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Connecting the dots between striking workers in the auto and entertainment industries, a conversation with the author of a novel based on two lovers' secret code, and creating a support system for Black women tattoo artists.
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Today, we talked basketball ahead of tonight's Sweet 16 game of Michigan State versus Kansas State. Then, a conversation about how ketamine — a hallucinogenic drug with origins in Detroit — might be used to treat a range of mental health disorders. Plus, a special visit to a Romulus collage artist's studio.
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There are a lot of pink sweaters out there in the world to choose from. That's why fashion designer Rey Pador wants to make designs that surprise.
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Today, we relistened to three conversations about the arts in southeast Michigan. One was with a landscape designer whose work is on Belle Isle; another with a quilting artist from Ann Arbor; and the last with a Detroit-based sculptor.
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You might think of puppetry as a kids art form. The folks performing at this weekend's Detroit Puppet Slam would beg to differ.
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Detroit artist Scott Hocking showed us around the city that in many ways is his studio. He's a specialist in creating beauty in the spaces most people have left behind, but his latest installation is much more public facing: in front of the Huntington Place convention center downtown.
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Today, we heard an interview with two state representatives who discussed their bipartisan bill that would incentivize safe firearm storage in homes. After that, we listened to an interview with a Detroit artist.
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A group of teens are changing the theater landscape in Detroit. But they're not reinventing the wheel — instead they're building off of the Mexican Carpas theater tradition to create whimsical, bilingual performances. The group is called La Carpa Theatre and is run by artist Karilú Alarcón Forshee.
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Plowshares Theatre Company returns to the stage with the world premier of Hastings Street, a musical "set on the cusp of change in Detroit." We speak with the writer and composer of the musical, and we hear from the director of Plowshares about the company's return to in-person theatre.
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Detroit-based creative, Sterling Toles, is best known for his deep catalogue of sounds, beats, and pieces. But he is also an accomplished visual artist. His first solo exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is called s(h)elves, and it's on view now through June 12.