Eastern Market’s print shop Signal-Return hosts Power of the Press Fest with demonstrations, workshops, and quarantine zine library
Power to the people… who write the words you read because, take it from us, a bunch of truly unhinged writers: writing is hard. Sure, for some of us, the written word flows from our brain to our fingers to our keyboards and notebooks, but, for most people, making words happen is no easy feat.…
Echo Fest returns to Outer Limits Lounge thanks to Detroit psych-rockers Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor
These are some strange times, folks. Especially for those of us who cover live events during the pandemic as we are constantly made to feel that we have returned to “normal” (whatever the fuck that is) only to have concerts, festivals, and all fun things postponed, rescheduled, or, in many cases, cancelled. While big-ticket concerts…
British rock band IDLES heads to Detroit’s St. Andrew’s Hall ahead of new record
Whatever you do, do not refer to IDLES, the British, uh, band — led by Joe Talbot — as a punk rock band. Despite being punk rock, the band rejects the label. And don’t call them “post-punk” either because they don’t like that. In fact, we’re not sure they want to be called anything other…
Detroit will honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day — and you’re invited
If you live or visit Detroit, you should know that the city occupies the contemporary and ancestral homelands of three Anishinaabe nations of the Council of Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi. The acknowledgement of the indigenous lands, though not enough, is a way to honor the traditional guardians and enduring caregivers of this…
Cider in the City returns to Detroit’s Beacon Park with Blake’s cider and doughnuts
For us city folk, part of the draw of cider and doughnuts season is the 45-plus minute drive past the suburbs and strip malls to your choice of orchard where you can pick pumpkins, apples, and score a perfectly greasy bag of doughnuts and a fresh half-gallon of crisp and refreshing cider. But the trek…
Hamtramck Neighborhood Art Festival returns for walkable, interactive day-long event
Hamtramck is known for, well, a few things, including but not limited to: incredible Polish, Yemani, and Bangladeshi food; Disneyland (no, not that one); celebrations big and small; improv comedy; and street parking chairs (if you know, you know). But the cultural hub touted as “the world in two square miles” is mostly known for…
It’s showtime — Redford Theatre hosts ‘Beetlejuice’ screening and shadowcast
If you identify as someone who is strange and unusual, find that Harry Belafonte’s “Day-O!” lifts you up and/or you cannot decide whether Michael Keaton’s portrayal of a crusty, sarcastic, greasy-haired demon was disgusting or kind of sexy, then it might be showtime, baby. To help properly kick off the best month (not sorry) is…
The ‘hardships and tribulations’ of Bloomfield Hills inspires local streetwear brand
When it comes to rough cities in Michigan, naturally the first few mentions are Detroit, Saginaw, and Flint. But what about the mean streets of Bloomfield Hills? Local streetwear brand Bloomfield Hills Co. received some backlash after Twitter User @BigPussyMamaJr shared screenshots of the brand’s “about” page. According to the screenshots, Bloomfield Hills Co. wants…
Kellogg’s workers in Battle Creek are on strike, demanding better wages
Workers at Kellogg’s, the beloved Battle Creek-headquartered maker of breakfast cereals including Rice Krispies, Raisin Bran, Froot Loops, Corn Flakes, and Frosted Flakes, went on strike Tuesday. According to a statement from the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) President Anthony Shelton, the workers are demanding better wages and benefits. The…
America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will have in-person crowds in 2021, keeping downtown Detroit tradition
Things may not be, you know, back to “normal,” but it appears as though a beloved Detroit tradition is returning to our holiday calendars for a live and in-person celebration this year. America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is back, Captain Underpants. Last year, the state’s COVID-19 restrictions on outdoor gathering sizes gobbled up the 94th annual…
Hamtramck placed its lawyer on leave after he sent insulting emails to activist with disabilities
Hamtramck’s municipal attorney has been placed on leave and at least one council member is calling for his resignation after a lawsuit revealed that he ruthlessly mocked an activist who uses a wheelchair. Hamtramck City Manager Kathleen Angerer placed James Allen, Sr., on unpaid leave on Sept. 30, a day after Metro Times posted a…
Whitmer warns of potential for ‘catastrophic oil spill’ after Canada invokes 1977 pipeline treaty in Line 5 dispute
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she was “profoundly disappointed” with Canada’s decision to invoke a 1977 treaty with the U.S. government over a dispute about the fate of the controversial pipeline that connects two of the Great Lakes. In November, Whitmer ordered Canada-based Enbridge to shut down the Line 5 oil and natural liquid pipeline in…
You can create your own category and winner in Metro Times’ Best of Detroit 2021 poll
It’s that time of year again — when we ask for your opinion to select the winners of our annual Best of Detroit poll. Even though it has hundreds of categories in the four counties, we know it’s an imperfect poll. Though we tried, we couldn’t think of everything. There’s no Best Bathroom to use…
Fuck Facebook
This is awkward. Monday is when we put together pages like the one you’re reading now. Usually, we scour the comments on our social media pages for reader feedback, because people just don’t write thoughtful, good old-fashioned letters to the editor anymore. (Or even emails, for that matter.) But on Monday, the mighty Facebook (and…
New Italian restaurant to open in Royal Oak in the former HopCat building this fall
Royal Oak visitors said goodbye to HopCat’s Cosmik fries last spring when the pub chain shuttered the doors to its Fifth Street location due to a disagreement with its landlord. Well, it looks like the former HopCat location won’t be empty for much longer. This fall, Pastiao, an Italian restaurant, will open at 208 W.…
CDC is all like, use a window fan if you plan on celebrating upcoming holidays indoors, that should be fine
Don’t pack away those summer fans just yet. As we navigate yet another spooky holiday season under the heel of the devastating COVID-19 virus (though, this time, 56.3% of Michiganders are fully vaxxed), we must also navigate new recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to new guidelines released Friday, the…
You can score $20 front-row seats for anniversary performances of ‘Rent’ at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 13,140,000 minutes since a little-known composer unleashed one of the most influential musicals in the history of American theater. It’s even harder to believe that one could score a front-row seat to a farewell touring production of the aforementioned musical for just $20. In other words, a whole…
Authorities shut down Ambassador Bridge after possible explosives found
Updated at 3:30 p.m.: The Ambassador Bridge was shut down for more than two hours Monday after authorities said they found possible explosives. Windsor police were on the scene. The bridge partially reopened Monday afternoon, with traffic permitted to cross from Canada to the United States at Wyandotte Street West in Windsor. The area was…
Whitmer vetoes GOP-backed election bills, saying they perpetuate the ‘Big Lie’
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed four election bills at a dinner with the Detroit NAACP on Sunday, saying the legislation was intended to restrict voting access and perpetuate baseless claims about election fraud. The bills are the first of many that Republicans are pushing under the guise of “election integrity.” Emboldened by former President Donald Trump’s…
FilmFest Detroit offers a wealth of pop-up screenings this month — here are four you shouldn’t miss
With the recent shuttering of Royal Oak’s Main Art Theatre and the 19-month suspension of in-person screenings at the DIA’s Detroit Film Theatre, it’s become easier for a lot of movies that play larger cities to pass metro Detroiters by. (We’re glad to hear the DFT is reopening Oct. 15.) Restorations of older works, smaller…
‘An alarming time for women in our country’: Hundreds rally in Lansing for reproductive rights
Cheryl Bukoff, 76, remembers when Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. Now, nearly 50 years later, the Detroit woman is fighting to uphold that constitutional right to abortion. “When I was a young person in Michigan, we didn’t have these rights and women had to go to Chicago or somewhere else to have an…
A cannabis consumption event is coming to Ypsi, complete with a Pink Floyd cover band and laser show
Here come the cannabis events. Sure, we’ve had the High Times Cannabis Cups events in Detroit for a few years now, and Ann Arbor’s long-running Hash Bash, that one magical day in April each year where law enforcement turns a blind eye to open tokers gathered at the University of Michigan’s Diag, has been a…
Detroit rapper Snap Dogg is now a professional boxer
Rapper Snap Dogg made his professional boxing debut Thursday night in front of a packed house at the Bellagio Ballroom in Warren. The 27-year-old featherweight has been a mainstay on Detroit’s hip-hop scene for the last eight years and has been featured on tracks with national recording artists Lil Durk, Snoop Dogg, Lil Baby, Icewear…
Counterfeit masks seized in Detroit destined for local hospital system
About 622,000 counterfeit masks were seized Thursday from a warehouse in Detroit that were destined for a local hospital system. The seizure was connected to an ongoing investigation of a Chinese company that has been selling fake masks throughout the country, Vance Callender, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agent in charge for Michigan and Ohio,…
Eminem serves ‘Mom’s Spaghetti’ in Detroit, Dr. J resigns, and MSP is watching you: the top 10 Detroit Metro Times headlines this week
Everyone’s talking about Mom’s Spaghetti — no, not mom’s spaghetti (love you mom), but Mom’s Spaghetti, the new restaurant launched by Eminem in Detroit, named after perhaps one of his most unintentionally iconic lyrics. Stories about Eminem and the new restaurant dominated 4 out of this week’s top 10 headlines. Readers were also interested in…
The Metro Times Best of Detroit 2021 poll is now open!
It’s your favorite time of the year, Detroit! Metro Times’ annual Best of Detroit Reader’s Poll is now open. We invite you to vote for all the people, places, and things to do that make Detroit great. The poll is made up of 300+ categories, ranging from arts & entertainment, food & drink, goods &…
Starz series about Detroit’s Black Mafia Family gets renewal for season 2
It has been less than a week since the premiere of Starz’s new drama series, BMF, a dramatized tale of the rise of Demetrius and Terry Flenory, the brothers behind the infamous Detroit gang Black Mafia Family. With only one episode in, the highly anticipated series has been renewed for a second season. The announcement…
Electric-vehicle owners urged to charge overnight at home
It is National Drive Electric Week, and electric vehicle (EV) advocates and utility companies are working to help get residents and the electrical grid that serves them ready for the rapidly-changing transportation market. The Big Three auto manufacturers in Detroit; Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, have set a goal for 40% to 50% of their…
Detroit Film Theatre to reopen after 19-month shutdown with screenings of Velvet Underground documentary
After 19 months of empty seats, a blank screen, and virtual screenings, a popular event space is ready to welcome audiences back. Starting Oct. 15, the Detroit Film Theatre will reopen its doors for its fall season, which will kick off with four screenings of the 2021 Todd Haynes-directed documentary on the Velvet Underground, The…
Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey owes nearly $65,000 in delinquent taxes, according to liens on home
Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey, who is running for reelection, has been slapped with liens on her family’s home for nearly $65,000 in delinquent taxes. Winfrey and her husband Tyrone Winfrey owe $54,702 in federal taxes from 2015 to 2019, and $8,290 in income taxes, according to the liens, first reported by The Detroit Free…
Detroit’s iconic cockroach car is up for auction for charity
This is the “CarCroach” — a Mad Max-looking whip shaped like a cockroach, made out of recycled junk, with its own “freak” flag flying proudly. (There’s a 2004 Honda Civic EX under there somewhere, too.) You might’ve seen it puttering around Detroit at some point in recent years. And now, this one-of-a-kind ride could be…
Motown Museum will open a pop-up shop on Friday in Detroit’s Greektown
A new pop-up store celebrating the sounds of Motown is set to open in Detroit’s Greektown on Friday. Though the famous Hitsville U.S.A. building on W. Grand Boulevard was temporarily closed earlier this summer due to flooding and the renovations that are expected to begin this fall, the new Greektown pop-up will allow Motown fans…
Detroit’s Monroe Street Drive-In to reopen downtown with family-friendly movies, new open-air seating
Sequels are not always as good as the original, but a seasonal drive-in theater located in downtown Detroit is upping the ante for its own part two. Earlier this year, Emagine Entertainment partnered with Bedrock to bring a temporary drive-in movie theater to the site of downtown Detroit’s delayed Monroe Blocks project at 32 Monroe…
Claim Eminem team stole ‘Mom’s Spaghetti’ recipe appears to be a hoax
An (alleged) Ypsilanti-based business claimed in an Instagram post that it designed the menu for Eminem’s Mom’s Spaghetti restaurant in Detroit before being dropped from the project — a claim that Eminem’s team vehemently denies. “Completely untrue,” Eminem publicist Dennis Dennehy tells Metro Times in an email. “Somebody just trying to get attention on the…
Preservation Detroit’s historic cemetery tours return this October, visiting gravesites of famous Detroiters
You might not be afraid of the dark, but are you afraid of a cemetery? Preservation Detroit’s cemetery tours return this October for an interesting walk down memory lane, with the tours taking guests through Detroit’s Mt. Elliott, Mt. Olivet, Woodlawn, and Elmwood cemeteries. The three-hour tour will include visits to the gravesites of famous…
Opinion: We fought for years to get the Detroit Grand Prix off of Belle Isle
In 2015, when I returned to Detroit after 22 years away, my morning bike ride included the 5 miles around Belle Isle, a gem unsurpassed anywhere. Yet each spring, barricades and fences would intrude for two months, an unsettling reminder that a billionaire was using a state park as his private racetrack. During meetings on…
A Comprehensive PrimeGENIX Testodren Review – What It Does, How It Works, & More
Testosterone is one of the most important hormones for men. It helps us shed unwanted fat, build muscle mass, boost energy levels, and improve our sexual performance and libido. Unfortunately, testosterone levels decline as we age no matter how healthy we are or how vigourous our sex life used to be. Here we will dive…
Java Burn Reviews: #1 Trending Coffee Powder to Boost Metabolism & Help Lose Weight!
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CircadiYin Reviews [Updated] – Is James Whitfield’s CircadiYin advanced circadian solution able to turbocharge metabolism for men and women over 40? Used ingredients are clinically proven to control metabolism. Official Website: Click Here What is CircadiYin? CircadiYin is an amazing dietary formula that helps men and women above the age of 40 repair and heal…
J. Cole pushes Detroit performance back a few weeks, citing elaborate production delays
Remember when the Detroit Pistons offered rapper J. Cole an opportunity to try out for the team after learning that the Dreamville Records head was seriously training for an NBA contract, and even rendered a Detroit jersey featuring his name as player number 15? While it is unlikely that the 36-year-old “Middle Child” will join the…
Daughter of freaky famous parents, Willow Smith brings nu pop-punk aesthetic to Detroit’s St. Andrew’s Hall
By the age of 20, it is very likely that we all went through our fair share of phases, from hair, clothes, friends, crushes, music tastes, and, if you were like us, career goals. (RIP to our dream of becoming an astronaut veterinarian rockstar!) So it should not come as a shock that the progeny…
‘Pathetic little wheel boy:’ City of Hamtramck’s attorney ruthlessly mocks local activist in a wheelchair
Hamtramck’s municipal attorney ruthlessly mocked an activist in a wheelchair, saying he deserved the bullet that paralyzed him, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday. Charles Blackwell, a 28-year-old government transparency advocate from Farmington Hills, argues in the lawsuit that demeaning emails from attorney James Peter Allen, Sr., were intended to…
Zac Brown Band cancels metro Detroit performance after positive COVID-19 diagnosis
The pandemic left many feeling, though isolated, as if we were all in the same boat, fishin’ in the same hole, wondering where the same time goes. At least that’s how Atlanta-based deep fried southern rock outfit Zac Brown Band vocalized the interconnectivity of folks regardless of their strokes on the eight-piece’s latest single from…
Ferndale Pride will celebrate love, light, and equal rights at single-day rainbow-powered festival
Though the pandemic has, uh, let’s just say thrown a wrench in some of our very gay plans over the past year(s), there is a bright side: Pride month has unofficially become a year-long celebration, because our support of the LGBTQAI+ community simply cannot be limited to a single month or event, Barbara. One of…
American Speed Festival races through Pontiac for three days of high octane fun
Do you like to live life in the fast lane? Are your speeding tickets piling up like a single CVS receipt? Does the Fast & Furious franchise get you hot, bothered, and questioning whether or not Vin Diesel is sexy or, like, totally busted? If you answered yes to any of those questions, there’s an…
Detroit Councilman Spivey resigns after pleading guilty to bribery
Detroit City Councilman Andre Spivey resigned Wednesday morning, one day after he pleaded guilty to bribery in federal court. In a letter to City Council President Brenda Jones, Spivey didn’t mention the bribery case but said “it has been a pleasure to serve” the city as a third-term councilman. “Beginning in 2019, I was able…
NBA Hall of Famer Chris Webber breaks ground on cannabis campus in Southwest Detroit
Detroit native, NBA Hall of Famer, and one of University of Michigan’s legendary Fab Five, Chris Webber, broke ground on a new cannabis campus in Detroit. The $175 million project in Southwest Detroit will include a dispensary, cannabis consumption lounge, and cultivation space, while also providing job training, cannabis education, and programs to assist with…
Michigan House Education panel passes bill essentially banning ‘critical race theory’
Republicans on the House Education Committee advanced on Tuesday a bill that would prohibit schools from including “any form of race or gender stereotyping” in their curriculums. House Bill 5097, introduced by state Rep. Andrew Beeler (R-Ft. Gratiot), follows a nationwide right-wing trend to ban “critical race theory” but does not mention CRT explicitly. Beeler…
Detroit Grand Prix could leave Belle Isle for downtown in 2023, to the relief of parkgoers
Here’s some potentially good news for people who like to enjoy Detroit’s Belle Isle Park during Michigan’s mercilessly short warm months: organizers of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix are considering moving the event from the park and returning it to the streets of downtown in 2023. According to a statement organizers released to the media:…
ICYMI: Detroit Lions fans get humiliated, Michigan’s top doc resigns, Republicans latch onto Trump’s Big Lie
Not to shame anyone for their sexual proclivities, but Detroit Lions fans must have extreme humiliation fetishes. How else to describe what it must be like to root for a team that increasingly finds more absurd ways to torment its fans? On Sunday, in the final seconds of what would have been the Lions’ first…
Joe Biden’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month
A rebuke from the FDA on vaccine boosters. A diplomatic row with France. Haitian refugees appearing to be horsewhipped by Border Patrol agents. A budget package on the verge of stalling. Those are just the latest in the long list of problems piling up on President Biden’s desk. A few weeks back, I wrote about…
Clawson’s Sozai might be the best sushi bar in Michigan
“The best sushi place in Southeast Michigan, far and away.” So said an adjacent diner at Sozai’s sushi bar. A Toyota employee, he’d lived in Japan for more than two years. A solid rec. But when Dr. Sushi himself, Nick George, calls Sozai “the best sushi bar in Michigan” and says, “Sozai is a triumph…
Ferndale Pride, American Speed Festival, and more things to do in metro Detroit this week
Select events happening in metro Detroit this week. Submit your events to metrotimes.com/calendar. American Speed Festival Thursday, 9/30-Sunday, 10/3: Do you like to live life in the fast lane? Are your speeding tickets piling up like a single CVS receipt? Does the Fast & Furious franchise get you hot, bothered, and questioning whether or not…
James Wan’s ‘Malignant’ is a benign, happy piece of trash
Shooting closets like parlors and police stations like opera houses, director James Wan and cinematographer Don Burgess work to distinguish Malignant, their newest work to hit HBO Max, primarily through a sense of scale. Though the trappings of this new horror are familiar — oversized Edwardian homes, traumatic memories, police investigations of murder, gaslighting of…
Doctor, wife, and mother of three launches Michigan-based luxury wine
When Michigan native Dr. LaToya Thompson first began learning about wine, it was to curb her own curiosity about how grapes made it from the vine to the bottle. Wine was more than an after-work wind-down, and learning about it became a hobby, one her husband took notice of and suggested she find her way…
Free Will Astrology (Sept. 29-Oct. 5)
ARIES: March 21 – April 19: Blogger AnaSophia was asked, “What do you find attractive in a person?” I’ll reproduce her reply because it’s a good time to think about what your answer would be. I’m not implying you should be looking for a new lover. I’m interested in inspiring you to ruminate about what…
