Growing Michigan’s independent music scene
An organization in Ann Arbor is providing independent musicians with tools and experience to help develop their careers as musicians. The event is called“Fresh Water Musicon” and it happens Saturday,...
View ArticleHelping Americans better understand history and civics
Schools across Michigan have wrapped up a week of activities designed to help students better understand America’s founding principles.Michael Warren is an Oakland County Circuit Court Judge and...
View ArticleCenter for homeless youth opens in Wyandotte
The Yard is a new center for homeless and runaway youth based in Wyandotte. It provides tutoring, food, computers, a washer and dryer, and a place for young people to hangout.Jane Scarlett is the...
View ArticleIranian-American works with war refugees, knows it could have been her
In honor of July 4th, we asked immigrants across Michigan what America means to them. Linda Steinke shared her story with us.Her family came to the U.S. from Iran in the 1970s when her father had the...
View ArticleMore algae in Lake Erie
A significant amount of blue-green algae is expected in the western basin of Lake Erie this summer. This year’s algal bloom will be about 1/5 as bad as what happened in 2011.2011 was one of the worst...
View ArticleA Saginaw artist tries to make things better, and the town responds
The entire city of Saginaw is a canvas for 37-year-old artist Eric Schantz. But the reverse of that statement is also true. Schantz’s body is a canvas for this city that struggles with poverty,...
View ArticleManufacturing a commuter bike in Detroit
There are a couple of relatively new companies making bikes in Detroit.Shinola makes them (along with watches, leather goods, and journals). Detroit Bicycle Company makes 'em.
View ArticleFinding beauty & camaraderie in the woods, in the old-school ways
Jim Miller does not wish he was alive several hundred or even several thousand years ago. But he loves the old-school ways. And Miller teaches people, as he likes to say, "about the skills of our...
View ArticleLaughing matters at Arab-American comedy festival in Dearborn
A new festival will feature comedians from Arab-American and other minority backgrounds. The 1001 Laughs Dearborn Comedy Festival happens September 27 and 28 at the Arab American National Museum in...
View ArticleElectronic musician inspired by family & place
Michigan has a history of some pretty sweet music. One surprising genre that is Pure Michigan is techno. The art form was invented by three young men from Belleville in the 1980s (specifically Kevin...
View ArticleArtists find inspiration in the land
A new art show is the product of an interesting collaboration between artists and land owners. It will be at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor from October 12th until November 10th.It's...
View ArticleWant history, architecture and beheadings? Try Detroit's haunted bike tour
Wheelhouse Detroit, a bike shop right next to the Renaissance Center, puts on all sorts of guided bike tours through the city — tours of churches, urban agriculture, and painted murals. But for those...
View ArticleDuMouchelles art gallery and auction house
Let’s say you’ve been watching episodes of “Antiques Roadshow,” and now you’re inspired. So you want to find out what that old painting you bought at a garage sale for $5 bucks is really worth.There’s...
View ArticleMore bike lanes in Michigan mean more cyclists
More communities in Michigan are embracing bike lanes.Grand Rapids plans to add 40 more miles of bike lanes in the next few years. Detroit has an aggressive approach to implementing them and they're...
View ArticleMichigan Tech builds phone apps to connect researchers with citizen scientists
There’s a new project out of Michigan Technological University in Houghton that involves phone apps.The idea is to use apps to share information with professional researchers.So far the team of...
View ArticleNational Museum of the Great Lakes opens spring 2014
Organizers are still raising money for what's expected to be an almost $13 million project and they're in the process of putting the final touches on all the exhibits at the museum.Once the The...
View ArticleGo on an "owl prowl"
The Department of Natural Resources is putting on a series of guided night time walks in different state parks and recreation areas, with the goal of trying to spot owls.They're called "owl prowls."...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics
Every week Michigan Radio talks with political analyst Jack Lessenberry about what's been happening in Michigan politics.This week Lessenberry and Kyle Norris talked about how Governor Rick Snyder is...
View ArticleHomeless Awareness Week
Homeless Awareness Week in Michigan is November 10-18. The idea is to highlight the causes of homelessness and the issues that homeless people face. There are events planned in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo,...
View ArticleThe week in Michigan politics
It's a busy news week in Michigan politics. This week Kyle Norris and Jack Lessenberry discuss various proposals and happenings in Lansing:1. Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway faces...
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