WDET will pre-empt its regular programming from 4-6 p.m. this Sunday, Oct. 20, to host a special collaboration between Canada’s national broadcaster, CBC Radio, and American National Public Radio to bring a special international call-in version of CBC’s Cross Country Check Up and NPR’s The Middle.
The broadcast, titled America Votes: A Cross-Border Conversation, will air across Canada and the U.S., bringing international focus to the city of Detroit. The collaborative show will focus on the impending national election’s impact on the U.S. and Canada’s relationship; and WDET’s distinction as a cross-border broadcaster at North America’s largest trade corridor sets us up as the appropriate station to host this international conversation.
Jeremy Hobson, host of The Middle, and Ian Hanomansing, co-host of CBC’s The National and host of Cross-Country Check-Up, will both be present at WDET for the live interactive broadcast.
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Exactly one year ago, more than 1,200 Israelis were killed by forces of the terrorist organization Hamas, and more than 200 were taken hostage into Gaza.
It was an act of violence that had been unheard of for decades in the Middle East, and it has changed everything in the region’s geopolitics. The war in Gaza that grew out of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack has claimed more than 40,000 Palestinian lives, and now spread to multiple fronts — enflaming tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Metro Detroit is home to a large and flourishing Jewish community that is still trying to make sense of what happened last October and the ongoing violence and growing humanitarian crisis in the Middle East.
Today on Created Equal, host Stephen Henderson was joined by two local leaders within the Detroit Jewish community to talk about what happened, what has happened since, and what struggles the region and the global Jewish community may be facing as a result.
Guests:
Ariana Silverman has served as the rabbi of Detroit’s Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue since 2016.
David Kurzmann is the senior director of community affairs at the Jewish Federation of Detroit
Listen to Created Equal with host Stephen Henderson weekdays from 9-10 a.m. ET on 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand.
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The sun is shining and the air is crisp — making for a perfect weekend to get into some fall activities. Local foodies will delight at the more than 50 food truck offerings at Detroit’s Harvest Fest & Food Truck Rally this weekend, while music lovers can stroll through Woodbridge and enjoy some plein air live music performed on residential porches throughout the neighborhood.
Plus, catch WDET’s own Quinn Klinefelter on stage at the upcoming Detroit Story Fest at the Detroit Film Theatre, who will be sharing an intimate behind-the-scenes look at his story on how shrinking government budgets are changing the way some municipalities — like Detroit — handle burials of unclaimed bodies.
Detroit Story Fest
WDET is teaming up with Back Pocket Media and other local media partners to reimagine some of our best reporting live on stage at Detroit Story Fest 2024, set for 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Detroit Film Theatre. The event will feature stories and performances from award-wining journalists, musicians, performance artists, writers and podcasters from WDET, BridgeDetroit, Michigan Public, Detroit Free Press, Chalkbeat Detroit, Planet Detroit and others. Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased at wdet.org/events.
Fall festivals
More than 50 food trucks will be lining the Dequindre Cut from Jefferson to Wilkins this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5-6, for the Detroit Harvest Fest & Food Truck Rally. The family-friendly event will offer live music and entertainment on four stages — including a dedicated kids stage featuring circus performers, spooky science shows, breakdancing demos and more. There will also be activities for kids, like arts and crafts and an inflatable fun park, as well as a pumpkin patch and photo opportunities. Tickets are $5 in advance or $8 at the gate, with free admission for kids under three, seniors 65 and older and active/retired military personnel.
The city of Ferndale is hosting its annual Fall Festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 5, at Martin Road Park, 1615 East Lewiston Ave. The family friendly event will feature a host of fun activities for kids, from hayrides and pony rides, to arts and crafts, carnival games, pumpkin painting, a trick-or-treat trail and more. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at bit.ly/ferndalefallfestival.
The Detroit Parks Coalition is hosting the Buffalo Soldiers and Blues Freedom Festival from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Rouge Park, to celebrate the legacy of the all-Black U.S. Army regiments who served in the 19th and 20th centuries. The free event will offer pony rides, games, food, and live music from Big Pete and Friends and others.
Porch concerts
Take a stroll through Detroit’s historic Woodbridge neighborhood and enjoy some live tunes from local artists and performers like The WB5 — an MC5 tribute band — Gabriel Traditional Band, Audra Kubat, Cye Pie and more. The 4th annual Woodbridge Porch Concerts, set for 1-6 p.m. this Saturday, is also being held in conjunction with the annual tapping of Woodbridge Ale, a beer made by Brew Detroit using hops grown in yards and community gardens of Woodbridge.
Art exhibitions
The Detroit Institute of Arts continues its exhibit of ofrenda altars in celebration of Dia de Muertos through Nov. 3. The DIA partnered with Detroit’s Mexican Consulate, the Southwest Detroit Business Association and MexicantownCDC for the community exhibition, featuring various objects important to lost loved ones, like favorite foods, drinks, mementos and pictures. More information at dia.org.
The Congregation is hosting a solo exhibition titled “Undeniable Joy” by local artist Ashley Menth through the month of October. Featuring vibrant and expressive scenes, Menth’s work will be on display through Oct. 28, with a special reception planned from 3-5 p.m. Oct. 12.
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There’s an exciting array of events to check out in the metro Detroit area this week, from a weekend-long celebration of all things floral in Parker’s Alley to a giant block party marking the end of Detroit’s Mural in the Market festival and more.
Plus, the Detroit Black Film Festival continues through Sunday, spanning across five metro Detroit locations. Read on to learn more.
Flower festivals
If you’re looking for Instagrammable moments in Detroit this weekend, look no further than Parker’s Alley in Bloom, a floral festival hosted by Bedrock in partnership with Parker’s Alley retailers and Shinola Hotel. The event, running through Sunday, Sept. 29, features beautiful flower installations, special floral-themed cocktails, a flower truck and bouquet giveaways, live art, vendors and more.
Seasonal celebrations
The Boston Tea Room in Ferndale is hosting an Autumn Equinox Witches Market from noon-7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, featuring more than 30 local vendors made up of small businesses, artists, and makers; as well as food trucks, DJ sets from DJ Sassi Blaque and more. The free event will be held outdoors outside the Tea Room, located at 1220 Woodward Heights, with a rain date planned for Sunday, Sept. 29.
Woodward Corner Market in Royal Oak is hosting its annual Fall Fest from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, featuring an appearance by former Detroit Lion Stephen Tulloch, owner of Circle House Coffee, and a handful of local food and drink vendors. Don’t forget to grab a cider float, courtesy of Blake Farms and Ray’s Ice Cream (while supplies last).
Film festivals
Detroit’s fifth annual Black Film Festival continues through Sunday, Sept. 29 across metro Detroit, showcasing the voices and stories of Black independent filmmakers. Spanning across locations — The Carr Center, Marlene Boll YMCA Theater, DoubleTree Hotel and Michigan State University Detroit Center in Detroit; and Emagine Theatre in Royal Oak — the festival aims to uplift both seasoned and emerging filmmakers that reflect African American experiences, narratives and culture in their work. For tickets and more information, visit filmfreeway.com/detroitblackfilmfestival.
Block parties
The week-long Murals in Islandview (MIIV) public art festival in Detroit’s Islandview neighborhood will conclude this Saturday, Sept. 28, with a giant Design Core Detroit’s Month of Design block party from 1-8 p.m. in front of Spot Lite Detroit. The free event will feature food vendors, a makers market from Design Core Detroit, a 1XRUN print sale, Detroit Electronic Quarterly record fair, and music curated by House Party.
Theater
“Fat Ham,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by James Ijames, opens this Thursday at Detroit Public Theatre, kicking off its 10th anniversary season this year. Called a “hilarious yet profound tragedy smothered in comedy” by The New York Times, the story follows Juicy, a Black and queer young man working to advance his education online when his father’s ghost shows up and demands that Juicy avenge his murder. The show runs through Nov. 3. For tickets and more information, visit detroitpublictheatre.org.
Community development
The 2024 Detroit Food Summit is taking place this Thursday and Friday, Sept. 26-27, at Marygrove College, 8425 West McNichols Rd. The Detroit Food Policy Council’s 13th annual event will offer collaborative conversations on a variety of topics relating to local food systems. The event is being hosted by Orlando Bailey, executive director of Outlier Media. Malik Yakini, former executive director of the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network and co-founder of the Detroit People’s Food Co-op, is the keynote speaker.
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We are more than halfway into our 2024 Fall Fundraiser, and a new day means new incentives to encourage WDET listeners to make an investment in Detroit Public Radio’s future.
Listeners who make a donation during In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper from 12-4 p.m. on Wednesday will be automatically entered into a drawing for two VIP tickets to all events or performances at Spot Lite Detroit for a full year.
Missed Hooper’s show? Tune in to The Boulevardwith Waajeed from 8-10 p.m. Wednesday and make a donation of any amount and you will be entered in the Spot Lite drawing.
Those who donate during The Boulevard on Wednesday could also win an unreleased Waajeed vinyl titled Get in the Zone LP — set for release this November — and an Underground Music Academy snapback hat.
Listeners will have one last opportunity to win the Spot Lite passes this Saturday, Sept. 21, by making a gift to WDET during The Progressive Underground with Chris Campbell from 6-8 p.m. or during The New Music Show with Shigeto from 8-10 p.m.
Tune in to WDET at 101.9 FM to hear the latest incentives being offered before our Fall Fundraiser ends Sept. 22.
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Comedian and actor Marc Evan Jackson joined The Metro in studio on Tuesday to talk about how his nonprofit is using improv to help metro Detroit youth, as well as to encourage listeners to support WDET during our 2024 Fall Fundraiser.
The former Michigander — known by many for his comedic roles on NBC’s The Good Place and Brooklyn Nine-Nine — founded The Detroit Creativity Project in 2011, along with several other Los Angeles-based performers whose careers started out in Detroit, to help bring free improv lessons to Detroit students.
But the goal of the program isn’t simply to teach students improv comedy, he says. Rather, improv can help young people build confidence and step outside their comfort zone.
“The overarching point of what we’re trying to do [with The Detroit Creativity Project] is not create the next generation of comedians and actors and directors and musicians necessarily, but to create the next generation of problem solvers and good humans,” said Jackson.
Jackson also reflected on his past career in public radio — formerly working at WGVU-FM in Grand Rapids in various roles — and why he believes it is vital to support public media.
“It’s programming and music by people, for people,” said Jackson. “It’s different than corporate media…you’re going to hear music on WDET that you would never come into contact with anywhere else in the world. You’re going to find stories like that of The Detroit Creativity Project.”
If you would like to support 75 years of quality, culturally-rich local programming at WDET, make a gift today at wdet.org/give. And don’t forget to check out the many awesome incentives being offered for those who donate during our Fall Fundraiser, running through Tuesday, Sept. 24.
Use the video player below to watch the full interview with actor Marc Evan Jackson.
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WDET is celebrating 75 years of people powered radio during our 2024 Fall Fundraiser, now through Sept. 22. Become a member and invest in WDET’s next chapter of news, music and conversation.
As if there weren’t already plenty of reasons to support WDET, we are offering up a host of new gifts to entice listeners to become sustaining members during our 2024 Fall Fundraiser.
This year, we expanded our local music and news programming by 40%. With half of our operating budget funded by donors like you, it is imperative that each and every listener who values the important work we do step up, and make a gift to help sustain what has been a cultural staple in Detroit for the past 75 years.
Check out some of our premium gifts for sustaining members below to showcase your Detroit Public Radio fandom while helping to support this vital resource for Detroiters!
WDET is celebrating 75 years of people powered radio during our 2024 Fall Fundraiser, now through Sept. 24. Become a member and invest in WDET’s next chapter of news, music and conversation.
Not only have we heeded the calls from our members and listeners for more local music programming, we have doubled down on our investment in robust, local journalism — expanding our local music and news shows by a whopping 40%.
This investment in more local programming has come with a financial cost. But what has cost us financially, we have gained in the many connections we continue to build by reflecting the stories, music, art, and culture that makes Detroit and the people who live here so special.
There are plenty of great reasons to support WDET, from helping to fund fair and accurate political coverage during a critically important election year, to helping us bolster the rich music history of our city and region — allowing us to lift new artists and reflect the evolution of Detroit music.
WDET has been a legacy cultural asset of Detroit for 75 years, and now, we need your support to help us keep that momentum going.
The fall on-air fundraiser is the perfect time to become a WDET sustaining member or a first-time giver — not only because 50% of our operating budget is funded by donors, but also because our team has come up with some awesome incentives for listeners who choose to donate during fundraiser.
Caravan of tourists passing the desert on camels with lake in foreground
Win a trip for two to Morocco
Now through Sept. 22, listeners who donate will automatically be entered into a drawing for two tickets to WDET’s 15-day Colors of Morocco trip, taking place Sept. 4-18, 2025.
A more than $13,000 value, this once in a lifetime trip will feature a visit to the ancient markets and medinas in Fes — one of the holiest cities in the world — as well as an unforgettable visit to a luxury desert camp in the Sahara Desert and a taste of Moroccan culture with a cooking class in Marrakech.
WDET staff pose for a photo during the station’s 75th anniversary party on Feb. 13, 2024, at the Jam Handy in Detroit.
Listeners who make a gift during Morning Edition from 5-9 a.m. weekdays or Weekend Edition from 8-10 a.m. on weekends throughout the Fall Fundraiser will be entered into a drawing for a catered lunch and conversation about current affairs with WDET’s news team at the studio.
Five winners will be selected.
Win a year of shows, events at Spot Lite
Listeners who donates to WDET during In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper from 12-4 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday this week will be entered into a drawing for two tickets to all events or performances at Spot Lite Detroit for a full year.
Enjoy charcuterie and conversation with WDET reporters
Listen to All Things Considered with host Russ McNamara this week from 4-6 p.m. for your chance to have dinner with Russ and WDET news reporter Quinn Klinefelter on Oct. 1 at The Rind in Berkley! All you need to do is donate to the 2024 WDET Fall Fundraiser during the show.
Earn a tour of Detroit history, books from Source Booksellers
Listeners who make a gift during Created Equal with Stephen Henderson from 9-10 a.m. weekdays before Sept. 20 will be entered into a drawing for a special historical tour of the city with Jamon Jordan, a long-time friend of the show and Detroit’s first official historian.
The winner will also receive six books from Source Booksellers, curated by Stephen Henderson himself.
Earn tickets to Dearborn’s Yalla Eat! food tour
Listeners who donate to WDET during The Metrocan win two tickets to the Arab American National Museum, as well as two tickets to the museum’s Yalla Eat! Culinary Walking Tour, which takes guests along a curated food tour in East Dearborn. They will also take a home a book of poetry signed by Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer.
Win a family membership to MOCAD
Listeners who donate to WDET during The Metro from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. can win a family membership to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit for two adults and up to four minors, providing free admission to galleries, most programming at the museum and members-only events.
Earn a Dearborn Music Stones package
Tune in to The Detroit Move with Mike Latulippe Tuesday from 8-9 p.m. and make a gift of any amount for a chance to win a limited edition Rolling Stones “More Hot Rocks” 2LP Glow in the Dark Vinyl ($70 value); a $40 gift certificate to Dearborn Music and a WDET tote bag zip up.
Win a gift certificate to Ripe Records
Listeners who donate to WDET during MI Localwith Jeff Milo from 9-10 p.m. on Tuesday can win a $50 gift card to Ripe Records in Grosse Pointe Park.
Check back for updates on incentives planned for WDET’s fall on-air fundraiser. Or, tune in to WDET at 101.9 FM to hear the latest incentives being offered before our Fall Fundraiser ends Sept. 24.
Support Detroit Public Radio.
WDET is celebrating 75 years of people powered radio during our 2024 Fall Fundraiser, now through Sept. 24. Become a member and invest in WDET’s next chapter of news, music and conversation.
Those planning to vote in-person during the general election this fall may be presented with a unique variety of “I Voted” sticker designs created by Michiganders.
The Michigan Department of State announced Wednesday it has selected nine winning designs from the state’s first ever “I Voted” sticker design contest, which will be made available for clerks to hand out to voters at the polls on Nov. 5.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson congratulated contest winners in a news release issued Wednesday, adding that she was “overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and creativity from the people of our great state.”
“Now,” she says, “let’s use the same energy in casting a vote this November. I encourage every eligible voter to make a plan now to have your voice heard – vote with an absentee ballot, at an early voting site, or on Election Day – and feel proud to wear a sticker designed by a fellow Michigander.”
More than 480 designs were submitted during the contest, which launched in May, and over 57,700 public votes were cast for the winners, according to the state.
Three winning designs were selected from three separate categories: elementary/middle school (grades K-8), high school (grades 9-12), and general entry — open to Michigan residents of all ages.
Submissions received were narrowed down to 25 semifinalists from each category by the Michigan Collegiate Student Advisory Task Force before the contest opened up for a public vote.
Check out the winning designs from each category in the photo gallery below.
Created by Jane Hynous of Grosse Pointe, a student at Brownell Middle School, for the Elementary/Middle School category. (Courtesy State of Michigan)
Created by Gabby Warner of Rockford, for the Elementary/Middle School category.(Courtesy State of Michigan)
Created by Katelyn Stouffer-Hopkins of Lansing, for the Elementary/Middle School category. (Courtesy State of Michigan)
Created by Olivia Smiertka of Holly, a student at Holly High School, for the High School category.(Courtesy State of Michigan)
Created by Michelle Lekhtman of West Bloomfield, a student at West Bloomfield High School, for the High School category.(Courtesy State of Michigan)
Created by Andrew Brasher of Saint Louis, a student at Alma High School, for the High School category.(Courtesy State of Michigan)
Created by Kelsey Winiarski of Livonia, for the General Entry category.(Courtesy State of Michigan)
Created by Breanna Tanner of Grand Rapids, for the General Entry category.(Courtesy State of Michigan)
Created by Madelyn VerVaecke of Livonia, for the General Entry category.(Courtesy State of Michigan)
For more information about voting and elections in Michigan, visit michigan.gov/vote.
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