Detroit’s Pink Panties Pizza delivers weed-infused pies that will knock you on your ass

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 10/3 11:43A Randiah Camille Green

When I first heard about Pink Panties Pizza, a Detroit-based THC-infused pizza delivery service, I thought it was fake. But it is, indeed, very real. A delivery driver handed me a box with “warning,...

Cartier gifts Detroit artists with a new pair of Buffs

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 10/3 10:24A Alex Washington

Cartier frames are to Detroit what Timberland boots are to New York. They’re a part of Detroit culture, and one could say an essential Detroit status symbol.

What the heck is Yooperlite? You can find out at the Greater Detroit Gem & Mineral Show

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 10/3 5:21A Randiah Camille Green

The 77th Greater Detroit Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show is this weekend, and one of the rocks taking the spotlit is called Yooperlite. You’re probably asking what the heck is Yooperlite, and whether it’s...

New restaurant Symposia opens in Detroit’s Greektown

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 10/3 5:00A Lee DeVito

A new fine-dining restaurant called Symposia is opening in Greektown’s Atheneum Suite Hotel and Conference Center. The Mediterranean-inspired spot is owned and operated by the Papas family, the people...

Opinion: Detroit is at a crossroads about safety and surveillance, City Council must choose the...

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 10/3 4:12A Rae Baker and Peter Blackmer

On Tuesday, Oct. 4, Detroit City Council will meet for the third time to decide whether to use $7 million dollars in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) COVID-19 relief funding to expand the controversial...

Detroiter starts nonprofit A Girl Like Me to help other teen moms

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 9/30 8:21A Darlene A. White

Tyra Moore remembers all too well what it was like to be pregnant at 14. At first, she tried to ignore the pregnancy signs and symptoms, but months later, she couldn’t deny the feeling any longer, and...

Election tampering and an alleged prank call from Trump: The top 10 Metro Times headlines

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 9/30 4:27A Alex Washington

This week, the hot topic in Detroit was ShotSpotter, and our readers were interested in what's happening with the city with the surveillance technology. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell also claimed that...

Letters to the editor: How do you say ‘How rude!’ in French?

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 9/30 4:12A Lee DeVito

We received the following email in response to last week’s review of Detroit’s Bar Pigalle restaurant. Is that a serious article?

‘Van Gogh in America’ opens at Detroit Institute of Arts on Sunday

Detroit Metro Times (Arts & Culture) 9/29 9:52A Lee DeVito

A century ago, the Detroit Institute of Arts was way ahead of the curve when it became the first U.S. museum to purchase a painting by Vincent Van Gogh. That was his 1887 “Self-Portrait,” a 13.75-inch...

City of Detroit begins demolishing a portion of the sprawling, storied Packard Plant

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 9/29 9:32A Steve Neavling

The city of Detroit is demolishing a two-block portion of the storied and sprawling Packard Plant on Thursday after the negligent owner failed to do it himself. The $1.6 million emergency demolition...

Iconic Charles McGee mural displayed in downtown Detroit for a limited time

Detroit Metro Times (Arts & Culture) 9/29 6:52A Randiah Camille Green

We have been blessed with another masterpiece by prolific Detroit artist Charles McGee in downtown Detroit. In partnership with Orange Barrel Media, Library Street Collective unveiled a new display of...

Detroit Harvest Fest & Food Truck Rally brings fall fun to the Dequindre Cut this weekend

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 9/29 6:52A Randiah Camille Green

The autumn equinox has ushered in cooler weather and everything pumpkin spice, and this weekend the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy will celebrate it all. On Saturday and Sunday, the Dequindre Cut will...

Secret concert series Sofar Sounds is still going strong in Detroit

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 9/28 6:09A Randiah Camille Green

You never know what you’re going to get at a Sofar Sounds concert. The evening could bring rappers, metal bands, country singers, or all three on the same night. That’s by design.

Detroit’s QLine streetcars wrapped in Van Gogh art to promote DIA’s new exhibit

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 9/28 5:02A Lee DeVito

Detroit’s QLine is now urging its riders to “Gogh to the DIA.” The streetcars have been wrapped in images of the work of Vincent Van Gogh to promote the Detroit Institute of Arts’ new exhibition Van...

Detroit’s Belle Isle Nature Center is finally reopening for the first time since March 2020

Detroit Metro Times (Arts & Culture) 9/28 3:43A Randiah Camille Green

An interactive pollinator habitat, snakes, frogs, and salamanders await the return of visitors to the Belle Isle Nature Center. The center has been closed since March 2020, and has undergone extensive...