by mitchalbom_webmaster | Oct 13, 2016 | News, Films
Fall screenings for Walk with Me: The Trials of Damon J. Keith begin at home at the Royal Oak Film Festival with a post-film question-and-answer session with Keith, producer Mitch Albom and director Jesse Nesser. Oct 13 – 15: Wichita, KS – Tallgrass Film...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | Jul 12, 2016 | News, Films
Mark your calendars, Walk With Me: The Trials of Damon J. Keith is premiering at the Traverse City Film Festival on July 30th at 3:00pm, which a second showing Sunday July 31 at 3:30pm. Directed by Jesse Nesser, Walk With Me is a stirring documentary about the...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 18, 2015 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
After 30 years of penning columns at the Detroit Free Press, I should confess: Writing was not my first love. Music was. As I kid, I dreamed not of broadsheets but of sheet music, not of the Bard but the Beatles. I always saw myself behind a keyboard, but not the kind...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | Jun 18, 2015 | Films, News
More than 1,500 people attended a world premiere event celebrating the life of civil rights icon Judge Damon J. Keith on Wednesday night at the Max Fisher Music Center in Detroit. The soon-to-be 93-year-old Keith, a prominent federal judge, was the subject of a...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | May 8, 2015 | Films, News
Max Fisher Music Center June 17, 2015 at 7:00pm Followed by a talkback with Judge Keith Jesse Nesser and Mitch Albom All Proceeds Benefit S.A.Y. Detroit $25, TICKETS ON SALE NOW www.dso.org | 313-576-5111 From director Jesse Nesser and executive producers Mitch...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 23, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
For 33 years, he had carried the regret, an apology never delivered, an anchor on his heart. Ray Anderson would see his victim sometimes, in the news, occasionally on television. Once or twice, they were even in the same room.But he never confessed.Now it was time.A...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 9, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
The death of Nelson Mandela brought tears and tributes. He was hailed as a beloved icon, an inspiration to millions, a folk hero of epic proportions. He inspired songs, movies and several generations of activism.President Barack Obama said, “He no longer belongs to us...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | Nov 12, 2013 | News
UPDATE: OVER $100,000 by Detroit Legacies event!!While Mitch and Judge Damon J. Keith hosted some of the best and brightest of Detroit on stage at the Fox Theatre on November 11, Mitch’s webmaster–Brenda–shared live highlights on Mitch’s...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 9, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
See Detroit celebs at Legacies in Black and WhiteWhat can attendees expect at the Detroit Legacies in Black and White event at the Fox Theatre on Monday?A whole lot of a whole lot – with a vibe that might resemble a mix of a living-room conversation and a...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 27, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
As Jim Leyland made the rounds of the losing clubhouse last weekend, he got hugs and slaps from his players and coaches. If you were making a sociological study, it would have read: white man, late 60s, from Ohio, hugs young black man from Florida, beefy Venezuelan...
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