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On May 21st, you can join in a celebration of the Huron River. Huron River Day festivities include recreational opportunities, educational programs, food, and live music. So, how is the health of the river? Huron River Watershed Council executive director Rebecca Esselman joined WEMU's David Fair to provide updates on PFAS contamination, the threat of hexavalent chromium, and to explain why the river is fully available for fun and recreation.

A local non-profit will soon be marking 26 years helping those who are struggling to improve their quality of life. The organization is called DAPCO. It helps those in the Ypsilanti community with everything from building a business to relationship mentoring to helping with health care and baby products. WEMU's Josh Hakala and Concentrate Media's Rylee Barnsdale were joined by DAPCO's co-founder, Brenda Griffin, to discuss community impact.

Russ Collins is living it up at the Cannes Film Festival this week, but, as we always say, the show must go on. Michigan Theater programming manager Nick Alderink joined WEMU's David Fair with all the movie news you could want.

If decarbonization efforts are going to be successful, we'll have to retrofit our existing structures and better design and build our new ones. And it needs to be done through the lens of equity and social justice. Jan Culbertson is the leadership chair for the Ann Arbor 2030 District. She joined WEMU's David Fair and Michigan League of Conservation Voters executive director, Lisa Wozniak, to discuss local and statewide efforts to meet those challenges.

Michigan Theater Foundation executive director Russ Collins has returned from an exciting two weeks at the Cannes Film Festival! He rejoins WEMU's David Fair to talk about his experience and the latest films coming to your favorite movie houses this weekend.

Ann Arbor continues moving towards its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by the year 2030, and a new and innovative project in one of the city's neighborhoods is expected to help. A federal grant will allow for the study of a community-scale geothermal heating and cooling system in the Bryant neighborhood. If implemented, it is expected to cut energy costs and reduce environmental impacts. Ann Arbor Sustainability and Innovations Manager, Missy Stults, joined WEMU's David Fair to take us through the process.

We often talk about the concept of giving back and paying it forward. That is precisely the idea behind the upcoming National Days of Action. Between June 12th and 16th, United Way branches across the country, including here in Washtenaw County, put hundreds of volunteers to work in their respective communities to improve local quality of life. United Way of Washtenaw County corporate giving manager, Ben Thompson, joined WEMU's David Fair with all you'll need to know.

Rob Meyer-Kukan is the owner of 7 Notes Natural Health. He is a musician and a licensed massage and sound therapist. What’s a sound therapist you ask? Rob joins Deb Polich, WEMU's "creative:impact" host, to enlighten us about this practice and the healing nature of sound.

The number of working poor in Washtenaw County is on the rise. Those are employed people that don’t make enough money to cover basics like housing, food and transportation. A new report shows more than 27% of all households in Washtenaw County live in these circumstances. That’s a significant jump from pre-pandemic levels. Bridget Herrmann is Vice President of Impact and Advocacy for the United Way of Washtenaw County. She joined WEMU's David Fair with details on the report and the efforts underway to address many of the underlying issues in finding a path forward to a better future.

Jenn Cornell Queen is four months into her tenure as the executive director of the Ann Arbor Art Center (A2AC). At 114 years old, the Art Center is one of Ann Arbor’s oldest cultural institutions. How’s it going for its new leader? Find out when Jenn joins "creative:impact" host Deb Polich, and they talk about the past and future of this venerable organization.