Detroit Metro Times
Detroit Metro Times is your free source for Detroit and Michigan news, arts and culture coverage, restaurant reviews, music, things to do, photos, and more.
Detroit Metro Times
Detroit Metro Times is your free source for Detroit and Michigan news, arts and culture coverage, restaurant reviews, music, things to do, photos, and more.
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Type(s) | Quotidien |
Langue(s) | Anglais |
Pays et région | Michigan (MI) / États-Unis |
Villes(s) | Detroit |
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A growing coalition of University of Michigan faculty members has united to confront what they see as the university administration’s inadequacies in crisis response concerning the challenges faced by Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students and staff within the campus community. This […]
The Detroit City Council is calling for a reduction in property taxes for low-valued homes and a moratorium on owner-occupied foreclosures after a study suggested the city is illegally overtaxing houses worth less than $35,000. The council unanimously passed the resolutions on Tuesday, a day after […]
Three Detroit residents filed a lawsuit against the city this week in hopes of halting a controversial plan to remove more than 250 trees from AB Ford Park and cover the contaminated park in two feet of new soil. The lawsuit, filed in Wayne County Circuit Court on Monday, alleges the city violated […]
R&B singer-songwriter Jhene Aiko just announced “The Magic Hour Tour,” her first headlining tour in five years, and she’s kicking it off on the right foot with an opening stop in Detroit. The show on Wednesday, June 19 is set for Little Caesars Arena at 7 p.m. Joining Aiko on […]
Afro Nation Detroit is coming in hot for 2024. The festival, set for August 17-18, dropped its initial lineup Wednesday and it’s already filled with bangers. Nigeria’s “golden child” Rema is among the first round of headliners along with Toronto R&B singer-songwriter […]
A new cannabis-friendly music venue believed to be the first in the U.S. to offer both cannabis and alcohol sales and consumption is getting ready to hold its first event. Grams & Jams Productions announced that its “Bikers, Buds, & Brews” festival planned for May 18 will […]
On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court took a decisive step in the long-standing controversy over abortion post-Roe v. Wade by examining the regulatory framework surrounding mifepristone, a key drug in medical abortion protocols. This case, spotlighted for its profound implications on […]
If the chef at Tiliani recommends a restaurant, take heed. I am a fan of Hisham Diab, who helms the stellar new spot in Dearborn, and he’s the one who told me to try Detroit’s Kalahari African Cuisine. You should take Kalahari’s printed menu with a grain of salt (not that the food […]
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming days, your hunger will be so inexhaustible that you may feel driven to devour extravagant amounts of food and drink. It’s possible you will gain ten pounds in a very short time. Who knows?
Music, artists, street dancers, and hundreds of luminary sculptures will fill the streets of Ann Arbor for the annual FoolMoon festival on Friday, April 5. Organizers announced that this year’s theme is “FoolBloom,” which will bring the spirit of spring to the city through unique […]
Fine art, electronic music, and rap come together in this exhibition co-curated by mixed media artist and muralist Habacuc S. Bessiake and musician Rob Apollo. The second annual NSFW music and art show is going down on Saturday, March 30 from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. at The Riverside Detroit with live […]
Since Next Chapter Books opened in September 2023, the store has centered local authors and community with book talks, open mics, a book club, and more. Its next event will feature Ghassan Zeineddine, the author of Dearborn, for a reading and book talk. Dearborn is a collection of pieces […]
Detroit activists are calling for action after a recent study suggested the city is cheating lower-income residents by illegally and disproportionately overtaxing homes worth less than $35,000. By contrast, owners of the highest value homes in Detroit are far less likely to be overtaxed, according […]
The internationally renowned Ann Arbor Film Festival returns this week, continuing its tradition of celebrating the diversity of experimental film. Established in 1963, this year marks the festival’s 62nd anniversary, continuing its legacy as the oldest independent experimental film festival […]
Southfield’s Bacco Ristorante has decided to postpone its final day of business, giving fans more opportunities to say goodbye before Chef Luciano DelSignore closes shop. “It is with great pleasure that we share another exciting update on behalf of Chef Luciano DelSignore and the […]
Detroit rock band Eva Under Fire is heading back to District 142, a new music venue in Wyandotte. The band will join forces with fellow Detroit rock band Boys of Fall for the Sept. 13 gig. Tickets are $20 and go on sale at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at district142live.com, with a presale available to the […]
When I was a little kid, I watched a lot of cowboy westerns on our black-and-white TV. Bad guys were always killing good guys “in cold blood,” or so it was said. This baffled me.
We may not know much here at Metro Times, but one thing we know for certain is that Detroit is always gonna root for Detroit. So when we saw the teaser for Diarra From Detroit, a comedic mystery series on BET+ written by a Detroiter, we knew we had to chat it up with the show’s creator. […]
Late last July in Detroit’s Comerica Park, the baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani — then with the Los Angeles Angels — accomplished something so rare and so special that it may never again be done in the major leagues. In the first game of a doubleheader against the Tigers, Ohtani […]
Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway is in the hospital after first responders were called to her home in Grosse Pointe Park on Wednesday afternoon. Hathaway was still hospitalized Friday afternoon at Ascension St. John in Detroit.
Since the unexpected closure of Cultivate Coffee and Taphouse in February 2022, Ypsilanti residents have been eagerly hoping for some sort of comeback for the beloved cafe. Finally, Vertex Coffee Roasters is breathing new life into the space at 307 N. River St., with an opening set for March 23. […]
People headed to downtown Detroit for the NFL Draft this April will notice oversized cleats painted with flowers, football players, and vibrant nature scenes dotting the downtown area. These are part of the City Walls “DCleated” art initiative in anticipation of the NFL Draft.
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