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Detroit is being invaded by arctic snowy owls
If you’re lucky, you may have spotted a relatively unusual sight in Detroit lately: the striking black and white snowy owl, visiting from the arctic tundra in northern Canada. One has taken up a regular roost on the rooftop of One Woodward Avenue, much to the delight of Quicken Loans employees. One woman even found…
Beat the winter blues by springing into self-care in Detroit
Self-care has become a hot topic these days, evoking ideas of expensive bath bombs and boutique consumerism as a panacea for lives spent struggling against the ravages of late capitalism. But considered another way, self-care is about devoting time, space, and resources to aspects of daily life that contribute to one’s baseline health and wellbeing…
12 metro Detroit spots to hang out when the weather gets gross
Winter is fun for the first week or so after that you’re left with icy roads and bone-chilling weather, and things quickly get annoying. In these frigid temperatures, any heated building is a sweet respite from freezing precipitation and bitter winds. If they happen to also include arcade games and drinks, then maybe being stuck…
Why fishing on a frozen lake might be the most meditative winter sport ever
For years, I had known that my buddy James Cornish was more than a talented musician and composer — he was also an ice fisher, and every winter he headed “Up North” to do his thing. But I’d never have guessed that his love affair with the sport started near where he grew up on…
Tangent Gallery’s Breaking Borders offers freakish delights
Have you ever dared to cross the line between space and time? How about the line between science and fiction? Does this sound at all crazy to you? Good. Tangent Gallery is breaking borders with their unique showcase. Check out the epic suspension battle from Urban Rituals Piercing and Suspension or take in a burlesque…
Democratic gubernatorial candidates put Snyder on blast during State of the State
That’s it for big long speeches by Governor Rick Snyder. And we have to be honest, we’re pretty thankful. This one actually almost put us to sleep. As expected, the governor’s eighth and final State of the State was an attempt to string together a highlight reel that could put a sunny face on his two…
Viral ‘Okay Cupid’ rapper Kitty to claw her way through El Club
It’s 2018 — long gone are the days of sending a CD to a record label in a manila envelope. For Florida rapper Kitty, it started with a poem about an ex-boyfriend posted on Tumblr in 2010 (Kitty was still in high school at the time). Soon after, Kitty dropped The Lizzie McGuire Experience, a…
If you like to cry and dance — Happy Endings at The Loving Touch is for you
DJs Mike Trombley, Slofu, and Udenjoe’s monthly dance party continues with a special “Panic on the Streets of Ferndale” edition, which promises all the best mopey (yet still highly danceable) cuts by Morrissey and the Smiths. Of course, expect plenty of other New Wave, classic alternative, Bitpop, shoegaze and more, like Depeche Mode, New Order,…
Detroit Health Department offering free Hepatitis A vaccinations for food workers
The Detroit Health Department is hosting a vaccination clinic aimed at combating an ongoing Hepatitis A outbreak that has infected more than 150 city residents. Food workers are encouraged to get inoculated at a Jan. 29 all-day clinic at the Samaritan Center near Chandler Park. The city says it will also begin offering Saturday hours…
Longstanding Detroit shops J.L. Stone and Cash City Pawn will close
J.L. Stone and Cash City Pawn, two shops located in downtown Detroit, will both close after a liquidation sale, according to a press release sent this afternoon. Sheldon Stone, the stores’ proprietor, announced his retirement via the release, noting he will sell the properties to Bedrock following their closure. According to the release, Stone approached…
Lexus Velodrome opens in Detroit this Friday
If you travel down I-75 in the Midtown area, you’ve probably spotted a huge, white tent-like structure set up near the DMC. It’s the Lexus Velodrome — a project that has a lot of competitive cyclists pretty excited. The 64,000-square-foot track cycling arena may well be the most impressive thing happening within the U.S. competitive…
Modest Mouse to float on through Detroit for two-night run
Fourteen years after its initial release, Good News for Bad People remains one of the most beloved indie rock records of the genre. Though Modest Mouse has gone three years without releasing new tunes, our favorite rodent rockers are hitting the road and they’re doubling up on shows at the Fillmore. New US tour dates…
Report: Southeast Michigan’s water is contaminated with carcinogens
A report produced by a Washington D.C.-based consumer protection group that includes data from public utilities’ water testing records shows the presence of several cancer-causing carcinogens in Detroit’s water system. Environmental Working Group compiled a zip code-by-zip code database of contaminants reported in the nation’s water water supply between 2010 and 2015. The tests are conducted…
Did the creators of that ‘Meteor’ car commercial know something we didn’t?
This commercial, which came out about a week and a half ago, has plenty to laugh about. The joke, of course, is that this sucker is so roomy you can fit more than what you’d first grab fleeing your home if, says, a meteor was about to strike. The secondary joke is that Americans have…
Novi teen arrested for threatening CNN employees over ‘fake news’
Just days after President Donald Trump announced his “Highly-Anticipated 2017 Fake News Awards,” a Michigan teenager was arrested for allegedly calling CNN’s headquarters multiple times with threats to gun down its employees for making “fake news.” Brandon Griesemer, a 19-year-old who lives with his parents in Novi, was arrested last week. According to a criminal…
Nemo’s annual Babe Ruth party set for next week
We’re a little more than a week away from Detroit’s biggest baseball-themed party outside of Opening Day. It’s the 31st Annual Babe Ruth Party, scheduled to take over Nemo’s Bar next weekend. Mark those calendars, prepare your stomach for a feast of frankfurters, and get ready to wash it all down with beer all inside…
The end is near — Slayer announces farewell tour with stop at Freedom Hill
The underworld is calling its favorite disciples back home — but not before they headbang their way around the globe one last time. Heavy-metal greats Slayer will celebrate over three decades of thrashing with a world tour and a final performance in metro Detroit. Slayer will perform at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill on…
Detroit officials to begin citywide slumlord crackdown next week
A new initiative to be launched next week by the city of Detroit would require tens of thousands of rental property owners who’ve shirked loosely enforced building and safety regulations to have their properties up to code by 2020, or face new penalties. More than 20,000 Detroit rental properties are believed to be improperly registered…
Get folk-ed up at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival this weekend
Celebrating its 41st year, the Ann Arbor Folk Festival invites guests to “find their folk.” In support of The Ark (Ann Arbor’s nonprofit folk and roots music venue — featuring live shows 300 nights of the year), The University of Michigan’s Hill Auditorium will host the two-night fundraising concert. The lineup consists of some of…
Sufjan Stevens snags Oscar nod for Best Original Song
Whispery indie darling Sufjan Stevens is up for an Academy Award — but he’s got some stiff competition. The Detroit-born singer-songwriter — who most recently broke hearts with his poetically biographical track “Tonya Harding” — is nominated for Best Original Song for “Mystery of Love.” The song appears in the Luca Guadagnino directed queer coming-of-age film Call…
Girls invited to learn figure skating from Olympian Meryl Davis during Campus Martius workshop
Olympic gold medalist and Royal Oak native Meryl Davis is coming to Campus Martius on Jan. 27 to teach 100 young girls the art of figure skating. The workshop, sponsored by Figure Skating in Detroit and the Downtown Detroit Partnership, is free of charge and those without skates will be provided with a pair. Davis…
Aretha Franklin’s classic album ‘Lady Soul’ turns 50 today
Aretha Franklin has long been considered the “Queen of Soul” and her Detroit upbringing has always kept her close to our hearts. Though she has become a polarizing figure in recent years — perhaps due to her controversial National Anthem performance at the Lions Thanksgiving game in 2016 — Detroiters still remember her lasting musical statement, released…
Some guy was caught masturbating in front of women at a Detroit area gym
The latest reported sexual harassment incident to make headlines locally is so revolting it elicited this reaction from a seasoned newswoman: That’s Amy Lange about to tell WJBK viewers that, over the weekend, a man was ticketed for masturbating in a hot tub at Lifetime Fitness in Canton. According to the report, employees were told…
Southfield doctor gets license suspended after allegedly overprescribing controlled substances
An internal medicine specialist who operates out of a private office in Southfield has had his controlled substances license summarily suspended after the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) found evidence the doctor has been overprescribing controlled substances to patients, some of whom would drive as far as 200 miles for an appointment.…
50 impounded vehicles to be sold during Detroit municipal auction
The city will sell off yet another fleet of impounded vehicles during a municipal auction that will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 24. During the auction 50 abandoned, booted, and towed vehicles will be auctioned off to the highest bidder — but the winner must have a valid driver’s license and be able to pay…
James Beard award-winning chef Shawn McClain on why he’s opening a Detroit restaurant
Chef Shawn McClain announced on Sunday he’ll be taking over the former Coach Insignia space on the 71st and 72nd floors atop the GMRenCen in downtown Detroit. While the revival of one of Detroit’s best spaces is great news, it’s especially exciting that Detroit is gaining a chef of McClain’s caliber. Among many other awards and…
Foo Fighters expand tour to include Detroit stop
Foo Fighters have long since learned to fly, you guys. But you’ll have to wait until October to catch them soar through Detroit. Foo Fighters have added seven additional dates to their “Concrete and Gold’ North American arena tour — including a stop at Little Caesars Arena on Oct. 15. The tour is in support…
Daryl Hall and John Oates are touring with Train, coming to Detroit
Calling all maneaters and soul sisters — Daryl Hall and John Oates and Train announced their summer North American co-headlining tour today. The tour will make 35 stops across the U.S. and Canada, including Little Caesars Arena on Sunday, May 20 at 7 p.m. Fans can expect to hear the hits during full sets from…
Forty years ago: KISS played at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium
On Jan. 20 and 21, 1978, KISS performed at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium. It’s probably not the band’s most fabled performance in the Motor City — that honor probably goes to the May 16, 1975 show at Cobo Arena, immortalized in a photograph on the back of KISS Alive of Bruce Redoute and Lee Neaves holding up their…
Michigan not really affected by government shutdown, study says
Happy Monday. The federal government has shut down over a Senate stalemate. If you get your news from The Washington Post, this is all the fault of President Donald Trump, the guy who boasted that he is good at making deals. If you get your news from Fox News, the blame falls squarely on the…
Oprah was in Grand Rapids this weekend — here’s why
Famed talk show host, entrepreneur, and Weight Watchers spokeswoman, Oprah Winfrey made an appearance at The Mitten Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids on Saturday, Jan. 20. Customers had to wait a whopping two hours to dine and drink at the gourmet pizza and beer joint, all because Winfrey had reserved the entire second floor in…
Kid Rock donates money from fake campaign to voter-registration organization
Only god knows why we are still talking about Robert “Kid Rock” Ritchie — but at least he isn’t running for Senate In fact, Kid Rock put his money where his mouth is, and recently donated about $122,000 from merchandise he sold as part of his bogus 2017 Senate campaign to CRNC Action — a…
Kendrick Lamar and SZA are coming to Detroit
This morning, Top Dawg Entertainment announced a star-studded summer tour that will make a stop in metro Detroit. The Championship Tour will bring together the label’s biggest names including Kendrick Lamar, SZA, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, SiR, and Lance Skiiiwalker, with more to be announced. The tour includes a stop at DTE Energy Music Theatre…
Woodpile BBQ Shack is planning a new location in Madison Heights
Clawson meat smokers Woodpile BBQ Shack are planning a third location that will open in Madison Heights. Eater reports that the new 5,000-square-foot space — planned for a VFW Hall at 630 E. 11 Mile Road — will serve as a production space for its sides and sauces, as well as a catering kitchen. Around…
An award-winning chef is planning a new restaurant at the top of the RenCen
It’s been about a year since Coach Insignia, the fancy restaurant located at the top of the GM Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit, shuttered. We wondered if the closure was due to changing tastes — perhaps people aren’t all that excited to dine in high-rise restaurants anymore. Well, it looks like another chef is about…
Eastern Market restaurant Antietam will close in March
Detroit’s Antietam will close on March 31. The French-inspired restaurant — which sits on Gratiot near the Eastern Market and shares a block wth Trinosophes, Gather, and others — made the announcement on its Facebook page yesterday: The last 5 years have been a tremendously rewarding experience during the creation and execution of Antietam. I…
Spend Valentine’s Day with Patti Smith and her new book ‘Devotion’
Why might you spend your Valentine’s Day at the Detroit Film Theatre, you might ask? Because the night belongs to lovers — that’s why! Artist, performer, and poet Patti Smith will present her latest book Devotion on Wednesday, Feb. 14 at the DIA’s Detroit Film Theatre. Smith is no stranger to love, in fact her…
Atomic Chicken partners with Buffy’s Mexi-Casian to reopen New Center restaurant
A New Center restaurant has “taken on a boarder,” so to speak. That restaurant is Scott Moloney’s Atomic Chicken, located on the northeast corner of Woodward Avenue and Milwaukee Street since the spring of 2017. The restaurant, which has been closed for the last several weeks, is scheduled to reopen next week, Eater Detroit reports.…
MSP release dash cam video of insane crash on M-39 ramp in Detroit
It’s no secret that Michigan’s infrastructure is notoriously awful. Our roads have more potholes than smooth asphalt and we’re known for never-ending construction. Well, a Wednesday morning accident on M-39 underscores just how terrible our roads are — both their overall condition and their truly horrendous design. Yesterday, Michigan State Police released a dash cam…
Meijer will distribute free ice skating passes for The Rink at Campus Martius
Starting Monday, Jan. 22, six local Meijer stores will begin distributing free passes to the ice skating rink at Campus Martius Park. The passes will be available at the service desk at the participating Meijer stores. No purchase is necessary to nab the tickets, but there is a limit of four passes per person. The…
Depressed about Detroit’s failed Amazon HQ2 bid? There’s a beer for that
Ever bought beer for a party only to find out it was canceled? That might be the most apt way to describe the feeling that’s fallen over Detroit following the announcement that the city is no longer in the running for Amazon’s new HQ2. The good news is, we get to keep the beer. Brewed…
Former Maru Sushi employees are suing the company over tip-sharing policy
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Michigan-based restaurant chain Maru Sushi. The company has six restaurants in the area, one of which is in downtown Detroit. The lawsuit was originally filed in November, 2016 on behalf of former employee Kelsey Daoust. On Thursday, three additional former Maru workers opted-in. The former Maru Sushi service…
The new Vinotecca debuts next week in Birmingham
Vinotecca will open its new digs in Birmingham’s former The Bird and the Bread space next week. That includes a soft opening on Tuesday, and a full public opening on Friday, Jan. 26. Diners and wine connoisseurs familiar with Vinotecca’s former downtown Royal Oak location will notice two big differences — the new restaurant is…
Fragments of the ‘Michigan Meteor’ have been found in Livingston County
Three meteorite hunters from the American Meteor Society have found among the first reported fragments of the “Michigan meteor” that exploded over metro Detroit Tuesday evening. The hunters told The Detroit News they found the first specimen within the initial 15 minutes of their Thursday search. So far, the group has discovered six meteorites in Hamburg Township,…
Indie sisters Haim announce spring tour with a stop in Detroit
Be still our indie-loving hearts — our favorite trio of singing sisters is headed to Detroit. Haim are pop-rock L.A darlings, and while they might be besties with Taylor Swift (#SqaudGoals, anyone?), they are best known for producing hook-heavy road-trip jams. They will kick off their North American on April 3 in Portland, Oregon with…
Ann Arbor researchers find hormone-disrupting chemicals in shopping receipts
Here’s a news item that might have you saying, “I don’t need a receipt.” Researchers working for the Healthy Stuff program at Ann Arbor’s Ecology Center, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization, have released a report in which paper receipts from 150 businesses were tested for known endocrine-disrupting chemicals. The center tested approximately 200 receipts from many different kinds of…
How a family tradition of bootlegging led to one of Michigan’s finest vodkas
Joe Lupo’s family legacy includes FBI wiretapping, cash squirreled away in attic walls, and a city-wide hooch distribution empire. His only choice, as he sees it, is to carry on that legacy — albeit entirely legally these days. Lupo’s Blind Pig Distilling Co. in Clinton Township started operations last October. The history behind Lupo’s vodka…
Rapper Chamillionaire says he wants to help the Lincoln Park family whose father was recently deported
The same man responsible for injecting “Ridin’ Dirty” into our common vernacular back in 2009 is now making an effort to offer financial assistance to the family of Jorge Garcia — a 39-year-old Michigan father and husband who was deported this week by ICE. The Houston rapper, Chamillionaire (born Hakeem Seriki), reached out to Free…
Dearborn residents express concern over possible air pollution increase
On Jan. 16, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality held an informational meeting at Salina Elementary School in Dearborn regarding a power plant’s request to increase the amount of toxic waste they pump into the air. Dearborn Industrial Generation (DIG), a natural gas fueled plant, wants to pump an additional 900 tons of carbon monoxide and…
ACLU calls on MSP to conduct internal review on racial profiling
The ACLU of Michigan sent a letter to Michigan State Police Director Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue on Thursday calling on her to conduct a review on whether a special unit within the agency pulls over black and Latino motorists at a higher rate than white motorists. It’s not the first time the ACLU of Michigan…
Savior alert! Elon Musk’s brother is coming to solve a problem that Detroiters addressed
Last year, we wrote about Detroit Public Schools’ Community District’s stand out meal program, which is in part made possible by the approximately 85 gardens that students and staff maintain. They give students the chance to learn hands on about why it’s important to eat healthy, and some kids are even paid for their efforts.…
Dan Gilbert’s last gasp on Amazon HQ2 has us shaking our heads
He tried his damnedest to lure Amazon to Detroit and into his buildings, but in the end, Dan Gilbert’s effort to secure the e-commerce giant’s second headquarters came up short. Quite short, actually. Detroit didn’t even make it into Amazon’s top 20 candidates. While Detroit and Michigan’s political leaders have chalked this up to a…
Lana Del Rey woos Detroit crowd with melancholy and magic
There’s something beautifully macabre about a gaggle of teenage girls screaming the words “We were born to die” into a microphone, adjusting their flower crowns mid-freakout. But this is commonplace for a Lana Del Rey show. As the unofficial empress of melancholy and a pioneer of “sadcore,” she has single-handedly ushered in a new era…
Henry Ford Museum chosen to host 2018 National Invention Convention
Historically speaking, Detroit’s has long been a hotbed for innovation. I mean, you’ve heard of Henry Ford, right? The guy who invented the automobile assembly line is known around the world for his contributions to modern manufacturing, which inspired the construction of an entire monument to the history of industrial change. We’re talking about the…
Duggan, Snyder react to Detroit’s Amazon HQ2 loss
Michigan’s top political leaders seem to be taking the Amazon loss in stride. It was a learning lesson, and they’ll head back to the drawing board to figure out how to attract more investment to the state, they say. We wonder just what lessons they learned. Amazon didn’t pick Detroit likely because the city and…
Update: Meteorite now believed to have landed in Livingston County or Ingham County
Experts are now saying that fragments of Tuesday night’s “Michigan meteor” would likely have landed in Livingston County or eastern Ingham County — not the Mount Clemens area or Macomb County as initially reported. According to a report by WDIV meteorologist Paul Gross, the meteor is believed to have originally been around six feet in diameter before it…
We spoke with Michigan inmates about rotten food, maggots, and more prison kitchen problems
Maggots, rotten food, unsanitary kitchens, staff shortages, calorie shortages, sick inmates, angry inmates, drug-dealing kitchen employees, employees having sex with inmates, quarantines — these are the issues that documents show and inmates say are taking place in Michigan’s prison kitchens in 2018, which sounds just like what we heard about them in 2015. That and…
Ford turns to Flint Eastwood track to announce new Mustang
It looks like Ford found what they were looking for. A natural pairing — royalty and legacy. It comes as no surprise that Ford Motor Company turned to the sounds of Flint Eastwood to debut the 2019 Mustang GT 500 at the North American International Auto Show this week. “Being from Detroit, Ford is a…
Brendan Benson to release new 7-inch single on Third Man tomorrow
Power pop songwriter and Jack White collaborator Brendan Benson is back with a new 7-inch single on Third Man Records. “Half A Boy (And Half A Man)” is Benson’s newest offering and is available now digitally. It will be released physically on Friday, Jan. 19 when a tri-color 7-inch will be on sale for that…
Amazon HQ2 not coming to Detroit; city doesn’t make the company’s top 20
It was a valiant effort by Detroit — a whole 242-page book, some fancy videos, and the promise of hefty tax incentives — but the city is, apparently, not primed to host Amazon’s second headquarters. Amazon released a list of possible candidates this morning, and Detroit was not among the 20 cities that made the company’s…
Study says: Detroiters are generally dissatisfied with rent options
Detroit is failing its renters. In a nationwide survey of over 45,000 renters in 50 major U.S. cities, Detroit found itself at the very bottom of the list. The survey, conducting annually by Apartment List, found that most renters in Detroit gave the city below average or failing scores in categories like “overall satisfaction,” “safety…
Detroit funeral home shut down for ‘deplorable, unsanitary conditions’
On Wednesday, Jan. 15, Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs announced Detroit’s Barksdale Funeral Home, located at 1120 E. State Fair St., had been shut down after an investigation revealed a slew of horrible conditions. According to a press release sent out by the department, investigators found an unclean and unsanitary embalming room being used as a…
Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas release dreamy new video
Nothing like a break-up ballad to stir up some mid-week feels. Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas premiered the ultra-feminine and ethereal video for “Break Your Heart” via Remezcla.com and it’s actually totally devastating. “Break Your Heart” is, at its core, a love song. Despite its hyper-romanticism, however, Hernandez finds a tender way to explore the art of the…
What a haul! Detroit police confiscate pounds of drugs and lots of cash
Normally we wouldn’t cover an 8-pound bud haul, but who can resist a story where the cops display confiscated drugs and cash to show what a great job they’re doing? According to a press release sent by the Detroit Police Department, officers were led to this particular assortment by the bad driving manners of the…
Trick Trick has taken over the DIA’s Instagram this week
As part of a promotion for the Detroit Institute of Arts’ D-Cyphered exhibition — a collection of Detroit hip-hop photography by Jenny Risher, on view through Feb. 18 — the museum handed its Instagram account over to rapper Trick Trick this week. The rapper is making his way through the DIA, offering his commentary on some of…
Rising rock stars Greta Van Fleet to play the Fillmore Detroit in May
Frankenmuth’s Greta Van Fleet have earned a reputation as one of the best young rock ‘n’ roll bands around, even earning a glowing feature in Rolling Stone earlier this month. Today, the band announced they will bring their 1970s throwback sound to the Fillmore Detroit on Tuesday, May 22. Tickets go on sale on Friday, Jan. 19…
Meteorite believed to have landed near Mount Clemens, let the hunt begin
Updated 11:01 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 18: Experts now believe the meteorite fragments would likely be in Livingston County or eastern Ingham County, not the Mount Clemens area of Macomb County as initially reported. You’re lucky if you happened to spot the meteorite that lit up the sky over Detroit Tuesday night — but you’d be even luckier…
Le Petit Dejeuner launches once-per-week dinner service today
Le Petit Dejeuner has established itself as one of the city’s favorite breakfast spots, but this week it moves into new territory with a dinner service it’s calling “Breakfast is the New Dinner.” This week’s menu includes shrimp and grits, salmon hash, catfish, corn pancakes, wings and waffles, and more. After about a month, the…
Sessions’ marijuana memo clouds the issue of legal pot, yet clears the air elsewhere
The fog that generally wafts around marijuana policy just got thicker at a time when it seemed some clarity would be coming. The same week that California — the sixth largest economy in the world — began recreational sales, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo, an Obama-era instruction to federal prosecutors not…
Unspooling Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Phantom Thread’
Gloriously ornate, delicately refined, and yet coarse to the touch, the latest opus from the ever-evolving mega-auteur Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood) is a beautiful and fragile synergy of form and function, with a nuanced style of storytelling that echoes the story being told. It is a heady film, one that…
The mysterious death of Lyle Lynch
I’m mad at Sean Lynch when we meet for coffee to discuss the justifiable, albeit metaphorical, death of Lyle Lynch and the disbandment of his Bad Hombres. Or maybe Sean Lynch is mad at me. After nearly eight years of friendship, this happens from time to time and it’s not always easy to tell the…
Horoscopes (Jan. 17-22)
ARIES: March 21 – April 20 You thought you knew everything. Now all of a sudden your whole paradigm is getting turned upside down by experiences that have come to show you a little bit more about what’s true. Some of you are OK with the idea that it’s time to shed your skin, and…
Savage Love: Bloody business
I’m a professional dominatrix, and I thought I’d seen everything in the last five years. But this situation completely baffled the entire dungeon. This middle-aged guy, seemingly in fine health, booked an appointment with me and my colleague for one hour of some very light play and a golden shower to finish off with. We…
Project Green Light faces scrutiny as Detroit eyes mandate for thousands of businesses
Business owners and civil liberties activists are questioning the efficacy and constitutionality of Detroit’s costly real-time surveillance camera program, Project Green Light, following word that city officials intend to press forward with a plan that would force thousands of businesses to buy into the program. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan last week told Crain’s Detroit Business…
When the emperor is insane
“Now that he is a very stable genius, can we convince Trump he belongs in a genius asylum?” — Ken Eatherly, retired Detroit News editor and sage. Eatherly, an unappreciated sage of Scottish descent, told me he attributes his insights to a steady diet of haggis since he retired. That wouldn’t surprise me. By the…
U-M Dearborn comic book cover exhibition is no child’s play
Corey Gross is serious about comic books. He’s so serious, in fact, that he wants to elevate the art form from kid’s stuff to an art exhibition worthy of a close examination. Zap! Pow! Bam!: The Art of the Comic Book Cover features highlights from Gross’ collection (he has an outsized love for Iron Man),…
Review: Bella’s puts Mexico’s soups and stews on display in Southwest Detroit
(Find more photos of Bella’s here.) When I asked Hugo and Lucia Torres what made their restaurant different from the many others in southwest Detroit, the answer came easily: “Más familiar” — more family-like. It’s tranquilo, or quiet, they say. Hugo cooks on weekends, while Lucia presides all the time. They mentioned other qualities that…
Warm up with these 15 boozy winter Detroit cocktails
The Upper Midwest is a cold, bleak place in January. The holidays are done, the waves of arctic weather are beating down on Detroit, and the first signs of warm spring weather are still months off. How does one make it through the Rust Belt’s mid-winter slog? Booze, of course. We spoke with some of…
