A new book puts on paper some memorable quotes of Detroit's former mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick.
The book: "Kwame Sutra: Musings on Lust, Life and Leadership from Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick" was put together by the two men who had a...
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The Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival is coming next month.
Co-Founders Michael Moore and Jeff Garlin announced some of the comedians coming to northern Michigan for the inaugural festival.
IPR's Brad Aspey says the list is a good...
Paul LaPorte paints for a hobby. But now that he's retired, the Traverse City resident takes his painting much more seriously.The former software engineer has even been recognized by the Detroit Institute of Arts. Thursday, January 14, he's...
One of Benzie County's most renowned retail businesses sat out the holiday season. Gwen Frostic's antique printing presses are idle and their future is uncertain. The business, which made Frostic a millionaire many times over, was...
Voices of a Never Ending Dawn will be shown on PBS on Friday, January 8th at 9pm. This is the story of Detroit and Michigan's own World War I soldiers known as The Polar Bears. Shot in the deep snows of Northern Michigan (near...
On the next "ArtForms," tubist Carol Jantsch. Carol made history by becoming the first female principal tubist of a major orchestra. Also, the Cook's House of Traverse City. Chefs Eric Patterson and Jennifer Blakeslee talk about their...
This week on Points North we listen back to some of the stories we told over the last year. Hear about the situation facing cherry farmers as they prepare to give up the main pesticide in their arsenal. Find out what is happening with struggling...
Calvin “Rusty” Gates passed away this weekend. Gates was nationally known for his efforts to protect the waters of the Au Sable River. Most recently he...
On the December Michigan Writers on the Air, Benjamin Percy, a celebrated new voice on the American literary scene, will read from his book of short stories, Refresh, Refresh. Poet and essayist Fleda Brown will read and discuss the work...
When I was a little girl, I fell in love with horses. First, there were the prancing stallions on the merry-go-round and then, at the riding stables, a bay mare named "Miss Muffitt."
She wasn't mine, but together we won a blue...
