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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.

In honor of Juneteenth, join us for a conversation with Loretta J. Ross, activist, public intellectual, MacArthur Foundation "Genius" award recipient, associate professor at Smith College, and inductee into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Ross brings all her experiences and dynamic personality to her opening keynote: How to be an effective activist in times of hate and divisiveness, at the annual Juneteenth Symposium of the University of Michigan. Stream the conversation on PBS Books Facebook page or YouTube channel TONIGHT June 20 at 8pm. https://lnkd.in/g75mewkn

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"Detroit is a city of neighborhoods... and they are all special" -Luther Keith Mark the calendars for August 3rd for Arise Detroit's Neighborhoods Day. 100 events across neighborhoods in Detroit. Activities in the neighborhoods include gospel music, beautification projects, school supplies giveaways, ice cream, art performances, games and more. Learn more about how your community, neighborhood, or organization can participate. https://lnkd.in/ePBDnuXQ #MyNeighborhoodMatters

Get ready for an unforgettable journey through Indigenous creativity and history with the Heard Museum in Phoenix! Join PBS Books & the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a special livestream event celebrating Native American culture, history, and present-day policy, focusing on amplifying under heard stories and exploring Indigenous contributions in arts, culture, and sports. Stream on our Facebook page TONIGHT June 19 at 8pm: https://lnkd.in/gUiDQQfV

We are thrilled to announce "One Detroit" and "Great Lakes Now" took home three NATAS - Michigan Chapter awards this past weekend! 🏆🎉 “Great Lakes Now” received honors in two categories: Best Magazine Program and Best Lifestyle for its segment on ice climbing. “One Detroit” received its award for Best Public Affairs Program. The winners were announced Saturday, June 15, by the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Thank you to our viewers and supporters for being part of this journey. Congratulations to everyone involved in this accomplishment! Find more information on our award-winning programs: https://lnkd.in/giMKtjHJ