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Vans offers merch inspired by Detroit’s American Coney Island as part of its ‘Foot the Bill’ program
We don’t make the rules: When it comes to coney dogs in Detroit, you pretty much have to claim loyalty to either American Coney Island or next-door neighbor Lafayette. If you’re an American Coney Island fan, Vans has a new way for you to show support. The California-based skateboard apparel company has chosen American Coney…
Lake Superior State University offers first scholarships for its cannabis chemistry program
Lake Superior State University opened the first cannabis chemistry program in the nation in 2019, and now it’s offering its first cannabis chemistry scholarships. Students pursuing a degree in cannabis chemistry at the university in Sault Ste. Marie are now eligible for an annual $1,200 scholarship. Steadfast Labs, a marijuana testing facility based in Hazel…
Detroit’s Baobab Fare offers extended hours for Ramadan, family-style dishes
Detroit’s recently opened East African restaurant, Baobab Fare, is extending its hours through the month of Ramadan, which is from April 12 to May 12 this year. Since Muslims who practice Ramadan fast from sunrise to sundown, the restaurant will be open from 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Fridays. (Starting April 18, the restaurant’s…
Detroit’s largest cannabis dispensary, Leaf and Bud, readies for 4/20 grand opening
A new cannabis dispensary that claims to be Detroit’s largest is set for a grand opening on April 20. It also may very well be one of Detroit’s most interestingly designed. Leaf and Bud is located on Livernois Avenue, tucked around the corner behind the Value Save grocery store not far from the Avenue of…
Cannabis delivery service Eaze expands to Michigan, partners with former Detroit Lion Calvin Johnson
Eaze, a cannabis delivery service founded in California in 2014, is expanding into Michigan later this month. As part of the launch, Eaze is partnering with Primitiv, a cannabis company co-founded by former Detroit Lions Calvin “Megatron” Johnson and Rob Sims, which will provide flower for the company. “We’re honored to partner with Calvin Johnson,…
Eight more vaccination sites coming to Detroit as COVID-19 cases reach ‘alarming’ levels
The city of Detroit is opening eight more vaccination sites in the neighborhoods next week in hopes of getting hesitant residents to roll up their sleeves. Only 21% of Detroit residents have been vaccinated so far, compared to 38% in Oakland County, 38% in Western Wayne County, and 30% in Macomb County. In one month,…
Popular van Gogh exhibit brings artists’ work to life — and it’s headed to Detroit
Updated 10:13 a.m. on Thursday, April 8: OMFG — confusingly, there are two separate Vincent van Gogh “immersive” events heading to Detroit. Updated 9:20 a.m. on Wednesday, April 7: This post has been updated with dates, location, and ticketing information. Let Gogh of what you think an art museum experience should be and, instead, immerse…
Hey, Macomb and Oakland counties: stop flushing your personal poop wipes
Not to be shitty, but wiping your ass with disposable wipes is likely causing 90% of municipal sewer backups in Macomb and Oakland County — but the counties’ stern message applies to anyone flushing the non-flushable. That’s right, you tenacious toilet cloggers, you. Candice Miller, who is Macomb County’s Public Works Commissioner, wants y’all to…
Rise in COVID-19 cases prompts new restrictions at Wayne State University
Wayne State University is canceling face-to-face instruction on campus and reimposing other restrictions beginning Wednesday as new COVID-19 cases reach alarming levels in Michigan. The restrictions will stay in place until the case numbers drop to an “acceptable range,” President M. Roy Wilson said in an email to students and faculty. The university also is…
Detroit artist and former Golden Gloves boxing champ Ray Gray’s infamous 1973 murder case is back before the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Conviction Integrity Unit
Four-time Golden Gloves boxing champion Ray Gray, the Detroit man who’s spent nearly 50 years behind bars for a murder he and his longtime supporters insist he did not commit, is hopeful that he could soon be released from a Michigan state prison. For nearly five decades, Gray, 69, has maintained his innocence in the…
The ‘Appledore IV’ returns for historic sailing tours on the Detroit River
Detroit History Tours announced the return of its legendary boat tours on the eighty-five-foot-long tall schooner, the Appledore IV, following the cancelation of last year’s boat season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Appledore IV will sail from Bay City to the Port of Detroit on May 8, and tours are scheduled to go from…
Defiant Weiser rejects demands by U-M regents to resign, says he’s ‘won’t be canceled’
The University of Michigan Board of Regents on Friday voted to censure state GOP Chair and fellow Regent Ron Weiser and demanded he resign following his contentious remarks about elected officials. Board Chairwoman Denise Ilitch also removed Weiser from committee assignments. But Weiser was defiant and said he had no intention of stepping down. “I…
Inspired by dating apps, made-in-Detroit Kinfolk would pair creative freelancers with jobs
This year, a new mobile app called Kinfolk is set to drop, allowing for creative freelancers to publish their portfolios and make career connections. The app will benefit prospective writers, directors, photographers, graphic designers, videographers, sound engineers, and other artists by pairing them with clients. Leah Hill, CEO and founder of Kinfolk, says she taught…
Michigan workers no longer call for boycott of Vernors’ parent company
A labor dispute at a facility in Redford Township owned by Vernors parent company Keurig Dr. Pepper is now over, and the workers are no longer calling for a boycott of Michigan’s favorite pop. The company and the Teamsters Local 337 union announced a new five-year contract agreement on Thursday that ends the strike, which…
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Detroit chef Jon Kung teams up with Funimation for ‘Naruto’-inspired ramen dishes
When the pandemic hit, Jonathan Kung — a local chef who has worked with spots like Standby and Gold Cash Gold, as well as doing his own freelance work — found himself with plenty of free time. So like many people stuck at home during the past year, he turned his attention to TikTok. On…
U-M regents to consider censuring GOP’s Weiser after ‘witches,’ assassination remarks
The University of Michigan Board of Regents will gather for a special meeting Friday morning to consider censuring Michigan GOP Chair and fellow Regent Ron Weiser following his contentious remarks about elected officials. Weiser came under fire last week after video surfaced of him calling the state’s top Democratic officials “witches” and referring to “assassination”…
Jazz bassist Noah Jackson is now the music director and artist-in-residence at Cliff Bell’s
Last June, bassist Noah Jackson packed up his entire life and moved back to his hometown of Detroit. He spent years in New York as an in-demand jazz bassist, performing with his own band Full Circle and big-named jazz acts such as Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garrett, Christian Sands and Nnenna Freelon. He is also a…
How Detroit’s ‘313 Heart’ became an ever-changing selfie spot during the pandemic
Last year, Bedrock Detroit tapped creative director Melinda Anderson to help activate Parker’s Alley, the row of shops behind the Shinola Hotel named after Thomas Parker, one of the first Black landowners in the city. Initially, Anderson was hired to help activate the space with event programming. Then, of course, the pandemic happened, and Bedrock…
A24 drops first full-length trailer for ‘Zola,’ the movie about a Detroit waitress, wild Twitter thread
Sex, murder, intrigue, Twitter, and cousin Greg from HBO’s hit series Succession? That can mean only one thing: the Zola trailer is here, bitch. OK, first, who’s Zola? In October of 2015, Detroit waitress A’ziah “Zola” Wells took to Twitter for what would become a viral, 148-tweet thread in which she detailed her harrowing, mostly…
Detroit area musicians team up for darkly funny short film ‘Pack Co.’
Dan Miller and Ryan Weise are just about inseparable these days. Despite performing in Detroit’s rock ‘n’ roll circuit around the same time in the early 2000s, the two became fast friends by chance after Miller’s wife and bandmate Tracee was in a car accident. The nurse at the emergency room happened to be Weise’s…
Millions available to ease burden of Michigan winter heating costs
Winter may no longer have a grip on Michigan, but some folks might be feeling a chill just by opening their next home heating bill. Furnaces were working overtime last month because of a cold snap, and Lauren Youngdahl Snyder, vice president for customer experience at Consumers Energy, said utility customers could find their bills…
New Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office’s policy calls for treating transgender people with respect by not misgendering them
Oh, shit. A new progressive policy just dropped from the Michigan county that has decriminalized psychedelics, consensual sex work, and has vowed to no longer charge juveniles for low-level crimes. In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, Washtenaw County prosecutor Eli Savit announced a detailed policy regarding interactions with transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people, which…
Despite Whitmer’s call for pharmacies to vaccinate anyone, many won’t take walk-ins
Earlier this week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer asked COVID-19 vaccine providers to accommodate anyone who wants one as the virus surges in Michigan. Whitmer hopes to get 70% of Michigan residents vaccinated, or 5.6 million people, as soon as possible in order to achieve herd immunity. The state will expand vaccine eligibility to all people age…
Michigan man pleads guilty to hate crime after ‘vicious, racially motivated assault’ with bike lock
A Michigan man who knocked out the teeth of a Black teenager and fractured his jaw with a bicycle chain lock pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal hate crime. As part of a plea agreement, Lee Mouat, 43, of Newport, admitted he confronted a group of Black teenagers at a state park in Monroe and…
You can’t fight a war on voting rights by compromising
By the end of the 19th century, Wilmington was North Carolina’s most populous city, and as a shipping hub, among its most prosperous, too. It was an unusual place: majority Black, with a thriving Black middle class and — most important — a multiracial government. “This was a primal threat to white supremacy,” the journalist…
Savage Love: Fuck around and find out
I’ve been with my boyfriend for two-and-a-half years, and we have a great relationship — or so I thought. Last week, I snooped on my boyfriend’s browser history and I don’t know what to do with what I found. I’m a longtime reader and Savage Lovecast listener SO I KNOW WHAT I DID WAS WRONG. I…
