One Detroit Staff

Peter Whorf and Yuval Sharon interview about Michigan Opera Theatre stepping off the stage to bring audiences theatre in a way they’ve never seen by presenting the opera in the MOTs parking structure.

It’s been almost three weeks since historic flooding hit the Detroit area, and people are still looking for answers as to why the region’s sewage system couldn’t handle the water. Investigations are underway, and federal help is coming.

Christy takes a closer look at a series of reports on sexual harassment and the culture of sexism in Lansing that has people talking around the state. Plus, Nolan Finley, talks with U of M Chief Health Officer, Dr. Preeti Malani about U of M’s stance on requiring for students returning in the fall and what parents of younger children in the 12-15 age group should know about the COVID vaccine.

The Tuskegee Airmen National Museum celebrates a monumental move and an 80 year milestone. More on Ray Gray’s story; Wayne Co. Prosecutor Worthy says commutation is a possibility

Joan Belgrave is Detroit’s most noted jazz singer and is known for her soothing voice. Joan talks with Christy McDonald about lost gigs and uncertainty during the pandemic as well as her exploration of feeling grief having lost people to COVID, her late husband and jazz musician, Marcus Belgrave, and how she’s found healing through music.

Will Glover looked at what’s in the police reform bills pending in the Michigan Senate and who gets a say in what goes in them from Democratic State Senator Stephanie Chang & Republican State Senator Jim Runestad, two of many sponsors of the bill package who also shed light on why the bills are lacking in punitive measures for law enforcement agencies that don’t follow police reform policies.

As the school year comes to an end, Christy McDonald reflects on what we’ve learned about education with executive director of Education Trust Midwest Amber Arellano.

Veteran Detroit hip-hop artist Deidre D.S. Sense paired her latest album “Copper St. Chrysalis” with what she called her Quarantine Concert Series. The three-part video series starting with “A walk in the Park” was meant to get people moving wherever they are and remind them that even if we’re alone we still need to go out into the world and take a walk in the park to reconnect with ourselves and feel a little better.

Aaron Dworkin from Arts Engines talks with Dr. Eugene Rogers about the powerful multi-movement choral work by Atlanta-based composer Joel Thompson titled Seven Last Words of the Unarmed.

Christy talks with Univ. of Michigan Labor Economist Dr. Betsey Stevenson and Julie Kashen from The Century Foundation for more on the ascendancy of women in the workforce pre-pandemic and the setbacks they’re facing now.