Lapointe: Incident at Detroit ice cream shop shows how tipping culture has changed

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/29 1:00A Joe Lapointe

At Buddy’s Pizza in Grand Circus Park, the waitress was blunt. Just so you know, she said, this restaurant adds a 20% gratuity to the bill.

How Detroit artist Keto Green found purpose in discarded objects

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/26 6:35A Randiah Camille Green

Keto Green will paint on anything he can find. Doors from abandoned houses, pieces of plywood, and broken windows become canvases for his brightly colored paintings.

Burna Boy, Latto, and Ari Lennox to perform at Afro Nation Detroit

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/26 5:18A Randiah Camille Green

Afro Nation is bringing music from across the African diaspora to Detroit in August. On Friday, organizers dropped the initial lineup for the festival, and Nigerian singer Burna Boy is headlining.

Meet Mario Butterfield, the renaissance man shaping Detroit's hip-hop and streetwear culture

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/26 2:00A Kahn Santori Davison

For three decades artist Mario Butterfield has played a part in every significant hip-hop and streetwear movement in Detroit. Currently creative director for Burn Rubber and Two 18, he’s a...

Biden commutes prison sentence of Detroit rapper Drunken Master

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/26 1:39A Lee DeVito

This Independence Day, Andre Richard Harris will be a free man. Harris was one of 31 incarcerated people out of thousands of applicants to be recently granted clemency by President Joe Biden, signed...

Detroit charter schools offers $100,000 salaries to certified teachers

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/25 9:10A Steve Neavling

Teachers are notoriously underpaid, creating a serious shortage in qualified educators in Michigan. That’s about to change at a charter school in Detroit. The Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences (DAAS)...

Photographer James Barnor’s first U.S. retrospective brings 20th century Ghana to Detroit

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/25 7:59A Randiah Camille Green

Ghanaian photographer James Barnor’s work captures the social and political shift in Ghana’s transition from a British colony to an independent nation. More important, however, is the glimpse of...

Paranoid London drop out of Detroit’s Movement fest due to visa issues

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/25 5:55A Lee DeVito

U.K. dance music duo Paranoid London will not perform at this weekend’s Movement Music Festival due to an issue in obtaining visas, the group wrote in a social media post on Wednesday. “Looks like we...

Buddy’s Pizza plots Canton carry-out spot

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/25 3:59A Lee DeVito

The originator of Detroit-style pizza is expanding into Canton. Buddy’s Pizza is planning a new carry-out location later this year in the Wayne County suburb, according to a press release.

Frank’s Family Pizzeria serves up Detroit-style pies in Wyandotte

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/24 10:00P Tom Perkins

Frank’s Family Pizzeria offers the kind of backstory that everyone can love. The founders of the longstanding downtown Wyandotte pizza institution passed away and handed the restaurant off to their...

Here’s the trailer for Tim Robinson’s star-studded ‘I Think You Should Leave’ Season 3

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/24 9:23A Lee DeVito

Detroit comedian Tim Robinson has more episodes of his deliriously off-kilter Netflix show I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson on the way, dropping a new trailer for Season 3 on Wednesday. The...

Are cellphone towers dangerous to kids? Detroit City Council wants to know

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/24 9:21A Steve Neavling

The Detroit City Council is calling on the health department to investigate the impact of cellphone towers on students at public schools. The council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday that...

Your guide to Detroit’s Movement Music Festival 2023

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/24 2:15A Lee DeVito

It’s that time of the year again! Pick up a copy of this week’s Metro Times for a pull-out guide to Movement Music Festival.

Chowhound: How restaurants like Detroit’s Alpino set a sonic vibe

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/24 2:00A Robert Stempkowski

Chowhound is a bi-weekly column about what’s trending in Detroit food culture. Tips: eat@metrotimes.com.

The funk, future, and fashion of Cybotron

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 5/23 10:00P Liz Warner

As a founding figure of techno, one of modern-day music’s most influential genres, it’s somehow surprising to see how unguarded and open Juan Atkins can be. After all, techno was seemingly created...