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Local chefs put a Detroit spin on the Viet-Cajun seafood boil
Across metro Detroit, seafood boil restaurants are stuffing glorious tangles of spiny king crab legs, slender snow crab legs, shrimp, crawfish, and lobster into bags studded with corn, potatoes, and sausage. The bounty is submerged in big-flavored butter sauces enhanced with ingredients like garlic, herbs, and lemon, and sometimes the package is spiked with what…
Opening an Art Gallery in Detroit
The art business is a tough one. If you want to open a gallery, you need not only to know your art but also how to manage a business. Get some advice on what to be aware of when you’re opening an art gallery here in Detroit. Do you have a dream of opening an…
Whiskey Worth Knowing: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select
Woodford Reserve, Old Forester, Gentleman Jack, and Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select. When one encounters these brands, one word comes to mind: quality. However, once tasted, it’s clear that these brands are more than mere drinks, they’re experiences, ones that in some cases have spanned over more than a century and have led the way…
Report reveals history of sexual assault, rape, and violence at Michigan’s Faster Horses country music festival
Music festivals — and festival culture — are under a microscope. Earlier this year, HBO released Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage, a documentary recounting the horrors of the pre-millennium revival of the once flower-powered music festival, which included arson, violence, multiple accounts of sexual assault, and gang rape. Most recently, rapper Travis Scott’s annual…
Detroit-based Haus of Sy to host fashion show on Black Friday
There’s chance if you were paying attention to Detroit’s summer ’21 streetwear trends, you likely spotted someone with a Haus of Sy circle logo bag while out for cocktails. The candy-colored bag is what made people pay attention to Angel Reeves’ newly launched brand, but it was Reeves’ ambition that kept the momentum going. In…
Michigan ammo store sells bullet cases inscribed with anti-Biden phrase, ‘Let’s Go Brandon’
A Novi ammunition store is selling bullet cases engraved with the phrase, “Let’s Go Brandon,” a coded insult that means “Fuck Joe Biden.” Fenix Ammunition is selling the laser-inscribed, 50-caliber cases for $25 apiece. The phrase originated from a NASCAR race in which a journalist misreported the chant “Fuck Joe Biden” as a cheer for the…
Best Whey Protein Powder Concentrate in India (Updated)
Are you looking for the best whey protein in India? You need the best whey protein powder to build muscles and make the most out of your gym workouts. Not just because it’s sweet, goes down easily, and it’s widely available. But because it’s backed up by scientific research. According to a study, whey protein…
AG Nessel addresses Detroit’s ‘fake landlord’ scam by reissuing consumer alerts, tips on spotting red flags
After a gut-wrenching four-month investigation published by NBC News and Outlier Media last week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is now offering some resources to better assist Detroit homeowners, renters, and those with dreams to own in avoiding the “fake landlord” scam that could impact at least one in 10 Detroiters facing eviction. “I was…
ADULT. announce new album, rescheduled Detroit Leland City Club date
Electronic music duo ADULT. has announced a new record and a rescheduled live show at Detroit’s Leland City Club. Titled Becoming Undone, ADULT.’s ninth studio album is slated for digital release on Dais Records on Feb. 25, 2022, with vinyl and CD formats to follow on March 11. The duo has also announced a North…
The Rolling Stones gave Detroit their money’s worth with dazzling — and age-defying — performance
Swashbuckling guitarist and founding member of “the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world” Keith Richards — who allegedly once snorted his dad’s ashes and managed to stay completely awake for nine days while recording 1978’s Some Girls — recited one of his more quotable quotes for an estimated 40,000 people at Detroit’s Ford…
Pungent odor near Detroit Jeep plant prompts civil rights complaint against state environmental regulators
Residents who live near Stellantis’ year-old Jeep assembly plant in Detroit filed a federal civil rights complaint against state environmental regulators on Monday, alleging racial discrimination for allowing the automaker to increase air emissions in the predominantly Black city. For months, a pungent, headache-inducing odor has been wafting from the Jeep Grand Cherokee plant on…
White Boy Rick’s new cannabis line, ‘The 8th,’ is now available at Pleasantrees
Hot on the heels of being portrayed by a CGI’d Eminem in 50 Cent’s set-in-Detroit Starz crime drama BMF, Rick Wershe Jr. — aka “White Boy Rick” — is finally releasing his new cannabis brand on Friday, Nov. 19 at Pleasantrees dispensaries. The new line is dubbed “The 8th,” a double entendre that plays on…
Police are investigating Brass Against singer, a Detroit native, after she urinated on willing fan’s face at festival
Rock bands have been shocking live audiences with elaborate staging, vile stunts, and gross-out moments for as long as anyone can remember. There’s, of course, the infamous incident involving the prince of darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, and a bat, which he beheaded between his teeth while performing in Des Moines in 1982. Jimi Hendrix set a…
Republicans peddle lies about impact of Line 5 shutdown
Michigan Republicans and right-wing groups are spreading lies about the controversial Line 5 pipeline, falsely claiming that a shutdown is imminent and would drastically increase heating costs as winter approaches. In November 2020, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered Canada-based Enbridge to shut down the oil and natural gas liquid pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac by…
The spirit of Hudson’s returns to Detroit for the holidays — sort of
If you’re a Detroit millennial or older chances are you have a Hudson’s Christmas story. It might’ve been the place your family went to take photos on Santa’s lap or you might’ve been a collector of the well-dressed Hudson’s Santa Bear. The holiday season was the time that Hudson’s department store really came alive. Though…
Singer-songwriter Matthew Milia takes us on a beautifully bleak tour of his hometown in ‘Keego Harbor’ video
Nothing/everything is possible in Keego Harbor. Most people feel some type of way about their hometown. Some couldn’t wait to escape the clutches of familiarity and feelings of being forever stuck fast enough, while others never dared to dream big enough to leave and, instead, planted roots on top of roots next to abandoned video…
October was another record-breaking month for weed sales in Michigan
When we think of October, the colors orange and black come to mind. However, according to the latest adult-use marijuana sales, Michigan saw green last month — lots of green. There’s nothing scarier than running out of weed, but thankfully Michigan has plenty to go around, so much, in fact, that the state reported record…
State Sen. Tom Barrett announces bid for U.S. House seat as GOP tries to seize control of Congress
As Democrats struggle to maintain control of the U.S. House, a heated battle is taking shape in one of Michigan’s swing districts. State Sen. Tom Barrett, a conservative Republican from Charlotte, announced Monday that he’s running for the seat held by Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly. In November 2018, Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, narrowly defeated…
Can Detroit singer Drey Skonie catch a break?
It’s a rare quiet evening within the walls of the illustrious Royal House Recording studio in Royal Oak. The six-year-old studio has seen a strong surge in sessions since the start of the unexpected COVID lockdowns. Manager Brandon Suwinski is flipping on lights and checking his phone. “We’ve been booked through the whole pandemic, people…
Senators call on Biden to pardon all nonviolent cannabis offenders
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Jeff Merkley of Oregon sent a letter to President Joe Biden last week calling on him to use his executive authority to issue a blanket pardon for all nonviolent federal cannabis offenders, whether currently or formerly incarcerated. In the letter, the Senators, all Democrats, called…
Whiskey Worth Knowing: Gentleman Jack
Woodford Reserve, Old Forester, Gentleman Jack, and Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select. When one encounters these brands, one word comes to mind: quality. However, once tasted, it’s clear that these brands are more than mere drinks, they’re experiences, ones that in some cases have spanned over more than a century and have led the way…
Danny Fenster is free
In an abrupt reversal of fortune, metro Detroit native Danny Fenster, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison with hard labor in Myanmar on Friday, was set free on Monday. According to a statement from his family, Fenster is now on his way back to Huntington Woods, where his family lives. “We are overjoyed…
Whiskey Worth Knowing: Old Forester
Woodford Reserve, Old Forester, Gentleman Jack, and Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select. When one encounters these brands, one word comes to mind: quality. However, once tasted, it’s clear that these brands are more than mere drinks, they’re experiences, ones that in some cases have spanned over more than a century and have led the way…
Lawbreaking lawmaker Jewell Jones gets another chance at freedom after bond reinstated
After spending 60 days in the Livingston County Jail for violating bond for a third time, state Rep. Jewell Jones is getting another chance at freedom. Livingston County Circuit Court Judge Michael Hatty reinstated the Inkster Democrat’s bond at a $100,000 personal recognizance on Friday. “I don’t want any excuses. I just want you to…
GRiZ announces return of 12 Days of GRiZMAS with three nights at Masonic Temple, charity programming
Metro Detroit native and electronic music artist GRiZ announced his 8th annual “12 Days of GRiZMAS” charity program, which will culminate in a string of three shows at Detroit’s Masonic Temple. The fundraiser went to a livestream format last year due to the pandemic, but this year’s festivities include a dodgeball tournament, community workshops, yoga,…
Seafood boils in a bag, a stinky factory, and a drunk attorney general: the top Detroit Metro Times headlines
This week was an interesting week for news as Attorney General Dana Nessel was slammed for, well, getting slammed at the tailgate for the University of Michigan v. Michigan State game in October. Nessel issued an apology and it seems our readers certainly wanted to know what she had to say. Our readers were also…
Threatening graffiti, other racist incidents prompt student walkout at Bloomfield Hills High School
Students are planning to walk out of Bloomfield Hills High Schools on Friday afternoon following escalating racist incidents, including graffiti scrawled across a restroom that read, “Kill All [n-word]” and “Yeah fuck them all!!” In a letter to parents Wednesday, the school’s principal and superintendent said the administration takes the threats seriously and contacted police.…
Parker James: Michigan leaders must take action to protect children from lead
Residents of Benton Harbor have forced the country to pay attention to their ongoing fight for clean water. For three years, the majority-Black city of Benton Harbor’s water lead levels have exceeded the legal limit, endangering residents. But a recently filed petition from residents and advocates has ratcheted up attention—and action—from policymakers to adequately address…
Detroit Vs Everybody teams up with Gage Cannabis Co. to raise money to help people harmed by the war on drugs
Homegrown streetwear brand Detroit Vs Everybody has teamed up with Gage Cannabis Co. with a line of merch to raise money for social equity causes. The line, which launched Friday and is available at Gage’s retail stores, includes T-shirts, hoodies, long-sleeve shirts, tote bags, snapback hats, and ashtrays, all emblazoned with the message, “Everybody Vs…
Grassroots group launch fundraising effort to save Royal Oak’s shuttered Main Art Theatre
Since forming a few months ago, the nonprofit group, Friends of the Main Art Theatre, has attracted over 1,000 Facebook followers. Members swap memories of the beloved art house theatre and hopeful articles about the future of independent theaters and how institutions like Royal Oak’s recently shuttered Main Art Theatre, have managed to escape closure…
Journalist Danny Fenster sentenced to 11 years in prison with hard labor in Myanmar
After more than 172 days behind bars, Danny Fenster, a journalist from metro Detroit who has been detained in Myanmar following a bloody coup there, has now been sentenced to 11 years in prison with hard labor. According to the Associated Press, Fenster was sentenced Friday for charges including incitement for allegedly spreading false or…
Big Sean reveals construction has begun on multiplex theater in Detroit’s Midtown
It’s been three years since rapper Big Sean announced a partnership with Emagine Entertainment to bring an entertainment multiplex to downtown Detroit. The initial plan was for the 10 to 12 screen theater to open in 2020, but needless to say the pandemic delayed those plans quite a bit. While speculation began on what this…
Michigan offers two-year vehicle registrations under new bill
Michigan drivers will be able to renew their vehicle registration every two years instead of one under a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Beginning in October 2022, drivers will have the option of selecting two-year registrations. Currently, vehicles must be registered every year, which requires a trip to a Secretary of State branch…
Michigan officials urge bold action as COP26 concludes
As leaders from around the world meet in Scotland, the United States’ plan to tackle climate change is coming into focus. The Build Back Better Act in Congress would invest about $550 billion to cut the country’s carbon emissions. The United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Glasgow through Friday. Austin Marsman, 22,…
Jack White announces not one but two LPs in 2022
Looks like Jack White’s been plenty busy during the downtime from live music during the pandemic, with two full-length albums slated for 2022. Fear of the Dawn is due April 8, and Entering Heaven Alive is due July 22. They follow White’s 2018 third solo record, Boarding House Reach, and both are now available for…
Rep. Tlaib gets headache from pungent odor coming from Stellantis plant in Detroit
The nauseating stench wafting from Stellantis’ year-old Jeep assembly plant in Detroit was so strong that U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib said she could “taste it” and ended up with a headache. After receiving numerous complaints from constituents, Tlaib decided to check out the smell for herself on Wednesday and described the odor as “unbearable” and…
AG Dana Nessel apologizes for being ‘human’ after getting wasted at a UM-MSU tailgate
Attorneys general — they’re just like us! As a state’s top law enforcement official, AGs have pretty intense to-do lists. They’re tasked with, somehow, keeping the public safe from violence, while fighting against things like human trafficking, opioid abuse, and illegal business practices. They also work to preserve their respective state’s natural resources, as well…
Former Flint mayor says judge-approved $626 million settlement for Flint is nowhere near enough
On Wednesday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge Judith E. Levy filed a 178-page approval of the Flint water crisis settlement, which will pay $626 million to residents and businesses — one of the largest payouts in the state’s history. The majority of the funds will go to children who were exposed to the city’s toxic…
Whitmer joins 23 U.S. governors calling for bank regulations for weed businesses
As of April, Michigan has 260 recreational cannabis stores throughout the state and 410 medical marijuana dispensaries. Of those 270-ish spots, none are legally able to utilize good old-fashioned traditional American banking institutions. Why? Well, because marijuana remains illegal on the federal level, which prohibits banks and credit unions from doing business with canna-businesses under…
Detroit City Council to call on Duggan to stop working with attorney who mocked activist with disabilities
A municipal attorney who mocked an activist who uses a wheelchair should no longer work for the city of Detroit, a council committee said Wednesday. Detroit City Council members are set to vote Tuesday on a resolution that calls on Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration to stop working with the Allen Brothers law firm once its…
You can ice skate this weekend before the rink officially opens in Campus Martius
You may have spent the summer sliding into your crush’s DMs, but now it’s time to prepare to slide across the ice as Downtown Detroit Partnership and Visit Detroit prepare to open the ice rink at Campus Martius. Though the rink doesn’t officially open to the public until after the tree lighting ceremony on Friday,…
Detroit Symphony Orchestra honors Detroit’s jazz roots with ‘Paradise Valley Serenade’
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will jazz up Orchestra Hall with the premiere performance of Paradise Valley Serenade, a jazz piece inspired by the destroyed Detroit neighborhood of the same name. Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis will join DSO for this special performance which will also include works from composers such as Aaron Copland and George…
Comedian Whitney Cummings wants to touch it at back to back performances at the Royal Oak Music Theatre
Whitney Cummings is doing god’s work. Though she’s got what she refers to as “hillbilly DNA,” the 39-year-old comedian, actress, and podcaster is the master of exploring modern womanhood through a lens that is both gut-busting and pretty fucking grim. She warns single women about dating nerds because they could end up being either Elon…
Detroit-area theaters just scored $1 million in grants for programming, upgrades, and productions
On with the show! Detroit’s vibrant performing arts scene in Detroit just got a major boost thanks to sizable grants from the Community Foundation and John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Ten Detroit area theaters and performance organizations received nearly $1 million in funds to assist with everything from building repairs, technology upgrades, programming,…
Revisit the past future with a screening of a dystopian cult classic ‘Blade Runner’ in Ann Arbor
Remember when Ridley Scott’s 1982 neo-noir sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner felt like it was very far removed from any sort of reality we would experience in our lifetime? Ha ha … ha. Fuck. Though it was largely misunderstood when it was released (the Los Angeles Times called it “Blade Crawler” in reference to its pacing…
The Rolling Stones will play their first Detroit performance without Charlie Watts in 57 years
When “The World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band’’ rolls through town, we know it’s going to be a party. However, many things have undoubtedly changed for the Stones since the band’s first Detroit performance in 1964, where they played Olympia Stadium for $3 a ticket. (A Detroit Free Press review of the show said “There…
Beatles on Tap will combine the Fab Four with tap dancing at Ferndale’s Magic Bag
The pandemic interrupted but did not scuttle Denise-Caston Clark’s unique idea: tap-dancing to Beatles music. In a matinee performance at the Magic Bag, her troupe of dancers and a live band of top Detroit musicians will resuscitate her vision. The band includes James Wailin (vocals), Chantel Altman (vocals), Tom Loncaric (keyboard), Steve Caldwell (guitar), Chris…
Larry Bell sells Bell’s
Michigan-based Bell’s Brewery is being sold to an Australian company as owner Larry Bell gets ready to retire. According to The Detroit News, Bell will sell his 36-year-old brewery to a company called Lion, a subsidiary of Japanese-based Kirin. No price was disclosed, but Bell says fans should expect no major changes. “I think what…
Chicago’s Lucki to bring hazy and vulnerable trap to Saint Andrew’s Hall in Detroit
It could be argued that Chicago is a breeding ground for gifted emcees (even if one of them is, well, Kanye). Moving up in the ranks is 25-year-old Lucki — who first stunned with his 2013 debut, Alternative Trap, and has since worked with Chance the Rapper, Earl Sweatshirt, FKA Twigs, and Detroit’s own Danny…
Crooner Mayer Hawthorne to bring ‘Rare Changes’ to Detroit’s El Club
Last year brought on some major ch-ch- ch-changes for Grammy-nominated Ann Arbor native Mayer Hawthorne who has had a quietly productive couple of years. On 2020’s Rare Changes LP, the 42-year-old robe-wearing (and robe-selling) retro-soul crooner compiled a slew of singles he had released during the pandemic into a proper nine-track record, all while keeping…
Monroe Street Drive-in returns to Downtown Detroit with family-friendly films
What does LeBron James in space, an anthropomorphic animal sing-a-long, and Vin Diesel doing whatever Vin Diesel does, which is a mix of punching concrete and mumbling the word “family,” have in common? They will all be a part of Detroit’s Monroe Street Drive-in Powered by Emagine’s opening weekend. After taking over the city’s delayed…
As many as 1 in 10 Detroiters facing eviction are victims of housing scams, according to report
Imagine finding a house, not a dream house by any means, but something you could call yours. Imagine signing what you believe are the appropriate documents along with who you assume are the home’s rightful owner or management company and being handed the keys. Imagine working your ass off to repair the home’s electrical and…
Michigan GOP voting initiative would eliminate 20% of polling places, creating ‘panic’ among clerks, study says
A controversial, Republican-led petition drive to restrict voting access would eliminate 20% of all polling locations, a new report found. The Secure MI Vote petition would ban clerks from accepting donated spaces such as churches, schools, and senior centers for polling locations. In Michigan, one of every five polling locations is a church, according to…
Whiskey Worth Knowing: Woodford Reserve
Woodford Reserve, Old Forester, Gentleman Jack, and Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select. When one encounters these brands, one word comes to mind: quality. However, once tasted, it’s clear that these brands are more than mere drinks, they’re experiences, ones that in some cases have spanned over more than a century and have led the way…
‘Where is the justice for Benton Harbor?’
Softened by the floor-to-ceiling stained glass windows in God’s Household of Faith church in Benton Harbor, Saturday’s afternoon light spread across a sanctuary filled with people wearing “Black Voters Matter” face masks and shirts emblazoned with the words, “clean water is a right.” In the cavernous space, many spoke of poisoned water and political disenfranchisement…
Detroit City FC move up to Division II USL Championship league
The once-scrappy Detroit City FC just keeps on winning. Detroit’s grassroots professional soccer team will now join the USL Championship league for the 2022 season, according to an announcement by the team on Tuesday. USLC is a Division II league, just under Major League Soccer. The move will make DCFC more visible: all USLC games…
High-end Sylvan Table restaurant was born in a barn
The proprietors of Sylvan Table are making the most of their five acres of land just off Orchard Lake Road, with an enormous patio next to their enormous restaurant, plus their own farm that produces fruit, vegetables, greens, and bees. I did not see the well-worn words “farm to table” anywhere on the restaurant’s website,…
Monroe Street Drive-in, Mayer Hawthorne, Beatles go tap-dancing, and more things to do in Detroit this week
Select events happening in metro Detroit this week. Submit your events to metrotimes.com/calendar. Blade Runner Friday, 11/12: Remember when Ridley Scott’s 1982 neo-noir sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner felt like it was very far removed from any sort of reality we would experience in our lifetime? Ha ha … ha. Fuck. Though it was largely misunderstood…
The Film Lab in Hamtramck is hosting a Paul Thomas Anderson series ahead of ‘Licorice Pizza’
This month, Hamtramck’s Film Lab is treating locals to a three-film series of works by Paul Thomas Anderson (likely best known for There Will Be Blood and Boogie Nights), and it’s worth one or several trips — for he’s easily one of the best American filmmakers going. The series runs in anticipation of his newest,…
To find love, get your head out of your own ass
I’m a 44-year-old gay male and I’ve never been in a serious relationship. I would like to find my way into an LTR, but I have a series of overlapping dating issues that I don’t know how to navigate. First, due to my career, I move around a lot, and often don’t see the point…
Free Will Astrology (Nov. 10-16)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): For much of her life, Aries poet Mary Ruefle enjoyed imagining that polar bears and penguins “grew up together playing side by side on the ice, sharing the same vista, bits of blubber, and innocent lore.” But one day, her illusions were shattered. In a science journal, she discovered that there…
Michigan school nurses brave the storm of another pandemic-era learning season
For Cathy Farris, the life of a school nurse is a constant juggling act. She helps manage hundreds of individual student health plans, which may include treatments for asthma, diabetes, or seizure disorders. She trains school secretaries, janitors, paraprofessionals, and other support staff in first aid and CPR, or to administer medications like epipens if…
What toddler parenting taught me about global climate policy
“Look, if you don’t stop this tantrum right now, we’re going to have to take away one of your toys!” Some permutation of that threat can be heard on any given weeknight in our household. We’re not proud of it; these aren’t our finest hours. Sarah and I are blessed to have an energetic, charming,…
