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Why Wayne Kramer is bringing back the MC5 — or at least the band’s name, anyway
When guitarist Wayne Kramer kicks off his eight-date Heavy Lifting tour at Detroit’s El Club on May 5, he’ll be debuting a new touring group and some new songs from an upcoming album. And he’ll be doing it all using an old, familiar name — the MC5. It’s a move that is destined to cause…
FTMO Full Review: Pros, Cons, Pricing
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A new park is coming to the Detroit Riverfront with a huge bear slide
Plans for the highly-anticipated Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park on the Detroit Riverfront are finally moving forward. The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, partnering organizations, and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan broke ground for the park on Tuesday afternoon. The 22-acre park was first announced back in 2018 and is expected to open in 2024. It will…
City of Detroit to provide free legal representation for residents facing eviction
The Detroit City Council on Tuesday approved “a historic” measure that will provide lower-income residents with free legal representation when facing eviction. The right-to-counsel ordinance passed 9-0, and Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration endorsed it. “I believe this is about stabilizing our neighborhoods, it’s about protecting our most vulnerable,” Council President Mary Sheffield, who introduced the…
Two fifth grade students rushed to hospital after eating THC gummy at Livonia school
Two fifth grade students at Grand River Academy in Livonia were rushed to hospital after eating cannabis-infused gummies on Monday. Krystle Hall, the mother of one of the students, took to social media to talk about the incident and blast the school’s reaction, after her son was given a gummy by his friend during their…
No weed at Arts, Beats & Eats this year, Royal Oak votes
Looks like we won’t be getting to smoke weed at Arts, Beats & Eats in Royal Oak this year after all. City officials rejected a proposal to add a consumption lounge to this year’s Labor Day weekend festivities during a Monday night meeting. The pot-smoking tent would have allowed for both the sale and consumption…
The new Twin Peaks restaurant in Auburn Hills is now open
Kitschy sports bar chain Twin Peaks has officially opened its latest location in metro Detroit. The new 6,835-square-foot restaurant is located at 2443 N. Squirrel Rd., Auburn Hills. According to a press release, the new Twin Peaks “features 49 TVs covering wall-to-wall sporting events, capturing each game from every angle. Fans can sit back and…
Manganese Battery Expert Martin Kepman Explains Lithium-Ion Battery Technology & How Manganese Will Play an Important Role!
Upcoming Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Can Recharge in One Minute, Increasing Demand for Lithium, Manganese, and Other EV Materials Essential For all Future Lithium-ion Battery Chemistries. Martin Kepman, a Manganese futurist and Canadian entrepreneur shares his EV market perspective on the continuing development of Lithium-Ion Battery Technology. A new development in lithium-ion battery research and engineering…
Whitmer urges Americans to fight to protect abortion rights
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on Americans to “take unprecedented steps to protect” abortion rights in an op-ed published in The New York Times. Saying a federal abortion ban is possible if “anti-choice, anti-women extremists” get their way, Whitmer urged “my fellow pro-choice governors, state legislators, private sector leaders and citizens to use every available tool…
Jack Harlow will bring tour to Detroit’s Fox Theatre this fall
Jack Harlow will take a “First Class” trip to Detroit this fall when he stops at Fox Theatre as part of his Come Home The Kids Miss You tour. The rapper took to social media to announce the 22-city tour and will bring along rap duo City Girls to open the show. See you soon.…
If Sam Raimi’s ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ is weird, your bar’s too low
To declare a movie better than expected makes for both a real sensation and a vague statement all at once. Positioning the work against others like it or even the last thing you’ve watched is easy to do, and natural — but not nearly so helpful as to position it against the work that it…
Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov is coming to Michigan to discuss latest novel and life in Kyiv during Russian war
Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov and his wife were at home in Kyiv when Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022. Though his family has since had to relocate several times and are temporarily staying near the Hungary and Slovakia border, Kurkov has no intention of moving from his country. He says he…
Current and former Flint city officials call Black council members ‘ghetto’
A white Flint city councilwoman and her former colleague have come under fire for calling the actions of their Black colleagues “ghetto.” Councilwoman Eva Worthing, who is white and a teacher at Michigan Virtual Charter Academy, used the derogatory term during a disagreement with Councilwoman Jerri Winfrey-Carter, who is Black, at a council meeting on…
Detroit Opera tells the story of Detroit Red with its performance of ‘X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X’
Detroit Opera will pay homage to Detroit Red. The opera house will premiere X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X on Saturday, May 14. The award-winning opera was written by Anthony Davis, and will be directed by Robert O’hara and conducted by Kazem Abdullah for the Detroit performances. The timing of the performance falls…
Fauci tells 2020 U of M grads to challenge ‘untruths’ while anti-vaxxers protest outside
The University of Michigan’s 2020 graduates on Saturday finally received the Big House ceremony they were denied two years ago, with Dr. Anthony Fauci fittingly giving the “comeback” commencement speech for the students whose senior year at the university was upended by COVID-19. Meanwhile, a caravan of cars and trucks circled Michigan Stadium, emblazoned with…
A weed vending machine and the return of the otters: The top 10 Metro Times headlines of the week
This week our readers were most interested in a far-right conservative who spewed controversial and hateful statements, like saying women who are raped should “lie back and enjoy it,” and lost the election for state House of Representatives. Our readers were also interested in a Detroit man who was arrested after operating a marijuana vending machine…
Tim Robinson’s demented ‘I Think You Should Leave’ renewed for third season on Netflix
Here’s good news for people who love the off-kilter humor of metro Detroit’s dynamic comedy duo of Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson. Robinson’s wacky comedy show I Think You Should Leave was renewed for a third season at Netflix, according to Variety. Richardson, a collaborator on the show, confirmed the news to the publication. “I’m…
Cannabis license approved for Michigan’s Hoxeyville Music Festival
Northern Michigan’s long-running Hoxeyville Music Festival says for the first time, it will have an official cannabis partner this year. The Americana and roots music festival, held on 150 acres of farmland near the Manistee National Forest in Wellston, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this August. Festival operator Hoxeyville Enterprises says it has worked out…
Imani Mixon’s Metro Times cover story on Aaliyah honored by Society of Professional Journalists Detroit chapter
Congratulations are in order for Metro Times freelancer Imani Mixon, who earned third place, feature reporting for her 2021 cover story on the late pop star Aaliyah. The kudos was announced at the SPJ Detroit chapter awards ceremony in Troy on Thursday. (The full list of winners is available at the SPJ Detroit web site.)…
Library Street Collective announces plans for new community space in Detroit’s East Village
Library Street Collective has big plans for its community art complex, The Shepherd, which is being built around a 110-year-old church in Detroit’s East Village. On Wednesday, gallery co-owners Anthony and JJ Curis announced a new project being added to the mix — a 22,300 square foot mixed-use space called LANTERN. LANTERN is a rehab…
Activists call on Michigan corporations to stop funding anti-democracy politicians with guerrilla banner campaign
A coalition of voting rights advocates unfurled a large banner outside of DTE Energy’s headquarters in Detroit on Thursday morning, calling on large Michigan-based companies to stop funding the campaigns of politicians who attack democracy. “Shareholders can’t be silent while profiting from the attack on democracy 4 all,” states the banner, which was draped along…
Rihanna is opening a Savage X Fenty store in Detroit
Savage X Fenty, the lingerie brand created by pop singer and businesswoman Rihanna, is coming to Detroit. The brand announced on its social media pages Wednesday that it’s opening six new retail locations. Along with Detroit, it’s also planning stores in Chicago; Long Island, New York; Atlanta; St. Louis; and Newark, Delaware. “Y’all were so…
Sheefy McFly is the artist in residence for Detroit’s 2022 Movement music festival
Sheefy McFly is as Detroit as they come. The painter, muralist, and rapper has art all over the city, from the Monroe Street Midway to the outside of the former Louisiana Creole Gumbo. He was also just announced as this year’s artist in residence for the 2022 Movement music festival. The residency program is a…
Review: Chicago rapper Saba at Detroit’s El Club
When Chicago rapper Saba takes the stage on Tuesday night, Detroit’s El Club is a traffic jam of bodies, with little room to maneuver in any direction before bumping into a limb whose origin you can’t be sure of. But the atmosphere is light and almost celebratory. And what else could it be? Both Saba’s…
Michigan AG joins coalition urging Biden to cancel federal student debt
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is calling on President Joe Biden to fully cancel federal student debt owed by every borrower in the country. Nessel joined a coalition of eight attorneys general urging Biden to exercise his authority under the Higher Education Act to cancel all federal student loan debt. “Hardships created by the pandemic…
Detroit’s Astro Coffee and Ochre Bakery are closing for good
The folks behind Detroit’s popular Astro Coffee and Ochre Bakery spots have apparently called it quits, according to a message posted to the Instagram accounts of both businesses on Wednesday. “We have come to the end of this journey,” the post reads. “It’s hard to really know what to say in these moments, but we…
Former AMC Star Southfield movie theater could become a megachurch
It hasn’t been a good year for movie theaters. Royal Oak’s Main Art Theatre is on its way to becoming a multi-use complex, and now the AMC Star Southfield theater may be getting turned into a megachurch. Triumph Church, which has six locations across Detroit, Flint, Southfield, and Northville Township, has submitted plans to purchase…
Wayne County Prosecutor Worthy pledges not to enforce the state’s abortion ban
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Wednesday that her office won’t enforce the state’s 1931 ban on abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned. “I feel like I am living in the twilight zone,” Worthy said. “I have three daughters. Now more than ever I must stand to protect them and their reproductive rights. This…
Conveyor belt sushi spot Kura Sushi is opening a second location in Michigan
Sushi chain Kura Sushi is planning on opening a second restaurant in Michigan. The company is known for popularizing the conveyor belt sushi or “sushi train” concept, in which plates of sushi are delivered to customers via conveyor belts. It opened its first Michigan location in Troy in 2021, and the second location is expected…
Açaí bowl chain Nautical Bowls is heading to metro Detroit
Minnesota-based açaí bowl chain Nautical Bowls is expanding across the country, with its first Michigan location expected to open in Royal Oak next month. Katie Fisch, who owns the Michigan franchise with her husband, Dan, says the first Michigan store will be located in the Woodward Corners shopping center at 30955 Woodward Ave., Suite 425,…
Detroit man made $2,000 a day from marijuana vending machine featured in TikTok video, ATF says
Marcus Cornwell wasn’t selling pop or snacks from the vending machine outside his home on Detroit’s west side. According to federal authorities, Cornwell said he’d been making $2,000 a day for the past five years selling marijuana from the vending machine attached to the side of his house at Mettetal Street and Fenkell Avenue. Agents…
Michigan campaign to protect right to abortion at the ballot sees explosion in volunteers
Since March, Reproductive Freedom for All has been petitioning to get a measure on the Michigan November ballot affirming the right to abortion. Interest in the organization’s efforts to amend the state’s constitution has skyrocketed since a draft of the Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked on Monday. In just 24 hours,…
Hate-mongering Trump loyalist who told women to ‘enjoy’ rape loses Michigan race in major upset
A far-right Republican candidate for the state House of Representatives who trafficked in conspiracy theories and suggested that women who are raped should “lie back and enjoy it” was defeated Tuesday by a Democrat in a predominantly GOP district. Democrat Carol Glanville defeated Robert Regan 51.7% to 40.4% for the 74th District seat that covers…
Eminem inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, MC5 snubbed
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up and accept your induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? The iconic Detroit rapper leads the latest class of 2022 inductees, along with ’80s act Duran Duran, Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Eurythmics, Lionel Richie, and Carly Simon. Judas Priest and producers Jimmy…
You can catch wacky shorts at the seventh Detroit International Festival of Animation this Saturday
Calling all animation lovers — the seventh annual Detroit International Festival of Animation is going down this Saturday. The fest will showcase film shorts from 24 local and international animators and filmmakers, and it’s not just for animation nerds. From the quirky, experimental, to the what the hell were they smoking, DIFA has something for…
There’s a free ‘sound bath’ meditation event on Detroit’s Belle Isle this weekend
Listen, for a lot of us, it’s been a hella stressful winter, past few months, years, life, you name it. Spring is finally starting to come through and it’s time to let some of that stress go with a sound bath meditation at Belle Isle. Detroit’s Bloom Transformation Center and Amplify Outside are presenting this…
Coalition announces plans to remember ‘horrific’ murder of Vincent Chin in 1982
A coalition of national and local groups announced on Monday plans to carry out a four-day commemoration in Detroit to remember a Chinese American man who was fatally beaten in 1982. The Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance & Rededication will reflect and continue efforts to push back against hate, planners said during a news conference in…
Mike Tyson once got fined for smoking weed in Detroit. Now he sells edibles in the shape of human ears.
There’s a bit of genius, and bald-faced shamelessness, in the marketing of Mike Tyson’s new cannabis enterprise, Tyson 2.0. Tyson, the former heavyweight boxing champion, actor, and now marijuana entrepreneur, is most famous for having bitten a piece off the ear of opponent Evander Holyfield during a 1997 championship fight. Hence, his gummies are named…
COVID isn’t over
After tossing and turning with night sweats, I woke up on Sunday, April 24 feeling like my legs were burning. My temperature was 101.5. I immediately took a rapid test, already knowing what it would show. Surely enough, I was positive. That first day felt like having been hit by a truck. I could barely…
Metro Detroit-based Lobster Food Truck and Pitstop pulls out all the stops
Who would have thought to put one of dining’s pricier delicacies on a food truck? Nick Wilson and his partner and aunt, Kathryn Wilson, did it in 2018. Improbably, a $35 lobster roll is their best-seller when the truck makes its weekly rounds of various gyms, a sneaker store, and a dispensary in the metro…
Free Will Astrology (May 4-10)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Poet Jennifer Willoughby writes, “I am so busy. I am practicing my new hobby of watching me become someone else. There is so much violence in reconstruction. Every minute is grisly, but I have to participate. I am building what I cannot break.” I wouldn’t describe your own reconstruction process during…
The journey of Detroit rapper Boldy James
Boldy James is knee-deep in industry shoptalk inside his manager Cedric Louie’s studio on Detroit’s west side. Words like, “features,” “splits,” “merch,” “catalogs,” and “comps,” bounce on and off the beige walls like a verbal game of racquetball. Boldy, 39, is an emcee’s emcee. He has thousands of fans that want to see him behind…
The ‘submerged state’ explains why Biden is underwater
According to a new book by New York Times journalists Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was privately terrified that the child tax credit Democrats included in last year’s American Rescue Plan would catch on and become impossible for Republicans to reverse — much like the Affordable Care Act. No need…
