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May 5, 2024 ~ Host Ann Thomas talks about new exhibits at the Detroit Historical Museum, updates on the Gordie Howe International Bridge construction, and the impact of the NFL Draft in Detroit. Guests include Visit Detroit President and CEO Claude Molinari, Detroit Historical Society President and CEO Elana Rugh, and Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
Chief Capital Officer Grant Hilbers.

May 5, 2024 ~ The NFL Draft in Detroit has ended, but it has left a lasting impact on the city and the surrounding area. Host Ann Thomas talks to Claude Molinari, president and CEO of Opportunity Detroit, about the economic impact of the draft on the Detroit community.

May 5, 2024 ~ Host Ann Thomas talks to Grant Hilbers, Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority chief capital officer, to hear about the progress made on the Gordie Howe International Bridge construction. The bridge celebrated 2,000 days of construction and over 12 million hours worked in late March, with community members of all ages invited to participate in a hard hat sticker design contest for the milestone. So far, the bridge tower construction is complete with towers now standing at their final height of 220 meters/722 feet, with only 10 of 56 segments remaining to be installed on the bridge deck over the Detroit River.

May 5, 2024 ~ Host Ann Thomas talks to Elana Rugh, president and CEO of the Detroit Historical Society, about the new exhibits and events at the Detroit Historical Museum. One of the upcoming events includes the Detroit Historical Society Ball: A Salute to the Legends, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on May 11, which will honor Detroit legends in media and sports. This year's honorees include Greg Kelser, Michigan State/Detroit Pistons player and sports broadcaster, Huel Perkins television anchor, and Mickey Redmond, NHL player and Red Wings announcer.

The Kresge Foundation will also open the Kresge at 100: A Century of Impact, a Future of Opportunity exhibit on May 4, with the main exhibit featuring a company and foundation timeline of the Kresge store. The Kresge Foundation is sponsoring free admission on the second Sunday of every month during the run of the exhibition, through January of 2025.

Another exhibit at the museum will be In the Neighborhood: Everyday Life on Hastings Street, which will take visitors on a walk back in history to Hastings Street’s time from 1880-1930 as an enclave for Detroit’s Jewish immigrants. Prior to 1930, Hastings Street, which later became a center for Black culture and commerce, was home to many immigrants, including working-class Jews who fled Eastern Europe driven by the terror and violence of antisemitism. This new exhibit, presented by Jewish Historical Society of Michigan, follows Jewish immigrants’ experiences from Europe to Detroit on Hastings Street.

April 28, 2024 ~ Host Ann Thomas discusses the legacy of the NFL Draft in Detroit, Detroit Public Television returning to Detroit, and the Detroit City FC. Guests include Detroit City FC Sporting Director Trevor James, Detroit Sports Commission Community
Engagement Committee Co-Chair Faye Nelson, and Detroit PBS President and CEO Rich Homberg.

April 28, 2024 ~ Detroit Public TV is returning to its roots and moving its headquarters back to Detroit. Rich Homberg, Detroit PBS president and CEO, talks to host Ann Thomas about the details for us on this big announcement.