After months of complaints from staff members and two investigations, the Detroit school district has suspended the principal at Thirkell Elementary-Middle School for 30 days.
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: Summer author series at The Whitney mansion
The Detroit Writing Room is starting up the second year of its Summer Author Series at The Whitney.
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Detroit nonprofit aims to serve youth, connect community with Merit Park
Give Merit just broke ground on Merit Park, a center geared toward engaging Detroit youth through a mix of fashion, entrepreneurship, athletics and arts.
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Black women take center stage in Detroit theater company’s latest production
Plowshares Theatre Company will debut, “The House That Will Not Stand,” Thursday at The Carr Center.
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Culture Canvas: Michigan Central open house
Micah Walker has a recap of the Michigan Central open house festivities and other must-see Detroit events.
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Artist jessica Care moore ready to take on new role as Detroit’s poet laureate
The multi-hyphenate moore – also an activist, recording artist, founder of book publishing company Moore Black Press, filmmaker and mother – is the city’s third poet laureate.
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Culture Canvas: An ode to Seven Mile and Livernois
BridgeDetroit reporter Micah Walker talks with Tiff Massey about the inspiration behind her new exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Posted inArts & Culture, Police & Public Safety
Detroit police: ‘We did not shut down Cinco de Mayo’
White said the people who were ticketed were mostly for public intoxication or disorderly conduct and some food trucks were unlicensed.
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Tiff Massey brings ‘7 Mile + Livernois’ to the DIA in new exhibit
Tiff Massey’s “7 Mile + Livernois” features new sculptures commissioned by the DIA, along with works by several other artists from the museum’s collection. The exhibit opens Sunday.
Posted inArts & Culture, Education
Former Detroit diner owner leading Downtown Boxing Gym’s culinary arts program
Molly Mitchell, the former owner of Detroit diner Rose’s Fine Food, became DBG’s associate director of culinary arts in January.