Micah has details on a weekend performance that’s sure to get you in the holiday spirit. Plus, the latest arts and culture news.
Micah Walker
Micah Walker joins the BridgeDetroit team covering the arts and culture and education in the city.
Originally from the metro Detroit area, she is back in her home state after two years in Ohio. Micah was previously a trending/ general assignment reporter at The Columbus Dispatch, where she covered a wide range of areas such as the arts, child care and the homeless population. She was also a general assignment reporter for The Marion Star, covering the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as education and business.
Micah is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, receiving her bachelor’s degree in journalism.
In 2022, Micah was selected as a fellow for the National Press Foundation’s Widening the Pipeline fellowship, a year-long program that offers multimedia and leadership training to early career journalists of color.
Posted inArts & Culture
Dance company aims to show different side of ballet at Detroit Opera House debut
Complexions will make a stop in Detroit for two performances at the Detroit Opera House this weekend as part of its 30th anniversary tour.
Posted inArts & Culture
Female DJs spin true Detroit sound
Ahead of World Techno Day on Dec. 9, two prominent Detroit DJs talk techno, inspiration and upcoming projects.
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MOCAD celebrates 100 years of surrealism
Micah writes on four new exhibits at MOCAD. Plus, Detroit’s latest arts and culture news and happenings.
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City to pay Southwest Detroit artist for redo of accidentally erased mural
The city of Detroit painted over a mural in Southwest Detroit that was a tribute to the artists’ late daughter, mistaking it for graffiti.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture Canvas
A spotlight on Mexico’s women activists
The production “Peregrina” is running through Saturday at Plaza Del Norte inside the Mexicantown Latino Cultural Center in Southwest Detroit.
Posted inArts & Culture, Business
New Center art gallery, bakery in jeopardy of closing after 8 months
Last month, Someday’s owners launched a GoFundMe page in an effort to raise the $75,000 they need to keep their business from closing.
Posted inEducation
Detroit school board approves union contracts with pay increases
DPSCD approved tentative two-year contracts with the Detroit Federation of Paraprofessionals and other unions during a Tuesday board meeting.
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Culture Canvas: Celebrating Detroit’s youth artists
InsideOut Literary Arts is hosting a free release event from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Next Chapter Books on Detroit’s east side for its poetry chapbook.
Posted inEducation, Political and Public Policy Information
New and returning Detroit school board members focused on tackling chronic absenteeism, literacy rates
Incumbent board member Sherry Gay-Dagnogo came out on top Tuesday among the candidates in a bid for a second term, followed by Monique Bryant and Ida Simmons Short.