Michigan artists

On today's show, we ring in the holiday weekend with a playlist of Christmas tunes by Michigan artists.

Today, a candidate for Michigan’s Supreme Court talks about his views on a hot-button decision involving a wage law and the legislature. Then, Michiganders pitch in on hurricane relief.Also, how to say “light saber” in Anishinaabemowin — the translation of Star Wars into indigenous language. Plus, artist Hadassah GreenSky on her path discovering her own creative heritage.

An unexpected hot streak stokes Tiger baseball playoff dreams, indigenous opposition to a Sleeping Bear Dunes trail extension, the Michigander editing Wordle for the New York Times, and a graphic artists explores the aging process.

When queer folk icon Phranc was performing as the self-proclaimed "all-American Jewish lesbian folksinger," she managed to carve out a space for herself with bright, cheery songs that celebrated queer love as often as they dealt with the darker realities of prejudice. This fall, Phranc is on the University of Michigan's campus for a residency with the University of Michigan. We talked to Phranc about her lifelong journey to make space for queer people—herself included—to be themselves.

A painting by Kalamazoo-born artist Titus Kaphar on display Grosse Pointe North High School. Some find it inspiring, while others are more dismayed by its meaning.

Mobile home residents file Federal lawsuit, an introspective painting sparks conversation in Gross Pointe, and an attempt to restore a once common Great Lakes fish

Getting Michiganders ready for the coming solar eclipse, tourist season, and construction season compete in Traverse City, and we visit the studio of a Grand Rapids-based multimedia artist.

New bills regarding birth control accessibility, the inspiration and work of a singer-songwriter based in northern Michigan, a conversation with the Michigan State University Womxn of Color Initiatives' 2024 Artist-in-Residence, and one year of the Dearborn Department of Health.

Painter, educator, and gallerist Nora Chapa Mendoza received the 2024 Kresge Eminent Artist Award. Stateside visited her home and studio in West Bloomfield.

A catch-up on automotive no-fault insurance reform bills and other legislative news, a speculative fiction novel imagining a world where the French never ceded Detroit, and a conversation with the Detroit-based painter, educator, activist who has recently won the 2024 Kresge Eminent Artist Award.