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Meet the candidates running long shot campaigns against Detroit’s Mayor Mike Duggan in 2021
Detroit’s primary election is Tuesday, Aug. 3, but you might not know it. In the mayor’s race, it hardly seems like the mighty Mayor Mike Duggan is even campaigning. But he doesn’t have to — he’s expected to handily win re-election for his third term. In fact, his campaign did not respond to numerous requests…
Here are the candidates running in Detroit’s highly competitive City Council race
Nearly half of Detroit City Council’s members are not running for reelection, including President Brenda Jones, André Spivey, Raquel Castañeda-López, and Gabe Leland, who resigned after pleading guilty of accepting a cash bribe, creating a competitive race with more than 40 candidates. Candidates who did not respond to Metro Times’ questionnaire include District 1 incumbent…
This is how Detroit’s City Clerk candidates would improve elections
On the one hand, Republican lawmakers across the country, gripping onto former President Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that the election was stolen, are pushing legislation under the guise of “voter integrity” that critics say is actually voter suppression meant to make the next election easier to steal and preserve GOP power. On the other hand,…
A guide to the 2021 Detroit primary candidates
With a big election coming up, we asked the candidates running for Mayor, City Council, and City Clerk how they would rethink and reshape Detroit. • Detroit Mayoral candidates • Detroit City Council candidates • Detroit City Clerk candidates Stay connected with Detroit Metro Times. Subscribe to our newsletters, and follow us on Google News,…
Belle Isle Art Fair returns with two days filled with more than 100 juried artists
Is there anything better than marveling at Belle Isle’s Scott Fountain when it’s in action on a steamy summer day? How about a massive art show featuring more than 100 juried artists from across the country with free interactive art projects next to Scott Fountain? Well, that’s what the annual Belle Isle Art air, once…
Green Day, Weezer, and Fall Out Boy will finally bring massive stadium tour to Detroit
Do you ever wish you could just hop in a time machine and book it to 1994 so you could experience Green Day’s Dookie or Weezer’s debut, lovingly referred to as the “blue album” for the first time ? Oh, so it’s just us? For the record, we would also gladly make a stop in…
Guns ‘N’ Roses will transform Detroit Rock City into ‘Paradise City’ when they take on Comerica Park
It’s not Guns ‘N’ Roses’ fault that former president Donald Tr*mp thinks “November Rain” is the best music video of all time because it fucking is. But don’t think for a second that GNR’s lead singer and personification of a pawn shop jewelry counter Axl Rose is saluting that orange bag of shit, in fact,…
Country stars Chris Stapleton, Yola, and Elle King team up for back-to-back performances at DTE Energy Music Theatre
In the last year, it’s been made clear that mainstream country music has a problem. Well, a few problems. First, there’s Morgan Wallen, the country star who was taped angrily using a racial slur. Though the music industry barred him from awards shows and some radio stations stopped playing his tunes, his record sales soared…
Motor City Car Crawl will transform Downtown Detroit into a motorheads’ dream
The Motor City is thirsty for cars. Not only is it impossible to get your hands on a new — or used — set of wheels, thanks to an international chip shortage, but we’ve also been deprived of popular events aimed at car enthusiasts, namely the North American International Auto Show, which has been canceled…
Award winning trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah will bring the Big Easy to the Aretha
Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer, two-time Edison Award winner, and JazzFM Innovator of the Year recipient Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah has jazz in his blood. The 38-year-old New Orleans native, Berklee grad, and maker of what he calls “music with nutritional value” is the grandson of Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr., the only man to be…
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Official Website: Vigrxplus.com Just like other health factors, sexual health is also a crucial health aspect that contributes towards a successful life and positive foundation of a relationship. In the era of gadgets and smart appliances, leading a healthy life has become a serious concern for many of us. Improper diet, no workout, busy schedules,…
Michigan city could ban abortion, become ‘sanctuary for the unborn’ — which is truly horrifying
One Michigan city could join the nearly three dozen U.S. cities that have adopted the label “sanctuary for the unborn” by banning abortion and fining those who provide abortion services. On Monday, Hillsdale City Council (Hillsdale is about two hours from Detroit, btw) discussed a proposed ordinance that would outlaw abortions, abortion clinics, as well…
Wayne State University becomes at least 8th college in Michigan to impose vaccination mandates
Wayne State University is requiring all students returning to campus for the fall semester to be vaccinated against COVID-19, President M. Roy Wilson announced Tuesday. Students have until Aug. 30 to prove they’ve been vaccinated. The university also is requiring masks indoors until at least Sept. 15. “As we have from the beginning of the…
Nessel, 21 AGs tell congressional leaders to guard against voter suppression, possibly reform the filibuster
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, along with 21 other attorneys general, on Monday sent a letter to bipartisan congressional leaders urging them to pass legislation protecting against both voter suppression and election subversion and possibly reform the filibuster. “Following the 2020 presidential election, we witnessed something many of us considered unthinkable: an attempt by the…
Local group ‘disgusted’ by Lucido photo
An organization that has called for the resignation of Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido is “disgusted” by a recent photograph on social media that involves a birthday party fundraiser for him held on Thursday. It shows the GOP official’s right hand on the buttocks of a woman. “You would think someone with four sexual harassment…
Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency calls for more childproof packaging
Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency announced a crackdown on the packaging of cannabis-infused edibles in an effort to prevent children from accidentally consuming them. Under the agency’s guidelines, which were reiterated in an advisory bulletin shared Monday, the packaging of cannabis-infused products sold in Michigan must not be appealing to children, and cannot include images of…
‘Motown Movement’ sustainability project flops
In the spring of 2017, three eager architecture students from the Netherlands swooped into Detroit and made a bold promise: They would fight climate change by transforming an abandoned, ramshackle house on the city’s west side into a self-sufficient home with a windmill, solar panels, green roof, community center, and urban garden. The large brick…
New book alleges Aaliyah was carried unconscious onto plane she refused to board before fatal crash
A new book by music journalist Kathy Iandoli refutes reports that Detroit-born R&B star Aaliyah had insisted on boarding the small private plane that crashed 20 years ago, killing eight passengers — including 22-year-old singer. In Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah, Iandoli speaks to Kingsley Russell, a baggage carrier who worked for his family’s…
Internal Affairs investigates Detroit cop who punched man in the face in Greektown
A Detroit cop is under investigation after a cell phone video captured him punching a man in the face in the middle of the street in Greektown. The 45-second video was posted on Reddit on Sunday (titled “Detroit pigs handing out the brain damage”) and generated more than 1,500 comments as of Monday morning. Detroit…
Dave Chappelle will reopen the Fillmore with 4 live shows
The Fillmore Detroit is preparing to reopen with a pretty large show. Comedian Dave Chappelle will be doing four shows at the venue this month for its first live performance since the pandemic began last March. Hopefully this visit to the Fillmore won’t be like that one time Danny Brown got him so high he…
State Supreme Court allows Detroit charter proposal to appear on ballot
Advocates of a proposed revision to Detroit’s city charter scored a major victory Thursday after the Michigan Supreme Court ordered the controversial initiative to be placed on the Aug. 3 ballot. The panel voted 4-3 to overturn the Wayne County Circuit Court and Michigan Court of Appeals’ decision to remove the proposed revisions from the…
Report: High energy burdens affect MI health, quality of life
High utility costs are a major burden for Michigan’s low-income residents, and a new study says they have an impact on their health, too. For some Michiganders, one third of their household income goes to energy bills, according to research from the Michigan League for Public Policy. Energy bills were one of the main reasons…
‘There will never be another Carl Levin’: Michigan’s longest-serving U.S. senator dies at 87
Carl Levin, former Detroit City Council member and U.S. senator, died Thursday at 87. The cause of death is not known. The Levin Center at Wayne State University issued a statement, saying, “With great sadness and heavy hearts, the [center and family] announce the passing of Senator Carl Levin.” Levin, a Democrat, served on Capitol…
Faith leaders launch campaign to increase vaccination rate among Black residents in metro Detroit
As COVID-19 cases make a resurgence, faith leaders from the Council of Baptist Pastors and Vicinity launched a campaign Thursday to encourage Black residents in metro Detroit to get vaccinated. The #TakeTheShot campaign is aimed at increasing the disproportionately low vaccination rate among Black residents by offering COVID-19 testing and inoculation sites at 50 churches…
MI groups urge Congress to invest in Home, community-based services
Advocates for home- and community-based services in Michigan urged Congress to build off state efforts and invest in what’s become known as the “care economy.” President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan includes $400 billion to expand access to Medicaid home- and community-based services for seniors and people with disabilities, and to strengthen the care workforce. Kelly…
Michigan Supreme Court limits use of restraints on juveniles
The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday significantly limited when handcuffs, shackles and other restraints can be used on young people when they appear in court. The new court rule, which goes into effect Sept. 1, states that juveniles cannot be put in restraints unless a judge finds it is necessary for one of three reasons:…
House Oversight Committee investigating new allegations in Flint water crisis cover-up report by Metro Times
The chairwoman of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has responded to last week’s Metro Times cover story that included new, previously unreported revelations of a cover-up in the Flint water crisis. “It would be deeply troubling if any of the officials involved in the poisoning of Flint’s children destroyed evidence of their…
Attorneys defending Detroit in police brutality lawsuits withdraw from cases in another setback for city
The law firm defending the city of Detroit against three federal lawsuits that allege police used excessive force to break up protests last summer has withdrawn from the cases, according to a court filing on Tuesday. Attorneys with Detroit-based Clark Hill were forced to drop out of the cases after Detroit City Council earlier this…
Detroit fashion designer Quandell Wright walked for hours in Wyoming to get on Kanye West’s radar
Quandell Wright’s Dearborn garage fashion studio is a masterpiece in messiness, functionality, and ambition. There’s a screen-printing press, a vinyl cutter, and a sewing machine all sitting stoically on makeshift desks. The clothing racks are full of Wright’s “William Palmer Homme” samples and merchandise. There are bikes hanging, a few chairs that don’t belong, and…
Matt and Mo’s brings a pleasing primer on Chicago’s Italian beef sandwich to Detroit
At first glance, the Italian beef sandwich isn’t much more than a massive roast-beef hoagie, a blue-collar staple from Chicago’s south side that’s almost cartoonish as it drips wet from a quick dip in a jus bath. The package is a bit blunt in its presentation, but accessible and comes at a low price point,…
The Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue, El Club reopens with a bang, and other things to do in Detroit this week
Select events happening in metro Detroit this week. Submit your events to metrotimes.com/calendar. Detroit Whisky Festival Friday, 7/30: If there was ever a time to indulge in some hard whisky drinking, it’s now … and, well, like, the last 16 months or, for most of us, our whisky habit started on Nov. 8, 2016. With…
Michelle Zauner closes the door on H Mart in quest for joy as Japanese Breakfast
It is quite possible that no one has ever looked as happy as Michelle Zauner looks while gripping a petite watermelon on stage in Atlanta. That moment, captured at various angles by various fans, was rivaled only by Zauner’s reaction to a marriage proposal that took place the following night in Birmingham, Alabama, during Japanese…
The beach body horror of M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old’
M. Night Shyamalan’s latest hits us at the peak of our not-vaccinated-enough summer, at a time where every theatrical release can feel like an event more than usual. Blending tones from a million kinds of summer fare — family stories, vacation films, slashers, Big Brother and Real World-style reality shows — all with a knowingly…
Savage Love: Did my husband get crabs from a non-sensual massage?
I’m a gay male in my 40s, and I’ve been married to my husband for nine years. There was some mild infidelity on his part (exchanging photos and flirting via text with another guy) early in our relationship. I confronted him at the time, and he lied to me. I decided to let it go,…
Free Will Astrology (July 28-Aug. 3)
ARIES: March 21 – April 19: What does it mean to feel real? Some people have a hard time doing that. They have such false ideas about who they are that they rarely feel real. Others are so distracted by trivial longings that they never have the luxury of settling into the exquisite at-home-ness of…
ICYMI: Detroiters iffy on Craig’s gov run, Kilpatrick gets remarried, the Olympics aren’t worth it, and more
Last year, law enforcement announced it had thwarted an extraordinary domestic terrorist plot to kidnap and murder Governor Gretchen Whitmer, thanks to the work of FBI informants who embedded themselves in the group. However, new reporting from Buzzfeed News shows that those FBI informants “had a hand in nearly every aspect of the alleged plot,…
The resurgence of universal mask guidelines is missing a critical point
The delta variant is precluding the “hot vax summer” we were all promised — that is, all of us who chose to get vaccinated. Cases are up nearly three-fold over the past two weeks, and hospitalizations and deaths are following suit. Though cases are up in all 50 states, they’re being driven by spikes in…
The Republicans have showed us who they are. We should believe them.
On Wednesday, Chris Cillizza, CNN’s purveyor of what conventional wisdom might look like on quaaludes, opined on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to seat pro-Big Lie Reps. Jim Jordan and Jim Banks on the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. “Her decision to reject Jordan and Banks, the two most high-profile Republicans put forward…
