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A sneak peek at the 46th annual Detroit Jazz Festival
Season 53
Episode 32
It’s almost time for one of Detroit’s most popular annual events. The Detroit Jazz Festival takes place over the Labor Day weekend. We’ll sit down for a conversation with the head of the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation and two of this year’s musicians. Plus, we’ll reveal the official poster for this year’s event. And, we’ll have a performance by the festival’s artist-in-residence, Jason Moran.
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A decade after the Flint water crisis and a preview of the 2024 Small Business Workshop.
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Detroit Family Caregivers’ Project creates caregiving ministries in local Black churches.
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National Minority Health Month and the NFL Draft’s impact on tourism in Detroit.
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The Wolverine Bar’s Barristers’ Ball, attorney Ben Crump and jazz drummer Brian Blade.
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‘The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit,” film, “Regeneration” Black cinema exhibit.
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Wayne State University’s Black men’s health symposium and the 20th annual Bookstock.
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A conversation with poet Nikki Giovanni and an eight-year-old Detroit girl’s viral story.
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Detroit’s Neighborhood Vitality Index and Ruth E. Carter’s exhibit at the Wright Museum.
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Grow Detroit’s Young Talent summer jobs program and Detroit DJ Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale.