Update: Indianapolis real estate agent says he’s not behind ‘escape the dirty Detroit’ campaign
What do you think about this anti-Detroit advertising campaign?
Instagram photo telegraphs a D12 collaboration with G Unit
For the last decade, D12 has been silent as a group. All the members have used the time to work on various solo projects and guest appearances.
Lawsuit charges George Cushingberry of orchestrating car fraud scheme
Two classic cars were taken from one victim and then illegally sold to another — Did this Detroit city council member have a hand in the plan?
Now hiring: Opening of Jacques Driscoll’s Huron Room in Mexicantown nears
Great Lakes fish ‘n chips joint, Huron Room, nearing opening.
Burger King rolls out black buns for Halloween Whopper
Remember that black-bunned Japanese Burger King Whopper that swept through social media a couple of months ago? It looks like BK U.S. has finally found an appropriate marketing campaign to bring that unsettlingly dark bread to Americans for Halloween. Those devils. Now through Nov. 1 at all Burger King locations, you can order the “deliciously…
Show preview: Tricycle Collective fundraiser at the Jam Handy tomorrow, Wed., Sept. 30
This “Handlebar Jam” thing tomorrow evening looks like a worthy event, chock full of future Detroit superstars. Also, you’ll be supporting a very, very good cause.
The Who’s rescheduled Joe Louis Arena show set as their tour kickoff on February 27, 2016
The band today announced the rescheduled dates for their “THE WHO HITS 50!” North American tour, which was postponed earlier this month to allow lead singer Roger Daltrey time to recover from his recent bout with viral meningitis.
Will layoffs at Whole Foods affect the Detroit location?
Yes, there will likely be layoffs at Detroit’s Whole Foods, after public and private donors spent $5.8 million securing the location.
Gov. Snyder’s office offers muted response to proposed Flint water fix
Hey, we thought the whole point of governing was to get difficult stuff done. But the governor’s muted response to Flint’s lead problems doesn’t seem to bode well.
Global March for Elephants heads for Royal Oak
In Michigan, organizers are calling for the end the commercial sale of ivory in the state.
Four-year-old mistakenly served alcohol at Detroit restaurant
A four-year-old girl from Southfield was hospitalized this week after she was accidentally served alcohol at a Detroit restaurant. WDIV reports the mother of the child ordered her daughter a virgin strawberry daiquiri on Sunday evening at Armando’s in Detroit’s Mexicantown but that her daughter’s beverage was mixed up with another table’s alcoholic drinks. “Two…
Show preview: Bob Ostertag’s ‘Sooner or Later’ at Trinosophes tomorrow, Wed., Sept. 30
“It’s all made from a recording of a young boy burying his father. It’s very sad, very intense. You hear the young boy talking about his father, you hear the shovel digging the grave. I wrote that in the late ’80s when I left El Salvador and I stopped playing it in ‘91 or ‘92…
Bon Bon Bon is attempting to make the world’s longest box of chocolate
How many bon bons can you fit into the world’s longest box of chocolates?
Ann Arbor writer has a thing or two to say about procreation
Emily Bingham, a freelance writer who lives in Ann Arbor, is sick and tired of people asking her — and others — if children are in the future. So, she took to Facebook to express her displeasure by posting a “random ultrasound photo” she “grabbed from Google” and serving up a healthy lesson in MYODB…
Why you don’t try to kill a spider on your fuel intake with a lighter
It’s irrational to fear spiders so much that you almost burn down a gas station.
Can Quicken bar its workers from complaining to the media?
Is Quicken Loans’ policy on what employees may discuss about their jobs too restrictive? The answer, according to the National Labor Relations Board, is “yes.” Based on complaints filed by a former Quicken team member, Hugh MacEachern, the NLRB is challenging rules in the company’s “Big Book team member guide.” In the past, the rules we’ve…
Protomartyr release brand new song, just to lift your spirits this dreary Monday
The song is off their upcoming Hardly Art release The Agent Intellect, which we will be celebrating with an in-depth interview next week, and the band themselves will celebrate with two nights at the just-opened Marble Bar, on Oct. 9 and 10.
Lunch break: Niki’s offers 1,000 slices of free pizza today
You’ll never see me turn down a free slice of pizza.
Photo of the day: Super blood moon rises over Detroit
If you missed last night’s rare super blood moon — we’re sorry to say you’re S.O.L. The next occurrence won’t happen until the year 2033. If you’re playing catch-up, a “super blood moon” is the confluence of three things, USA Today reports. The moon will be full and in its closest point in its orbit…
Murals in the Market artists address Shepard Fairey, Detroit, and more in inaugural fest
This weekend, 1xRUN wrapped up its first ever international mural festival in Detroit, a 10-day affair that brought in street artists from Detroit and beyond to create more than 45 colorful murals in and around the Eastern Market district. “If you search hashtag ‘Eastern Market’ right now, there’s not a lick of food,” says 1xRUN…
Show preview: Rosanne Cash at Macomb Center for the Performing Arts on October 3.
Cash and her band will perform her triple Grammy-winning 2014 album, The River and the Thread, an ode to the artist’s Southern roots. Check back with us in a few days when we publish a short but revealing interview with her.
Event preview: Jon Fine at Literati bookstore in Ann Arbor tonight, Sun. Sep. 27, at 5 p.m., reading from ‘Your Band Sucks’
This evening I will be interviewing Jon Fine, the author of Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock’s Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear).
Dave Mancini’s La Rondinella hosts soft opening during Murals in the Market at Eastern Market
Dave Mancini’s La Rondinella restaurant inches toward opening.
Guns + Butter Chef Craig Lieckfelt, former Antietam Chef Brion Wong to cook at Dine, Drink, Detroit launch party
The celebrated chefs behind some of Detroit’s most exciting dining experiences – Guns + Butter and Antietam – have been added to the growing list of culinary talents lined up to cook at the Dine Drink Detroit launch party, presented by Brooklyn Outdoor, set to take place 6-11 p.m., Monday night at Gabriel Richard Park.…
Davenport collection fills Tangent Gallery with fashion Saturday night
Saturday’s fashion show will likely be the most stimulating you’ll see this season.
Riding the bus with Gary Winslow: Contributions
A friend shares a few funny and gross stories from her bus-riding experiences, to Gary’s surprise and amusement.
Duggan: Detroit’s high auto insurance rates are ‘completely immoral’
On Wednesday, Duggan issued some of his most pointed comments to critics of his D-Insurance plan to lower auto insurance costs in Detroit.
RIP D12 rapper Proof’s mother Sherallene “Pepper” Holton-White
This morning we learned from the website All hip-Hop that Detroit hip-hop great Proof’s mother Sherallene “Pepper” Holton-White has passed away. Proof passed away in 2006, of course, but Ms. Holton-White herself remained a fixture of the local scene.
Detroit Lions to participate in fourth annual BackYard BBQ for the homeless event
Billed as “the nation’s largest feed the homeless event,” Red Carpet BackYard BBQ turns four this year and has a whole heck of a lot planned, including celebrity appearances by Detroit Lions players. On Saturday, Oct. 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the West Riverfront Park, folks can expect meet and greets with…
Show preview: Breaking Benjamin at the Fillmore tonight, Friday, Sep. 25
Tickets are still available for Breaking Benjamin performing at the Fillmore tonight, Friday, September 25. Starset and 10 Years are also performing, so be sure to get there before it starts at 8 p.m.
Rumor mill: DCFC’s new soccer venue could already be getting an official ‘hotdog’
Comerica Park has the Coney, so shouldn’t Hamtramck’s Keystone Stadium have the ghost pepper sausage?
After 17 years, this Grosse Pointe Woods Fenway Park replica comes down today
A mini Fenway Park replica in a suburban Detroit back yard comes down after 17 years.
Video of man dying in Macomb County Jail emerges
Chilling jail surveillance vid shows a man — arrested for a traffic ticket — dying from drug withdrawal. Why did nobody intervene?
More evidence of Flint’s water problems found in study of children’s blood
In perhaps the most dramatic proof yet of the toxic impact of Flint’s decision to draw municipal water from the Flint River, a new study released today shows that the amount of lead found in the bloodstream of Flint children increased dramatically following the switch from the Detroit water system in 2014. According to the…
Show preview: Nakatani Gong Orchestra this Sunday, Sep. 27 at Trinosophes
This week we learned of a unique show coming to Trinosophes this Sunday at 8 p.m.. There is an $8 suggested minimum donation to see the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. The Jimi Hendrix of the gong, percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani, returns for another iteration of his large, all-gong ensemble. One of the great living percussion-players, Nakatani brings…
Local double feature closes out month at Cinema Detroit
A local double-feature will screen at Cinema Detroit next week.
Out tomorrow: Apollo Brown’s brand new record ‘Grandeur’
At midnight, tonight, Mello Music Group will release Apollo Brown’s new full-length Grandeur. “The Michigan-bred producer is accompanied by an all-star cast of MCs including Freddie Gibbs, Your Old Droog, Oddisee, Sean Price, M.O.P., Ras Kass, Rapper Big Pooh, Masta Ace, Evidence and many others,” the press release says.
World to end next month on Oct. 7
A religious tract came in at the office warning us that the world ends Oct. 7. So we’re postdating all checks just in case.
Here’s DeJ Loaf’s new video for ‘Like a Hoe’
Directed by Jerry Production, the video sees DeJ rapping in a warehouse, styling various pairs of designer overalls.
Rock City Eatery leaving Hamtramck, relocating to Midtown
Over the next few months Rock City Eatery will be relocating from its current Hamtramck home to join Midtown’s bustling dining scene, a move that’s been a long time coming for the owners. RCE’s Nikita Sanches and Jessica Imbronone tell us they will move the spot from its current 1,600-square-foot space on Joseph Campau in…
Canadian man with mile long rap sheets keeps illegally entering the U.S. through Detroit
49-year-old Jack Bishop, a Canadian resident and registered sex offender with a rap sheet a mile long, has been arrested in Detroit for illegally entering the U.S. — again. Last year, Bishop was detained after crossing the international border via inflatable kayak and stopping to — uh — relieve himself in the Detroit River, the…
Show review: Loren and Mark at Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, September 18
WHO: Loren and Mark WHERE: Ford Community and Performing Arts Center WHEN: September 18
McDonald’s all-day breakfast launch party coming to Campus Martius beach Tuesday
Night owls, rejoice.
Show preview: Jim Norton at Andiamo Celebrity Showroom this Saturday, Sept. 26
Tickets are still available for you and your loved ones to head out to Andiamo Celebrity Showroom and catch the highly irreverent comedy stylings of Jim Norton in lovely Warren, Michigan this Saturday, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m.
Vanity Fair salutes Gold Cash Gold’s “Oysters for Equality” happy hour for women
Attention, all my fellow Detroit ladies!
New ACLU video gets tough with Flint officials over lead levels
Former MT news editor Curt Guyette asks Flint officials tough questions about lead levels in this new video.
On sale now: Chvrches at Masonic Temple on Oct. 8
Get your art-pop on with Chvrches, who perform at the Majestic in a few weeks. And lo and behold, tickets are still available.
How are you celebrating John Coltrane’s birthday?
John Coltrane was born on this day in 1926, in the town of Hamlet, North Carolina. Here are nine YouTube clips which I hope will help to make this a very special John Coltrane Day, for you and your entire family.
Weekly reader responses
A blast from the past Beyond being Metro Times’ music editor, Mike McGonigal is also an avid gospel archivist and DJ. Earlier this year, he shared audio from a local group in a post titled “McAllister Singers: Kid-fronted Detroit Gospel from the early 1970’s.” One of the the members recently reached out via email with…
Politics & Prejudices: Term limit tragedy
Want to know why state government is broken beyond repair? For one thing, in our term-limited universe, those serving in our legislature don’t really know what they’re doing. Most state legislators aren’t exactly known for their passionate devotion to the work ethic. They adjourn for recesses and take long vacations. But two weeks ago, the…
Stir it up: More real than reality
In his novel The Terrible Twos, writer and satirist Ishmael Reed presents readers with a president who is a fashion model. The model was the next step for the oligarch powers to foist upon the American people after having foisted an actor on them. The actor had proved problematic. He felt he should have some…
Cristin Richard gets deep at Detroit Design Festival
Working as a fashion materials consultant by day, Detroit-based artist Cristin Richard has made a name for herself by incorporating animal intestines into her designs — creating a body of work that is at once macabre and feminine. On Friday, Richard will launch the first of a trilogy of shows with Metabolism, a one-night only…
Townhouse Detroit serves up unapologetic extravagance
If you were to encounter Townhouse Detroit in any other major American city, it’s entirely possible that you would do your best to avoid it. It’s loud, in every possible way. The place’s statement-making atrium, though beautiful, is an imposing structure that spills out onto Congress. In the first weeks since the spot opened in…
Bostonz Bar & Grill is a classic Eastpointe neighborhood bar
Bostonz Bar & Grill has taken overformer Scoreboards Sports Bar and according to Ryan Whitlow, a partial owner, they’ve done a complete 180 with the place. In Eastpointe there are four bars within a mile of each other, but Bostonz has a little of everything. Whitlow, a former employee, and Mark Ridenour, a regular of…
Father John Misty plays the Royal Oak Music Theatre on Sept. 24
An outward introspective nomad whose head swells the size of Jim Morrison’s, with the body of Andy Dick. Josh Tillman. Aka Father John Misty. One might say he’s been mistifying millennials’ cold hearts the past three years. I will say the man is smart. Spawning from the world of the dreamy Pacific Northwest, Tillman is…
17-year-old Detroit rapper Lil George talks signing with Sony
George Tinnon, Jr., better known by his rap name Lil George, has made a monumental move in his budding career by recently signing a record deal with Brooklyn Knights Entertainment and Sony. Even though he made his announcement to supporters on Sept. 14 via Instagram, the recent graduate of University Prep Science and Math High…
Horoscopes (Sept. 23 – 29)
This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Capricorn Moon, with a slew of astrological activity backing up its conjunction with the Cardinal earth axis. There’s so much going on, I’d be a fool to think that I could dissect all of it and stand a chance of being right — but…
