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Arts

Norwest Gallery hopes to secure new location for Womxnhouse Detroit and a bigger gallery space through Seed and Bloom program

The newly announced initiative from the Gilbert Family Foundation gives $150,000 over three years to 10 BIPOC artist-led organizations

By Randiah Camille Green
Mar 6, 2024

Tags: Arts, Local Businesses, Visual Art, Seed and Bloom, BIPOC artists in Detroit, Gilbert Family Foundation, Norwest Gallery of Art, arts
Concert Announcements

Arts, Beats & Eats is pre-selling tickets for the first time with early-bird discount

Pending state approval, it would be the first major Michigan festival to be licensed for cannabis consumption

By Lee DeVito
Jun 8, 2023

Tags: Concert Announcements, Music, Things to Do, Arts, Beats & Eats, Royal Oak, Michigan festivals, House of Dank
Cannabis News

Arts, Beats & Eats gets green light for weed

Festival organizers now have to get the appropriate state licenses

By Randiah Camille Green
Feb 23, 2023

Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Arts, Beats & Eats, Michigan marijuana magazine, Cannabis, Marijuana Media Detroit, Slideshow
Metro Detroit

Pistons and Red Wings are helping Detroit’s homeless dogs

The teams are offering ticket packages that include a donation to a shelter nonprofit

By Steve Neavling
Feb 15, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit Animal Care and Control, Friends of Detroit Animal Care and Control, Pistons, Red Wings, sports, donations
Festival Guide

Royal Oak’s Arts, Beats & Eats celebrates 25 years with more national music, brand activations

Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort and House of Dank have invested more than six figures into on-site lounges

By Lee DeVito
Aug 31, 2022

Tags: Festival Guide, Music, Arts, Beats & Eats, Royal Oak, metro Detroit, Festival Guide, Cover Story
Music News

Flo Rida, 311, and Montell Jordan to play Arts, Beats & and Eats

Lineup for Labor Day festival is loaded with 1990s and mid-2000s throwbacks

By Randiah Camille Green
Jul 27, 2022

Tags: Music News, Music, Arts, Beats, & Eats, Flo Rida, 311, Royal Oak, Music, Labor Day
Cannabis News

No weed at Arts, Beats & Eats this year, Royal Oak votes

City officials say, ‘maybe next year’

By Randiah Camille Green
May 10, 2022

Tags: Marijuana News, Weed, Arts, Beats & Eats, Michigan marijuana magazine, Cannabis, Media Detroit, Cannabis, Magazine, Detroit, Cannabis, Newspaper Detroit, Marijuana Media Detroit
Things to Do

Jack White kicks off tour, Dearborn’s Ramadan Suhoor fest is back, hip-hop in Eastern Market, and more things to do

Select events happening in metro Detroit

By Metro Times editorial staff
Apr 6, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Jack White, Arts, Beats + Lyrics, Ramadan Suhoor Festival, The Potency Test, things to do in Detroit, Video
Food News

Under new management, Detroit’s Anchor Bar reopens with tweaked menu (again)

The beloved bar announced it will reopen with some new dishes — following similar announcements in 2019 and 2021

By Lee DeVito
Mar 30, 2022

Tags: Food News, Detroit, Anchor Bar, sports
The Incision

Online gambling is exploding. At what cost?

A third of gaming tax revenues are being collected off the backs of vulnerable people

By Abdul El-Sayed
Mar 30, 2022

Tags: The Incision, The Incision, online gambling, sports, betting
Detroit Sports

NFL announces Detroit will host 2024 NFL Draft

It's “a huge win for Detroiters," Gov. Whitmer says

By Steve Neavling
Mar 28, 2022

Tags: Detroit Sports, Michigan, Detroit, Lions, Football, sports, Gov. Whitmer, NFL, NFL Draft, downtown Detroit
Metro Detroit

University of Michigan reaches $490M settlement in sex abuse case

By Steve Neavling
Jan 19, 2022

Tags: University of Michigan, Dr. Robert Anderson, football, sports, sexual assault, lawsuit, Jordan Acker
Arts

VH1 spotlights Black Detroit artists, innovators, and culture in YouTube series

By Alex Washington
Oct 27, 2021

Tags: jessica Care moore, Payroll Giovanni, El Club, TwerkxTequila, Cass Tech, Detroit vs. Everybody, Sheefy McFly, murals, arts, rapper
Metro Detroit

Duggan appoints Detroit’s first historian to highlight African Americans’ contributions to the city

By Steve Neavling
Oct 25, 2021

Tags: Jamon Jordan, Detroit, history, Mayor Duggan, arts, culture, Rochelle Riley, race, Underground Railroad, Paradise Valley
Fall Arts Guide

A selection of upcoming artistic happenings in metro Detroit and beyond

By Metro Times editorial staff
Sep 15, 2021

Tags: Fall Arts Guide, Fall Arts, Michigan, Detroit, Grand Rapids, ArtPrize, arts, art galleries, theater, autumn, things to do, Cover Story
Metro Detroit

Historic Negro League ballpark in Hamtramck to get new life with $2.6M in renovations

By Steve Neavling
Jul 23, 2021

Tags: Negro Leagues, Hamtramck Stadium, Turkey Stearns, sports, baseball, Hamtramck, history, Wayne County, Warren Evans
One Hitters

Michigan-based Runner's High aims to destigmatize marijuana use in athletics in wake of Sha'Carri Richardson controversy

By Jerilyn Jordan
Jul 13, 2021

Tags: One Hitters, News Hits, Sha'Carri Richardson, Olympics, Michael Phelps, Marijuana, cannabis, sports, Runner's High, Belle Isle, Detroit, legalize weed
Food News

Royal Oak’s Arts, Beats & Eats ditches food and drink tickets for 2021 fest

By Lee DeVito
Jul 13, 2021

Tags: Arts, Beats & Eats, Royal Oak, Michigan, Detroit, tickets, festival
Metro Detroit

Michigan GOP proposal to ban transgender athletes in high school advances to committee hearing

By Steve Neavling
May 25, 2021

Tags: LGBTQ, transgender, high school sports, sports, Michigan House, Lansing, bill, Michigan Education and Career Readiness Committee, Lana Theis
Metro Detroit

Opponents of Michigan's proposed trans sports ban are working to educate people about its dangers

By Mary Kulhman, Michigan News Connection
Apr 9, 2021

Tags: transgender, sports, Michigan, Republicans, GOP, LGBTQ