Libraries

Four branches of the Detroit Public Library system will close this week, despite a last-minute push to keep them open.Supporters of the four branches…

One Michigan library wants to help clear up the confusion many people have about the legal issues concerning medical marijuana.Edith Burney is a youth…

As Michigan Radio's Sarah Cwiek reported last February, "libraries face a tough paradox. People tend to use them more when the economy is bad. But a bad…

Michigan boasts plenty of summer festivals celebrating fruit, vegetables, music, and food. But there’s a relatively new festival that pays homage to the…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-968206.mp3What happens when your local library shuts its doors? That’s a…

Predicting the future can be a dangerous thing. When I was a child in the early nineteen-sixties, I used to watch a television show that predicted how…

People losing their local Borders bookstore may turn to their local library for books and DVD’s. But that may put an even bigger strain on Michigan’s…