**We are pleased to share this new podcast from our friends at Detroit History Club, featuring its executive director Bailey Sisoy Moore with History Tours producer and tour-guide Kevin Walsh (also a Digging Detroit producer). More information, photos and even a Maurice Salad recipe on the Detroit History Club’s website. The legend and magic of […]
“Peeping Tomb” – Sunlight & Stained Glass in Detroit’s Historic Woodlawn Cemetery
Original published in www.MyMediaDiary.com. Photography by Kevin Walsh Detroit’s Woodlawn Cemetery offers a unique historical walk through Detroit’s golden era, founded in the late 1890s by Detroit’s captains of industry and politics I first encountered the magic of Woodlawn on a walking tour with Bailey Sisoy-Moore, founder of Detroit History Tours. I then was forutnate […]
“Yes honey, I am.” The Day I Met Royalty
I had several jobs while I was in college. DJ, coach, camp counselor. But the one I kept going back to was my job as a banquet waiter in Detroit. The money was great. Anything over 4 hrs was overtime. And tips were automatically included. Yes, it was a union job. My mother got myself […]
Student Projects: A Tour of Boblo
Boblo Island Documentary by Caroline Bree Digging Detroit is proud to share a look at former amusement park, Boblo Island, produced by Caroline Bree of Grosse Pointe South High School. The project received an Excellence Award at the 48th Michigan Student Festival at the DIA on April 23, 2016–produced by the non-profit Digital Arts Film […]
New Podcast: Detroit Blues Society
Join Digging Detroit host Pete Kalinski from Royal Oak’s Boo’s Music Bistro inside Mr. B’s Restaurant as he welcomes two of the city’s foremost fans and promoters of Detroit’s legendary blues legacy–President of the Detroit Blues Society, Steve Soviak and Vice President Tom McNab. It’s first meeting in 1985 began a multi-decade of transformations to increase public interest in […]
New Episode! Dearborn’s Arab American National Museum
Some Arab Americans in metro Detroit trace their family back five generations, to the 1880s–while some have only just arrived. To honor metro-Detroit’s extensive role in offering haven and opportunity to one of the most influential waves of immigrants to the United States, Dearborn was selected as the site for the ten-year old Arab American National Museum. […]
Prince – December 10th, 1981 at Detroit’s Cobo Arena: The First Time I Heard Music
Like most kids growing up in Suburban Detroit, I was first introduced to Prince by The Electrifying Mojo, the legendary underground DJ on WGPR. I was a card carrying member of the Midnight Funk Association. Mojo had been going on for hours about this 19year-old kid from Minneapolis who was going to take over the […]
New Podcast! Archivist Roundup 2 – Detroit’s Jewish History
Tune in to our latest podcast, another Archivist’s Roundup as we visit with four archivists and historians about Detroit’s rich and varied Jewish history. The archivists share how they collect and preserve the stories of Detroit’s Jewish community and also how they help connect today’s generation with their heritage. Host: Pete Kalinski Guests: Aimee Ergas -Collections Archivist […]
New Podcast! Part 2 – Amazing Women of Michigan History
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New! Episode 17: Birthplace of the Model T – The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
In 1904, Henry Ford purchased three acres beside a railroad line off Woodward and moved his new car company from Mack to Piquette Avenue. Join Digging Detroit with special guest Tom Genova and come explore the historic Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, rescued from demolition and transformed into an amazing collection of priceless cars and fascinating […]