Update: Michigan’s first ‘glampground’ is now accepting reservations
Update: A Bella Solviva rep. told MT this morning that reservations are now being accepted for spring and summer 2016. Construction on the grounds and various accommodation sites is expected to begin in September, with additional amenities added throughout the fall and into 2016. The glampground will officially open for business on May 12, 2016. Reservations…
Rose’s Fine Food makes Bon Apetit best new restaurant list
Rose’s Fine Food makes Bon Apetit’s ‘Top 50 2015’
A river runs through Ann Arbor’s latest art show
Art made out of old canoes is part of the fun at an Ann Arbor art event this Friday.
Just announced: The Avett Brothers at Hill Auditorium Nov. 6; Tickets on sale this Fri.
Everyone loves the smooth and smart indie-folk stylings of the Avett Brothers — especially live!
Birmingham’s new Emagine Palladium set to open in October
Take a virtual tour of the new space.
How Downtown Youth Boxing Gym found a new home
A converted book bindery on the east side of Detroit is unusually active on this late Wednesday afternoon, as scores of cars parked up on the side street outside attest. Inside, under the sawtooth roof of the former industrial building, dozens of young people are gathered around two boxing rings, where fighters are being coached…
Hazel Park to welcome its first microbrew this fall
Hazel Park is shaping up to be the place to be.
RIP Mel Farr Superstar
A look back at “Mel Farr, your Superstar dealer.”
Show preview: Brazilian pianist André Mehmari in Ann Arbor tonight and Detroit Friday
Starting tonight in Ann Arbor, celebrated Brazilian pianist and composer André Mehmari will give four separate solo concerts in the area.
Parks & Rec debuted today in GAR Building
You’ll want to swing by this new breakfast spot sometime soon.
Kalamazoo blogger: Detroit has become a Millennial paradise!
Few things are more frustrating than would-be Detroit-boosters who don’t understand our city. But this Millennial may have set a new record for irritating us.
Adidas’ Detroit plan still lacking in specifics (but corporate buzzwords abound)
We reached out to Adidas for comment.
Michigan woman arrested after having sex on the beach
A Michigan woman was arrested and charges are being sought for a man after the pair was allegedly caught doing the nasty at Willard Beach in Battle Creek over the weekend, the Battle Creek Enquirer reports. According to the Enquirer’s Trace Christenson the incident went down like this: At around 4:30 p.m. yesterday, a family was…
WSU’s Baroudeur cycling event helps economically disadvantaged students
Rider amenities include post-ride lunch, beer and music, a Baroudeur T-shirt, and free parking.
Here’s a video of the tornado that hit Owendale yesterday
Here’s some pretty crazy footage of the tornado that swept through Owendale, MI yesterday evening, made even more dramatic by the lady going bonkers in the background. Winds clocked in at 65 miles per hour, knocking out power to some 200,000 homes and businesses:
Listen to a WJR late night broadcast from the 1950s: ‘50,000 watts on a clear channel to serve Detroit and the entire nation’
Here is the closing broadcast of one night in Detroit in the 1950s on the then-number one station AM 760 WJR, from a home-recorded 78 disc.
Phoebe Gloeckner and the ‘revolutionary’ feminism of ‘Diary of a Teenage Girl’
U-M prof Phoebe Gloeckner talks about her “revolutionary” story.
Report declares Detroit relatively vermin-free
Why doesn’t Detroit have the high concentrations of roaches and rodents other U.S. cities do?
Stevie Wonder’s landmark LP ‘Innervisions’ released 42 years ago today
On this day 42 years ago — on August 3 1973— Stevie Wonder’s 16th studio LP Innervisions was released on Motown Records.
Historic Two-Way Inn hosts ‘Save the Norris House’ fundraiser this weekend
Help the oldest bar in Detroit fix its haunted historic home next door.
Riding the bus with Gary Winslow: Fear
Before boarding the bus, Gary challenges two women’s views on police brutality, and finds a like-minded conversation partner.
Show preview: Numb Bats @ PJ’s Lager House, Sun. Aug. 2
Some kinds of music are made for summer, and I’d slot the exceptional garage-pop of Tempe’s Numb Bats firmly in that made-up category, “summer music.” You can listen to them whenever you like of course, but they’re playing Lager House this Sunday as part of yet another solid Seraphine Collective showcase.
Event preview: ‘Blue Moon Celebration and Midnight Madness’ sale, Street Corner Records, July 31
Both Book Beat and Street Corner Music in Oak Park are having special “blue moon” sales and events today. Book Beat has a typically fun lineup of author events and sales, while over at Street Corner, Outrageous Cherry plays a free show right before a special “midnight madness” sale starts.
Second annual Charivari schedule announced
For MT readers planning on heading out for the free event, consult this handy schedule.
Packard Banksy headed for L.A. auction block
It’s official: The Packard Banksy is going up on the block to the highest bidder at a tony Los Angeles auction house. The Packard Banksy appears in the flier for the upcoming “Street Art” auction Sept. 30 at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, Calif. The piece is actually a 1,500-pound section of cinderblock and concrete…
Just announced: ‘Les Rallizes Denudes’ music film at MOCAD Aug. 19
This is a big deal for fans of awesome Japanese psychedelic noise, or as Greg Baise who’s putting the event on at MOCAD on Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 9 p.m. sharp for only $5 calls it, “the perfect filmic totem for the world’s most obscure and dangerous cult band, Les Rallizes Denudes.”
Officials attempt to capture U-M’s wild turkey nuisance
U-M Ann Arbor: Have you seen this turkey?
The politics of revising Detroit’s blight count
As the old saying goes, “There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.” Now, we don’t believe that all statistics are lies, but the human element can certainly enter into them, especially when researchers see what they want to see. Sometimes they’re naked fibs, as when Sen. Joseph McCarthy variously claimed that there were 200, 81,…
Theatre Bizarre announces Rust Belt Market presale
In typical Theatre Bizarre fashion, the presale event promises to be a spectacular unto itself.
Income-based water bills work for Philly. Why not Detroit?
City officials claim state law bans income-based affordability plans for residential water customers. But Philly just passed it. Could it work here?
Opening Alert: The Vertical Detroit will offer full-scale wine bar, restaurant this fall
This fall, downtown will have another option in the wine department, with the arrival of Vertical Detroit, to be installed in the Ashley Apartments building in Harmonie Park. This spot, to be run by father and daughter team, Jim and Remy Lutfy, will offer more than 250 vintages by the bottle, more than 40 by…
Today is Gilda Snowden’s first birthday since her untimely death in late 2014
Today marks the first birthday for famed Detroit artist Gilda Snowden since her untimely passing late last year. We’d like to celebrate her life and work with these video interviews, reviews and tributes.
Watch this time-lapse video of downtown Detroit
Check this out.
Check out the excellent, psychedelic video for ‘Solar Plexus’ by Detroit rapper Tone Pérignon
Prolific, up-and-coming Detroit rapper Tone Pérignon drops a seriously psychedelic video for you to get lost in on this 90 degree day.
What’s up with Detroit’s ‘Before I Die’ chalkboard
The latest public art project from Bedrock Real Estate Services.
Naked man escorted from Kroger deli counter in Novi
A 61-year-old man was hospitalized last week after he stripped down to his birthday best at the Kroger deli counter in Novi. Police were summoned to the grocery store at Grand River and Beck Road around 7 p.m. on Saturday after reports trickled in that a naked man was leaning up against the meat counter…
Weekly reader responses
It’s just a plant In our July 22 Higher Ground column (“Making an example”) Larry Gabriel wrote about a police sweep on a Detroit Medz dispensary, a move which appeared to be defended by Detroit Councilman James Tate. Robert Sharpe, a policy analyst at Common Sense for Drug Policy, weighed in. Regarding Larry Gabriel’s July…
Seeds & Strains Novelty Seed Shop caters to marijuana growers
Today, marijuana is legal for medicinal purposes in more than half of the United States, and the latest polls indicate the majority of the nation supports ending marijuana prohibition nationwide. According to legislation-tracking website Ballotpedia, decriminalization initiatives could appear on the ballot in 11 states in 2016, including Michigan. Detroit’s Seeds & Strains Novelty Seed…
Tunde Olaniran walks us through his astonishing debut album ‘Transgressor’
Tunde Olaniran is an experimental pop artist from Flint. Not only is he a talented producer, singer, and rapper, but he is also a choreographer, designer, and author of fiction known for his high-energy and theatrical performances. He’s also an activist, and works as an educator for Planned Parenthood. We’ve profiled Olaniran before — most…
Charivari festival comes to Belle Isle, Aug. 1-2
By now we all know this origin story as well as we do that of our favorite comic book superheroes: In the early 1980s, the granddaddy of techno, Juan Atkins, and his disciples, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson were lowly high schoolers who spent many a night nerding out to WGPR’s DJ Charles “Electrifying Mojo”…
We finally get around to reviewing some local records
Various artists DIME Sessions: Volume 1 (Original 1265) DIME Sessions: Volume 1 is a chop suey of young Detroit talent. And like chop suey, the assortment lends it its strength. Produced by Original 1265 Recordings, what stuck out on first listen is that the production was smooth despite juggling a range of genres. From folk-soul…
Mark your calendar today for these upcoming shows
Tickets are now on sale for these events. Sept. 20, 93.9 the River’s Riverfest with Cake and Kaleo at the Fillmore Detroit; thefillmoredetroit.com; $25-49.50. Sept. 30, Prince Royce at the Fillmore Detroit; thefillmoredetroit.com; $25. Oct. 3, Korn at the Fillmore Detroit; thefillmoredetroit.com; $35-75. Oct. 22, Andy Mineo, Mali Music at Saint Andrew’s Hall; saintandrewsdetroit.com; $20. Nov. 5, City and Colour, Hurray…
Politics & Prejudices: Living one crack from doom
Warning: This column may give you nightmares. And it damn well should. OK, here goes: Did you know that every day, up to 540,000 barrels of oil and propane are pumped through two steel pipes lying at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac? That’s roughly the line between Lakes Huron and Michigan. Those pipes,…
Pappy’s in Greektown gets a makeover
Pappy’s Sports Bar & Grill is known as a great sports bar in the heart of Greektown to catch a game or unwind with a drink. But since Spiro Vamvakas took over a year ago in September, the bar has seen major renovations with more on the way. The most dramatic of the changes is…
Stir it up: Trumped-up truth
I remember the moment I knew that Sen. John McCain was going to lose to Sen. Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. It was during a televised town hall meeting in Minnesota when McCain responded to a woman who called Obama “an Arab” with: “He’s a decent family man, a citizen that I just…
‘That Sugar Film’ is more bland than sweet
That Sugar Film | C+ Oh what Super Size Me has wrought. There’s a long list of cautionary food documentaries (Fed Up, Food, Inc., Forks Over Knives, etc.) inspired by Morgan Spurlock’s self-administered shock fast-food experiment and each has, in its way, sought to lay bare the reckless dietary habits (and industrial practices) of the…
Savage Love: Girl party
Q: I have always wanted to have a girls-only sex party, but I’m not sure how I feel about actually organizing one. What’s the etiquette if I do organize one myself? Do I need to provide the dildos for people’s harnesses? Or just the condoms and lube? And how do I find people who want…
Drink Up
Powers Gold Label Irish Whiskey 43.2% ABV | 86.4 proof Ireland’s Powers relaunched their classic whiskey in 2014, updating the packaging to include a fancy metallic neck hanger. The changes, of course, weren’t only cosmetic — Powers tweaked the recipe as well. Powers has kept the overall formula for Gold Label intact. The Whiskey is…
Horoscopes (July 29 – August 5)
This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under a Sagittarius moon. By tomorrow morning, at about 9:30 a.m. in the East, and at around sunrise out here in the West, the moon will enter its Void-of-Course phase and stay in that mode, until she moves into Capricorn on Tuesday at around 3 p.m. on the East…
‘Sampled’ goes behind the scenes of artist’s studios
Cave Gallery has hosted many interesting art exhibitions since it was founded by some College for Creative Studies students in 2007. While the original founding members have moved on, Cave — which consists of artists studios and a gallery — continues to live on with a fresh crop of artists. The gallery’s latest exhibition is…
Ask a Juggalo: Is listening to ICP a sin?
Q: Whoop-whoop! What up, homies? I’m Ryda Ceazer. I’m a Christian Juggalo who goes to church, but I get sort of picked on for it with the whole cussing in the lyrics thing. They say, “Because the Bible says do not speak unclean that me listening to ICP is a sin.” What do you think…
Kuzzo’s Chicken & Waffles adds another reason to call Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion a dining destination
Kuzzo’s Chicken & Waffles’ arrival into Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion should help seal the area’s shift from retail capital of the city into a formidable dining destination. Midtown and Corktown may dominate the New Detroit restaurant narrative, but Kuzzo’s is fit to contend with trendy eateries there and downtown. And it has plenty of help…
