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At this year’s Michigan Brewers Guild Fall Beer Festival, ‘hefty’ suds will dominate the offerings
Fall isn’t just about pumpkin spice lattes and apple cider. Sometimes it’s about deep umber, smoky stouts, with an overload of whopping malt and just a touch of creaminess. Maybe it’s about settling into the cold weather months clutching a mug of chocolatey, dry-hopped, Imperial Something. In other words, step aside “crushable” and “session” beers.…
Royal Oak’s Arts, Beats & Eats celebrates 25 years with more national music, brand activations
For the 25th Arts, Beats & Eats — Royal Oak’s annual Labor Day festival — organizers say they’re going big. “We’ve kind of stepped up our music,” says producer Jon Witz, noting that the festival has invested more into bringing national musical acts this year than at any other time during its history. Those include…
The Detroit Jazz Festival returns downtown
Over the past two years, music festivals everywhere were canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some managed to keep going. The Detroit Jazz Festival was one that absolutely refused to let down its fanbase, taking a colossal risk switching to a virtual format by livestreaming its performances in the place of its typical gathering downtown.…
Spunky, punky Hamtramck Labor Day Festival has always been about resilience
According to the event’s official website, the idea for the Hamtramck Labor Day Festival arose during a dark time in 1980 as the city faced an economic crisis. “At the time, then-Mayor Robert Kozaren, with the help of a group of dedicated citizens, conceived having a huge city festival that would not only boost the…
This could be Detroit’s biggest Dally in the Alley yet
After being canceled the previous two years due to COVID-19, Dally in the Alley, the annual one-day festival in Detroit’s Cass Corridor, will return on Saturday, Sept. 10 with nearly 50 music acts and dozens of art, retail, and food vendors. The largest community-run festival in the city, Dally in the Alley draws tens of…
Detroit Auto Show rebrands as it rolls into the Motor City for warmer-weather reboot
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) returns to downtown Detroit this September, ushering in a new season for one of Detroit’s largest events — literally. Since 1989, NAIAS has taken over Huntington Place (briefly TCF Center and formerly Cobo Hall) every January for one of the…
The Michigan Renaissance Festival opens the gates for any fairytale character imaginable in The Realm
A band of fairies, wenches, Vikings, and other fantastical characters have descended on the city of Holly for the Michigan Renaissance Festival. Expect all the giant turkey legs, jousting, and Elizabethan corsets during the quirky festival, which runs until Oct. 2, with added lore to fuel even more fandom. This year, visitors will find themselves…
Michigan State Fair celebrates 10th anniversary in Novi with expansion
It’s been 10 years since the Michigan State Fair was relocated to the ’burbs, following its 160-year-run in Detroit. (Former Governor Jennifer Granholm vetoed legislation to provide funding to the festival in 2009, citing other priorities, and the fair was reborn in Novi a few years later.) Apparently, things are going good with the festival’s…
Detroit’s 2022 Theatre Bizarre almost didn’t happen
When it became apparent in 2020 that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to cause Theatre Bizarre, Detroit’s long-running Halloween festival, to be canceled, event mastermind and artist John Dunivant says he was in a strange way glad. “Personally, it was a bit of a relief, because this event is brutal. It tears our lives apart,”…
Motor City Comic Con is back to hosting two conventions this year
It’s arguably never been a better time to be a geek. Comic book culture is bigger than ever, thanks to the onslaught of blockbuster superhero film adaptations from Marvel and DC Comics. Popularity is so high that it’s perhaps no surprise that the long-running Motor City Comic Con has returned with two conventions this year…
Michigan judge declines Trump’s request to toss lawsuit to remove him from ballot
A judge on Wednesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to force him off the 2024 ballot in Michigan. Court of Claims Judge James Robert Redford denied the request and turned down Trump’s motion to be party to the lawsuit, citing the court’s limited jurisdiction. In the order, Redford…
Are CBD Vapes Safe to Smoke? What You Should Know
CBD vapes are a popular way to get fast-acting natural relief. They take effect faster than CBD edibles and tinctures, and they are often formulated for precise results. Whether you want something to help you get energized for a busy day ahead or a quick way to relax before going to bed, a CBD vape…
Updated: Eric Prydz cancels rare club appearance at Pontiac’s Elektricity due to family emergency
Updated Thursday, Sept. 8: Eric Prydz has canceled his gig at Pontiac’s Elektricity originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 10. “Due to a family emergency I have had to return to Sweden. Unfortunately, I have to cancel this weekends shows in Toronto and Detroit as family comes first,” Prydz said in a statement posted on the…
A small-town teacher wonders how she can find sex online without parents or former students finding out
There is more to this week’s Savage Love. To read the entire column, go to Savage.Love. I’m a 38-year-old cis het woman who is also a public high school teacher in a small town. After a string of unsatisfying relationships in my 20s, I realized that I’ve only experienced sexual pleasure without a partner. Despite…
Downriver Detroit spot Galindo’s serves up damn good Mexican tortas
It was only because of steadfast devotion to my readers that on my second visit to Galindo’s, I swerved from the torta menu — 22 choices — and sampled the tacos and fajitas that are better known in these parts. The choice was heart-wrenching because the two tortas I did get to try — the…
Pizza Hut’s take on ‘Detroit-style’ pizza is back for a third time – and it even has an anthem
“Detroit-style” pizza is back at Pizza Hut for a third time. For a limited time beginning Tuesday, Pizza Hut is offering its take on the Detroit classic – thick, crispy, rectangular, sauce-on-the-top pies. The restaurant chain debuted its “Detroit-style” pizza in January 2021 and brought it back in August 2021, citing high demand. “There’s been…
Mural of Ruth Ellis by Ijania Cortez graces new housing project in Detroit’s New Center
A giant mural of LGBTQ activist Ruth Ellis proudly smiles over Woodward Avenue in Detroit. The recently unveiled piece by Detroit artist Ijania Cortez graces the facade of the new Ruth Ellis Clairmount Center for at-risk LGBTQ youth at the corner of Woodward and Clairmount. The center will serve as a 43-unit supportive housing development…
Great Lakes groups call proposed EPA PFAS rule a ‘watershed’ moment
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a rule that will designate two “forever chemicals” as dangerous. PFOA and PFOS are PFAS chemicals which are used in common products such as non-stick coatings, food packaging, and firefighting foam. They linger in the environment and are linked to increased cancers and other health disorders. Tony Spaniola is…
Cedar Point to retire Top Thrill Dragster
Cedar Point announced Tuesday that after 19 seasons and more than 18 million riders, the Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster would be retired. (At least in its current form.) When it opened in 2003, Top Thrill Dragster was the tallest roller coaster in the world. And it immediately became the longest line at America’s Roller…
Fundraiser launched after thieves steal truck packed with school supplies in Detroit
A grassroots organization launched a fundraiser Tuesday after its truck packed with books and school supplies was stolen on Detroit’s east side last month. Hey Y’all Detroit planned to distribute the back-to-school supplies to children in need. The group relied on the “Hey Y’all Mobile” to provide lower-income people with nutritional food, hygiene kits, clothes,…
More women Dems are running in northern Michigan
Antrim County is a GOP stronghold in northern Michigan, best known as being home to the tourist destination of Torch Lake, as well as one of the most-enduring conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. But in an unlikely turn, the county could be represented in the Michigan House by a female Democrat next year, Cathy…
Biden’s ‘Soul of the Nation’ speech was by far his most important yet
Come, friends, and let us clutch our pearls together, for the president of the United States, in saying what needed saying years ago, in identifying the rot eroding our institutions, in echoing the increasingly dire warnings of democracy scholars about the illiberal, authoritarian movement that has consumed conservative politics, might have hurt the fuck-your-feelings crowd’s…
ProDentim Reviews: What are Customers Saying? Horrifying Pro Dentim Candy Truth Revealed!
Summary: ProDentim is the most effective dental probiotic candy on the market that is doctor-formulated (Dr. Drew Sutton MD) to carry over 3.5 living bacteria strains to help heal the mouth microbiome for a healthy teeth and gum environment. To boost the oral flora production naturally and supercharge saliva for optimal digestion, the ProDentim oral…
Eastern Market fusion spot Bunny Bunny is closing
Bunny Bunny, a fusion restaurant that opened two years ago on Gratiot Avenue in Eastern Market, is calling it quits. In a statement on Instagram, owners Justin Tootla and Jen Jackson said the restaurant is closing at the end of the month, calling the experience “one of the most challenging things we have had the…
‘Detroit’s other Rosa Parks’ lives on through the adults she impacted as children
“Come on over to the Action House. Come on over where the action is,” an elderly male sings jovially as he reminisces about his childhood. Action House was the place to be in the east side Detroit neighborhood on Woodlawn Street in the ’70s. The nonprofit community center promoted racial unity and youth empowerment with…
A former Michigan GOP legislator denounces her ‘extreme’ party, and more top Metro Times headlines
This week, our most-read story was an opinion piece written by former Republican state Representative Susan Tabor, who says she is “distraught” by the extremism that has gripped her party. We appreciate her for sharing her insights, and for her bravery. It seems like many conservatives cannot bring themselves to speak out against what has…
The best parts of the Inflation Reduction Act and student loan forgiveness aren’t the obvious ones
The Biden administration’s got its mojo back just in time for the fall midterms. That new momentum is, in part, thanks to two key pieces of policy: the Inflation Reduction Act and Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. Though one is a major legislative accomplishment and the other a smart bureaucratic change, both have something in…
Sterling Heights students mock George Floyd’s death in racist video
A disturbing, racially offensive TikTok video that mocked the death of George Floyd has landed high school students in Sterling Heights in trouble. The video, posted on Instagram and TikTok, begins with white ninth grade students at Adlai E. Stevenson High School laughing as they aim water guns at the head of a blindfolded Black…
Detroit rappers Sada Baby and Icewear Vezzo came onstage during Wiz Khalifa and Logic’s concert at Pine Knob
Hip-hop artists Logic and Wiz Khalifa brought their highly acclaimed Vinyl Verse Summer Tour to Pine Knob Thursday night. Logic took the stage first and immediately built on his reputation as a rapper’s rapper. He added in freestyles, routinely performed various verses acapella, and would jump into his rapid fire flow many times throughout the…
Motown Museum in line for $10M from Congress
The Motown Museum could soon get some love from Congress. The U.S. House is considering spending bills that would include $10 million to help the Motown Museum complete its ongoing restoration and expansion project. If passed, the money would be the museum’s largest contribution for its capital campaign, which seeks to raise $55 million. The…
Michigan State Police locked up more than 3,000 people because of faulty marijuana tests, according to internal memo
Michigan State Police relied on faulty testing to produce criminal charges in about 3,250 cases since March 2019 in which a driver was allegedly under the influence of marijuana and no other drugs or alcohol. In a letter to prosecutors sent on Wednesday, Jeffrey Nye, director of MSP’s Forensic Science Division, acknowledged that the tests…
Workers at a Michigan Chipotle formed the chain’s first union because of a ‘let them eat cake’ moment
Last month, workers at a Chipotle restaurant in Lansing formed the Mexican-inspired fast-casual chain’s first union in the U.S. The news is part of a wave of union victories at corporations like Starbucks and Amazon, and Chipotle is one of the largest fast food chains in the nation. Like many of these victories, the Lansing…
An entitled letter from Detroit’s suburbs
We received the following letter from someone who calls themselves the “The Detroit Suburban League” in response to Randiah Green’s story about a Twin Peaks restaurant opening in Auburn Hills. Our response follows. Dear Miss Green, We recently read your piece regarding the upcoming Twin Peaks restaurant in Auburn Hills, part of the greater Detroit…
Michigan GOP canvassers block abortion rights ballot initiative, citing spacing between words
The Michigan Board of Canvassers on Wednesday deadlocked on certifying a ballot initiative to protect abortion rights. The bone of contention? The space between the words on the amendment. Republican Canvassers Tony Daunt and Richard Houskamp rejected the abortion rights initiative because of typographical errors, saying the amendment lacked sufficient space between some of the…
House of Dank to sponsor Royal Oak Arts, Beats, & Eats for a second consecutive year
Cannabis industry leader, House of Dank, is going “BIG” this year for the four day Labor Day weekend festival and will create a beautiful oasis for festival goers on 6th and Center. They’re bringing all new XL loyalty games, chill new giveaways, dank new merch, CBD and more. Brand new to H.O.D. Loyalty members this…
5 Top Research Paper Writing Services in the USA (2022)
Contrary to the popular belief, the use of online research paper writing assistance is not only used by those learners who are wishing to find an easy solution and get everything delivered on time. The majority of people that approach at least one research paper writing service belong to the brightest explorers who want to…
Michigan canvassers deadlock on ballot initiative to improve voting access
The two Republicans on the Michigan Board of Canvassers on Wednesday refused to certify a ballot initiative intended to improve voting access. The 2-2 deadlock means the Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether the Promote the Vote initiative will appear on the ballot, with a little more than a week to resolve the issue. The…
Detroit is closer to getting recreational weed after dismissal of cannabis ordinance lawsuits
Detroit’s back-and-forth fiasco over recreational cannabis could finally be over now that a judge dismissed two lawsuits challenging the city’s latest adult-use marijuana ordinance on Tuesday. At a Wednesday press conference, Mayor Mike Duggan said the city was now “on the verge” of allowing adult-use cannabis businesses. It will begin accepting applications for licenses at…
Opinion: The Michigan GOP is too extreme to govern
I served in the Michigan state legislature as a Republican for six years. I had heated — but congenial — debates with then-state Rep. Gretchen Whitmer and other Democrats. This was the tradition of bipartisanship and common sense I was proud to carry forward. Now, as I watch as a private citizen, I am distraught…
Short-term populism has long-term consequences
If you’re not familiar with Mark Robinson, you will be soon. A Black Republican who makes up in ambition what he lacks in political experience or policy expertise, Robinson rode a viral rant about gun rights into North Carolina’s lieutenant governor’s office in 2020. As soon as he was sworn in, he started laying the…
Detroit’s Union Assembly is hit or miss
Seated across from Comerica Park, year-old Union Assembly is excellently placed to cater to downtown stadium-goers, and its menu reflects that, with an upscale bar food vibe that is augmented with modern offerings like a vegan quinoa-sorghum-brown rice-pretend-feta concoction. I was predisposed to like the place just for its name. Years ago I had worked…
Free Will Astrology (Aug. 31-Sept. 6)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his poem “Autobiographia Literaria,” Aries-born Frank O’Hara wrote, “When I was a child, I played in a corner of the schoolyard all alone. If anyone was looking for me, I hid behind a tree and cried out, ‘I am an orphan.'” Over the years, though, O’Hara underwent a marvelous transformation.…
