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Talking a lifetime of Tigers fandom with Jimmy Doom
There are approximately 95 billion rocky worlds in the Milky Way galaxy — and by all appearances Jimmy Doom was lucky enough to be born on the one with his favorite baseball team: the Detroit Tigers. “I was fucking born in New York,” he says, wiping up the bar at Kelly’s in Hamtramck at the…
As the Tigers rebuild, who will sign the paychecks?
Even though they are not expected to contend for the AL Central crown, the upcoming 2018 campaign will be critical for the Detroit Tigers. Following the death of Mike Ilitch in early 2017, the Tigers listed, sagged, and collapsed into last place in the AL Central. This is, for now, Christopher Ilitch’s team, and with…
Why the DIA’s new baseball exhibition isn’t quite out of left field
The Detroit Institute of Arts will pay homage to the Tigers with Play Ball: Baseball at the DIA , a rare-for-the-museum exhibition featuring baseball cards, folk art, and other works of art inspired by America’s national pastime. But as DIA curator Nancy Barr points out, while a sports-themed exhibition might be somewhat anomalous for the…
A selection of Detroit Tigers Opening Day parties
Due to rain, Opening Day has been rescheduled for Friday, March 30. 97.1 The Ticket Opening Day Block Party Starts at 10 a.m.; Grand Circus Park; 248-327-2900; 971Theticket.com; no cover. Beacon Park Opening Day tailgate. Starts at 9 a.m.; 1903 Grand River Ave., Detroit; 313-962-0101; facebook.com/beaconparkdetroit; no cover. Bookies Bar & Grille Starts at 7…
Five essential QLine restaurants
Ballpark fare is what it is: stadium food, mostly made by the not-so-exciting chefs at institutional food giants like Aramark. That means on opening day at Comerica Park, you’ll want to fill up for the long, debaucherous haul outside of the stadium. Of course, standing in long lines for a sad sausage in the opening day…
Metro Times is seeking a digital editor
Metro Times has an immediate opening for a new digital editor. Duties include running our social media accounts, contributing to our blogs, and creating those fun slideshows that our readers just love to click through. The ideal candidate is someone who lives and breathes online news and relishes the idea of connecting readers with MT…
Jay and Silent Bob are getting old and want to talk about it at the Fillmore
The Big Bang may have created the universe, but it was the delightfully warped mind of filmmaker and author Kevin Smith that crafted View Askewniverse — the birthplace of comedy duo Jay and Silent Bob. Smith — along with the Jay to his Silent Bob, Jason Mewes — are bringing their No. 1-ranked comedy podcast “Jay…
Neo-soul songstress Ravyn Lenae is having a moment and will play El Club
If you’re not hip to the genre “neo-soul,” first of all, shame on you. Secondly, let Chicago-based singer-songwriter Ravyn Lenae show you how it’s done. At just 19 years old, Lenae has been described as a cross between Azealia Banks, Erykah Badu, and Kelis, and has toured with SZA. Needless to say, she’s having a…
Let Ann Arbor’s Hash Bash and Monroe Street Fair take you higher
Pass the dutchie to the left and brace yourselves — you’re about to get really frickin’ stoned. For 47 years, Ann Arbor has been high heaven for the Hash Bash — the only time and place you can really blaze, toke, and vape in public around here without fearing persecution. Thousands will gather, sending a…
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy goes it alone at the Royal Oak Music Theatre
Much can be said about Wilco founder and frontman Jeff Tweedy, one of the most accomplished American songwriters in recent decades. No matter what genre he takes on, Tweedy always demonstrates an emotional warmth, and with 17 albums under his belt, he has touched nearly every sound under the sun, from alt-country, rock, folk, experimental,…
Chicago cabaret rockers the Claudettes head to Otus Supply
Psychobilly might be an unfamiliar term to some, but when describing Chicago cabaret rockers the Claudettes, it’s pretty damn accurate. (In trying to describe the band, WBEZ radio’s Tony Sarabia said, “Brother Ray meets the Ramones… Chopin meets Minutemen.”) The sultry, retro moodiness captured on the band’s latest record, Dance Scandal At The Gymnasium, sums…
The Detroit Zoo is giving away its animal poop
The Detroit Zoo’s latest promo has us whiffin’. In honor of earth day, the zoo says it will give out hundreds of buckets of its “zoo poo,” free of charge. Why would you want it? Not for the smells, of course. Planting season is upon us, and animal manure makes a great fertilizer. How do…
Nestlé wins MDEQ approval to suck 400 gallons per minute from Osceola well
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has conditionally approved bottled water giant Nestlé’s permit to pump 400 gallons per minute from its well in Osceola Township. Meanwhile, township officials continue their fight against a pumping station Nestlé needs in order to boost pumping rates. It’s a tale with more twists and turns than an Osceola…
Sheefy McFly made a track that samples Bop It, and it is a banger
In what could quite possibly be a manifestation of peak ’90s nostalgia, Detroit artist Sheefy McFly has made a jit track that samples the beloved Hasbro toy, Bop It. And you know what? It is a banger. McFly posted the track — which features the electronic voice and sound effects from Bop It Extreme saying, “Bop…
Detroit expands surveillance monitoring program to include schools
Detroit’s real-time surveillance monitoring program has made its way into the education space, even as civil liberties advocates question its purported impact on crime reduction. Nearly two dozen cameras now surround the Randolph Career Technical Education School on the city’s west side, a press release from the mayor’s office says, marking the first time an educational facility has…
Video captures rare all-white deer spotted in Milford
At first glance, you might think the above image is that of a large sheep or a tiny horse. In fact, what was spotted in a Michigan Metro Park last week is far more rare. Brighton residents Mick McDonald and fiance Karen Illinik captured a drive-by video of an albino white-tailed deer grazing at Kensington…
Garden Fresh Gourmet founders are launching a new company
In 2015, Ferndale’s Garden Fresh Gourmet co-owners Jack and Annette Aronson sold the company to Campbell’s for $231 million. What’d they do with that sizable haul for the salsa, hummus, and chip company that they started in 2005? Hopefully they took a trip or three around the world in recent years, but now they are…
The Fillmore is closing for renovations this summer
As we were filling out concert listings, we thought it was curious that the Fillmore’s online calendar had not been updated beyond rapper Tech N9ne’s concert scheduled for June 3. Now we know why. The Fillmore is due to close temporarily this summer to undergo restoration. According to a press release, the main auditorium ceiling will…
Buddy’s Pizza is considering a downtown Detroit location
Detroit-style pizza inventor Buddy’s Pizza is looking into Dan Gilbert’s Madison Building in downtown Detroit. The Free Press reports that the parties are in talks for Buddy’s to take over the space formerly occupied by Angelina Italian Bistro at 1565 Broadway St. by Grand Circus Park. That restaurant closed in late 2017 following a dispute…
MSU: Racism and hate speech permissible if directed at groups
Over the weekend, Michigan State University’s response to racist comments posted on social media by one of its students consisted of a rather lame statement about how it doesn’t approve of what happened. The comments made on Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat by MSU sophomore Jillian Kirk included one that read “GOD BLESS AMERICA, FUCK THE…
Grosse Pointe throws in towel on fight to move its DPW facility to Detroit
The city of Grosse Pointe is back to the drawing board after its recent failed bid to move its Department of Public Works site across Mack Avenue to the Detroit side. You may remember our initial blog post about the matter. It was inspired entirely by an article in the Grosse Pointe Times that had…
Jill Scott will bring her R&B queen realness to the Fox Theatre this summer
Whether you’re trying to get it on or take on the world, the stylings of R&B goddess Jill Scott make for the perfect soundtrack to any number of power moves. The three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and acclaimed actress will bring her smooth and sultry sounds to the Fox Theatre on Sunday, June 24 at 8…
Little Caesars pizza giveaway a slam dunk for free lunch-seekers in metro Detroit
The internet went crazy over Little Caesars’ plans to give away its $5 lunch combo for a short time on Monday, and this lunch hour, the footprints followed. Metro Times found a line wrapped around the block outside the Little Caesars on Woodward Avenue in Highland Park as dozens of people waited for the free…
Laundromat-coffee shop The Commons opens in Islandview
A new laundromat, cafe, and community space called The Commons is sudsing up Islandview. The Common’s coffee menu includes all the standard cafe options like espresso, latte, mocha, chai, tea, cold brew, and iced tea, and offers it all for $4 and under. Food options include soups, chilis, pastries, and baked goods, and The Commons…
Jeff Gutt-fronted Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, and the Cult embark on tri-headlining tour
Breathe in, breathe out — this isn’t a time machine, this is a nostalgia-heavy tri-headlining tour with Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, and the Cult. The “Revolution 3” Tour will celebrate the first time the three bands have toured together. The 20-city tour will invite the artists to switch-up the order of the lineup each night…
Tigers lead off a likely rough season with lowest ticket sales in years
The Tigers aren’t expected to be good and it’s still winter in Detroit. That, plus the Easter holiday, created a perfect storm for the team to host one of its worst-attended games in over a decade. Just 14,858 tickets were sold to the Tigers’ first game in yesterday’s double-header against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team’s front…
Ted Nugent, who has no soul, announces tour with Blue Öyster Cult and Mark Farner
Right-wing asshat Ted Nugent, who has no soul, is hitting the road and will perform at DTE Energy Music Theatre on July 20. “The Whiplash Bash” tour announcement follows controversial statements made this weekend by the crusty Michigan rocker. “Controversial statements,” of course, is a nice way of saying “making fun of children whose friends were…
How a flawed criminal justice system put a pregnant Detroit activist behind bars
Siwatu-Salama Ra is the kind of young Detroiter who inspires hope. Raised between Northwest Detroit and California, the black mom began fighting for environmental justice in the city at just 19 years old, taking on polluters like Southwest Detroit’s Marathon Oil Refinery and the Detroit Renewable Power trash incinerator. Now, seven years later, the 26-year-old…
UPDATE: April Fools — there won’t really be a Mexican restaurant replacing Como’s
Update at 11:29 a.m. on April 2: We might have fallen for an elaborate April Fools’ Day joke. Ferndale’s city manager says no plans have been shared with the city for the Como’s site to date. In Spanish, “Tonto” means… fool. Original post from 9:32 a.m. on April 2: A new Mexican restaurant called El…
Here’s how you can watch a new doc on the Line 5 pipeline
Part one of a new feature-length documentary on the Great Lakes’ controversial Line 5 oil and gas pipeline now has a release date. Line 5: Part One: The Threat will be available to watch at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10 on YouTube and Vimeo. According to filmmaker Barton Bund, Part One will be followed…
These are the Sinclair-owned TV stations airing Trumpian propaganda in Michigan
A new anti-media promo with Trumpian undertones is being run on local TV news stations around the country, including some right here in Michigan. Video of dozens of TV news personalities parroting the same script went viral over the weekend, drawing sharp criticism of the stations’ right-leaning parent company, Sinclair Broadcast Group. “The sharing of…
Detroit ‘Mappy Hour’ launch set for April 25
An event geared toward outdoorsy Detroiters will make its launch later this month. “Mappy Hour,” originally founded in 2014 in New York City, is set to make its Detroit debut on Wednesday, April 25. Organizers describe the event as “a gathering of outdoor enthusiasts around maps, guidebooks, beer, and adventure stories.” The event is set…
MSU’s other scandal: Helping to start the Vietnam War
Spartans fans disappointed by a string of recent missteps might find solace in knowing that scandal is nothing new for Michigan State University. Indeed, long before MSU’s myriad recent headlines — the still-unfolding Larry Nassar sex abuse case, the campus’ hosting of a neo-Nazi (and the subsequent clash between neo-Nazis and protesters), and failing to…
The music nobody wants to hear during sex
It started out innocently enough, with just a Facebook status update from one of our staffers asking, “What songs do you never want to hear during sex?” Within hours, it was one of those posts with dozens of replies, charting all sorts of music that you’d want out of earshot while doing the deed. Sometimes,…
Nolan Finley really, really, really hates Michigan Central Station
If words were wrecking balls, Michigan Central Station would be a smoking pile of rubble this morning. That’s because Nolan Finley wrote a blistering editorial last night demanding the station be sold and fixed up or razed to the ground. Given his tone, you definitely think he would prefer the latter. (Preferably, with the earth…
Ted Nugent has no soul
The “Motor City Madman” schtick is getting old, Ted. On Friday — Good Friday for all the Christians in the house — the old-enough-to-retire rocker and so-called “conservative” said the teenaged gun control activists who survived the Parkland, Fla., Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre are “mushy brained children” who have “no soul.” “The Nuge” made the…
Reminder: We all get free Little Caesars on Monday because of basketball
A reminder to cancel your lunch plans for Monday, because Little Caesars has you covered. Thanks to a marketing stunt gone deliciously awry, the company owes us all a free lunch — four slices of deep dish pizza and a 20-ounce Pepsi product, to be precise. Last month, the Little Caesars’ marketing department made a…
Jackson brothers, Jeff Daniels, and Mark Farner will perform at 2018 Detroit Music Weekend
The return of Detroit Music Weekend is upon us and once again, it’s all about the legends. Taking place Thursday, June 14 through Sunday, June 17, Detroit Music Weekend is a celebration of the lasting impact of some of Detroit’s most iconic artists. Last year, divine Detroit diva Aretha Franklin gave what could be her last…
Saturday’s Tigers game is postponed
Once again, the Tigers have been rained out. The team has rescheduled today’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Comerica Park. Now, the game has been moved to a split doubleheader on Sunday, April 1, with the first game beginning at 1:10 p.m. and the second game starting at 6:10 p.m. Tickets from today’s game…
MSU refuses to discipline student over racist messages
Michigan State University sophomore Jillian Kirk appears to be your garden variety outspoken Trump-era racist. On social media, she has posted messages like “GOD BLESS AMERICA, FUCK THE BLACKS!” The New York Post reports that in other social media posts, Kirk allegedly regularly uses the N-word and once wrote, “Fuck niggers I’m so over it.” Beyond the racism,…
The Grosse Pointes, Detroit, and MLK’s ‘two cities’ 50 years later
As we ramp up toward the remembrances of the assassination a half-century ago of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we risk letting another, much more local King anniversary slip by without mention: The civil rights leader’s visit to Grosse Pointe in March of 1968. We’d almost forgotten it even happened, and might have, if not…
Video shows man attack Muslim woman in Dearborn
Video footage has surfaced showing a 19-year-old woman wearing a traditional Muslim head covering getting attacked by a man in a Dearborn emergency room. The video obtained by WDIV shows the woman checking into Beaumont Hospital on Feb. 10 as a disheveled man waiting in the lobby walks up from behind and begins pummeling her. Beaumont staffers…
Don’t expect Bill Schuette to sue over Trump’s plan to rig the census
Attorney General Bill Schuette reportedly won’t join more than a dozen of his peers in suing the Trump administration over its plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Attorneys general in at least 12 states have signaled they’ll join a suit alleging the change is unconstitutional. California’s AG has already filed a separate…
Go hard with your woes at Drake Night at The Blind Pig
Starting from the bottom only means something when you’re looking down from the tip-top. When Aubrey “Drake” Graham first rolled into our hearts as the wheelchair-bound basketball star on Degrassi: The Next Generation who would have thought he would become the chart-dominating rapper and 6 God/Champagne Papi we’ve come to worship. Welcome to the house…
You can check out a live cam of rare falcons found nesting on the Sault Ste. Marie bridge
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s — Peregrine falcons, a rare species that are making a slow but steady comeback after the introduction of insecticides and various contaminants nearly knocked the Michigan population out in the ’60s and ’70s. And now, thanks to the FalCam installed on the Sault Ste. Marie bridge, we have…
Dan Gilbert, private interests steered QLine plans, study finds
From the vantage point of Metro Times’ new Midtown office, we’ve gotten used to the sound of the regular clanging of the QLine’s electronic streetcar bell. We’ve also gotten used to a less frequent, yet not uncommon sight — that of a stalled QLine, delayed because a car has illegally parked on the streetcar’s curbside…
Parkland survivor calls for Rocket Mortgage boycott following mocking tweet by Fox News’ Laura Ingraham
We live in strange times. Following last month’s Parkland, Fla., high school massacre, the teenaged survivors have since launched a stunning and unprecedented movement calling on politicians to take a serious look at gun control legislation — and have been by and large met by ridicule from adults on the far right ever since. An…
Don’t be a litter bug: Here’s a map of all the trash receptacles downtown for Opening Day
Don’t get us wrong. We are very excited for Opening Day. So much so that we even dedicated this week’s issue of Metro Times entirely to this beloved Detroit holiday of beers, bats, and baseball cats. But if you’re taking part in the downtown festivities today, please take a moment to locate your nearest trash receptacle…
State orders more than 150 Detroit pot shops closed
More than 200 Michigan marijuana businesses, the majority of them in Detroit, have been ordered to close a week after a deadline by which they were to have applied for licenses to operate under the state’s new regulatory framework. Staff with the state’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs have since last Thursday been hand-delivering cease-and-desist letters…
Michigan could get hit with Chinese space junk the size of a school bus
It’s been real, fam. Mercury is in Gatorade or whatever, and Michigan is clearly becoming a magnet for cosmic activity as of late. Shit is getting serious. Related Gov. Rick Snyder “activated the state’s Emergency Operations Center” to monitor the free fall of China’s doomed space station Tiangong-1, which could very well land in Michigan. The…
A millennial furniture store called Floyd is opening in Eastern Market tomorrow
If the thought of assembling yet another piece of garbage Ikea furniture is enough to send you into an emotional tailspin, you’re going to want to pay attention. Floyd, a Detroit-based furniture company, has quickly gained a following by creating inventive solutions to problems many young people face when they begin the lifelong task of…
You can now read Metro Times on Apple’s News app
Given the particularly tumultuous nature of social media — we’re looking at you Facebook — and the fact that many Metro Times readers access our content through these platforms, we’ve been looking for ways to expand our digital horizons as of late. Related So, while we haven’t (and probably won’t) join the list of companies…
Wyandotte Restaurant Week is the perfect excuse to hang out downriver
OK, we’ve covered this ground before. Wyandotte is totally adorable and never really gets the accolades it deserves. Despite our constant chirping about the downriver city — oh, and this story the Detroit News did last year — the city is woefully under-covered while its counterparts north of Detroit seem to get all the glory.…
Shri Thanedar leads Gretchen Whitmer in latest Dem primary poll for Michigan gov
A new Marketing Resource Group poll finds progressive candidate Shri Thanedar holding a 3-percentage point lead over Gretchen Whitmer in the Democratic primary for governor, with Thanedar polling at 21 percent and Whitmer at 18 percent. That’s a dramatic change from MRG’s last poll in September, which put Whitmer ahead of Thanedar by 24 points. A February…
Lawsuit: Detroit councilmember demanded $15,000 from constituent for favor
Detroit City Councilman Gabe Leland is being accused of having demanded that a constituent donate $15,000 to his campaign last year in an exchange for a favor. According to a lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court, Leland agreed to help a Detroit business owner involved in a property dispute with the city in exchange for…
Ben Carson compared Trump’s campaign to wrestling
Former neurosurgeon and current U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson made a diagnosis of our nation’s collective psyche that feels painfully true in the cold, harsh light of 2018. Basically, the doctor believes we are a nation of wrestling fans. In 2016, after he dropped out of the race to be the Republican…
MSU paid PR firm $500k to monitor victims, journalists on social media
Michigan State University was billed more than $500,000 in January by a top-tier public relations firm hired to monitor social media activity surrounding the Larry Nassar sex abuse case, documents obtained by The Lansing State Journal through the Freedom of Information Act reveal. According to the documents, New York-based Weber Shandwick billed the university $517,343 for more…
Detroit Tigers postpone Opening Day game
Put away your foam fingers, friends, for Tigers Opening Day has been postponed due to inclement weather. The dreary drizzle and chilly temperatures were enough to get the organization to reschedule the game for tomorrow, Friday, March 30. The first pitch will be thrown out at 1:10 p.m. According to WDIV, this is the first…
Midwest can expect an increased tick population this spring and summer
The Midwest, Great Lakes, and Ohio Valley regions will likely experience an increased tick population this spring and summer, due to the effects of La Niña. Data compiled by the National Pest Management Association, a nonprofit that releases a bi-annual bug barometer, reveals we can expect lots of the pesky insects, and we’ll also probably…
Snyder wins: Judge rules out early election to fill Conyers’ congressional seat
There will be no early special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant by John Conyers. A federal judge today rejected a legal challenge of Gov. Rick Snyder’s decision to wait until November to hold a special election to fill the vacancy in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, effectively leaving the district without representation until…
Harry Potter-inspired ‘Wizard U’ event is coming to metro Detroit
We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Wizard U. You are now invited to meet your professors, sample classes, try your hand at potions, and duel your fellow witches and wizards. OK, Wizard U isn’t a real school for witchcraft and wizardry, but it is a real event where you…
Here comes the official event for eating cereal out of potholes in Detroit
When life gives you potholes, you fill them with milk and cereal and dig in. At least, that’s what one Michigan man did last week, and he’s inspired a cavalcade of like-minded Michiganders to do the same. Following the viral video of an EMU student named Andrew eating Lucky Charms out of a pothole in Trenton, a…
Whitmer donates MSU dean contributions following Nassar scandal
As more criminal charges come out of Michigan State University’s Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal, Gretchen Whitmer’s campaign announced the Democratic gubernatorial candidate has donated political contributions from former MSU dean William Strampel to charity. The announcement came Tuesday, following Strampel’s arrest on Monday. Strampel, Nassar’s former boss, was arraigned on Tuesday on four criminal charges stemming from the Nassar scandal, including misconduct…
Detroit police officer accused of raping woman who came to station for help, report says
The Detroit Police Department is again facing accusations that one of its officers acted inappropriately, with the news coming just two weeks after a police commander who was moonlighting as a security guard beat a restaurant patron into a coma. Now, a report says a sergeant at the 11th Precinct is accused of raping a…
Mr. B’s launches a new arcade bar in downtown Royal Oak
Metro Detroit’s newest arcade bar is up and running in Mr. B’s Gastropub in downtown Royal Oak. The move is part of a change of direction for Mr. B’s, which appears to have shed its neighborhood bar vibe for one of a gastropub. According to a release from the restaurant, it revamped its menu and offers…
Americana group Holly Bernt Band bring the Badlands to Detroit
Holly Bernt didn’t hear her first “secular” song until she was 13 years old. Raised in a strict Seventh-day Adventist household, Bernt says hymns and worship songs were all she knew until her big brother smuggled a Goo Goo Dolls record into the house and played her “Black Balloon.” “That was the first time I…
Savage Love: Cock locked
I’m in a D/s relationship. I’m not submissive around the clock, but my partner owns my cock. We’ve purchased several male chastity devices, but I can pretty easily get my cock out of them. My partner did some investigating and learned that the only effective devices work with a Prince Albert piercing — a ring…
SubRosa’s sludge doom is desolation tinged with delicacy
In darkness there is light. In expression there is power. In agony there is deafening release. The experimental sludge doom of Salt Lake City’s SubRosa combines all of these things in its haunting, harrowing music, which is decidedly metal, but the kind that leaves room for supple sounds to augment the heaviness. This is due…
Rapper Dessa tried to heal her heart with science, and then wrote an album about it
Dessa — the Minneapolis-based poet, rapper, and songwriter born Margret Wander — can now add “scientist” to her long list of talents. The 36-year-old hip-hop artist turned to the scientific method in the creative process leading up to her latest album, Chime. After trying and failing to deal with heartbreak for nearly 12 years, Dessa…
Fighting for our right to FOIA
Here’s one of those truths that ought to be self-evident: In this democracy, governments — federal, state, and local — are our governments. They belong to “We the people,” after all. We elect those who run them, and fund their salaries and everything they do. That means, or should mean, that we have a right…
Horoscopes (March 28-April 3)
ARIES: March 21 – April 20 You have had it up to here with more than one thing. If it’s time to move on, don’t hesitate. In some cases systematic issues are tying you up to the point where, for the time being, you have to stay right where you are. An upcoming trip is…
Review: Madison Heights’ Le Banh Mi goes deeper into Vietnam
Le Banh Mi’s small space on Dequindre Road just north of 12 Mile is always a Vietnamese sandwich shop in name, if not in practice. A few years ago I dropped by for a banh mi, and though the sign out front still read “Le Banh Mi,” a guy inside informed me that the soup…
The truth about Martin Luther King Jr.
“We’ve basically solved the case, telling people how it happened and why it happened,” says Dr. William Pepper. The case is the murder of progressive activist Martin Luther King Jr., and Pepper is talking about the contents of his 2016 book, The Plot to Kill King (Skyhorse Publishing). He’ll be discussing the subject Wednesday, April…
Unsane is a smack in the face to what Hollywood has become in recent years
Director Steven Soderbergh announced his retirement in 2013, stating that he was frustrated with Hollywood, its focus on huge, (supposedly) safe blockbusters, and the subsequent squeezing out of smaller, more challenging films. He also said at the time that he felt that “movies don’t matter anymore” as cultural touchstones. He unretired last year to give…
