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Detroit Opera's artistic director Yuval Sharon discusses everything you never imagined opera could be. Join us as we hear about a performance with VR headsets and green screens, a reverse-order operatic classic, and more.

In the 1950s, a thriving Black neighborhood in Detroit was demolished under the guise of urban renewal. More than 60 years later, the new musical Hastings Street sets out to tell the story of the Black Bottom neighborhood and its people.

A discussion about police presence at pride month parades. Then, details about a new theatrical project about unhoused people. Followed by a conversation about the state of money in high profile political primaries. We end the week with a little cocktail mixology.

In 1914, Elsie Roxborough was born into a wealthy, Black family in Detroit. But when she died in 1949, her death certificate listed her as white. Her life was rich, curious and at times, troubled, all while attempting a sort of high-wire-act of living multiple lives, between cities and names and races.

Octavia Butler's 1993 book, Parable of the Sower draws readers into a 2024 America ripped apart by poverty, corporate greed, and climate calamity — as a teenage girl leads a rag-tag group of followers through a scary world. Two of Butler's most famous fans, Toshi Reagon and her mother Bernice Johnson Reagon have adapted Parable of the Sower into an opera, premiering in Michigan this weekend.

Michigan-born playwright Noah Haidle’s Broadway debut was just about to happen — in 2020, the year COVID doused the stage lights. But now, Birthday Candles, is back, and he’s here to tell us about it.

Hear an update on where Michigan is at with the pandemic, plus the big takeaways from Whitmer's newest budget proposal. Playwright Noah Haidle joins to talk "Birthday Candles", and two Ukrainian nationals living in metro Detroit weigh in on rising tensions at the Ukrainian border.

When Broadway went dark due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world jumped to action. Charities formed. Ghost lights illuminated darkened theaters. Zoom…

Today on Stateside, a number of Michigan universities are mandating vaccines ahead of the fall semester. We'll talk to the president of Wayne State about…

Today on Stateside, fully vaccinated Americans will soon be able to cross the border into Canada for non-essential travel. We'll hear from a reporter…