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.
Detroit PBS - One Detroit
One Detroit: Nate Wallace / Seven Last Words of the Unarmed / Hannah Lydia Wilson / AXD
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.
One Detroit: Impact of Women Leaving the Workforce / Roles of Mothers During COVID-19
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.
One Detroit: Anti-Asian Hate / Asian Americans Rising to be Heard
Earlier this month, One Detroit hosted a virtual town hall called How We Got Here: The Asian American Experience in Metro Detroit. We talked about an array of issues affecting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders here including the legacy of Vincent Chin.
One Detroit: Punk Music in Detroit / Women in Jazz / History of Almond Boneless Chicken
Founder and Artistic Director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, Terri Lyne Carrington, speaks to the role of women in jazz, plus punk in Detroit and almond chicken
One Detroit: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang DIA project / Impact of Collaborations / Detroit Filipino Supper Club / Dave Bennett Quartet
Will Glover talks to journalist, activist, and poet Frances Kai – Hwa Wang about the poem she wrote that accompanies a dance performed by AAPI women for the Lost Constellations project commissioned by the DIA. The project explores the connections between identity, the wisdom of elders and much more.
One Detroit: Ken Quattro / Thornetta Davis / Sabrina Nelson / Detroit Youth Choir
Ken Quattro author of “The Invisable Men: the Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books.” Thornetta Davis talks COVID, career, and a song featured in a Georiga senate election ad.
One Detroit: In-Home Healthcare / College with COVID / Ministry Beyond Church
Michigan needs tens of thousands more home health aides right now to care for seniors seeking to remain at home in their final years.
One Detroit: Detroit Design / Beer Tours / Asbury Park Movie / Strohs
In a segment from the documentary Detroit Designs the World, we explore the Architect of the world trade center Minoru Yamasaki, and the mark he left through his designs on the city of Detroit.
One Detroit: Detroit Sports / Garlin Gilchrist / Derek Chauvin
Head back in time when Detroit sports reigned–33 championships in a single year. Overcoming vaccine hesitancy and access in Detroit with Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist.
