R&B sensation Summer Walker makes Detroit stop on limited tour

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 8/11 1:32A Lee DeVito

We’re still not over 26-year-old R&B sensation Summer Walker’s Still Over It, the 2021 follow-up to the Atlanta-based singer’s 2019 breakthrough LP Over It. After working as a stripper and running a...

Fight over Detroit’s recreational marijuana ordinance gets messier

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 8/10 6:56A Steve Neavling

The Detroit Election Commission delivered bad news to advocates of a more robust marijuana industry in the Motor City. The three-member commission on Monday rejected a ballot initiative that would...

Libraries like Detroit’s need our support now, more than ever

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 8/10 6:11A Monica Williams

Libraries, vital pillars in our community, are increasingly under attack. That’s why as Detroit Public Library gradually opens branches for the first time since March 2020, it’s important that we...

Detroit’s Ribs and R&B Music Festival comes to Hart Plaza

Detroit Metro Times (Music) 8/10 3:02A Alex Washington

The elements of a perfect summer day in the city are good food, good music, and good people. All will be served up at Detroit’s Ribs and R&B Music Festival.

Charivari Detroit returns to Historic Fort Wayne this week

Detroit Metro Times (Music) 8/10 2:54A Randiah Camille Green

While the larger Movement electronic music festival tends to get most of the hype, Charivari Detroit has been going strong for nine years. It’s like Movement’s, underground, less hipster cousin.

The Hamtramck Music Festival brings four days of music and dozens of artists

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 8/10 2:43A Lee DeVito

The Detroit enclave of Hamtramck’s annual music festival is back, with dozens of local artists across more than 20 venues packed inside two square miles. Like our former Metro Times Blowout festival,...

Community organizers challenged Bedrock’s latest Hudson’s site tax break in Detroit — and nearly...

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 8/9 10:00P Eli Day

When Theo Pride, a community organizer with Detroit People’s Platform, got word that a proposed $60 million tax abatement for billionaire Dan Gilbert’s real estate firm Bedrock was being pulled from...

Detroit Metro Times wins 2022 AAN Awards

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 8/9 12:02P Lee DeVito

Last month, I drove to Chicago for the 2022 Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) convention held at the Intercontinental Hotel, where I met up with my Euclid Media Group colleagues, many of whom...

Detroit’s Motown Museum unveils highly anticipated expansion, gets ready to reopen doors

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 8/9 6:01A Randiah Camille Green

Detroit’s historic Motown Museum is gearing up to welcome visitors back following two highly anticipated upgrades. The new developments — Hitsville NEXT, an educational programming and creative hub...

Detroit bar PJ’s Lager House announces ‘The End of an Era’ free concert series with Timmy’s...

Detroit Metro Times (Music) 8/8 11:49A Lee DeVito

Following the announcement that long-standing rock ’n’ roll venue PJ’s Lager House is being sold, owner PJ Ryder has announced an “End of an Era” series of free concerts. In a statement, Ryder says:

Oak Park’s Book Beat to celebrate 40 years this month

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 8/8 10:00A Randiah Camille Green

One of metro Detroit’s longstanding indie bookstores is celebrating 40 years with a day of author signings, music, and vendors. Book Beat in Oak Park has been serving the community since 1982. Its...

Opponents of Detroit’s new recreational marijuana ordinance aim for ballot initiative in November

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 8/8 9:09A Steve Neavling

A ballot initiative that would replace the city of Detroit’s much-maligned recreational marijuana ordinance is headed to the Detroit Election Commission. A group called Citizens for Better Social...

Blighted holdout house near Little Caesars Arena mysteriously burns down

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 8/8 6:37A Randiah Camille Green

Yet another building in Detroit has burned down under suspicious circumstances. The ramshackle house at 2712 Cass Ave., near Little Caesars Arena, was engulfed in flames early Monday morning. It was...

Metro Times is seeking fall 2022 interns — and we pay!

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 8/8 5:25A Metro Times Staff

Come learn with us! We're looking for a few exceptional student journalists to join the Detroit Metro Times newsroom this fall.

Hamtramck Labor Day Fest drops lineup including Detroit bands ADULT., the Volebeats, Shadow Show,...

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 8/8 4:40A Randiah Camille Green

Detroit electro punks ADULT. and New York funk rockers ESG are headlining this year’s Hamtramck Labor Day Festival. The full lineup and schedule for the fest, which takes place from Friday, Sept. 3 to...