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42 Dugg unplugged
Rapper 42 Dugg is sitting inside the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Buckhead, an uppity district north of downtown Atlanta that feels like the suburbs. He’s relaxed and carefree, dressed in khakis, T-shirt, and a gray hoodie. A diamond-encrusted gold chain hangs loosely around his neck, with an emblem of the letters “CBFW”…
‘Mighty Real/Queer Detroit’ show plans for epic return with international artists
A month-long exhibit of queer artists took over the city of Detroit for Pride Month in 2022 with what was considered the largest exhibit of LGBTQ+ art in perhaps the world. This June it’s heading back to Detroit with even more artists from across the country and beyond. Mighty Real/Queer Detroit is the brainchild of…
Madonna taps controversial Omar S to open Detroit concert
Many in Detroit’s music scene have moved to boycott the DJ and producer Omar S after he was involved in a physical altercation with a woman at a downtown bar in November. Apparently, Madonna didn’t get the memo. The pop star tapped Omar S as her opening act for the Little Caesars Arena stop of…
Detroit City Distillery’s Pączki Day Vodka will now be distributed nationwide
Fat Tuesday, known around here as Pączki Day, is coming up on Feb. 13 — and Detroit City Distillery is celebrating early by bringing back its super popular Pączki Day Vodka. Bottles will go on sale for $35 each starting at 8 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 26. New this year, online inventory will be increased…
Get ready Rhythm Nation, Janet Jackson is coming to Detroit in July
Five-time Grammy Award-winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Janet Jackson is bringing her “Together Again” tour back for another go this year. Jackson will stop in the Detroit area on Tuesday, July 2 at Pine Knob Music Theatre with Nelly as a special guest. The Together Again tour launched in 2023 with…
Hulu’s ‘The Bear’ is borderline unbearable, but still
That’s Hulu’s The Bear for me. After wincing and scoffing my way through the first few episodes of this damnably addictive “dramedy” cooked-up around a tortured genius chef and his cliched supporting cast, my claws came out early, ready to shred this ludicrous portrayal of restaurant life as anything approaching reality. Still, I find myself…
Lapointe: Lions’ victory a Sunday night TV thriller
Matthew Stafford was a battered Ram and a marked man. Early in Sunday night’s Lions’ 24-23 victory at raucous Ford Field, the NBC television camera zoomed into a closeup of Stafford’s bloodied, bandaged right hand, the throwing hand for the Los Angeles quarterback who used to play the same role in Detroit. He’d accidentally gashed…
What makes tonight’s Lions game unlike any other Lions game?
So it’s come to our attention that some Metro Times readers don’t really give a fuck about football. Y’all think it’s too violent or too macho or too … something. You’re more concerned with stuff like war and the planet and wealth inequality. Or maybe you’re too busy with all your sex and drugs and…
Doughboyz Cashout and Team Eastside added to 42 Dugg’s Detroit show
Here’s one for Detroit hip-hop heads: Motor City rap groups Doughboyz Cashout and Team Eastside are set to reunite onstage for local rapper 42 Dugg’s big “welcome home concert” at Little Caesars Arena on Friday, Jan. 19. “😳😳😳😳😳😳 I told you this will be the turntest shit Detroit ever Seen,” 42 Dugg wrote on Instagram.…
Hamtramck’s Kitab Cafe opening Detroit location in former Avalon Bakery space
Kitab Cafe and Bookstore is opening a second location in Detroit. A new facade with the same style as the Hamtramck-based shop has appeared at Avalon International Breads’ former space at 422 W. Willis St. The Midtown bakery moved from its longtime building in early 2023 to a new location around the corner at 411…
Miller’s Bar sold to new owners amid ongoing wage theft and retaliation case
Long-standing Miller’s Bar in Dearborn, a beloved burger joint known for its no-frills atmosphere and “honor system” payment methods, has been sold to new owners. Founded by George Miller more than 80 years ago, it has been run by his nephews Dennis and Mark Miller for nearly 50 years. The brothers put it up for…
‘Shrek The Musical’ is coming to Detroit this summer
A new version of Shrek The Musical is making its way to Detroit in August. Shrek The Musical will have a three-day run at the Fisher Theatre from Aug. 2-4. Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 26 online at BroadwayInDeroit.com and in person at the Fisher Theatre box office starting at noon, starting at $39.…
During a gloomy January, here are some Detroit art shows worth leaving the house for
I can’t lie, January kind of sucks. It’s cold and dreary, making it hard to find the motivation to leave the warmth of the house. In nature, winter is the time to slow down as animals and plants take rest. Modern humans don’t quite have that luxury. But we can also see January as a…
Detroit police captain with checkered past suspended after allegedly choking his wife
Update: Prosecutors dismissed the case on Feb. 26 after the alleged victim failed to appear in court. A recently promoted Detroit police captain has been suspended with pay after he was charged with domestic violence for allegedly choking his wife, who is also a cop, in their Birmingham home. Capt. Scott Hall was promoted to…
Detroit’s Ganja Clergy teaches conscious consumption with religious cannabis ceremonies
Nydia the Ganja Clergy has tried pretty much every religion out there in search of a deeper connection with the divine. She’s been baptized as a Catholic, a Seventh-day Adventist, and by several different sects of Christianity, but none of them made as much sense to her as cannabis. Where she found hypocrisy in other…
Legal action threatened after cannabis dispensary prepares to open in Highland Park
Highland Park City Councilman Khursheed Ash-Shafii couldn’t believe his eyes. After a judge struck down the city’s problematic recreational cannabis ordinance in July, a Michigan-based marijuana company went ahead and transformed a vacant building in the city into a dispensary anyway. Nar Cannabis paved a new parking lot, renovated and painted the building, and installed…
Get ready, Detroit — winter is finally coming this weekend
We wanted a white Christmas, but at this point, we figured snow was never coming. It was literally close to 60 degrees in December, and for Michigan, that’s pretty wild. Some people have been waiting and waiting for the snow to fall though, so if that’s you, it’s time to get excited. A winter storm…
Detroit’s Eastern Market Brewing Co. drops two paczki-flavored beers
Eastern Market Brewing Co. says its paczki-inspired beer has been so popular that this year it is releasing two new flavors ahead of Paczki Day — cherry and lemon. “Back in 2021, we stumbled on something special,” Eastern Market Brewing Co. founder Dayne Bartscht says in a statement. “We made a small, one-off batch of…
Troy’s Shiromaru serves up first-class Japanese food at a reasonable price
Shiromaru is one of those places where the quality of the food outshines the informality of the experience. Not a complaint! And so preferable to the opposite, where the restaurant puts on a service show at high prices but the food is meh. At Shiromaru you delight your tastebuds though you order at the register…
Detroit may not be getting a Target after all, and we’re annoyed
Well, there go our hopes for Detroit getting a Target. Target Corp. told Crain’s Detroit Business that it has abandoned its plan for a location in Midtown on the corner of Woodward and Mack Avenue. A spokesperson for the retail giant told Crain’s in a statement Tuesday that the company is “no longer pursuing a…
Korean-Mexican fusion restaurant Nuevo Seoul coming to downtown Detroit in February
Nuevo Seoul, a new Korean-inspired fast-casual Mexican street food restaurant, is coming to downtown Detroit and set to open in early February. Brothers Chris and Peter Han, founders of Hanah Steakhouse in Detroit and Osaka Steakhouse in Clawson, are at the helm of the new concept. “Nuevo Seoul is designed to provide a convenient and…
Blood or pizza sauce? Charlie LeDuff’s version of 2009 arrest contradicted by police report
Nearly 15 years before controversial Detroit journalist Charlie LeDuff was arrested for allegedly hitting his wife in December, a similar incident brought police to his house in Pleasant Ridge. Shortly before midnight in July 2009, LeDuff’s wife called 911, and the operator heard screams in the background before the phone hung up. When police arrived,…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Why do birds sing? They must be expressing their joy at being alive, right? And in some cases, they are trying to impress and attract potential mates. Ornithologists tell us that birds are also staking out their turf by chirping their melodies. Flaunting their vigor is a sign to other birds…
