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Politics & Elections

Anti-Trump campaign targets Michigan with voices of disaffected Republicans

Republican Voters Against Trump launched a $50 million ad campaign featuring homemade testimonial videos from remorseful voters

By Steve Neavling
Apr 15, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Donald Trump, election, politics, Republicans, Political Action Committee, Republican Voters Against Trump, Joe Biden
Cannabis News

Skymint is giving away free weed for a year

All locations of the Michigan dispensary will also offer 42% off all products on April 20

By Layla McMurtrie
Apr 15, 2024

Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Local Businesses, free weed Detroit, weed in Detroit, metro Detroit dispensaries, 420 Day, 420 specials, 4/20 events in Detroit, Michigan weed, Skymint, Slideshow
Food News

Bombshell Treat Bar readies to open in Berkley

The new spot will offer soft serve ice cream, dipped bars, floats, and other sweet treats

By Lee DeVito
Apr 15, 2024

Tags: Food News, Restaurants, Local Businesses, Bombshell Treat Bar, Berkley, ice cream in Metro Detroit, Slideshow
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Apr 15, 2024

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Michigan

DOJ thinks Enbridge Line 5 pipeline is trespassing on tribal lands

The agency stopped short of telling the company to move

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
Apr 15, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Environment, Government, Enbridge, Line 5, Great Lakes, Canada, Indigenous people in Michigan
Music News

Detroit’s City Winery music venue aims for 2025 opening

The New York City-based chain plans to soon open its first Michigan location

By Lee DeVito
Apr 15, 2024

Tags: Music News, Bars, Restaurants, City Winery, Corktown, music venues in metro Detroit, Ford Motor Co., Slideshow
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House of Dank Announces $20,000 Giveaway in Celebration of Annual Cannabis Holiday 4.20.2024

By Metro Times Promotions
Apr 15, 2024

Tags: Cannabis News, Sponsored content, house of dank, house of dank 4/20, house of dank 420, house of dank 420 party, hod 4/20 party, Sponsored Content
Michigan

Lapointe: Rashida Tlaib now has a Fox stalker

Plus: Crumbley precedent, Michigan’s abortion leadership, and measles resurgence

By Joe Lapointe
Apr 15, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, Rashida Tlaib, Oxford shooting, COVID-19, abortion rights in Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer
Metro Detroit

Your guide to the NFL Draft in Detroit

The free event is expected to draw nearly 400,000 football fans downtown from April 25-27

By Jim McFarlin
Apr 14, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Sports, Detroit Lions, NFL Draft, Campus Martius, downtown Detroit
Metro Detroit

Jury finds metro Detroit tattoo artist Alex Boyko not guilty of sexual misconduct

Witnesses testified to detail their encounters with the artist, one who was just 17 years old at the time

By Layla McMurtrie
Apr 12, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Crime, News, Alex Boyko, #MeToo, Alex Boyko verdict, Alex Boyko found not guilty, Detroit tattoo artists
Arts

‘New Name. New Era’: Michigan Theater Foundation reintroduces itself as Marquee Arts

Plus, the Cinteopia Film Festival is returning after a 5-year hiatus to highlight underrepresented filmmakers

By Layla McMurtrie
Apr 12, 2024

Tags: Arts, News, Stage, Michigan Theatre, State Theatre, Ann Arbor News, Cinetopia Film Festival, Slideshow
Metro Detroit

Wayne County public defender sues judges for alleged bias against lower-income defendants

“I know I’m doing the right thing,” Sundus Jaber says after filing whistleblower lawsuit against 35th District Court

By Steve Neavling
Apr 12, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Sundus Jaber, 35th District Court, public defender, Regional Managed Assigned Counsel Office, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, Wayne County, Plymouth
Arts

Ivan Montoya ponders how the past informs the present in ‘Sonde{a}r’

His solo show is at M Contemporary Art in Ferndale until April 20

By Randiah Camille Green
Apr 12, 2024

Tags: Arts, Arts Spotlight, Things to Do, Ivan Montoya, Detroit artists, M Contemporary Art
Movies

Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ shows us a violent, fractured America — but despite the verisimilitude, needs more specifics

Filmmaker Alex Garland says that he wants to prompt conversation, and by not making explicit what either side of the conflict represents, he perhaps allows for at least a tentative reach across the yawning divide

By Cliff Froehlich
Apr 12, 2024

Tags: Movies, Movies, Views & Opinions, Alex Garland, Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman

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Metro Detroit

Detroit’s members-only Carbon Athletic Club is opening to the public with live music

The curious can check out this hidden gem with a country music show by Texas troubadour Cactus Lee

By Lee DeVito
Apr 12, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Bars, Music, Carbon Athletic Club, Delray, Southwest Detroit, social clubs in metro Detroit, Carbon Athletics Club
Metro Detroit

Wayne County treasurer rejects moratorium on foreclosures despite troubling study

Activists and the Detroit City Council say the city is cheating lower-income residents by illegally and disproportionately overtaxing homes

By Steve Neavling
Apr 11, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Real Estate, property tax foreclosures, homes, evictions, Detroit, Wayne County, Treasurer Sabree, Coalition for Property Tax Justice, Detroit City Council
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Apr 11, 2024

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Metro Detroit

Mayor Duggan blames disappointment over Detroit’s new I-94 sign on expectations set by unofficial Instagram post

Even the mayor appears to have been fooled by what is likely an AI-generated image

By Lee DeVito
Apr 11, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, LOL, Views & Opinions, NFL Draft, Mike Duggan, I-94, Slideshow
Michigan

Research into recycling critical minerals gets a boost in Michigan

Michigan plans to spend millions of dollars researching how to better recycle minerals found in electric vehicle batteries and other technologies

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
Apr 11, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Environment, Transportation, electric vehicles in Michigan, recycling in Michigan, Michigan Technological University
Music News

Detroit Jazz Festival announces initial 2024 lineup

Performers include a diverse mix of next-generation and legacy jazz musicians

By Layla McMurtrie
Apr 11, 2024

Tags: Music News, Things to Do, Detroit Jazz Festival 2024 lineup, Detroit music, Hart Plaza, Campus Martius, Things to do on Labor Day weekend in Detroit, jazz music in Detroit, Slideshow