Powerhouse Michigan singer/songwriter Rocky Wallace talks about her influences, including strong female singers from Aretha Franklin to Amy Winehouse.
Guests: Rocky Wallace
Interview with Jonathan Fuhrman of the Michigan Depression Glass Society
Jonathan Fuhrman of the Michigan Depression Glass Society talks about the upcoming Michigan Depression Glass Society show in Dearborn.
Guests: Jonathan Fuhrman
Organizations: Michigan Depression Glass Society
Interview with Erica Rakowicz and Karianne Spens-Hanna of the Mariners Inn: The Art of Transformation
“The Art of Transformation” exhibit opens on July 19, featuring art work by Mariners Inn clients overcoming substance abuse and homelessness.
Guests: Erica Rakowicz
Organizations: Mariners Inn Art Show
Interview with Journalist and Author Massoud Hayoun
Journalist Haoun Massoud is the author of a new memoir, When We Were Arabs, which explores his own family’s Jewish and Arab roots.
Guests: When We Were Arabs: A Jewish Family's Forgotten History
Organizations: Massound Hayoun
Interview with Music Producer Dream Beach of Detroit Lines
Detroit music producer Dream Beach talks about the release of the new mixtape, “Hit My DMs,” by the producer collective Detroit Lines.
Guests: Dream Beach
Organizations: Detroit Lines
Interview with The Metro Detroit Book & Author Society
The Metro Detroit Book & Author Society has been putting on events, open to the public, since 1972 that feature major national authors.
Guests: Alan Fisk, Michael Cummings
Organizations: The Metro Detroit Book & Author Society
Interview with Detroit Comedian Bret Hayden
Meet Bret Hayden, the Detroit comedian who’s emceeing for Chris Porter at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle.
Guests: Bret Hayden
Interview with Nancy Rodwan, Managing Director of the Collected Detroit Art Gallery
A new gallery in town called The Collected Detroit aims to display and sell the work of Detroit’s artists right next to renowned artists from around the world.
Guests: Nancy Rodwan
Organizations: Collected Detroit
Interview with Erin Gavle, Founder of Corktown Aglow
Corktown Aglow is an annual holiday event that highlights the small businesses in Detroit’s oldest neighborhood. Founder Erin Gavle offers the inside scoop.
Guests: Erin Gavle
Organizations: Corktown-A-Glow
Interview with Melissa Chimera, Curator of The Far Shore: Navigating Homelands at the Arab American Museum in Dearborn
Visual artist Melissa Chimera curated a new exhibition at the Arab American Museum in Dearborn called The Far Shore: Navigating Homelands, which explore immigration and features five visual artists and five poets from Arab countries.
Guests: Melissa Chimera
Organizations: Arab American National Museum
Interview with Sarey Ruden of Detroit’s Sareytales: The Art of Online Dating
Detroit artist Sarey Ruden uses the text messages received in the course of online dating as an inspiration for her artwork, which she hopes will bring cyberbullying to light.
Guests: Sarey Ruden
Organizations: Sareytales
Interview with Jason Hall of RiDetroit and Slow Roll
Jason Hall, the co-founder of Slow Roll Detroit, talks about his new cycling group, RiDetroit.
Guests: Jason Hall
Organizations: RiDetroit, Slow Roll
Interview with Detroit Photographer Alanna St. Laurent
Detroit photographer Alanna St. Laurent breathes new life and recalled beauty into her photographs of beloved abandoned and historical buildings in Detroit.
Guests: Alanna St. Laurent
Interview with Detroit Author Melissa Grunow
Melissa Grunow, the author of the award-winning book Realizing River City: A Memoir, tells us about her latest work, I Don’t Belong Here: Essays.
Guests: Melissa Grunow
Organizations: I Don’t Belong Here
Interview with Detroit Photographer and Designer Janna Coumoundouros of Lilacpop Studio
As a professional photographer, and nearly “accidental” fashion designer and jewelry maker, Detroit’s Janna Coumoundouros photographs real estate, creates dresses from automotive materials, and hand makes jewelry from metal machine parts.
Guests: Janna Coumoundouros
Organizations: Lilacpop Studio
Interview with the Vidlings & Tapeheads Film Festival
The Vidlings & Tapeheads Film Festival returns to Planet Ant in Hamtramck for the second year on July 27th and 28th. We asked the festival’s Director and Programmer, Jerry White Jr., a few questions about it.
Guests: Jerry White Jr.
Organizations: Vidlings & Tapeheads Film Festival
Interview with Detroit Artist Nancy J. Rodwan, the Author of Purged
Nancy J. Rodwan’s new book, Purged: The Art of Metamorphosis, explores Detroiters’ relationship with their cast-off possessions. The book includes photos of the donated items next to the artworks they became, as well their back stories and Rodwan’s thoughts and inspirations on each piece.
Guests: Nancy J. Rowan, Seth Resler
Organizations: Purged: The Art of Metamorphosis
What Does Movement Mean to Detroit?
Becky Scarcello, co-host of The D Brief podcast, headed down to Hart Plaza to find out what Movement means to Detroit from Mike Huckaby, Ryan Dahl, Steff Chris, and Matt Martinez.
Guests: Matt Martinez, Mike Huckaby, Ryan Dahl, Steff Chris
Organizations: Movement, Will Sessions
Interview with Manal Kadry of Detroit’s Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies
Manal Kadry, Art & Design Chair at Detroit’s Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies, talks about the impact the program has on children and the Detroit community.