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Red Bull’s ‘Heavy Metal’ snowboard event heads to Detroit, and other local music news

Plus: A must-hear hybrid DJ-live house set at Spot Lite

By Joe Zimmer and Broccoli

Jan 31, 2023

Two turntables and a microphone (and live keys): Everyone knows the weekend really starts on Thursday night – or maybe it’s that Detroit has too much local talent to fit neatly into the weekend. Either way, February is off to a strong start with a record release show for Isaac Prieto’s Detroit Sound Odyssey label, this Thursday, Feb. 2, at Spot Lite...

Red Bull’s ‘Heavy Metal’ snowboard event heads to Detroit, and other local music news

Detroit journalist Gary Graff pens ‘Alice Cooper @ 75,’ a biography of the Godfather of Shock Rock

The author will sign copies at a release party in Ann Arbor on Friday

By Jim McFarlin

Alice Cooper @ 75 is released Tuesday.

DTE Energy left more than 128,000 customers without power in 2022

A watchdog group calls DTE ‘one of the most aggressively anti-consumer’ utility companies in the country

By Steve Neavling

DTE Energy left more than 128,000 customers without power in 2022 (2)

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Breeda Kelly Miller turns experience caring for ailing mother into a poignant one-woman play

By Jim McFarlin

When her mother got dementia, Breeda Kelly Miller used photos to help spur her memory. They serve as the backdrop to Mrs. Kelly’s Journey Home, a one-woman play about the experience.

This is not a drill: Olga’s Kitchen is selling Snackers-flavored chicken wings

By Alex Washington

Olga's Snacker wings will come in three flavors: Signature Snacker Seasoning, Sweet Honey Sriracha, and Tangy BBQ.

Fraudulent animal experiments at U-M prompts call for criminal probe

By Steve Neavling

University of Michigan researchers are accused of falsifying or fabricated data from experiments with rats.

Alice Cooper joins Rob Zombie for ‘Freaks on Parade’ tour this summer

By Randiah Camille Green

Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie looking like he just crawled out a grave.

Phillip-Michael Scales brings his bluesy indie rock to Ferndale’s Otus Supply

By Lee DeVito

Phillip-Michael Scales brings his bluesy indie rock to Ferndale’s Otus Supply (2)

Long-term unemployed Detroiters to get help landing jobs with new federal ‘Jump Start’ program

By Steve Neavling

Mayor Mike Duggan discusses the Jump Start program at a news conference on Friday.

Griffin Claw Brewing Co. is releasing its paczki-flavored vodka and beer

By Lee DeVito

Griffin Claw Brewing Co.’s “Sin, Repent Repeat” is made from real paczki.

Slotkin mulls U.S. Senate run after Stabenow announced retirement

By Steve Neavling

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly.

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