Children’s and young adult author Jean Alicia Elster will share excerpts from the trilogy on Thursday for the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival: “Tasting Notes at 333 Midland: Up South: Reflections of the Great Migration.”
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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DPSCD community celebrates planned return of Davis Aerospace to City Airport
The move back to the municipal airport will expand the aviation and engineering curriculum to include hands-on training and allow the school to enroll as many as 200 students
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The Black Canon, Michigan Central team to screen Black film treasures
“Black Film in Focus: Selections from Black Canon and Motor City Cinema,” will be held from 2-5 p.m. Saturday at Newlab. The screening will include rare film and TV reels from The Black Canon’s media collection.
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Culture Canvas: Dancing with my father
The Detroit-Windsor Dance Academy company is putting on a Saturday concert for its annual daddy-daughter dance just in time for Father’s Day. Plus, the latest arts and culture news and events.
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Village Pride celebrates LGBTQ residents, businesses on Detroit’s east side
Village Pride is back for its second year, taking place 2-8 p.m. Saturday at the Village Biergarten, 1420 Van Dyke.
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Detroit Public Theatre tackles aftermath of school shooting in latest production ‘Soft Target’
“Soft Target” is playing at Detroit Public Theatre and explores the aftermath of a school shooting through the eyes of nine-year-old Amanda.
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Yusef Bunchy Shakur reflects on life as he takes on top role for Michigan nonprofit
The educator, author and filmmaker, who earned a Ph.D and released a documentary about his life, was recently appointed as the new executive director ofMichigan Roundtable For Just Communities.
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The art ‘Beneath Our Feet’
here’s a new exhibition opening Saturday at the Library Street Collective. Micah has the story, plus some of the latest arts and culture news and events.
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Culture Canvas: Inside Amanda’s world
Emily Kaczmarek, the writer of Detroit Public Theatre’s latest play, “Soft Target,” talked with Micah about the new production. Plus, the latest arts and culture news and events.
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DPSCD urged to continue honoring Catherine Blackwell as namesake school is set to close
With the Catherine C. Blackwell Institute set to close in the near future, Blackwell’s niece Alberta Carter addressed the board about naming another school after the Detroit educator who died in 2014.