Noise Camp is free, Saturday at UFO Factory
It’s the harsh noise event of the season! Time to dress like you’re about to get shipped off to bible camp!
Detroit City Distillery expands in former Stroh’s ice cream plant
From beer, to ice cream, and back to booze making, this former Stroh’s plant comes full circle.
The Mangonada: The mind-blowing summertime treat you’ve never heard of
Beat the heat with more heat (and mangos!).
WMU offers map of gender neutral bathrooms on campus
A positive step for an all inclusive campus.
Dearborn police department is the first in the country to have a uniformed officer who also wears a hijab
The city of Dearborn recently instated Amal Chammout as an officer. Why’s this a big deal? Well, she’s the first person in the country to don a uniform and a hijab at the same time. In an interview with AJ+, the 23-year-old says she’s “just like any other officer. There’s no difference between me and anybody…
New show at Public Pool will explore Muslim identity
A new show uses art as a lens to examine South Asian and Muslim identity in the U.S.A.
Rollins ready to rile up the Motor City
Punk icon Henry Rollins will take the stage November 12th at the Royal Oak Music Theater as a stop on his AEG Presents spoken-word tour. Rollins — who has made a career out of being opinionated, disillusioned, and arrogant — is a true jack-of-all-trades. Rollins started out as the hyper, chaotic front-man for the trailblazing…
Too early for pumpkins, but Arts & Apples suits this weekend fine
This weekend, Rochester lights up with art and apples, and nary a pumpkin to be seen.
Just announced: Stevie Nicks and the Pretenders coming to town in November
The iconic rock legend will be playing The Palace on November 27.
We caught up with the owners of SW Detroit’s viral sensation taco truck
#TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner, what a delicious prospect.
Hamtramck’s canoe races the wildest, wettest yet
Here are photos of today’s tomfoolery.
Best fair food: ‘Super Coney Tots’
This fair-style coney dog calls for a fork.
Book review: ‘Once in a Great City’
‘Life Seemed Fresh Again in Detroit’: An estimation of David Maraniss’ history of the Motor City in the mid-1960s.
A South Haven restaurant has been serving customers used chips and salsa
A teenage who worked at the establishment called the restaurant out.
Six places to eat and drink this Labor Day Weekend
Never go hungry during this long weekend.
Get ready for the UniverSoul Circus
The most diverse circus in North America heads to Chene Park next week.
From Sundance to Cinema Detroit: Go See ‘Morris From America’
The German language is not particularly beautiful. The guttural and harsh sounds are not sonically appealing. Yet, the Germans have mastered the art of building a language. Their best word might be “bildungsroman.” It translates into a story that “builds character.” This epitome of the language found an epitome in the film world. Morris From…
J. Baldwin’s to launch new Italian restaurant in Macomb Township
The folks behind the upscale Clinton Township restaurant hope to bring a more casual atmosphere with this new spot.
A longtime Detroiter’s requiem for George Washington Trade School
‘This school put a lot of good people out into the world … before education became an industry.’
Fourteen of the EAA’s 15 schools are failing: Can we finally say a state-take over didn’t work?
The continued failure of the district raises questions about experimentation and state takeovers.
Ms. Lauryn Hill returns to Detroit tonight
Girl, you know you better watch out!
Happy Birthday, Lily Tomlin!
The legendary comic will perform at Royal Oak Music Theatre in October.
UPDATE: Nearly 50 restaurants to raise funds for Amatrice relief
The pasta for Italy efforts have garnered support far and wide.
Anti-circumcision rally planned for Sept. 10
Infant circumcision can be a polarizing topic — and it’s one we explored in-depth in an October 2014 investigative report on the topic. Each year anti-circumcision activists (self-titled “intactivists”) protest the nearly 2,000 circumcisions that take place at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. According to the group, NOCIRC of Michigan, the practice is a money…
Rejoice! Meijer will deliver groceries to your house
No one likes the grocery store, but pretty soon those giant brick-and-mortar retail establishments might be a thing of the past. Grand Rapids-based Meijer just announced they’ll be launching a grocery delivery service with the ability to drop around 55,000 items on your doorstep, sometimes within an hour of your order. According to a story…
Toad the Wet Sprocket celebrate 25 years at ROMT
#ThrowbackThursday
Sleigh Bells bring thrashing guitars and sweet melodies to El Club
Plus an opening set from Flint artist Tunde Olaniran.
House of Dank to give away 1,000 backpacks this Sunday
There will be plenty of happy kids flush with fresh school supplies after Sunday’s event.
El Zocalo, longtime Mexicantown eatery, to close after 30-plus years
Asking price, $1.5 million.
Tawana ‘Honeycomb’ Petty performs her one woman show
The Detroit legend takes to the stage tonight.
Feedback
Michael Jackman’s editorial on the RTA got a few spirited responses. Megan Owens, the executive director of Transportation Riders United (DetroitTransit.org) writes us: I may never run as fast as Usain Bolt. Based on Michael Jackman’s anti-RTA logic, that means I shouldn’t bother getting up off the couch. The Regional Transit Authority’s plan for expanding…
Tour the grand homes of Detroit’s University District
These homes are classics of the “Golden Age of Housing,’ and they’ll be on display Sept. 11.
The rave goes on: Electric Forest may be expanding to two weekends
Grab your hula hoops and MDMA!
Sip on a few brews with your dog and meet some new friends
Canine to Five is hosting the event @ Atwater in the Park
Where are all the campaign signs?
MT’s Jackman asks: Where are all the election signs in my neighborhood?
A conversation with Ron Carter, history’s most recorded jazz bassist
Thanks to Detroit Jazz Festival, metro Detroiters are fortunate enough for the opportunity to see renowned double bassist Ron Carter perform four times in four different settings over Labor Day weekend. This year, the festival has an even more concentrated focus on honoring Detroit natives. Carter, who was born in Ferndale, later moved to Detroit,…
Better Life Bags is giving the Hamtramck community more hope than expected
Inside Hamtramck just down Joseph Campau Avenue sits the workshop for Better Life Bags, a company improving the lives of many one bag at a time. Rebecca Smith founded Better Life Bags during her pregnancy, when she decided to keep busy, buy some fabric, and make her own diaper bag. Friends and family noticed the…
Politics & Prejudices: How about a financial offender list?
How’s this idea: The government starts a financial offenders’ list that includes every slumlord who has ever been convicted of code violations. We add to that all the subprime mortgage scum who almost destroyed our economy. Crooked car salesmen, those who have stolen and defrauded our governments and our schools. Norman Shy and the criminal…
Horoscopes (Aug. 31-Sept. 6)
ARIES (March 21- April 20): You have taken everything to the limit. What happens now is anyone’s guess. You’re either full of anticipation, or ready to snap under the weight of whatever it could cost you to lose touch with yourself. You guys are at a crossroads where nothing less than the truth will do.…
Palma restaurant takes diners back with Bosnian cuisine
Hamtramck has always served as a sort of Ellis Island for the region’s diverse immigrant community. It was first founded by French Revolutionary Colonel Jean Francois Hamtramck, was later settled by German-American farmers, and eventually became a major hub for Polish laborers drawn to the Dodge Brothers plant. Since its heyday in the 1920s, the…
Savage Love: Client tell
Q I have been seeing sex workers for 30 years, and I shudder to think how shitty my life would have been without them. Some have become friends, but I’ve appreciated all of them. Negative stereotypes about guys like me are not fair, but sex work does have its problems. Some clients (including females) are…
Laith Al-Saadi returns from ‘The Voice’ to headline Arts, Beats & Eats
Despite its leafy suburban façade, Oakland County has some impressive rock ‘n’ roll credentials, far beyond its place as the home of southeast Michigan’s classic-est rock radio station. It’s the birthplace of the Eagles’ Glenn Frey. For years, the Birmingham Palladium drew acts like Fleetwood Mac and Chuck Berry. And for a time, rock ‘n’…
Dally in the Alley returns with music, food, art, and good vibes
In a neighborhood that’s always evolving, the first Saturday after Labor Day each year has been a constant. Dally in the Alley marks its 39th year in the Cass Corridor on Saturday, Sept. 10, bringing together Detroiters and celebrating the heart of a community. The North Cass Community Union, or NCCU, is the brains behind…
Get in shape at the Detroit Design Festival
“Design touches every aspect of our lives. From the way you interact with your phone to the clothes you wear to the way you pay your bills online, design creates solutions for all these things,” says Olga Stella, executive director of the Detroit Creative Corridor Center. Stella leads the organization that puts on the Detroit…
Ready for another year of DIY memories?
Carey Gustafson will never forget when she was sitting in the WAB, or Woodward Avenue Brewers, in downtown Ferndale nine years ago, and one of the owners tapped her on the shoulder and said she should join them for a meeting about “a new festival.” Gustafson has been traveling the country with Outrageous Cherry and…
The Hamtramck Labor Day Festival lives on, powered by rock, rap, soul, and the psych-rock of Black Merda and Fugi
When it comes to end-of-summer festivals, the Hamtramck Labor Day Festival is the great grandaddy of them all. It’s been going on since 1980, when Dodge Main shut down and Hamtramck Mayor Bob Kozaren inaugurated the shindig as a way to boost the city’s flagging morale. It turned out to be a fitting celebration marking…
Exclusive musical explorations at this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival
Now in its 37th year, the Detroit Jazz Festival is a beloved local institution. After all, what four-day festival is still free these days? And one with such a reverently compiled roster of remarkably high-quality acts, at that? Within seconds of beginning a conversation with Chris Collins, the festival’s president and artistic director, one is…
Fifth Third Bank continues to reimagine the Michigan State Fair in Novi
It was a shame when Lansing decided to discontinue the Michigan State Fair several years ago. But in that fair’s absence, a private group has stepped in with generous donors to rebuild and reimagine this Michigan tradition. And it’s a wholesome, family-friendly event that continues to grow year by year. Here are some of the…
