Arts and Culture

A Western Michigan University professor who published a book on Lake Ontario in 2024 has been popular in the press over the past few weeks following an executive order to rename the Great Lake.

When popular band director John Stanley Ross left Interlochen Arts Academy in 2000, he wrote a letter attributing his departure to personal reasons. Until recently, Ross's true reason for leaving has been unknown to the public. His story is a part of a larger phenomenon called "pass the harasser."

As part of WCMU's America 250 series, we find out how a former teacher and assistant football coach, in his own words, got the famous rockers to come to northern Michigan.

Michigan artist Gwen Frostic’s studio has been on the market for a few years. Sisters Amy and Sarah Blessing bought the northern Michigan tourist attraction to continue the artist’s legacy.

The report was commissioned by Interlochen itself and released Tuesday. It documents 70 firsthand accounts of sexual abuse at the institution committed by 47 adults over the span of seven decades.

From Simon & Garfunkel, Lefty Frizzell, to The Monkees, musicians used Saginaw as a muse in their song writing.

Mike Federspiel recently released the paperback edition of his book "Picturing Hemingway's Michigan."

The band's free 100th anniversary concert is this Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Jolt Events Center in downtown Saginaw.

Author Frank Boles discusses his latest book "Visiting Mackinac: 150 Years of Tourism at Michigan's Fabled Straits" with WCMU's David Nicholas.

The proposal from BlackWaters NE calls for renovations and construction to the stage, grandstand, and also some of the barns.