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A podcast for Michigan Cultures, Histories, and Geographies.

WMBM and Syncopate Radio Launched and Building at
 the Core of Music, Conversation and Culture 
First Tech Workshop for Raising Hay, the inaugural episode of my new podcast, Syncopate in June 2020.

New, but familiar software, a lovely mic, the Lady Cave and my partner in recording and broadcasting, 
Ron Burton, and it's just the right combo of elements.

One great interview with 
Heather Mitchell, Remi Harrington , Salina Johnson and Linsay Adrian Kelly.

​I am Loving this project and thankful to the Arts Council of Kalamazoo for funding a generous part of the time and resources needed to help tell this important story.
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WSW: A Group That Made a Difference

for Lesbians in Kalamazoo

We spoke with two members, co-counder River Artz-Iffland and Margaret DeRitter, as well as reunion co-organizer and historian Michelle Johnson about the group’s place in Kalamazoo’s history and the difference it made for its members.

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Historians To Put Together Black Histories Of

​Michigan Cities

This past Wednesday, southwestern partners of the Pre 1915 Michigan Black Communities/Exhibits for a New Century for the Michigan Historical Center, spent hours going through the civil war pension records of local African Americans. That might not sound exciting to you, but it certainly is to the state’s public historian on the 3-year Kellogg Foundation funded project, Michelle Johnson.

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Gay, Lesbian Center Celebrates Female

​Musicians

​in Kalamazoo

If you tune in to WIDR around lunchtime on Saturdays, DJ Disobedience plays a mix of soul, funk, R&B, jazz, and blues on her show Slip Back Soul. Just like her name implies, DJ Disobedience likes to play music that not only grooves but moves.

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Historian Brings Stories of African-American

​Tradition to Michigan

This Sunday, African-American history scholar Michelle Johnson, who’s also the executive director of the FIRE Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, will present a lecture on “Oral Tradition in African American Culture.”

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Kids Learn About Black, Latino Authors

​Through Great Writers Program

There’s a reason why we celebrate Black History Month every February. Decades after the Civil Rights Movement, the political leaders, inventors, and artists in U.S. history books are still overwhelmingly white. But a new program by Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative in Kalamazoo aims to help students learn about diverse authors and orators.

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