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Last month, the government body that oversees state-funded grant programs for arts and culture centers in Michigan announced it would delay its announcement of grants for the upcoming fiscal year.

One is the state's first poet laureate since the 1950s. The other will represent Michigan in a poetry competition in Washington, D.C., later this month. They spoke in IPR's studio.

Two stories about pressure: One on youth mental health in the Grand Traverse region, and the other about a local singer-songwriter feeling pressure to produce new work.

This week: A diesel spill on Lake Michigan, a big ruling for crash survivors and James Earl Jones and the power of mentorship.

The Traverse City Dance Project kicked off a unique summer roadshow Sunday in Kalkaska. And there’s a good chance one of the upcoming, high energy shows is coming to a town near you.

The 6th annual Fresh Coast Film Festival features over 80 films It takes place October 13-16 in Marquette.

Summer is going to look and sound a lot different at Interlochen Center for the Arts this year.The usual cacophony of music coming from students…

Actor and international arts leader Eric Booth will be at Horizon Books in Traverse City on Tuesday, January 28 at 7 p.m. He’ll lead an open workshop on…

Morgan Arrowood has been belting out songs and banging away on keyboards since she was four years old. She says even back then - when her parents first…

"Poetry is good food." That's the lesson award-winning writer Peter Markus has been teaching to kids in Detroit for years. He taught creative writing in...