Category: Art & Culture
5/02/22: One Detroit – Lost Constellations, Merit School of Music, Filipino Supper Club, Dave Bennett Quartet
Originally posted on August 2, 2021. Updated on May 2, 2022. This Week on One Detroit, Arts &...
Read MoreTrumpeter, Composer Kris Johnson Directs DSO’s Paradise Jazz Series Big Band Debut Performance
WRCJ 90.9 FM host Cecelia Sharpe sits down with Kris Johnson to talk about his upcoming role in and excitement for the Paradise Jazz Series Big Band debut concert. Plus, the duo discusses Detroit’s rich jazz history in celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month in April.
Read MoreVocalist Joan Ellison Personifies Judy Garland in New ‘Get Happy’ Live Performance
A new live performance arranged by vocalist Joan Ellison is paying tribute to the iconic American actress and singer Judy Garland’s centennial. WRCJ 90.9 FM radio host Cecelia Sharpe sat down with Ellison for a look at Judy Garland’s legacy and how her live show “Get Happy” got started.
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4/25/22: One Detroit – Detroit Sugarbush Project, Joan Ellison, Mint Artists Guild, ‘The Great Gate of Kyiv’
One Detroit contributor AJ Walker joins the Detroit Sugarbush Project for a culturally significant day in Rouge Park collecting sap from the maple trees. Vocalist Joan Ellison joins WRCJ 90.9 FM radio host Cecelia Sharpe to talk about her upcoming show “Get Happy,” paying tribute to Judy Garland. Plus, contributor Marcus Green talks with the Mint Artists Guild’s newly elected board vice president Alexis Bagley about her role in uplifting youth artists.
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4/18/22: One Detroit – Sanders Candy, Stroh’s Beer, Architect Minoru Yamasaki, Asbury Park Film
This week, One Detroit gets the scoop on the history of Sanders Candy. We take a look at Detroit’s beer history with Stroh’s. A DPTV documentary looks into the life and legacy of architect Minoru Yamasaki. Plus, Detroit filmmaker Ken Williams discusses his film “Asbury Park”
Read MoreSpotlighting Detroit Talent: KAF21 Film Series Features 2021 Kresge Artist Fellows, Local Filmmakers
One Detroit Arts & Culture connects with Kresge Arts in Detroit to hear more about the organization’s KAF21 Film Series special, featuring 20 videos made by the 2021 Kresge Artist Fellows and Detroit-based filmmakers.
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4/04/22: One Detroit – Jazz Pianist Alexis Lombre, JazzFest Lineup, DSO In-Person, History of Islam
This week, One Detroit features a conversation with and performance from jazz pianist Alexis Lombre, an announcement of the 2021 Detroit Jazz Festival lineup, an update from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on returning in-person and a religious diversity journey through the history of Islam.
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Remembering Anne Parsons: Longtime DSO President Passed Away After Battle With Cancer
Our city lost one of its great cultural leaders on the eve of Monday, March 28, 2022. Detroit Symphony Orchestra President Emeritus Anne Parsons passed away following a courageous battle with cancer. Parsons presided over the DSO from 2004 until last year when she stepped down for health reasons.
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3/28/21: One Detroit – Henry Ford Museum, Hamilton Producer, Plowshares Theatre, BLM Protest Photography
This week, Chastity Pratt chats one-on-one with ‘Hamilton’ producer and metro-Detroit native Jeffrey Seller; Christy McDonald hears more about the Henry Ford Museum’s post-pandemic re-opening; Will Glover talks with the Plowshares Theatre Company about its upcoming ‘Hstings Street’ virtual performance; and Bill Kubota talks with Detroit Free Press photographer Mandi Wright about covering Detroit’s Black Lives Matter protests.
Read MoreSeason of Change: Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Searches for New Musical Director
WRCJ 90.9FM Producer and host Peter Whorf sits down with Calderini to talk about the exciting changes that are coming for the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra next season as well as the performances it still has left in its spring 2021-2022 season.
Read MoreThe Scarab Club Showcases Memorial Art Exhibit for Artist, Mentor Gilda Snowden
Producer AJ Walker takes viewers to the Gilda Snowden Memorial Art Exhibit opening to see the works from local artists on display this year, as well as to hear first-hand anecdotes of Snowden’s community impact and cultural legacy of the late Detroit artist, community leader and mentor.
Read MoreMore Than Makeup: Visual Artist Tre Marcel Talks About Transformational Nature of Makeup
One Detroit Arts & Culture host Satori Shakoor meets visual artist Tre Marcel to hear how she’s got her start as a makeup artist, the inspiration she finds from other mediums she works in, and what she wants her clients to take from how she embellishes their beauty.
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