Category: Community Update

7/26/21: One Detroit – Dearborn Symphony / Ricardo Lorenz / Audra Kubat / Alex Way

Will Glover talks with Kevin Dewey – Director of choirs and Vocal Music Instructor at Henry Ford College about The Dearborn Symphony, Vanguard Voices from Henry Ford College, and Dearborn’s Players in a holiday musical gift to the community.

Fixing the Districts

One Detroit finds out how we’ll lose a seat in Congress this next election cycle and how district lines might be redrawn.

“Muhammad Ali:” A Ken Burns Documentary

Muhammad Ali brings to life one of the best-known and most indelible figures of the 20th century,...

7/19/21: One Detroit – Michigan Opera Theatre / Marygrove / Alexander Vlahos / Detroit Youth Choir

Peter Whorf + Yuval Sharon interview about Michigan Opera Theatre stepping off the stage to bring audiences theatre in a way they’ve never seen by presenting the opera in the MOTs parking structure.

7/12/21: One Detroit – Tuskegee Airmen / Ray Gray / 20 Front Street / YoYo Ma

The Tuskegee Airmen National Museum celebrates a monumental move and an 80 year milestone. More on Ray Gray’s story; Wayne Co. Prosecutor Worthy says commutation is a possibility

7/8/21: One Detroit – Harassment Culture in Lansing / Student Vaccinations / Hamtramck USA

Tonight on One Detroit: Sexism and the Culture of Harassment in Michigan Politics Christy...

6/21/21: One Detroit – Cranbrook Design Tours / Plowshares Theatre / Detroit Jazz Fest / The Wretched Movie

Michigan’s only professional African American Theatre, Plowshares Theatre Company, presents a virtual concert of songs from an original musical set in Detroit past.

6/14/21: One Detroit – Deidre D.S. Sense / Asbury Park / Erik Ronmark / Sphinx

Christy McDonald talks with Vice President and General Manager of the DSO Erik Ronmark about their plans to have audiences back in orchestra hall for the new season.

6/7/21: One Detroit – Nate Wallace / Seven Last Words of the Unarmed / Hannah Lydia Wilson / AXD

Aaron Dworkin from Arts Engines talks with Dr. Eugene Rogers about the powerful multi-movement choral work by Atlanta-based composer Joel Thompson titled Seven Last Words of the Unarmed.

5/24/21: One Detroit – Punk Music in Detroit / Women in Jazz / History of Almond Boneless Chicken

Tonight on One Detroit: Cinecyde Formed in 1976, Cinecyde may have been Detroit’s first...

Detroit Filipino Supper Club

Featured on One Detroit this Thursday: Detroit Filipino Supper Club co-founder Shane Bernardo cooks up connections to Filipino culture, history, and community by sharing traditional Filipino recipes that boil over with ancestral wisdom and the power to heal.

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News From Around Detroit

What you need to know about Detroit’s primary election this Tuesday
by Bryce Huffman (Bryce Huffman | Bridge Detroit)
From facemasks to dropboxes, here’s what you need to know about casting your ballot in Detroit’s Aug. 3 primary.
What is Proposal P, and how will it impact Detroit?
by Louis Aguilar (Louis Aguilar | Bridge Detroit)
Here’s what you need to know about Detroit’s Proposal P, which will be on the ballot this upcoming Tuesday. As the court fight continues, here’s why the measure is a major break from the past.
Why more Detroiters aren’t getting vaccinated: Fear
by Olivia Lewis (Olivia Lewis | Bridge Detroit)
Less than half of Detroiters are vaccinated, and of those who refuse the drug, many say they fear its safety and potential side effects. But the facts show there is less to fear than they may think.
‘I’m afraid of the rain’: Detroiters cope with recurring floods
by Louis Aguilar (Louis Aguilar | Bridge Detroit)
The Detroits floods have receded — for now. The trauma remains.
What we know so far about Detroit’s controversial use of facial recognition
by Bryce Huffman (Bryce Huffman | Bridge Detroit)
Here’s a look at how Detroit police have used facial recognition data since the beginning of 2021.

National Headlines

Millions of tenants at risk as federal eviction ban ends
The federal ban on evictions is set to expire tonight. A last-minute effort by House Dems to extend the moratorium failed late yesterday, and the Supreme Court ruled that the moratorium could not be extended without new legislation from Congress. A Census survey found that as of July 5, roughly 3.6 million people are at risk of eviction in the next two months. Emily Benfer, visiting professor of law and public health at Wake Forest University, joins.
Minorities struggle for headway in the legal weed business
In 2016, Massachusetts voters approved an initiative that required the state to create policies that would bring those disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs into the new legal cannabis industry. Today, minority-owned businesses make up only a small fraction of the hundreds of marijuana dispensaries in the state. Special Correspondent Kira Kay reports on why equity candidates are struggling in the legal weed industry.
California wildfire flares but within line crews have built
The fire northeast of the town of Paradise, which was largely destroyed in 2018 by the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century, has been burning since July 13 and is more than 20% contained.