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Now hiring an Individual Giving Officer! The Individual Giving Officer at Detroit PBS and 90.9 WRCJ is responsible for proactively increasing the pipeline of donors and funds from mid-level to major to support the organization’s mission and operations. Learn more & apply here: https://lnkd.in/gBAPFqkY

The Republican National Convention kicks off TODAY July 15 and lasts through Thursday, July 18. Each day of the convention, PBS NewsHour will have special coverage gavel to gavel, with a continuous stream from the main floor. Anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett will host on-air special analysis with a group of panelists and special guests, including Judy Woodruff, Amy Walter, David Brooks, and Jonathan Capehart. Correspondent Lisa Desjardins will report from the convention floor, talking to delegates and elected officials. Watch Monday-Thursday at 8pm on Detroit PBS, the PBS app, or online: https://lnkd.in/g3T7jvX

We are deeply saddened to learn of the untimely passing of Barbara Vitali, longtime manager of the beloved trio Il Volo, and our key point of contact throughout all the nearly 15 years that Detroit PBS has produced Il Volo's passionate musical performances for PBS on both sides of the Atlantic. Our hearts go out to Barbara's family, friends and colleagues - and to the members of Il Volo. Barbara was a wonderful person and a fierce advocate for the group, and she will be greatly missed by many. (Photo courtesy of la Repubblica)

Join celebrated author Sandra Cisneros for an engaging discussion on her classic novel, The House on Mango Street. 🏠 Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, this timeless tale is renowned as one of the most profound neighborhood stories ever written, expertly capturing the essence of childhood and self-discovery. Comparable to Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street and Toni Morrison’s Sula, Cisneros paints a vibrant world with her poetic and straightforward prose. Don't miss this exceptional PBS Books event as part of The Library of Congress 2024 National Book Festival! Watch here at 8pm: https://lnkd.in/gPGFfShr #NatBookFest

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Get ready to be inspired! 📚✨ Join PBS Books for the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival Virtual Author Talk Series - kicking off in ONE WEEK! Hear from this year's featured authors as they dive into their latest books and reveal the fascinating stories behind them. Let's celebrate how "Books Build Us Up!"—the uplifting theme of the 2024 National Book Festival. Don't miss out! 📖💬 Check out the full lineup here: https://lnkd.in/gYzbHr2V #NatBookFest

Get excited to join the PBS Books Readers Club for an exclusive interview with Olivia Ford, author of Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame. 🎙️✨ Don't miss out on this literary adventure! Stream on our Facebook page TONIGHT at 8pm: https://lnkd.in/gUH-bb78

The Detroit & The American City Symposium, held June 11, brought together several hundred people from around the country to grapple with the city’s historic and present challenges and inequities while also uplifting the city’s strength, ingenuity and promise, pointing to the opportunities that lie ahead. The day featured fireside chats, panel discussions and short talks that examined the regeneration, abundance and resilience of Detroit and how we look to the past to inform a reimagined future. You can catch the symposium on Detroit PBS at 12 p.m. EDT on June 25. Watch: https://lnkd.in/gJ8JCr-z

Lovers of the arts on PBS, you’ve got a new place to find episodes of Penny Stamps Speaker Series – featuring conversations with many of today’s most engaging artists! ALL ARTS in partnership with University of Michigan, Detroit PBS and PBS Books has added Penny Stamps to its national lineup of arts programming online and on the PBS app. Check out their featured conversations for #PrideMonth here: https://lnkd.in/gET2QEiv - and check back each month this summer for additional themed collections!

Hastings Street, on Detroit’s near-Eastside was once the crowded, bustling landing spot for the tens of thousands of Jewish immigrants, as well as other migrant groups, who began settling in the area in 1881 to escape pogroms and violent antisemitism in Eastern Europe. The neighborhood has long disappeared, buried beginning in the late 1940’s under the concrete of the Chrysler Freeway, a victim of what used to be called “urban renewal.” But the experiences and cultural contributions of those immigrants and of the Black Detroiters who began to move into the neighborhood from the South after World War I are an important chapter in the history of the city. Now, Jewish Historical Society of Michigan has created an exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum, honoring this heritage. Entitled “In the Neighborhood: Everyday Life on Hastings Street,” it captures the struggles and vitality of these new Detroiters. Two years in the making, the exhibit is a masterpiece of innovative scholarship and storytelling. The re-creation of the humble households of these most working-class families includes furniture, utensils, place settings and religious artifacts that come primarily from the descendants of Hastings Street residents. The exhibit also makes use of virtual reality, century-old maps and arresting historic family photographs (some improved by use of artificial intelligence). And the Black community’s role in the Hastings Street saga also is featured prominently. It is perhaps even better known, because of its musical and entertainment legacy. Jewish-owned integrated nightclubs, like Club Harlem and the Flame Show Bar, are where Detroiters of many backgrounds came to hear and dance to the artists who were later to put the city on the musical map as the backbone of The Sound of Young America, Motown. In fact, Berry Gordy’s sister, Gwen Gordy Fuqua, worked as a house photographer at the Flame Show Bar, leaving a visual record of the people and places that made this a remarkable cultural moment in time. As the city debates what to do with the freeway that obliterated life on Hastings Street, this exhibit pays homage to all that was lost and all that should be remembered. Be sure to go check it out before July 14.