GAME 1: TIGERS-ORIOLES LIVE UPDATES
UPDATE: 9:13 p.m. 12-3 Orioles. Stick a fork in ’em. UPDATE: 8:51 p.m. Soria, bullpen collapse. Tigers look like toast. UPDATE: 8:44 p.m. Nelson Cruz singles, Adam Jones scores from second. 6-3 Baltimore. One out. RHP Joakim Soria relieves Chamberlain. First baseman Steve Pearce due up. UPDATE: 8:41 p.m. Tigers shortstop Andrew Romine boots grounder, Orioles…
Start-Up Season 2 starts on Thursday
Start Up, a docuseries that follows modern day entrepreneurs starts its second season on Thursday, airing on public TV station WTVS. This season will feature Irish Hills’ company Meckley’s Hard Cider. The show, which travels around the country to meet small business owners, was formed by two metro Detroiters, Jenny Feterovich and Gary Bredow. Watch the…
News Hits: Residents ask SMART to restore Woodward service
For Keith Taylor, the 2011 decision of the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) to cut service along Woodward Avenue into Detroit has been a detriment to the region. “That cut really affected people on an everyday basis,” Taylor, 31, told the bus system’s board of directors last week during its monthly meeting. Taylor,…
News Hits: Council tells Orr to leave … soon
Last week brought a close to Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr’s reign in Detroit … sort of. Following days of deliberation behind closed doors in private sessions, and weeks of speculation that included Orr transferring powers to Mayor Mike Duggan, Detroit City Council voted to keep Orr in place until Detroit exits bankruptcy. Orr, however, will…
‘American Seoul’ vlogger Zeke Anders to speak at the DIA in November
Zeke Anders is a filmmaker now based in Los Angeles who grew up in Dearborn. His five-part vlog series, American Seoul, recounts his experiences growing up as a Korean adoptee to a white middle class family, with the first episode premiering on YouTube on July 29. The vlog has received attention from outlets from 24/7…
yMusic battles vertigo on Balance Problems
For most, chamber music is not thought of to be approachable. Often times, it excludes listeners by asserting itself as too academic for the common listener. yMusic has set out to change that, and for the most part, they are doing a decent job. The sextet, composed of violinist Rob Moose, trumpeter CJ Camerieri, cellist…
Former Rochester Hills councilman offers explanation on why he opposed oil drilling in the city
This year, a number of Metro Detroit suburbs awoke to find outstate companies had interest in drilling for gas and oil near residential properties — communities like Shelby Township, Rochester Hills, and more. In particular, residents in Rochester Hills raised issues with the city’s mayor and council, whom drilling opponents say hasn’t been forthright about…
Poor people, get out of Ann Arbor
We read an interesting post on our old buddy Mark Maynard’s blog this week. It concerns an article in the Ann Arbor news about policy provisions that are making it harder and harder to come by affordable housing in that city.
Check out drone footage from a rooftop party at the Madison Building, Red Wings practice
Our friends over at the Motor City Drone Company (at least we hope they’re our friends) sent us over a couple recent videos they took using their drones. A drone buzzes around a rooftop party at the Madison Building in one, and joins the Red Wings for a practice in another. Check out the videos…
Mirah to perform at Trinosophes on Wednesday
If you Google Mirah, the internet tries forcing you to change your mind and instead search for Mariah Carey. The two female singers couldn’t be any different. Mirah is a New York-based songbird who pens whimsical tunes that are perfectly personified by her strong yet ethereal and feminine vocals. Mariah Carey is married to Nick…
David Bierman Overdrive release debut album
It’s been twenty years since we’ve heard anything from former Junk Monkeys frontman, David Bierman. After all those years of silence, Bierman has produced an effort that shares the same pop sensibilities of Junk Monkeys, but also a sense of maturity that you would expect to develop over such a long absence. David Bierman Overdrive…
Take some Writing Lessons at Butter Projects
Years ago, at least two decades, there wasn’t an argument over whether or not to teach cursive in schools. They just taught it and kids just learned it. And while there weren’t any smart phones at the time, there were certainly Tamagotchis and TalkBoys and other toys that foretold of the digital age’s coming. Around…
Detroit water shut-off criticism about equality before the law, not free water
The judge overseeing Detroit’s bankruptcy case has ruled he has no authority to issue an order that would temporarily prevent the Detroit Water & Sewerage Department from continuing to shut-off residential water service, according to the Detroit Free Press, saying it would be detrimental to the utility’s ability to generate revenue. In doing so, U.S. Bankruptcy…
You can’t sit with us: Ello is the hipster Facebook that nobody wanted
When news broke of Ello, a mysterious new social network that promised to be the “Facebook killer,” there was a palpable buzz in social media — and a growing sense of dissatisfaction with our collective addiction to Facebook. The network promises not to sell ads or your information to advertisers. They have a hip, edgy logo. Reportedly…
Contest to name new cross-Michigan trail illustrates a state divided
Michigan officials are looking to name Detroit’s most ambitious proposed trail project. It’s still just a proposal, but the trail would link Michigan all the way from Ironwood down to Detroit, linking hiking and bicycling trails to create a continuous route for hikers and a similar one for cyclists, each more than 500 miles in…
Jolly Pumpkin to open shop in Midtown Detroit in 2015
Jolly Pumpkin, Detroit, Midtown, Beer
A brief overview of Merrill, Michigan’s 1987 bankruptcy filing
When Detroit filed for bankruptcy in July 2013, the city’s fiscal woes generated headlines across the world. To some, Detroit’s municipal bankruptcy was viewed as potentially devastating for other communities across the state of Michigan. But the Motor City wasn’t Michigan’s first municipality to pursue court protection. Back in 1987, the small village of Merrill,…
Will Detroit’s resurgence leave black Detroiters behind?
A stimulating piece of reporting mixed with commentary appeared over the weekend on the politico.com site. It’s a piece entitled “Is There Room for Black People in the New Detroit” by Suzette Hackney, a former Detroit journalist now living and working in Toledo, Ohio. Hackney takes a look at the “New Detroit” — the pockets…
Detroit’s Sacred Ground, old Tiger Stadium, up for retail-residential-private development
Proposals for the development of the old Tiger Stadium site, currently publicly cared for and loved, look to be riddled with nepotism and greed. Crain’s reports: The developers under consideration are Detroit-based The Roxbury Group LLC and Bloomfield Hills-based Larson Realty Group LLC. The firms recently responded to the city’s request for proposals with plans…
Comedian releases album with proceeds going to Sundays in Cass Park
Will Green now lives in Portland, Maine but he performed his very first stand-up set at the old Club Bart in Ferndale. As a way to give back to the community that nurtured his talent in its incubation stage, he is offering his album, Fucking Feed People, for only two clams on his Bandcamp. Green approaches comedy…
Aphotic Segment DJs Drew Pompa and Soren Kenny share their current favorite tracks
Drew Pompa and Soren Kenny run the We Are All Machines label — and we interviewed the guys earlier this month about their efforts to bring UK electronic artists to MOCAD. Their DJ night “Aphotic Segment” is a monthly music event in Detroit, held every first Sunday of the month at Nancy Whiskey. “Aphotic Segment’s mission is…
Could history repeat itself today at Comerica Park?
On the final day of the regular season, the 2014 Detroit Tigers find themselves in an eerily similar predicament to 2006.
The Guardian on Ilitch and old Tiger Stadium
How American sports franchises are selling their cities short Reads the title of an article in Monday’s Guardian. This place is sacred ground. At least it is for Tom Derry, who visits the fenced-off shrine in Detroit’s Corktown neighbourhood every week, in memory of the demigods who once walked here. He also cuts the grass.…
Today is the last day of Eastern Market Sundays for the year
Head to Eastern Market for the last Sunday Street Market of the year today. Unlike Saturdays, Sundays at Eastern Market host local makers, crafters, antique sellers, jewelers, home goods, art, and more. We heard a rumor that Detroit Dolly Rocker Cara Lundgren will be emptying her stockpile at the market today, even some personal favorites…
Travel back in time with your radio dial
Every Sunday morning, 89X forgets that it’s 2014 and has a modern rock format. Cristina, your faithful host, guides listeners on a voyage back in time when Morrissey was still sad, but a little less mean. From 8 a.m. util noon, listeners can tune in and catch tunes from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s with…
The New York Times wants your Detroit stories
As part of its focus on covering Detroit and Slows Bar BQ, the New York Times has some questions for Detroiters: Did you move into, or out of, the city recently? Why? “Perhaps you moved there recently because of cheaper housing prices or an entrepreneurial opportunity,” the Times lead-in to a resident questionnaire says. If…
First Detroit Entheogenic Conference announced
For the uninitiated, all things “entheogenic” relate to the use of mind-altering substances in a religious context. The people really into entheogenic substances argue (convincingly, we may add) that humans have been using psychoactive chemicals in rituals for many thousands of years. That’s certainly what will be up for discussion at this year’s inaugural Detroit…
This is Jerry Vile’s ArtPrize entry
When we asked Jerry Vile to help us make sense of ArtPrize, he neatly summarized the show as typically exhibiting “so much talent, so much patience, and so little taste” — but that’s why he says it’s so great. “Art’s about status,” he told us. “And I think what I like about ArtPrize is it shakes…
Remembering ‘The Corner’
Metro Times copy editor Dave Mesrey remembers the final game at Tiger Stadium, Sept. 27, 1999.
Reality TV show ‘Preachers of Detroit’ reportedly in the works
Is nothing sacred? That’s what we through when we got wind of plans to create a TV reality show based on Detroit’s priesthood. Apparently, based on the success of TV’s Preachers of L.A., the Oxygen network is now beginning shooting in Detroit.
Detroit artists enlisted to create Sierra Mist billboard unveiled at swanky Sierra Mist party during DDF
Sierra Mist has recruited Detroit artists to collaborate on a painting about Sierra Mist that will be used on billboards to promote Sierra Mist. The painting was unveiled at a swanky, exclusive party sponsored by Sierra Mist, where Sierra Mist mixed drinks were served. We tease, but only because it’s so easy to when the…
13th Annual Great Lakes Bat Festival comes to Ann Arbor
The Organization for Bat Conservation and the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum will host the 13th Annual Great Lakes Bat festival this Saturday. The free event will give people an up-close look at perhaps the world’s most misunderstood mammal: bats. (Aside from me, that is. I am actually the world’s most misunderstood mammal.) Bats from around…
Greenbush Brewing drops the pumpkin
Autumn is an enchanting time in Michigan. The colors of the foliage begin to change and the sun cools. For beer drinkers, the fall is perhaps the happiest time of year. Oktoberfest brews and pumpkin ales flood our local watering holes and line the cooler doors at our favorite corner stores. Year after year, men…
Park Avenue Building owner has until mid-Nov. to secure structure
The owner of the Albert Kahn-designed Park Avenue Building in downtown has until mid-November to secure the structure, Curbed Detroit reports. A Wayne County Circuit Court judge ordered owner Ralph Sachs to hire a contractor to remove broken glass, board the building up, and remove graffiti and debris, Curbed says. The case remains pending before…
Knight Foundation donates $250k for Eastern Market development
The nonprofit that manages Eastern Market near downtown announced today a plan to “update and enhance” the adjacent district with the help of a $250,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. “As part of Detroit’s history and central core, Eastern Market is already playing a big role in its revitalization,” says…
Detroit media can’t put down pom-poms for Ilitch
One of the poorest big cities in the United States, just beginning to emerge from bankruptcy, has essentially given acres and acres of land downtown and sacrificed tens of millions of dollars to help enrich a billionaire under a deal that will leave Ilitch with what is essentially a tax-free enterprise. And our Detroit media…
Detroit Future City critic Peter Hammer to speak Monday
Wayne State University prof Peter Hammer made headlines earlier this year for his criticism of Detroit Future City, the 347-page blueprint for redeveloping Detroit that Mike Duggan’s development chief has called “his bible.” Hammer outlined his problems with the plan in a panel at Detroit’s Marygrove College in February. “As I said in the talk,…
Detroit mayor, council vote to keep Orr as EM for bankruptcy matters
After days of deliberation behind closed doors in private sessions, Detroit’s mayor and city council voted to keep Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr in place until Detroit exits bankruptcy court. Orr, however, will cede full control of the city’s day-to-day operations, according to a a joint statement issued Thursday evening by Mayor Mike Duggan and Detroit City Council. …
Michigan’s most talked about food on Twitter is … grits?
Huh? We’re pretty baffled by this one. These conclusions were drawn by a University of Arizona research team after analyzing more than 3.5 million tweets. Who knew Michiganders were so into grits (at least we’re not the only ones).
Fundraising campaign launches for Midtown music shop
It is estimated there are around ten thousand full-time musicians in the city of Detroit. These are individuals who depend on their art and their craft to sustain themselves. Just like any other person in the workforce, musicians need equipment and supplies to carry out their tasks. Logically, one would think, that with so many…
Motown the Musical calls for open auditions
Motown the Musical is opening at the Fisher Theatre Oct. 21, running through Nov. 16. And while the cast for this run is already set, the musical’s producers will host open auditions for both the broadway production and national tour while they’re in town. Detroiters between the ages of 8 and 13 will be able…
Detroit’s business leaders could learn a thing or two from street buskers
We in Detroit presume that, in order for a business to succeed, competition is bad. From the lowly brick-and-mortar greasy spoon operator complaining about the food truck outside his door to the billionaire developer who wants to vertically integrate the parking, restaurants, and residential components of his campus-style development, we seem to have lost sight…
Report: Aramark worker a suspect in attempted hire hit
MT’s Jack Lessenberry says in his column this week that, although the Michigan Democratic Party has called on Gov. Rick Snyder to cancel a $145 million, three-year contract for statewide prison kitchen operations with Aramark Correctional Services, they “don’t really want Aramark fired, at least not yet.. “They figure that every [Aramark is] still there…
Michigan dumped 1.7 million pounds of toxins into its waterways in 2012
But it’s not as bad as our Great Lakes neighbors #1 Indiana (17 million+ pounds of toxic releases into waterways) or #10 Ohio (7 million+ pounds). And it’s all just a portion of the 206 million pounds dumped nationwide in 2012. The Weather Channel reports: It’s important to note that these toxic dumps are done…
Detroit could be a water ‘boom town’ in AD 2100
It’s always dicey to make predictions a century in advance, but a piece in The New York Times this week reprinted a would-be prophecy from UCLA professor Matthew E. Kahn, who argues that Detroit could be a haven for thousands of “environmental refugees.”
Detroit Film Theatre will reopen Oct. 10
The Detroit Film Theatre, inside the Detroit Institute of Arts, will reopen on Friday, Oct. 10 after being closed for the summer for upgrades and renovations. The theater will open its season with 2013’s A Master Builder, a Jonathan Demme-directed film adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play. The film stars Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Lisa Joyce,…
News Hits: $1.5 billion I-94 widening slammed in national study
Last week, motorists and media outlets across metro Detroit breathed an exaggerated sigh of relief as the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced a seven-mile stretch of I-96 in Livonia and Redford Township would re-open weeks ahead of schedule. On Monday, broadcast reporters conducted live reports at 5 a.m. to show that, I-96 — which…
Classes begin at the Detroit Institute of Music Education
The bell has rung and classes have begun at the Detroit Institute of Music Education. DIME is striving to become not only an institution in Detroit, but a Detroit institution in hopes that it will make a strong connection with the city. So far, its presence has been welcome. Hosting free concerts featuring local bands…
News Hits: Arena plan could inhibit cyclists; parking a potential issue
Out of the numerous public meetings held to consider the new Detroit Red Wings arena near downtown, some of the most interesting remarks have come from Raquel Castañeda-López, Detroit City Councilwoman who represents District 6, where the majority of the new arena and adjacent entertainment district will be located. During a public hearing held by…
Food stamp fraud raids, the public trust, and hockey
Law enforcement had a big day in Hamtramck yesterday, as state and federal authorities raided six Hamtramck markets, all owned by Bengalis, on charges of food stamp fraud. At least one police helicopter hovered above the city while six markets were raided in a sting that resulted in almost a dozen arrests in Hamtramck alone.
Germack Coffee exhibits work from local artists as part of Detroit Design Festival
When you head to Eastern Market After Dark Thursday night as part of the Detroit Design Festival activities going on this week, consider stopping by Germack Coffee Roasting Co. They’re exhibiting prints by Detroit-based artists Karpov, Alyssa Klash, Mark Sarmel, and Allison Vince. The opening reception is Thursday Sept. 25, from 5 p.m. to 11…
Detroit’s Little Animal are creating some truly unique music
As consumers of music, we often make the mistake of judging things based solely on aesthetics rather than actually giving the art a chance. Sometimes, we see a photo of a band or musician and make snap judgments. The members of Detroit’s Little Animal may look like they fit into the often-seen guy and gal…
Eminem collaborator Sarah Jaffe returns to her roots with new sound
It’s incredibly easy to lose focus — or even a grasp on your identity — when you’re swept up in the cyclone of career, even if your career is a touring musician. Sarah Jaffe gained attention with her first, self-released EP Even Born Again in 2008. Over the years, she has released the critically acclaimed…
The EAA Exposed: An investigative report
In June of 2011, Gov. Rick Snyder stepped behind a microphone at Detroit’s Renaissance High School to announce the start of a revolutionary new approach to education in Michigan. The problem of poor academic performance would be addressed in dramatic fashion. “We do have too many failing schools in our state,” he said. “If you…
A smörgåsbord of better breakfast joints in metro Detroit
Angelo’s | 1100 E. Catherine St., Ann Arbor; 734-761-8996; angelosa2.com: Plenty of stuff for egg-heads to try here, including eggs Benedict, Florentine, lox Benedict and a standard three-egg breakfast plate with bacon, sausage, ham, breakfast potatoes and homemade toast. Omelets include their standard (comes stuffed with your choice of four items), the lox omelet, the…
Savage Love: A 28-year-old pan-curious married guy from the Midwest is about to move to San Francisco and wants to reinvent himself
Q: I’m a 28-year-old pan-curious married guy from the Midwest about to move to San Francisco. I’ve been with my wife for 10 years (married four), and we’ve started to explore being monogamish. I am also reexploring my bi attractions. I’ve been thinking a lot about the opportunities for reinvention that our cross-country move might…
The Gibraltar Trade Center has a sort of charm that is akin to a carnival
You can walk out of the weekend public market in Mount Clemens with damn near anything you may think. Are you looking for a dog? Pop over to Little Dogz and get yourself a puppy. Are you in the market for a battle-ready katana? You should be able to find what you’re looking for at…
Detail: Julia’s Jewels is your destination for rocks, fossils, gems and minerals at the Gibraltar Trade Center
One of the most intriguing –and arguably most educational- stands in the Mount Clemens Gibraltar is Julia’s Jewels. Run by husband and wife, Stan and Julia Staniszewski, this is your destination for rocks, fossils, gems, and minerals. They even have a tortoise carved out of petrified wood sitting upon the counter. Another attraction is the…
Ask a Juggalo: What should people know before they consider going to the Gathering of the Juggalos?
Q: What should people know before they consider going to the Gathering of the Juggalos? A:Basically, it’s just a place of nothing but love and good music and friendship. It’s supposed to represent Shangri-La, or Heaven on Earth. Everything good with the world is there, and any troubles from the world — from bills to…
Designer Joe Faris revs up the runway for the fourth year of Fashion in Detroit
From sturdy zipper-decked motorcycle jackets to laid-back sweats, local designer Joe Faris is dedicated to badass, Americana apparel that’s combined with a love of fast cars and looking like the protagonist in a Quentin Tarantino film. You may recognize him from the fifth season of Project Runway, with his edgy motorhead designs and rock star…
All Dolled Up: Brooklyn transplant Eric Bernstein is bold in his fashion choices
We simply couldn’t ignore Eric Bernstein when we stumbled into him at Drinks X Design at the Guardian Building a couple Thursdays ago. To say this Brooklyn transplant stood out is an understatement. Clearly bold in his fashion choices, Bernstein is also an intrepid entrepreneur. He is the proprietor of an online freelance marketplace start-up…
Side Dish: Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. to release a limited amount of six-packs, Tap plans five-course beer dinner, and more
Sick sixers | When a six-pack release is announced, craft brew fans buzz around Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. like yellow jackets buzz around a beer can. It’s happening again this week: Kuhnhenn will be releasing a limited amount of six-packs, price and limit to be determined. There’s the TRIPA, a triple-rice IPA with a big malty…
Dlectricity brings sights and sounds — and cosmopolitan flair — to Detroit
We’re pretty good at butchering French words here in Détroit. That’s partially why you didn’t see the words Nuit Blanche anywhere to promote Dlectricity in 2012, the inaugural year of Detroit’s outdoor festival of sights and sounds. While there are other Nuit Blanche festivals in the world, it’s not a brand — it simply refers…
Financing the new Detroit Red Wings arena could include an interest rate swap
Apparently, constructing a financing plan that is tortuously complex is a badge of honor in Detroit. That seemed to be the sentiment last week during a meeting of the Detroit Downtown Development Authority (DDA). The meeting was held to consider a motion to sell $450 million in bonds to finance the construction of a…
The UFO Factory lands in Corktown
If you’ve cruised around Trumbull and Elizabeth in Corktown lately, you may have noticed some strange changes being made to the old Hoot Robinson’s building. The exterior of the building has been painted silver, with a black UFO logo spray-painted on it. It heralds the return of the UFO Factory, an arty DIY space that…
Studio Visit: Kristin Beaver creates treasure in her Hamtramck studio
Artist Kristin Beaver admits that her upcoming show, Treasure, is a bit different from how she usually works. “This is a weird show for me,” she says over tea in her studio. “I usually spend a year or longer getting ready, and, um, I haven’t.” Lately, Beaver’s been out of the country, having completed a…
Higher Ground: Christeen Landino looks back on 13 years of fighting for marijuana legalization with Michigan NORML
Christeen Landino remembers attending her first marijuana protest in downtown Detroit back in 1974. She still has a card from then that she paid $1 for in support of the Michigan Marijuana Initiative, an unsuccessful petition drive to get decriminalization on the ballot that year. It didn’t happen then, but we know that a whole…
Politics and Prejudices: Aramark Correctional Services incompetence ‘obviously a major malfunction’
Essentially, I learned a lot about how politicians think from an experiment we did in junior high school science class. We put little flatworms in a petri dish. When food particles were introduced, the worms moved toward them. But when we waved a heated wire at them, they moved away. Sigmund Freud called this the…
They’ve Got Mail: A who’s who and what’s what of prominent players and products in the Buzz story
John Covington: Hired as the inaugural chancellor of the Education Achievement Authority in August 2011. Formerly the superintendent of the Kansas City, Mo. public school system. In terms of this story, what’s particularly notable is the absence of any emails being sent to or from him. In the thousands of emails we’ve reviewed, almost none…
Detroit’s Dime Store dubs itself an ‘American Brunch Bar’
Dime store Although the nearby coneys on Lafayette must present daily temptation for many downtown office workers, a new restaurant in the Chrysler House offers up tasty and more healthful fare in a cute, friendly environment. Dime Store, opened about a month ago, has dubbed itself an “American Brunch Bar” and serves breakfast and lunch…
Hector: A Repressed Man’s Quest For Contentment
In case you were wondering, yes, Simon Pegg does play yet another overgrown man-child in Hector and the Search For Happiness. It’s essentially the same role that we’ve seen him play before in films like Shaun of the Dead and The World’s End—the complacent not-so-grown-up that life has passed by—however, the only difference is that…
Drink Me: Delux’s Frankie talks cocktails, lost cell phones, and missing weaves
DELUX’S Frankie is as cute as a peach and just as sweet. The bartender has been slinging cocktails at the Greektown drinking establishment for the past five years, and you can catch her there after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. She serves a lot of Jameson, but she says the bar doles…
Film Review: The Skeleton Twins
The Skeleton Twins / B- With the notable exception of Bill Murray, SNL stars — from Dan Aykroyd to Eddie Murphy to Mike Myers to Will Ferrell — who make the jump from sketch comedy TV to the big screen are really just furthering their comedic brand (while fattening their bank accounts). The more recent…
Dan’l Boone is the latest project from members of Wolf Eyes, Formant, Royal Trux, and Drainolith
What happens when you take members of Wolf Eyes, Formant, Royal Trux, and Drainolith? The answer: a total mind-fuck. The other acceptable answer would be: Dan’l Boone, whose debut album came out last week on Drag City Records. Neil Hagerty, Nate Young, Charles Ballas, and Alex Moskos all have a history in exploration, much like…
Feedback: MT reader responses on gun rights, Detroit Homecoming, ArtPrize, and more
Trigger Unhappy We received a number of comments on Michael Jackman’s Sept. 17 blog post “Black open-carry advocate arrested in Detroit; rally Sunday” about the plight of Elijah Woody, a black man who was allegedly arrested for carrying an unconcealed weapon. Reader Mike James wrote: I’m not a gun owner or advocate, but do support…
Playlist: Five songs we think should be played during a Wes Anderson film
Yeah, his song selection is cool, but what about these songs? “Fertilizer” | James Fauntleroy Before Frank Ocean sang a cover of it and placed it as an interlude on his excellent Channel Orange album, this James-Fauntleroy-penned song was floating around the internet in limbo, never to be heard by the masses. With a sound…
DDays met Pussy Riot, partied at Small’s, and enjoyed the opening gala of the Detroit Design Festival
Modern Love at MOCAD On Wednesday, DDays checked out the Modern Love showcase at MOCAD, an electronic music show that featured UK artists Demdike Stare and Andy Stott. No surprises here, really — the artists blasted through spooky Detroit techno-inspired sets. DDays heard through the grapevine that Stott himself found an issue of MT that previewed the show in the…
Horoscopes (September 24 – 30)
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20): You see what needs to happen but you get frustrated when it comes to making it work. It takes a lot to be patient these days. Too many forms of interference take your mind away from the things that make you so good at staying on track. If it’s other people…
My dad’s bar feels like home
Driving down Alter Road is always an adventure. The border between Detroit and Grosse Pointe Park is a clear line of demarcation between the have-somes and the have-nots. Turning onto Kercheval, you’re immediately confounded to see a concrete barrier in the street spanning sidewalk to sidewalk. Across wooden sheds, a sign reads “West Park Market”…
