Lawsuit alleges Detroit police commissioners ‘sabotaged’ efforts to resolve backlog of citizen...

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 4/19 8:48A Steve Neavling

A former top executive with the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners claims in a lawsuit that she was discriminated against because of her gender and that “a clique” of commissioners “sabotaged” her...

Big Sean, Detroit Youth Choir to perform at Detroit’s NFL Draft

Detroit Metro Times (Music) 4/18 4:35A Lee DeVito

Detroit will be the center of the sports universe when it hosts the NFL Draft downtown next week, and guests will be able to enjoy some of its rich music culture, too. Organizers announced Thursday...

Black women-owned cannabis cultivator Calyxeum opens its first dispensary in Detroit

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 4/18 3:55A Layla McMurtrie

Detroit-based cannabis cultivator and processor Calyxeum is getting ready to open its first retail dispensary this Saturday, April 20, the biggest day of the year for the cannabis industry. The...

Property values soar for Detroit’s Black homeowners, study shows

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 4/17 5:22A Lee DeVito

Detroit’s economic recovery from its 2014 bankruptcy has resulted in nearly $3 billion in real estate wealth, a boon to the city’s Black and Latino homeowners, according to a new study from the...

Laura Quattrocchi transforms lottery tickets into thought-provoking sculptures for 'The Loser Show'

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 4/16 10:11A Layla McMurtrie

Tens of thousands of losing lottery tickets have been reimagined into art pieces by Detroit artist and performer Laura Quattrocchi. Dubbed The Loser Show, the exhibition is described as “comedic” and...

Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 4/16 8:57A Steve Neavling

Maybe that new Detroit sign along I-94 isn’t so bad after all. A week after the city was hammered with criticism on social media for spending more than $269,000 on the big, blocky letters, many people...

Cypress Hill’s love for Detroit runs deep

Detroit Metro Times (Music) 4/16 3:06A Timothy J. Seppala

It took three decades, but Cypress Hill’s love for Detroit has come full circle. In 1991, the Latino hip-hop stoners dropped their debut album and landed a slot on Lollapalooza the next summer. Motown...

Detroit’s City Winery music venue aims for 2025 opening

Detroit Metro Times (Music) 4/15 5:14A Lee DeVito

Michigan’s first City Winery location is still headed to Corktown, the live music chain’s founder and CEO Michael Dorf tells Metro Times — but he says inflation and high interest rates have delayed...

Lapointe: Rashida Tlaib now has a Fox stalker

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 4/15 2:30A Joe Lapointe

Along with verbal abuse locally over Detroit radio station WJR (760-AM), U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib now must endure her own national media stalker in the halls of Congress. She is Hillary Vaughn of Fox...

Jury finds metro Detroit tattoo artist Alex Boyko not guilty of sexual misconduct

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 4/12 11:08A Layla McMurtrie

On Friday, a jury found metro Detroit tattoo artist Alex Boyko not guilty of three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct after dozens of women in 2018 accused him sexual harassment or...

Ivan Montoya ponders how the past informs the present in ‘Sonde{a}r’

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 4/12 8:01A Randiah Camille Green

We are born as seeds in soil fertilized by the experiences of our ancestors. For Detroit-based painter and muralist Ivan Montoya, the fertile soil we inherit from our familial lineage is like being...

Detroit’s members-only Carbon Athletic Club is opening to the public with live music

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 4/12 6:53A Lee DeVito

Tucked among the train tracks in an industrial section of Southwest Detroit, the old Carbon Athletic Club has been called “Delray’s best-kept secret” by Metro Times and remains in many ways a time...

Wayne County treasurer rejects moratorium on foreclosures despite troubling study

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 4/11 9:53A Steve Neavling

Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree is defying demands to impose a moratorium on owner-occupied home foreclosures after a study suggested the city is illegally overtaxing houses worth less than...

Mayor Duggan blames disappointment over Detroit’s new I-94 sign on expectations set by unofficial...

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 4/11 8:39A Lee DeVito

Social media has been abuzz over a new welcome sign for Detroit erected on I-94 ahead of the NFL Draft, with lots of people claiming the finished product falls short of the grand “Hollywood”-style...

Detroit Jazz Festival announces initial 2024 lineup

Detroit Metro Times (Music) 4/11 4:50A Layla McMurtrie

The Detroit Jazz Festival, dubbed the “world’s largest (and best) free jazz festival,” is returning to downtown Detroit from Aug. 30-Sept 2. The renowned Labor Day weekend celebration just announced a...