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From a fitness studio to a gelateria, Midtown and New Center land 6 new businesses

Other businesses include a restaurant, hair salon, waxing and lashing studio, and bridal boutique

By Steve Neavling
Sep 8, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Local Businesses, Real Estate, Retail, Development, retailers, business, Midtown, Detroit, the Platform, restaurants, Pure Barre
Arts

Breeda Kelly Miller turns experience caring for ailing mother into a poignant one-woman play

‘An accidental caregiver’ turns the page

By Jim McFarlin
Jan 30, 2023

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Stage, Breeda Kelly Miller, Mrs. Kelly’s Journey Home, theater
Metro Detroit

Workers at a Starbucks in Royal Oak seeks to unionize as movement grows in Michigan

Twelve Starbucks stores in Michigan have formed a union since May.

By Steve Neavling
Oct 11, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Labor, Starbucks, Royal Oak, union, coffee, coffee shop, business
Things to Do

Tina Turner Musical headed for Detroit Opera House this December

Tickets go on sale Sept. 30

By Randiah Camille Green
Sep 14, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Stage, Tina Turner, The Tina Turner Musical, Detroit Opera House, Broadway in Detroit, theater, musicals
Metro Detroit

Striking workers at Great Lakes Coffee withdraw from union effort as company closes stores

After a bitter battle to unionize, baristas are forced to move on

By Steve Neavling
Aug 15, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Labor, Coffee, Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Co., labor unions, Detroit, business
Things to Do

Musical based on Motown’s Temptations heads to the Detroit Opera House

‘Ain’t Too Proud’ will run in August

By Randiah Camille Green
Jul 28, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Detroit Opera House, The Temptations, Motown, theater
Arts

Shakespeare in Detroit returns with new home at Marygrove Conservancy

After a four-year hiatus, the Bard is back — but if people think SiD’s performances are just about ‘the dead dude who wrote them,’ they’re missing the point, says director Sam White

By Darlene A. White
May 16, 2022

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Stage, Shakespeare in Detroit, Marygrove Conservancy, Sam White, Shakespeare, theater
Things to Do

48Hours in...Detroit theatre festival returns this weekend with Sunday performance

Local playwrights and actors will have 48 hours to write and perform new work

By Randiah Camille Green
Mar 23, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Detroit, theater, Marygrove College
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
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

Detroit artist and former Golden Gloves boxing champ Ray Gray’s infamous 1973 murder case is back before the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Conviction Integrity Unit

By Dave Mesrey
Apr 4, 2021

Tags: News Hits, prison, prisoner, conviction integrity unit, wrongful conviction, exoneration, Ray Gray, Reuben Bryant, Golden Gloves, Kym Worthy, Valerie Newman, Gabi Silver, Detroit, Michigan
Metro Detroit

Imprisoned for nearly 48 years, artist and former boxer Ray Gray might finally see the light of day

By Dave Mesrey
Jan 13, 2021

Tags: Local News, News Hits, coronavirus, COVID-19, prison, prisoner, Ray Gray, Detroit, Kym Worthy, Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan, Video
Metro Detroit

Think tank offers guidance to keep Michigan strong amid coronavirus crisis

By Mary Schuermann Kuhlman, Michigan News Connection
Apr 6, 2020

Tags: News Hits, coronavirus, Michigan, COVID-19, Detroit, business
Cannabis News

Voters to decide whether to allow marijuana businesses in 10 Michigan municipalities on Tuesday

By Lee DeVito
Nov 4, 2019

Tags: Marijuana News, marijuana, business, Michigan Detroit, Keego Harbor, Walled Lake, Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Mount Pleasant, Marenisco Township, Hudson, South Haven, Northfield Township, Crystal Township.
Canna-Business

Detroit-based business to launch cell phone app for cannabis users, businesses

By Steve Neavling
Oct 30, 2019

Tags: Canna-Business, Marijuana, cell phone app, business, Detroit
Arts

Peter Sellars will bring the drama to his Penny Stamps talk at Michigan Theater

Staff Pick

By Jerilyn Jordan
Mar 20, 2019

Tags: The Scene, Peter Sellars, theater, U-M, Shakespeare, Video
Arts

A stage play based on Shri Thanedar's life will premiere in Detroit

By Lee DeVito
Jul 10, 2018

Tags: The Scene, Shri Thanedar, theater, Senate Theater, Detroit, The Blue Suitcase
Metro Detroit

Dan Gilbert's last gasp on Amazon HQ2 has us shaking our heads

By Violet Ikonomova
Jan 18, 2018

Tags: News Hits, Detroit, Dan Gilbert, richest man in Michigan, Michigan, Amazon HQ2, business, investment, tax breaks