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Things to Do

Historic African American film exhibit headed to the DIA this February

‘Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971’ will include nearly 200 historical film posters, costumes, props, and excerpts

By Randiah Camille Green
Jan 9, 2024

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Movies, Critics’ Picks, Detroit Institute of Arts, Things to Do, Detroit art scene, film
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
Arts

Brooklyn artist brings absurdist ‘Plastic Bag Store’ installation to Ann Arbor

The experience is part-mockumentary, part-performance art, and full-on dystopian future

By Randiah Camille Green
Jan 27, 2023

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Robin Frohardt, The Plastic Bag Store, visual art, film, performant art, Ann Arbor, Arts Stories & Interviews
Movies

The limits of ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody’

Biopic struggles to capture what made the star so compelling

By Maurice Tracy
Jan 26, 2023

Tags: Movies, Movies, Whitney Houston, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, film
Cannabis News

Michael Thompson opens up about being Michigan's longest serving non-violent offender

Heart-wrenching documentary features Flint native who spent decades in prison after selling weed

By Steve Neavling
Oct 28, 2022

Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, News, Michael Thompson, Documentary, MSNBC, Film, Marijuana, justice system, war on drugs
Movies

With Korean thriller ‘Decision to Leave,’ Park Chan-Wook smartly updates classic noir

The ‘Oldboy’ director stages a comeback

By George Elkind
Oct 24, 2022

Tags: Movies, Movies, Decision to Leave, Park Chan-Wook, Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Korea, film, noir
Culture

For the last decade, stylist and fashion designer Marv Neal has been Detroit’s best-dressed secret

The celebrity stylist will host a sip-and-shop on Sunday on the Avenue of Fashion

By Alex Washington
Oct 14, 2022

Tags: Culture, Things to Do, fashion, Detroit, stylist, Marv Neal, Avenue of Fashion, Livernois
ICYMI

Pink Panties and Detroit-themed Nike Air Jordans: The top 10 Metro Times headlines

Here’s what our readers were interested in this week

By Alex Washington
Oct 8, 2022

Tags: ICYMI, ICYMI, Top 10, Two18, Sneaker, boutique, fashion, Tudor Dixon, GOP, Election Dining
Culture

Detroit sneaker shop launches app with a portion of the proceeds going to DPSCD

$3 of each subscription to the Fire Exchange app will be donated to the Detroit Public Schools Community District

By Alex Washington
Sep 23, 2022

Tags: Culture, Arts & Culture, sneakers, sneaker culture, sneaker, DPSCD, Detroit Public Schools, DPS, Avenue of Fashion, Livernois, Detroit, fashion
Television

Detroit fashion designer competes on Season 2 of HBO’s streetwear competition ‘The Hype’

(A)lex(Z)ander the great

By Kahn Santori Davison
Sep 20, 2022

Tags: Television, Television, Detroit, fashion, HBO, The Hype, (A)lex(Z)ander, Video
Movies

Noir City film fest brings a world of classic movies to Detroit’s Redford Theatre

More noir: This year’s fest as a return to basics, with double features of films from the 1930s-50s

By George Elkind
Sep 19, 2022

Tags: Movies, Movies, Noir City, Redford Theatre, Detroit, film, film noir
Food News

Mobile ice cream parlor Bombshell Treat Bar lands Somerset Collection residency

The pop-up will serve up hand-dipped ice cream in Neiman Marcus

By Alex Washington
Sep 14, 2022

Tags: Food News, Dining, ice cream, Neiman Marcus, Somerset Collection, Troy, Oakland County, shopping, retail, dessert
Fall Arts Guide

Young Detroit artists turned former Greektown PizzaPapalis into a fashion pop-up and gallery

Fashion-forward

By Amber Ogden
Sep 14, 2022

Tags: Fall Arts Guide, Arts & Culture, PizzaPapalis, Greektown, Cover Story
Movies

Cinema Lamont and Detroit Puppet Company bring a month-long puppet film series

(Some) strings attached

By George Elkind
Aug 3, 2022

Tags: Movies, Movies, film, movies, puppets, art house, Detroit, Michigan
Movies

A wide-ranging self-portrait, ‘Beba’ traces its director’s cross-national family history

Filmmaker Rebeca Huntt is fighting for control of her own story — but it doesn’t always land

By George Elkind
Jul 18, 2022

Tags: Movies, Movies, Beba, documentary, film
Things to Do

Michigan Fashion Week celebrates its 10th anniversary with a runway show in Detroit’s Eastern Market

Staff pick

By Lee DeVito
Jun 7, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Detroit, Eastern Market, Michigan Fashion Week, fashion, design
Things to Do

You can catch wacky shorts at the seventh Detroit International Festival of Animation this Saturday

Staff pick

By Randiah Camille Green
May 4, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Detroit International Festival of Animation, film, Senate Theatre, DIFA, 2022
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
Metro Detroit

Oakland Mall’s new owner takes to TikTok to fill vacant storefronts

“We feel like this is one of the sleepiest sites in metro Detroit, and we are going to wake it up,” the 31-year-old developer says

By Alex Washington
Mar 29, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Oakland Mall, Metro Detroit, Retail, shopping