Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 6-11-16

This week on RREM, a cool cover from Anderson Paak, brand new Beth Orton and Tragically Hip, Detroit tunes from...

Music Hall’s Bowie Tribute, the 1st Women in Hip-Hop Conference, a Rap Round Robin & “Everyone I Owe Fest” bands!

Anderson .Paak Comin Up on Culture City, Detroit has hosted the socially progressive Allied Media Conference for ten years now....

MSU Leads USDA Study to Help Keep Pollinating Insects Near Crops

Albert Einstein is often credited with the phrase “No more bees… no more pollination… no more plants… no more animals…...

Welfare Reform Legislation May Be Having Unintended Impact: Homeless Families

Advocates for the homeless say it appears that legislation passed in 2011 may be having unintended consequences.   The law puts...

The Rise and Fall of Family and the Beer Business in Detroit

Frances Stroh As complex as the relationship is between the city of Detroit and the surrounding suburbs, so too are...

Bayview Mackinac Race Launches 92nd Edition

Organizers of one of Michigan’s most historic boat contests are launching this year’s edition of the Bayview Mackinac race. The...

Meet the New Director Of the Detroit Institute of Arts

WDET "I don't know how to paint or draw... but art has always been a nice work companion in my life......

The Progressive Underground Show 172 feat. SHAHIDA MAUSI-JOHNSON

The Right Productions Inc. On tonight's Progressive Underground, we interview Right Productions INC, CEO/President Shahida Mausi Johnson who will discuss...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 6-4-16

This week on RREM, a new song from Beck, the legendary William Bell, Motor City music from Carmel Liburdi, Laura...

The 16 People You Meet At The Mackinac Policy Conference

  For over a decade, WDET has been covering the annual Mackinac Policy Conference hosted by the Detroit Regional Chamber. Held...

Music from Glass Animals, Black Keys, JMSN & More! Plus an International Modernism Symposium & a Pewabic Pottery Party

Developer Herbert Greenwald with architect Mies van der Rohe  LIFE Magazine This time on Culture City, we're listening to a couple...

Penske says Detroit Grand Prix has Greatly Improved Belle Isle

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET The man who originally moved this weekend’s Detroit Grand Prix to Belle Isle says the event is helping...