The Detroit festival is one of AfroFuture’s first events in the United States after hosting Africa Day in New York City in May.
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.
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Culture Canvas: Celebrating Detroit’s parks
The Detroit Parks Coalition recently released a pocket guide full of tidbits and photos of parks across Detroit.
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Sidewalk Festival celebrates 10th year with art, music at Eliza Howell Park
The two-day event, which kicks off Friday, will feature a mix of art installations, food, musical and dance performances and workshops centered around wellness and environmental justice.
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Culture Canvas: Musical sounds from the park
The next concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Eliza Howell Park as part of the Sidewalk Festival.
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Here’s what 14 candidates for the Detroit school board had to say in interviews this week
The board seat opened this month after Angelique Peterson-Mayberry resigned. The new member will finish out her term, which runs through the end of 2026
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Inaugural Chinatown Block Party celebrates renewed interest in Detroit’s historic Asian neighborhood
The free event will have food, DJs, children’s activities, movie screenings and more. It runs 12-8 p.m. Saturday at Cass and Peterboro in Detroit.
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Amid questions over ChatGPT use, Detroit school board candidate withdraws
A survey response attributed to Traci Ricks included text that appeared to have been copied and pasted from a dialogue with ChatGPT.
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Nonprofit The Vision Detroit building creative community for young artists
Whether in music, painting or other art forms, the nonprofit provides Detroit artists opportunities to perfect their crafts — and be inspired by other creatives.
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Culture Canvas: A deeper dive on Detroit books
Authors Curtis Chin and Alex B. Hill recently appeared at the Detroit Festival of Books and talked to BridgeDetroit about their books.
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Here are the 15 candidates who will be interviewed to fill the open Detroit school board seat
All of the candidates will be interviewed during four special board meetings July 21-24.