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Metro Detroit’s Eloise Asylum rises from the dead as world-class haunted attraction
For the first time since the 1980s, the Kay Beard Building at Westland’s sprawling former Eloise Psychiatric Hospital campus is once again accepting patients. Well, sort of. A long-abandoned icon of local lore with a history that dates back to 1839, Eloise was for decades a favorite of urban spelunkers, history buffs, and even paranormal…
CBD Gummies for Anxiety and Stress – Overview 2024
It’s time to address the anxiety crisis. Ever since the start of the pandemic, there’s been a 25% increase in the global prevalence of anxiety and depression, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It’s been suggested also that there should be increased availability of mental health services and other support. Alongside professional help, one…
Tudor Dixon amplified racist remarks, conspiracies on her TV show
Tudor Dixon defended blackface, called hijabs oppressive garments, and amplified racist remarks and conspiracy theories during her two years hosting a daily TV show on the far-right media network Real America’s Voice. As Dixon tries to soften her image in the final weeks of Michigan’s gubernatorial race, Metro Times found numerous instances in which she…
Flint water prosecutors try to resurrect charges against former officials
Prosecutors in the Flint water crisis announced Tuesday that they will appeal a judge’s dismissal of felony charges against seven people involved in the Flint water scandal. Genesee Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Kelly tossed the charges against the officials on Oct. 4, saying the indictments were “invalid” after a Michigan Supreme Court ruled in June…
Detroit’s Monroe Street Midway is getting an arctic slide this winter
Winter bumper cars, a 20-foot tall arctic slide, and arcade games are coming to Detroit’s Monroe Street Midway in November. The downtown hub with a summertime roller rink and drive-in movie theater is getting filled with winter activities for the first time as part of Decked out Detroit. Visitors can ride an inner tube down…
Olga’s Kitchen teams up with Hell Fire Detroit for new spicy chicken sandwich
Local hot sauce company Hell Fire Detroit just turned up the heat even higher following its appearances on the popular interview show Hot Ones, “the show with hot questions, and even hotter wings.” On Tuesday, metro Detroit-founded Greek-American restaurant chain Olga’s Kitchen announced a collaboration with the brand: the new Hell Fire Detroit Spicy Chicken…
With Korean thriller ‘Decision to Leave,’ Park Chan-Wook smartly updates classic noir
Best-known for 2003’s Oldboy and too overlooked for 2016’s baroque chamber drama The Handmaiden, Park Chan-Wook has been leaving filmmakers across the globe sprinting after his coattails for years. Cynical without succumbing to self-seriousness, politically astute but never hammy, and a brilliant stylist devoted to evocatively rendering each of his genre-inflected tales, it seems only…
Farmington Hills police brutalized innocent Black man in front of his children, lawsuit alleges
A 59-year-old Black man has filed a federal lawsuit against the Farmington Hills Police Department, alleging cops brutalized him in front of his children after falsely arresting him in front of his home. The confrontation occurred after David Hurley came outside his Farmington Hills home when he spotted someone run in the bushes on the…
Kevin Saunderson announced as special guest DJ for Maxim’s inaugural Halloween party at The Morrie
Detroit electronic music pioneer Kevin Saunderson has been announced as the special guest DJ for Maxim magazine’s inaugural Halloween Takeover at The Morrie’s Royal and Birmingham locations. The influential producer, known as one-third of the Belleville Three and one-half of Chicago house sensation Inner City, will perform on Friday at The Morrie Royal Oak, while…
Ethan Crumbley pleads guilty in mass shooting at Oxford High School
Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty Monday to murder and terrorism charges in connection with a mass shooting that killed four students and wounded seven others at Oxford High School. The 16-year-old faces up to life in prison. Crumbley pleaded guilty to 24 charges, including terrorism causing death and first-degree murder, during a pretrial hearing before Oakland…
Detroit yoga instructor makes a name for himself doing ‘Trap Yoga,’ and it’s actually not as strange as it sounds
A stereotypical joke was the catalyst for 36-year-old Jamel Randall’s “trap yoga” business. “No rap music, Jamel,” the Detroit native remembers being told when he was training to become a yoga teacher. He wasn’t offended by the notion that he, the only Black male in the class, would play rap music, but he did wonder…
Rescheduling cannabis would be a big mistake, activists say
President Joe Biden’s announcement earlier this month that he would pardon people convicted of simple cannabis possession at the federal level overshadowed an even more promising remark he made about the future of the drug. The 79-year-old president who as a congressman previously authored some of the most stringent drug bills directed an administrative review…
Detroit drug raids decline 95% due to cannabis legalization, changing priorities
(The Center Square) – Drug raids in Detroit have fallen 95% since a peak in 2012, largely as a result of voters’ decision to legalize recreational marijuana and shifting other police priorities. Detroit police conducted 3,462 drug raids in fiscal year 2012. Nearly every year since then, that number has declined. Last year, police conducted…
Charles H. Wright Museum’s dual jazz exhibits are a step back in time
Django Reinhardt strums his guitar while puffing on a cigarette. Billie Holiday sings her heart out with eyes that sparkle like the sequins on her dress. These are a sample of the photos on display at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History’s new exhibit Jazz Greats: Classic Photographs from the Bank of…
Southwest Detroit’s PizzaPlex extends hours, now serving morning coffee and pastries
Rise and grind: Southwest Detroit’s PizzaPlex is now open early on the weekends, serving coffee and Italian pastries. The restaurant says it’s still developing its menu, but initial offerings include specialty coffee drinks and house-made pastries like cornetti and tiramisu. The morning menu is available from 8 a.m.-noon Friday-Sunday. PizzaPlex also launched an “Italian Women…
Raising Cane’s and ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’: The top 10 headlines
Earlier this year, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson released his Tyson 2.0 cannabis products into the Detroit market. Our readers were most interested in how they could get the opportunity to meet the boxer here in Michigan. Our readers were also interested in the grand opening of Michigan’s first Raising Cane’s in East Lansing. All of…
What the firing of a legendary yet difficult organic chemistry professor says of America’s ‘meritocracy’
Organic chemistry is hard. Anyone who’s ever made it through a premedical curriculum, or perhaps more importantly, did not, can tell you that. But apparently 82 students who signed a petition against their legendary organic chemistry professor hadn’t heard. Neither had the administration at New York University who dismissed their professor, Dr. Maitland Jones Jr.,…
Another crooked Detroit cop convicted in bribery scandal involving tow trucks
A former Detroit police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to committing bribery in connection with an ongoing investigation into a towing scandal targeting city officials. Daniel Vickers, 54, of Livonia, faces up to five years in federal prison after admitting he conspired with former Detroit Police Lt. John Fitzgerald Kennedy to steer work to an unidentified…
Detroit dance party Haute to Death celebrates 15 years
What’s the secret to longevity? For Haute to Death — Detroit’s long-running monthly dance party, which celebrates its 15th anniversary at Marble Bar on Saturday — consistency is the key. The event has developed a following over the years for its cool yet accessible blend of house, disco, new wave, post-punk, and beyond. It also…
Detroiters slam regulators for lax approach to stinky Stellantis plant
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Detroiters who live near a stench-emitting Stellantis plant told state regulators on Wednesday that a proposed remedy with the automaker does not go far enough to protect residents. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) reached a proposed consent order in September to require Stellantis to address…
Detroit’s Belle Isle Conservatory to close for renovations
At Detroit’s Belle Isle Park, the lush botanical garden at the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory offers a welcome respite from Michigan’s cold, bleak winters — but not this year, or the next. Starting in mid-November, the Conservatory will close until May 2024 to make way for a $10 million project that will update the building’s…
Detroit Institute of Bagels plots comeback in former Ochre Bakery space
Two years after closing its original shop, Detroit Institute of Bagels is coming back with a fresh location in Core City. Well, not fresh in the sense that it’s completely new. Detroit Institute of Bagels owner Ben Newman confirmed to Metro Times the shop is reopening in the former Ochre Bakery at 4884 Grand River…
Southfield clerk resigns but will face no jail time after tampering with absentee ballots
Southfield City Clerk Sherikia L. Hawkins has resigned after pleading no contest to a felony count of misconduct in office for allegedly falsifying election records, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday. In exchange for the plea, Nessel’s office dismissed five additional felony counts against Hawkins, who will serve no probation or jail time. The…
New Thanksgiving Day Parade float dedicated to Detroit ‘firsts’
Nothing says the holidays are coming quite like new float announcements from The Parade Company. Gardner White, the sponsor for the 96th America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, has unveiled a new float that will make its debut on the parade route on Thanksgiving Day. The float, called “It All Starts Here!,” was designed and built by…
Wayne State adds American Sign Language to teaching curriculum
Deaf people say they sometimes feel like they’re living on a different planet from those who can hear, but when both learn to use American Sign Language, it can open up a new world of communication. In Detroit, Wayne State University is taking notice. The school’s College of Education recently included a Deaf Studies minor…
Recreational cannabis businesses are closer than ever to opening in Detroit
The city of Detroit is getting closer to welcoming its first recreational marijuana businesses. The Detroit City Council selected a Clinton Township-based law firm on Tuesday to score license applications. Kirk, Huth, Lange and Badalamenti PLC will grade adult-use cannabis license applications through June 2024 for a fee of $350,000. The city’s Civil Rights, Inclusion…
Chipotle CEO ‘disappointed’ at Lansing store’s vote to unionize
A Lansing Chipotle became the chain’s first store to unionize back in August, and the company’s CEO isn’t thrilled. Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol said he was “disappointed” in the store’s newly formed union at a Yahoo Finance All Market Summit on Monday. “I really don’t think we need a third party to get between our…
Judas Priest’s Ian Hill talks 50 years of heavy metal ahead of Detroit stop
Judas Priest hasn’t stopped running wild since 1969. The heavy metal band set off on the fall trek of its North American “50 Heavy Metal Years” tour earlier this month, making a stop at Detroit’s Masonic Temple on Saturday. At 71, Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill has zero intention of slowing down, but Priest has…
Good Times serves up ‘traditional American comfort food with a modern twist’ on Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion
“It’ll be a long seven days,” sighed the hostess. Good Times’s alcohol license had been suspended by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, for some bureaucratic reason, and so proclaimed a not-missable notice on the front door. I had dinner anyway, and by the time I came back 17 days later, all had been forgiven. See…
Detroiters ripped off by overinflated property assessments may see relief
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has agreed to explore whether the city of Detroit can legally provide cash compensation or property tax credits to tens of thousands of Detroiters who were illegally overtaxed by overinflated property assessments. Activists recently met with Nessel to urge her to issue an opinion on the legality of the potential…
Savage Love: A reader has ‘mind-blowing’ orgasms that leave him disoriented
There is more to this week’s Savage Love. To read the entire column, go to Savage.Love. I’m a 71-year-old gay man married to a much younger man. That’s all fine, not relevant so much as just info. 15 years ago, I briefly took Prozac. While it dulled my sex drive, the orgasms I did manage…
Free Will Astrology (Oct. 19-25)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” Aries mythologist Joseph Campbell said that, and now I’m passing it on to you just in time for the Sacred Surrender Phase of your astrological cycle. Make sage…
