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7/24/01
The Riot Diaries
Tamar Charney
During the 1960s, riots erupted in many American cities including Detroit. African Americans
were expressing their rage at the racism and inequality they experienced. Michigan Radio and the University of Michigan's Arts of Citizenship Program
have collaborated to prepare a two-part series exploring the memories of 2
Detroiters who were teenagers during the riots.
Arts of Citizenship would also like to hear your
story. E-mail them at aoc.info@umich.edu
7/20/01
A Tragic Opera Pt. 1
Tamar Charney
This week a new opera called "The Children of the Keweenaw"
is being performed in the Upper Peninsula. It is a work based on a real
life tragedy that happened in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula in 1913 during
the copper mining boom. In the first of a two part series on the opera,
Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney takes a look at the events that inspired
the art.
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"The memorial to the 1913 Italian Hall
Disaster in Calumet" photo by Tamar Charney
Click Here for more information about the legacy of copper mining in Michigan's
Keweenaw Peninsula.
7/20/01
A Tragic Opera Pt. 2
Tamar Charney
In 1913 a labor activist named Annie Clements organized a
Christmas party for the children of striking copper miners in Michigan's
Keweenaw Peninsula. During the party someone heard a cry of fire. Panic
ensued and 73 people died trying to escape from the second story of
Calumet's Italian Hall. It became known as the 1913 Italian Hall
Disaster. There was no fire and to this day know one knows for sure who
cried fire or if anyone did at all. Some say it was yelled by strike
busters. Others say it was just a misunderstanding. This week a new
opera called "The Children of the Keweenaw" is being performed in the UP.
It's inspired by this real life tragedy. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney
reports.
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7/18/01
Festival of Festivals
Tamar Charney
The Ann Arbor Art Fairs get underway today. More than
500,000 people are expected to attend the 4 art fairs in Ann Arbor.
The fairs spread out over 20 downtown blocks. But the Art Fairs aren't
the only festivals going on in the state. The Fremont Baby Food Festival
starts later this week. And Detroit is celebrating its tricentenial next
week. Basically all summer long communities across the state hold
festivals. Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney visited one recent festival to
find out what the variety of festivals in the state says about who we are,
our history, and our heritage.
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"Visitors to the Chassell Strawberry Festival in the
UP" Photo,Tamar Charney
7/13/01
The Detroit Arts Rebound
Tamar Charney
By now we've all heard the concerns about classical music. The
audience is aging and dying off, classical recordings don't sell as well
as other types of music, and schools are cutting music education. But in
reality the news isn't all bad. Over the past two years, the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra has seen an 18 percent jump in its classical
subscription sales... not the pops, not Aretha Franklin with the DSO, but
the classical series. As Michigan Radio's Tamar Charney reports the
DSO's success is rooted in the rebound of all the arts in Detroit.
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"The view down Woodward in Detroit" Photo by Tamar
Charney
7/9/01
Modern Day Huck Finns
Lester Graham
Inspired by Mark Twain novels, a trio of Huck Finns, including two from West Michigan,
are taking a raft down the Mississippi river. They started their adventure where
Mark Twain often did in his novel: Hannibal, Missouri. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Lester Graham reports.
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"Looking for an America with "substance," Mike Delano of Boston, along with Ben Doornbos and Ethan VanDrunen both from the Holland, Michigan area are making their way down the Mississippi River on the 'Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn of Michigan,' a homemade raft they hope will carry them to New Orleans." Photo credit Lester Graham
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