R.I.P. Ben Edmonds

He was an editor at Creem back when it really meant something, and a very early supporter of the Stooges and MC5. He will be missed.

Mike McGonigal

Two new businesses host grand openings on 313 Day

Wondering how to celebrate #313day this year? Yeah, neither were we. But two new shops opening on the social media-driven holiday celebrating all things Detroit have us rethinking our plans. Everything Detroit, a project that is part retail space, part branding studio, brings a “highly curated” retail storefront to Grandmont/Rosedale Park. Located at 16801 Grand…

Colleen Kowalewski

Eastpointe court blocked from ‘pay or stay’ sentencing

Michigan is one step closer to ending a perverse judicial practice that regularly jails individuals who are unable to pay court fines and fees for offenses as minor as a traffic violation. On Wednesday, Macomb County Circuit Court entered a final order prohibiting an Eastpointe judge from jailing poor defendants without first holding a hearing…

Allie Gross

Berkley boutique is Irish all year long

Metro Detroiters take St. Patrick’s Day pretty seriously. They rise early on the morning of March 17 and promptly crack open a can of Guinness and throw back a shot of Jameson while contemplating whether to have bangers and mash or corned beef hash for breakfast. They then dress themselves in authentic Irish attire (green…

Alysa Zavala-Offman

Ann Arbor Film Festival still pushes boundaries

This year, the Ann Arbor film festival celebrates 54 years in existence. A lot can change in a half-century. Back when it began, the festival was all about exposing audiences to cutting-edge films that lacked wide distribution. These days, most large festivals, such as Cannes, Toronto, and Sundance, present themselves more as independent film supermarkets…

Michael Jackman

Jameson Irish Whiskey | 40% ABV

The day has come, friends, to pretend you’re Irish, dress in traditional Irish garb (i.e. green tutus), take copious shots of Irish whiskey, and generally get plastered before 10 a.m. That day is known as St. Patrick’s Day, and it’s Thursday, March 17. How does one accomplish all of that on a weekday? Well, having…

Metro Times editorial staff

Stir it Up: Flint, politics make strange bedfellows

Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have been drawn to the tragedy like flies to sugar. Both of the candidates have commercials on the airwaves addressing the Flint situation, which has gained the attention of world media. Sanders’ commercial describing a parent watching a child’s mental capacity diminish is particularly insightful. It once seemed…

Larry Gabriel

Bangers and noshing our way through metro Detroit’s Irish cuisine

Detroit’s Irish roots date back to the turn of the 19th century, when Catholics were drawn to the Midwestern city for its already established foundation in the church. What’s resulted from that early pilgrimage has been a centuries-long appreciation for Irish-American culture. Thanks to that migration from the eastern United States, we have Corktown (Detroit’s…

Serena Maria Daniels

You can get in the St. Patrick’s Day spirit without shots or car bombs

At the Oakland in Ferndale, they serve all sorts of cocktails made with Irish whiskey, including the Bluth’s Original, a banana-infused Irish whiskey Old Fashioned, and the Gorgeous Gus, a Tiki-style creation that mixes Irish whiskey with green Chartreuse, orgeat syrup, and pineapple juice. But perhaps the most satisfying offering on a late winter day…

Michael Jackman

Savage Love: Doubts

Q I’m your average straight 42-year-old white guy. Married for a little less than a year (second marriage for both). We have an active sex life and are both GGG. My wife wants to be forcibly fucked — held down and raped. Normally I’d be all over this because I do love me some rough…

Dan Savage

Memories of parades past, with Jimmy Doom

Curious about the history of St. Patrick’s Day in Corktown? You could do worse than talk to Jimmy Doom, aka James Graham. Most people know him as the hardworking actor, the wisecracking former lead singer of the Almighty Lumberjacks of Death, or the Sunday afternoon bartender at Corktown Tavern. But his ethnic roots reach back…

Michael Jackman

Get Rubbed

View 27 photos from Rubbed here There’s always been something homey about Rubbed in Corktown. It could be the dry goods that line the counter, kind of like a general store. Maybe it’s the kitschy sloth print climbing the Empire State Building. Or maybe it’s the wallpaper in the restroom, which features old-time recipes that…

Serena Maria Daniels

You can’t have St. Patrick’s Day in Detroit without the Old Shillelagh

The Old Shillelagh, Greektown’s three-story Irish bar, hardly needs an introduction. Every metro Detroiter has spent an evening of revelry inside the massive monument to drink and debauchery, and every metro Detroiter can spin a tale of outrageous hijinks that occurred inside the iconic brick building. Many of those Detroiters will be recalling St. Patrick’s…

Melissa Hoffman

Feedback: Reader Responses

We received a number of interesting emails regarding Michael Jackman’s long-form story on Hamtramck’s majority-Muslim city council (“Caniff and Quran,” March 2). Greg Kowalski, the director of the Hamtramck Historical Museum, wrote the following: You got the story on Hamtramck correct. In the last month or so, I was interviewed by ABC News, Al Jazeera,…

Metro Times editorial staff

A Detroit primer

Navigating a new place is fraught with shibboleths. Those are the mispronounced words, the misunderstood meanings, the awkward silences that accompany going to a new place. But here’s a brief guide of special denotations, inside knowledge, and plain old interesting facts to get a newcomer used to Detroit. What “Detroit” means and when Sometimes, Detroit…

Metro Times editorial staff

Politics & Prejudices: Time for Snyder to resign

I’ve never had much tolerance for so-called radicals who demand that politicians resign, or be recalled, or be impeached every time they screw up in some way, even if they make a stupid, even harmful policy decision. I opposed the vast majority of Gov. John Engler’s policies, and always voted against him. Jennifer Granholm was…

Jack Lessenberry

Horoscopes (March 8-15)

ARIES (March 21- April 20): You worry too much about making ends meet. It sucks the life out of you and it makes it nearly impossible for you to connect with the flow of energy that creates abundance. Everyone’s hip to the fact that joy is the key to prosperity. You could go places if…

Cal Garrison

Mark your calendar today for these upcoming shows

Tickets are now on sale for these events. March 24, Rihanna at the Palace of Auburn Hills; aeglive.com; Tickets from $30.50 to $151. March 26, Eugene Chadbourne at Trinosophes; trinosophes.com; $10 suggested donation. April 1, Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair at the Fillmore; thefillmoredetroit.com; at the Fillmore; Tickets at $45, $60, and $75. April 7,…

Metro Times editorial staff

Time is running out to catch the Lou Reed installation at Cranbrook

Was it one of the iconoclastic rock ‘n’ roll innovator’s greatest works, or was it his most flawed statement this side of Lulu? Was the double album a carefully crafted work that expanded on experiments made by the founders of minimalism a decade earlier, or was it a hastily conceived barrage of senseless noise? Did…

Mike McGonigal

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