Join Us! Sat Jun 27 at Michigan History Center | Lansing Downtown | Explore Michigan history through family mementos. Bring your heirloom and story to this event commemorating our nation's 250th anniversary.
Juneteenth Special
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Fri Jun 19 • 9pm on WKAR TV and streaming | Sally Hemings reflects on life with Thomas Jefferson. The Wharton Center production airs on the national Juneteenth holiday.
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Sandra Seaton's one-woman drama surrounding Sally Hemings' fight to secure her children's freedom.
A Light On The Lakes commemorates 200 years of Michigan Masonry, helping shape Michigan’s identity.
A 19th-century painting twisted Pontiac’s War—this episode uncovers the real story.
Michigan’s Indigenous history that helped spark the American Revolution.
The untold story of Indigenous women whose power shaped Pontiac’s War and Michigan’s history.
A 1763 lacrosse match at Fort Michilimackinac turns into a daring Native rebellion.
Rhythm and Refuge
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Fri Jul 3 at 11am ET on 90.5 FM | Mutual influences and American foundations, featuring the music of Pachelbel, Michael, Dvorak, Burleigh, Dett, Gottschalk, Stilland Price.
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A survey of American composers, hosted by WKAR Public Media’s classical team. -
New on 90.5 Classical, WKAR’s Linda Kernohan highlights the experiences of musicians who were immigrants to the United States. -
The Bath School Museum Committee is still fundraising to building a freestanding space to commemorate the 1927 bombing that killed dozens of children. -
Museums in three Michigan cities will display some of the United States’ foundational documents from the late 1700s and early 1800s as the country celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding. -
Baseball history in Lansing stretches back more than 100 years before Lansing Lugnuts threw out their first pitch in 1996. -
The lost film, "Gugusse and the Automaton" by French filmmaker George Méliès was found in a Michigan man's family collection.
