The People Issue 2017
Twenty people making moves in Michigan
By Metro Times editorial staff
Vol. 37, No. 44
We are all in mortal danger
By Jack Lessenberry
'Detroit' can't heal Detroit
If Detroiters don't like a movie titled 'Detroit,' then who will?
By Larry Gabriel
Duggan calls 'two Detroits' narrative 'fiction' on heels of big primary win
By Lee DeVito
Chris Cornell's wife plans memorial statue, gives nod to people "looking for answers" in his death
By Violet Ikonomova
Snyder's attorneys in federal court today: DPS kids have no right to literacy
By Michael Jackman
Red Wings logo appropriated by white supremacists, team vows to explore 'every possible legal action'
We calculated the carbon footprint of the Woodward Dream Cruise
Detroiters march in solidarity with Charlottesville
By Nick Hayes
Detroit will spend $5 million boarding up 11,000 homes, despite past effort that produced mixed results
Marketing 101: How not to apologize for generating fraud out of thin air
DTE begins cutting power to last 'smart meter' holdouts
Get to know your Detroit-area hate groups
By Jack Roskopp
Savage Love: Commit to something
By Dan Savage
U-M football season starts soon, R&B singer Usher to serve as honorary coach
By Alysa Zavala-Offman
Detroit Zoo welcomes baby Camel into the world today
By Skyler Murry
Ryan Murphy reveals new season of 'American Horror Story' will be set in Michigan
Heidelberg Project starts petition to acquire 40 parcels
We need to talk about Eastern Michigan University's new football poster
Updated: Highland Park vintage and resale store remains open, will change name
Detroit’s Robocop statue is coming along
By Isabella Hinojosa
Fash Bash returns to DIA this week
By Tess Garcia
Dancers, dance lovers, and choreographers will converge for the Detroit Dance City Festival this weekend
First annual summer Motor City Tattoo Expo takes over Ren Cen this weekend
A Detroit native's surreal sculptures are coming to Library Street Collective
Detroit Repertory Theatre to host outdoor street fair this weekend
Viral internet comedian Ryan Davis to headline Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle
Lululemon will open in downtown Detroit in late September
Why there will be a SlutWalk in Palmer Park this weekend
By Amy Oprean
Horoscopes (Aug. 9-15)
By Cal Garrison
Review: Fowl play at Detroit's Red Dunn Kitchen
By Jane Slaughter
See the line up (so far) for Detroit Black Restaurant Week
By Tom Perkins
Bagger Dave's says 'casual dining recession' is behind its metro Detroit closures
Ann Arbor's Cafe Zola turns away ICE agents
Fisher Building launches pop up and food truck series, plans two new restaurants
Detroit Street Filling Station vegan restaurant opens later this month
How the oldest British club in the country flies under the radar in Warren
Nom Nom's Cupcake Factory, Detroit Pizza Co. close down in Midtown
Dangerously Delicious Pies shuts down its Wyandotte location, will not open in Hamtramck
Chris Isaak to play Pontiac's Flagstar Strand in October
Catching up with DJ Nora En Pure
By Mike Pfeiffer
Jack White's Third Man Records and Detroit Tigers collaborate for special vinyl
ICYMI: Expert on Detroit's 'illegal foreclosures' featured on 'Democracy Now'
Nine acts not to miss at BFF Fest 4
By Ana Gavrilovska
Hip-hop comes to Ferndale's Loving Touch with Big Gov
By Jerilyn Jordan
Skylar Grey to play Chene Park Saturday as part of Fat Tire Presents Tour de Fat
Bruno Mars donated $1 million to Flint relief fund at Palace show Saturday night
Eagles will end first tour since Glenn Frey's death in Detroit this October
Kid Rock and the Confederate flag: a history
Indie phenom Waxahatchee to perform at El Club
Cosmo's Midnight bring 'make out music with a dash of mall shopping spree' to Grasshopper Underground
Prog rock gods Yes take over DTE tomorrow
Hear August Alsina's grind-worthy jams at the Fillmore this weekend
Gucci Mane is a free man and you can see him at Chene Park this Sunday
Theatre Bizarre Orchestra to bring neo-vaudevillian debauchery to Cliff Bell's
Pro-Trump rally in D.C. is the same day as the Juggalo March
The Contender: Abdul El-Sayed, 2018 gubernatorial candidate
The People Issue
The Visionary: Carl Nielbock, CAN Art Handworks, Inc.
The Critic: Taylor Renee Aldridge, Curator and Arts Writer
The Bibliophile: Janet Webster Jones, Source Booksellers owner
The Learner: Alivia Zivich, Co-founder of What Pipeline
The Activist: Rachel Crandall-Crocker, Transgender Michigan founder
The Collaborator: Tony Holt, Wayne State University Police Chief
The Seamstress: Rebecca Smith, Better Life Bags
The Steward: Ashley Hennen, Scarab Club Executive Director
The Scientist: Natalie Nevarez, University of Michigan Ph.D. student
The Fighter: Edythe Ford, Activist and Community Organizer
The Sushi Chef: Nick George, aka Dr. Sushi
The Teacher’s Favorite: Alycia Meriweather, Detroit Public Schools Community District Deputy Superintendent
The Boxer: Claressa Shields, Professional boxer and two-time Olympic gold medalist
The Do-Gooder: Chris Lambert, CEO of nonprofit Life Remodeled
The Collectivist: Stephanie Chang, first Asian-American woman to serve as Michigan state representative
The Believer: Garret Koehler, General Manager at Assemble Sound
The Vegan: Amber Poupore, owner of Cacao Tree
The Booker: Virginia Benson, El Club
The Inspiration: DaQuann Harrison, DWH Inspires