Three universities and football wins, tiny Marygrove College doesn’t much matter. That’s the Michigan way – a not-so-flattering…
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Fifty years ago, the practice of barring people from buying houses in certain neighborhoods or declining home loans because of race or ethnicity became…
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The economy is booming and the unemployment rates for the nation and Michigan are low. In Detroit, the official rate has fallen dramatically since peaking…
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The wolf was at the door for Marygrove College. After nearly a century, the small liberal arts college in Northwest Detroit was drowning in debt and…
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It’s been half a century since the federal government banned discrimination in the home mortgage industry. But a new analysis of mortgage data shows…
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Detroit may have quietly banned many Airbnb rentals with a new zoning law that went into effect this week. The zoning change as written bans Airbnb room…
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Redevelopment is planned for the former Detroit police headquarters building.Bedrock real estate and Pike Pointe Holdings are partners on the project.…
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Dr. Felix Valbuena is CEO of the Community Health and Social Services Center (CHASS) in Southwest Detroit. It’s one of 45 community health centers in…