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Arts

Detroit’s Kresge Arts intermingles sound with visual and literary arts in first-ever online exhibition

The exhibition includes themes of solidarity and community, inspired by 1970s Detroit radio DJ The Electrifying Mojo

By Layla McMurtrie
Apr 5, 2024

Tags: Arts, Music, News, Kresge Arts, Detroit artists, Michigan artists, Detroit art, sound art, music, visual art, poetry, Detroit poets, Slideshow
Arts

MAP Fest returns for a second year with goals to grow and highlight ‘the beauty of the hood’

Organizers hope to expand the day of music, art, and poetry with more interactive activities

By Layla McMurtrie
Mar 14, 2024

Tags: Arts, Music, Things to Do, MAP Fest, Detroit events, Detroit festivals, music, art, poetry, Detroit music, Highland Park, Avalon Village, Mama Shu, Rock Local Entertainment Cafe, Detroit artists, Detroit talent, Slideshow
Arts

Inaugural MAP Fest brings Detroit’s creative forces together for a day of art and entertainment

From vision to reality

By Layla McMurtrie
Jul 20, 2023

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Music, Art, Poetry, Festivals, Community
Arts

Ypsi’s The Deep End Cafe & Gallery is for the people

Detroit poet promotes healthy living and local art at new coffee shop

By Layla McMurtrie
Jul 14, 2023

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Coffee, Art, Coffee, Food, Poetry, Ypsilanti, The Deep End Cafe & Gallery
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

Influential Detroit artist Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts honored with memorial

Beloved by the community, the artist and activist died in August

By Amber Ogden
Sep 19, 2022

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts, Detroit, art, poetry, Wayne County Community College, labor, unions, activism
Arts

Detroit’s jessica Care moore gets shoutout from Oprah for poem about Ketanji Brown Jackson

The Detroit native is overjoyed to be recognized by one of her longtime idols

By Randiah Camille Green
Apr 14, 2022

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, jessica Care Moore, poetry, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Oprah
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
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
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
Metro Detroit

'Let Them Play' lawsuit seeks to overturn order barring winter sports in Michigan

By Steve Neavling
Feb 2, 2021

Tags: Let Them Play, sports, Schools, lawsuit, Michigan Court of Claims, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan, coronavirus
Metro Detroit

New legislation allows Michigan college athletes to receive compensation for the first time

By Lee DeVito
Dec 30, 2020

Tags: Michigan, sports, Whitmer
Arts

Noted poet laureate of Detroit Naomi Long Madgett, dead at 97

By Herb Boyd
Nov 8, 2020

Tags: Detroit, Naomi Long Madgett, poetry, poet, laureate
Metro Detroit

Michigan's gyms and pools are finally allowed to reopen

By Lee DeVito
Sep 3, 2020

Tags: gyms, Whitmer, Michigan, pools, sports
Metro Detroit

Coronavirus makes an unwelcome comeback in Michigan after two months of significant progress

By Steve Neavling
Jun 26, 2020

Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, hospitals, cases, deaths, Gov. Whitmer, Dana Nessel, Attorney General, Michigan, sports