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In Oakland County, Michigan’s murky medical marijuana law is strictly enforced
It took Joel Selman a moment to register where he was. It was the morning of Sept. 1, 2012, and Selman could hear men murmuring around him. He could feel the cold of a concrete floor beneath his back. As he blinked awake, his eyes focused on the ceiling. Selman was in a holding cell…
His Name Is Alive at El Club Friday is your can’t-miss show of the week
Whatever you think it sounds like, this is His Name Is Alive’s best record, ever. So how can you miss the release party?
VIDEO: A fight broke out at a Ypsilanti polling place and everyone lost their chill
Guys, this is not what Democracy looks like! A video of a fight that broke out at a Ypsilanti polling place has taken over the internet, many sources are reporting. The video shows footage of a very angry white woman using extreme racial slurs (aka, the n-word) at a group of black people because she…
Get that Election Day hookup at these spots in metro Detroit
Vote, get your sticker, and then let the rewards flood in.
Recipe: Townhouse’s chef Michael Barrera swaps out rice for celeriac and parsnip for this unique ‘risotto’ dish
Here, an inventive way to celebrate the splendor of root vegetables.
The flavors of Liberia come alive this weekend
Technically, the Kitchen Ramarj pop-up is a fusion of Lebanese and Liberian food, which is even more interesting.
Catching up with Jessica Hernandez, who plays two shows at El Club next week
‘It had been so long since we’ve played at home, and I wanted to play at El Club, to spend some time with friends and family while playing everyone new music.’
Third Man and Flipside Records offer 10% off if you flash your ‘I Voted’ sticker
We will update if any other area shops offer an ‘I Voted’ discount, because we care deeply about both fulfilling one’s civic duty and saving money on records.
This woman is visiting the graves of Michigan suffragists — and making it easy for you to do the same
When Amy Elliott Bragg, Issue Media Group’s content director, heard women were visiting the grave of Susan B. Anthony with their “I Voted” stickers, leaving the tags on the famous suffragettes tombstone, she knew she wanted to do something similar in Detroit. The problem was, she couldn’t find the grave sites of the city’s most…
Election 2016: Buyer’s remorse
The silver lining is that, after one person wins and does what they want to anyway, we can all find fellowship in our disillusionment.
John Sinclair plays record release show this Wednesday at PJ’s
The author, poet and activist John Sinclair celebrates the release of his new album of spoken word with music, Mobile Homeland, this Wednesday, Nov. 8 with an early-ish show atPJ’s Lager House. Produced by the legendary Tino G (who also performs), the album is a joint release between Funky D and Jett Plastic. As surely we…
It’s official: The press loves Alexandra Clark and Bon Bon Bon
Alexandra Clark is living life as not only a successful business owner in the city of Hamtramck, but as a media darling. The pixie-haired chocolatier has been profiled in the pages of Metro Times many times and was recently named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list, which gave the 27-year-old’s business a national platform. The…
What’s for Lunch: ‘Mansion Lunch’ deal at The Whitney
Save a little dough during that important lunch meeting.
Stevie Wonder has a new song with Ariana Grande and it’s actually pretty good
Stevie and Ariana forever, please.
The Skip outdoor alley bar soon to go year-round, offer food
Your favorite new summer hot spot is being weatherized for winter.
Side Dish: Meet the ‘world’s best young pastry chef’ right here in metro Detroit
We already know her as one of the busiest chocolate makers in Detroit.
Dutch treat: Students from Netherlands to give Detroit home sustainable rehab
Plans for the house include gardens, solar power, and living space for a Detroit family left homeless by tax foreclosure.
Review: Fans welcome Belanova to Detroit with open abrazos
The Grammy Award-winning band from Guadalajara made its long overdue first visit to Detroit.
Michigan ranks in the top 20 fattest states in America
Winter is coming, Michiganders. That wonderful time of year when everybody has an alibi for spending entire weekends indoors, skipping trips to the gym, and gorging on holiday feasts. Just in time to make you feel guilty despite your alibi, WalletHub released its ranking of 2016’s Fattest States in America. Michigan is 17th. The methodology…
This teenager went on Dr. Phil and claimed that Eminem is her Dad
Daytime TV is really weird, man.
MDOT to hold ‘open houses’ on 20-year, $3 billion plan to widen I-94
Here’s another chance to give MDOT an earful on its plan to spend $3 billion widening I-94 until 2036.
Celebrate the music of Moondog, tonight at Trinosophes
We spoke with Frank Pahl about his admiration for the composer’s accessible, iconoclastic music, and how his ensemble the Lovely and the Wretched plans to perform the stuff.
Cory Booker, Jesse Jackson visit Kuzzo’s Chicken & Waffles in Detroit
The FBI’s involvement in the presidential election is “patently unacceptable” and based on “nothing but speculation,” says U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, who visited Kuzzo’s Chicken & Waffles in Detroit with the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Thursday. Booker, who’s in Michigan campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the final days before the election, says…
MDEQ extends comment period on Nestlé’s proposed ‘water withdrawal’
MDEQ extends comment period for controversial water pumping plan.
Michigan water conservation group blasts Nestle’s groundwater grab
Spokesperson: ‘Nestlé has already taken more than a billion gallons of our fresh water and paid nothing for it.’
Another ‘suspicious’ Michigan prison death, Saginaw family scrambling for burial funds
Derrik Siminski, 30, is one of several Michigan prison inmates to die in recent weeks.
This Berkley doctor is a trans advocate and an inspiration to us all
William Powers is doing something we can really get behind. The doctor who works out of Be Well Medical Center in Berkley is something of an advocate for transgender people and is most certainly an advocate for their health. Transgender people face unique challenges in nearly every aspect of their lives and obtaining health care…
This Jack White meme is the best thing you’ll see all day
The meme that keeps on giving
Throwback Thursday: Soul Brothers on Colored People’s Time
Give yourself a bit of time here, as this footage is so sweet, you’ll likely want to re-watch it at least once. In the late 1960s, the Brothers of Soul released two fistfuls of killer soul 45s for the Boo label. Here, we get to see them lip sync to both sides of one of…
The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel is how old?
They don’t call us the Motor City for nothing. Yes, we’re the home of the Big 3, everyone knows that. But, you probably didn’t know (or maybe I’m the only one who didn’t know?) that we’re also home to the U.S.’s first vehicular tunnel that connects two countries. The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, which runs underwater and…
Just announced: Savoy Motel at Lo and Behold! this Sunday eve
Some low-key, super-good goodness.
Jacoby’s is sold, will remain the same old-style German biergarten under new ownership
Consider this a win for “Old Detroit.”
Just announced: The Dirtbombs play the Magic Stick on New Year’s Eve
Man, we really, really needed some good news today, too!
Jack White is a contributor on A Tribe Called Quest’s new album
For everyone left waiting since 2004 for another A Tribe Called Quest album, there’s finally some good news. Q-Tip posted on Facebook Oct. 27, the group would release We Got It From Here, Thank You For Your Service November 11. The album will feature artists like Kendrick Lamar, Busta Rhymes, Elton John, Andre 3000, and…
Introducing the gentrified collard greens, and other atrocities to home cooking at Neiman Marcus
For when you’ve got an extra $66 lying around.
How much time did the public have to comment on Nestle’s groundwater grab?
Unless you read the DEQ Environmental Calendar carefully, you may have missed this your chance to comment on Nestle’s plans for your groundwater.
Bus tour to hit three Detroit breweries this weekend
It leaves from Royal Oak at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Danny Brown’s Bruiser Thanksgiving returns to the Masonic
This will be a crazy and fun event, but you know that already.
Buzzfeed says Astoria is the best spot for desserts in Michigan, we beg to differ
Clearly Buzzfeed hasn’t been to Michigan in the past 10 years. In one of those time-avoiding lists that we all love to read, the millennials at Buzzfeed declared that Astoria Pastry Shop is the best place to get desserts in our lovely state of Michigan. Now — we love Astoria Pastry Shop and it is…
Lily Tomlin wants a Michigan zoo to retire all of its animals
Detroit native Lily Tomlin is near and dear to our hearts. The Cass Tech grad attended Wayne State University for Biology but came to fame for her cast of alter egos like Ernestine, Edith Ann, Mrs. Judith Beasley, and so on. Basically, she paved the way for Kristen Wiig to be Kristen Wiig. Tomlin has…
Stir It Up: A nation of immigrants
“Freedom, ‘I’dom, ‘Me’dom, Where’s your ‘We’dom?” The British singer M.I.A. explores the world of refugees on AIM, her most recent and possibly the young artist’s last recording. It’s a timely topic as nations struggle with their relationship to refugees and immigrants while millions wander the planet in search of sanctuary. In our little pocket of…
Penny Stamps Speaker Athi-Patra Ruga comes to town to talk about colorful, fashion-heavy art from South Africa
South African artist Athi-Patra Ruga creates flashy, dazzling spectacles that explore identity politics through engaging and colorful fashion-based performance art. Athi-Patra Ruga blends tropes and imagery from traditional South African tribal practice with campy aesthetics of contemporary drag culture, raising questions about self-definition in an increasingly networked and global community. This artist has gained a…
Voters deciding on regional transit, county leadership, education funding
On Nov. 8, metro Detroit voters will confront ballots filled with plain names and mundane descriptions of bills and proposals. But make no mistake, many of these items have complex histories and unexpected futures. Some are tinged with controversy. Others have significant social and economic implications for the coming years. What follows is a summary…
Feedback (10/26-11/1)
Aidan Wayne’s article on the protests and Kinross Correctional Facility, Anthony J. Kaled of Detroit wrote: I’ve worked in legal issues for a long time in various forms, and I have to applaud you all for your coverage of the current prisoner rights issues popping up around the country. Aidan Wayne’s articles are daring in…
16 things happening in metro Detroit this week
Wed, 11/2- Sat, 11/26 Kinka Snow and Patricia Simpson Exhibit @ Lawrence Street Gallery Kinka (Karen) Snow creates from her heart. Her paintings are abstract pieces of the puzzle that is discovering your personal identity. At the Lawrence Street Gallery, Snow’s work, along with the work of Patricia Simpson’s, will be displayed together in an…
At the historic Music Hall, no one’s looking in the rearview mirror
Since 1928, Music Hall (then named Wilson Theater) has been home to many legendary performers, including Florenz Ziegfeld, Little Richard, and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Michigan Opera Theatre. However, over the past 10 years, specifically those that followed the 2008 financial crisis, the “People’s Theatre” at Brush and Madison…
A Host of People’s ‘Re-Release Party’
Earlier this year, Jack White’s Third Man Records successfully launched and played a vinyl record, by Carl Sagan, no less, in outer space. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Detroit-based theater company A Host of People derives inspiration for Re-Release Party (The Golden Record), their latest performance, from the original record in space: the Golden Record that…
Corktown shop keeps it local
I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the Farmer’s Hand one recent blissful day. One of my dining companions was oddly silent as we feasted and I gushed; later, she said, “I think that was the best ham sandwich I’ve ever eaten.” Was it the beer bread from the Mother Loaf in Milan? The white…
Savage Love: Cuck everlasting
Q I’m a 41-year-old male who looks like the tall, strong, professional, alpha-male type on the outside. On the inside, though, I would like to find a strong, confident woman who wants a cuckolding relationship — she sleeps with other men, while I am faithful and submissive to her. There must be women out there…
Politics & Prejudices: Becoming the martians
A week from now, if this country isn’t entirely hopeless, we’ll wake up to a world where President-elect Hillary Clinton has won a solid victory — hopefully, one resembling a landslide. Democrats will also have solid control of the U.S. Senate and have made major gains in the House. If the gods for some reason…
