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Culture
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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.
Politics & Government
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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…
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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…
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This year, Michigan Radio is trying something new.Instead of sending a reporter in to tell stories about MorningSide, we’re inviting the MorningSide…
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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…
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What happens when community members lead the conversation about their community?MorningSide 48224, a community-led podcast, will endeavor to find out.…
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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…
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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…
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As Ford talks of buying Michigan Central Station, residents in the surrounding neighborhood might be the ones seeing the most impact.Howard King, a…
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Pending the approval of city council, Detroit will purchase roughly 142 acres of land that was once home to the Michigan State Fair. The fairgrounds,…
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Detroit police are trying to curb overtime costs that have increased in recent years. The Detroit News reports the city paid $40 million in overtime for…
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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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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 swore in a crop of city officials to new, four-year terms Tuesday.Unlike four years ago, when the city was just about to emerge from bankruptcy…