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Join Kresge Arts in Detroit and WDET 101.9FM Culture Shift host Ryan Patrick Hooper for this week's Virtual Artist Salon at 6 p.m. EST tomorrow (Feb. 23) with Kresge 2021 Artist Fellows:
• Zig Zag Claybourne is an author of stories and essays on sci fi, fandom and life. He grew up watching The Twilight Zone and considers himself a better person for it.
https://bit.ly/3LQy8KN
• B. Van Randall is a writer and creator of graphic novels and comic books that seek to tell compelling stories of fantasy, science fiction, horror & action that feature African American (and other people of color) and LGBTQ leads.
https://bit.ly/3IdSpb6
• Solomon Johnson is a visual & literary storyteller. In 2015, his youngest daughter inspired him to write a children’s story. Ultimately, this led him to author a four-part series and he is now illustrating his first children's book.
https://bit.ly/35gofFu
Learn more and register here:
https://bit.ly/3BGDOCI
The City of Auburn Hills is considering opting out of SMART transit (bussing) for its residents. Listen right now to WDET 101.9FM for a discussion on this issue. 3 out of 4 citizens in Auburn Hills overwhelmingly voted to approve public transit in their community. If you are concerned about the removal of public transit access for communities like Auburn Hills and surrounding Oakland County communities, attend the Auburn Hills City Council meeting THIS EVENING at 7:00 pm at 1827 N. Squirrel Road in the Council Chamber. The agenda for this meeting can be found here:
https://bit.ly/35dAiDk
Listen in NOW (Mon 9am) to WDET 101.9FM discuss public transit on #DetroitToday with Stephen Henderson.
Oakland County Commission Chair Dave Woodward and TRU ally Transit Guide: Detroit's Dave Gifford will each talk about transit in Auburn Hills and throughout Oakland County!
Call in at 313-577-1019 to share your experiences, opinions, and ideas.
Details about this issue at
https://wdet.org/2022/02/18/auburn-hills-to-vote-on-whether-to-opt-out-of-smart/
"What's MODERN JAZZ MEETS MUSICAL THEATRE?" you ask???
Check out this sneak peek from last night's rehearsal, grab your tickets and come see the MAGIC that is happening in "The Maas" at The Encore!
Feb. 18 and 19 ONLY
Get your tickets here:
https://theencoretheatre.org/2021-22-full-season/
#theMaas #themaasattheencore #modernjazz #migueldelacerna #livemusic WEMU 89.1 Detroiters Who Miss WJZZ 105.9 FM WDET 101.9FM
Friday Night is Detroit Jazz Fest Night! 🎧🎼🎺
At 5:30 ET it's JazzChat! Live. Click 👉
https://bit.ly/3LkPRtI for FREE access to this compelling conversation.
At 9 ET it's Jazz from the Cellar! Tune in on Facebook Live, YouTube, our app or WDET 101.9FM.
#jazz #detroitjazzfest #detroitjazz #jazzmusic
During the #SuperBowl LVI halftime show, #OaklandTogether40 Alumni Sean Forbes offered an American Sign Language (#ASL) rendition of the show for the deaf and hard of hearing community. Learn more as WDET 101.9FM interviews the #OaklandCounty native about his journey:
http://ow.ly/4I9Q50HXSeT.
"You know for the past several years I’ve made the Super Bowl accessible in my studio right here in #Ferndale. We would always fly different deaf people to perform to the artist. We weren’t able to do that this year with the pandemic. Going from doing it here in Ferndale to actually going to the Super Bowl? That’s a huge step! It’s huge!" - Sean Forbes
Since the early 1900s kids from both sides of the tracks and every color would sneak out to get in on the nightlife down on Hastings Street. Although the hangouts of young Berry Gordy and John Lee Ho**er have long been demolished, one still stands and continues to provide a spacious yet intimate theater space for Detroit entertainers. The Hastings Street Ballroom and Tangent Gallery will be alive with music of the past once again when The Satin Doll R***e returns on February 27, 2022, at 7p. The theater located at 715 E. Milwaukee offers cabaret seating and the gallery will be open featuring the Out of the Mouth of Jazz exhibit before the show. Tickets are $40 per person available online thru EventBrite. Come celebrate with Billie Holiday (Sky Covington), Sarah Vaughan (Kimmie Horne), Bessie Smith (Thornetta Davis), Nina Simone (Faye Bradford), Dinah Washington (Nina Simone Neal), Etta James (Tosha Owens), and Carmen McRae (DJ Lady Love) because we all deserve a little jazz in our life!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-satin-doll-revue-tickets-245716844697
The Satin Doll R***e Unlimited Sky Production LLC Sky Covingtonll #thesatindollrevue #Detroitjazz #livejazz #jazz #hastingsstreet #hastingsstreetballroom #tangentgallery #vocaljazz #jazzgreats #jazzlegends #bestofthebestDetroit
It's a Detroit Jazz Fest Foundation Friday night double bill!
JazzChat Live! at 5:30 ET. Register 👇.
Jazz from the Cellar at 9 ET on Facebook Live, You Tube, our app, and WDET 101.9FM !
JazzChat registration link:
https://bit.ly/3LkPRtI
#detroitjazzfest #jazz #jazzmusic Keyon Harrold
The 3rd episode of the "Tracked & Traced" podcast investigates the scope and effectiveness of ShotSpotter in Detroit. Then, Jonathan Manes of the MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern University shares the findings of a report on ShotSpotter’s widespread use in Chicago.
Listen Here:
https://bit.ly/TTpodcast_3
This podcast is hosted by MSU Science Gallery in partnership with WDET 101.9FM Detroit's NPR Station.
Enjoy thrilling performances from 3 Detroit bands on an encore of Detroit Performs, curated by WDET 101.9FM's Chris Campbell.
See the amazing Candace Nicole Experience, Monique Ella Rose Music, and Laura Rain and The Caesars - TONIGHT at 7:30p ET!
Mark your calendar 📆 for Jazz from the Cellar 🎹this Friday night at 9 ET!
Catch the Wayne State University Jazz Faculty Nonet on Facebook Live, @YouTube, our app, or WDET 101.9FM!
#jazz #jazzmusic #freejazz Wayne State University Wayne State College Department of Music