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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
Metro Detroit

Duggan announces changes to tax plan to address concerns by Detroit’s urban farmers

Community gardens and urban farms will be exempt from the land tax increase while side lots will see a small increase

By Randiah Camille Green
Sep 1, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Nature, Politics & Government, Detroit Land Value Tax Plan, Urban farming, Detroit property taxes, News
Cannabis News

Federal ban on marijuana means Michigan cannabis company can’t sue state agency, judge rules

Court says Viridis Laboratories lacks legal standing because it deals in ‘illegal contraband’

By Steve Neavling
Aug 4, 2023

Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Viridis Laboratories, Marijuana, U.S. District Court, law, Michigan, Controlled Substances Act, Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency
Food News

Former NBA star will open soul food restaurant in downtown Detroit

Kevin Johnson is bringing Fixins' Soul Kitchen to the D

By Layla McMurtrie
Aug 2, 2023

Tags: Food News, Restaurants, Food, News, Basketball, NBA, Kevin Johnson
Food News

USA Today Wine + Food Experience launches 2023 tour at Belle Isle

Detroit executive chef Jared Bobkin leads culinary experience in upcoming tour

By Layla McMurtrie
Jul 6, 2023

Tags: Food News, Things to Do, Michigan, Detroit, Food, News, Wine, Belle Isle, Events, Restaurants
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
Michigan

Youth pastor sentenced to 13 years in prison for sexual abuse involving Michigan Christian camp

Pastor Jesse Vargas’s victim says he ‘remorselessly stole’ her childhood

By Ryan Krull
Sep 30, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, News, St. Louis, St. Louis news, news, Missouri, Missouri news, Jesse Vargas, Incredible Journey, camp, New York, Michigan, Christian Camp
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
Metro Detroit

Detroit Metro Times gets top rating from NewsGuard

The service ranks the credibility of publications based on nine criteria

By Lee DeVito
Aug 25, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit Metro Times, Michigan, news, credibility
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
ICYMI

Two Detroit rappers are on the 2022 XXL Freshman list and a local pastry chef wins a James Beard Award: The top 10 Metro Times headlines of the week

Here's what our readers were interested in this week

By Alex Washington
Jun 17, 2022

Tags: ICYMI, ICYMI, Top Ten, News, Detroit News, Metro Detroit News, Michigan News
Things to Do

Motor City Comic Con returns this weekend with cosplay, celebrities, and a ‘Superman’ celebration

Staff pick

By Lee DeVito
May 11, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Motor City Comic Con, Detroit, Michigan, cosplay, comics, Superman
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
Michigan

Michigan Democrats pledge to mount a fierce fight to protect abortion rights

In response to a leak of draft on the SCOTUS decision on ‘Roe v. Wade,’ Gov. Whitmer says she’ll ‘keep fighting like hell’ to ensure abortion remains safe and accessible

By Steve Neavling
May 3, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Health Care, Abortion Rights, Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, Michigan, law, Gov. Whitmer, Rashida Tlaib, Gary Peters, Debbie Stabenow
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
Metro Detroit

Under Armour's downtown Detroit location to permanently close

By Randiah Camille Green
Jan 12, 2022

Tags: Under Armour, News Hits, downtown Detroit
Metro Detroit

People are having a hard time with the new DetroitPark app and asking for the old version back

By Randiah Camille Green
Jan 11, 2022

Tags: Detroit, DetroitPark, News Hits
Metro Detroit

A new Aaliyah record, Detroit auto show return, and a new name for TCF Center: The top ten Metro Times headlines of the week

By Alex Washington
Dec 17, 2021

Tags: Aaliyah, News, News Hits, Top Ten Headlines, Metro Times
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