Benefit planned for Detroit’s upcoming Moondog Café

Detroit Metro Times (Music) 12/5 9:45A Layla McMurtrie

If you’re a music and art lover, this event may be for you — either to get some new stuff for yourself, support Detroit artists, or both. Tons of music equipment and 400-plus records will be on sale...

Neglected Detroit-area dog ‘Reggae’ finally gets a haircut

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 12/5 8:59A Layla McMurtrie

A local stray dog dubbed Reggae was picked up by Dearborn Animal Control on Friday, Dec. 1, after being found with extremely matted hair that looked like locs. The soaking-wet 90-pound dog was brought...

Thanedar blames hack for social media post that called Israel a ‘terrorist state’

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 12/5 3:38A Steve Neavling

U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar said early Tuesday that he was “hacked” after a message calling Israel a “terrorist state” was posted on his X account. “I was just hacked, and a misleading tweet was sent from...

Family of Israeli hostages to join Detroit’s Hanukkah ceremony

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 12/5 3:25A Lee DeVito

Family members of Israeli hostages held by Hamas will help kick off Hanukkah festivities in Detroit by lighting the giant 26-foot menorah downtown. The Menorah in the D event is set to begin at 5 p.m....

Detroit rallies around Amp Fiddler with more fundraising events

Detroit Metro Times (Music) 12/5 1:46A Joe Zimmer and Broccoli

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Unions OK contract agreement with MGM Grand Detroit Casino

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 12/4 2:51A Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance

Union members voted on Saturday to ratify a new contract with MGM Grand Detroit, ending a 47-day strike. “I am happy to announce that MGM employees ratified their contract tonight.

Motown Museum hosting job fair to fill various open positions

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 12/1 2:52A Layla McMurtrie

Detroit’s Motown Museum has been going through a massive expansion over the last few years, and now’s your chance to be a part of it. The museum is hosting a job fair to fill open positions from 10...

Unearthed letter from Lester Bangs to ‘Creem’ boss shows he was always like that

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 12/1 2:00A Lee DeVito

The late, great music critic Lester Bangs made a name for himself as editor-in-chief of Detroit-based Creem magazine, known for his gonzo writing style, sharp wit, and love of rock ’n’ roll....

Detroit rapper 42 Dugg reschedules hometown show to January

Detroit Metro Times (Music) 11/30 6:10A Layla McMurtrie

Detroit rapper 42 Dugg has announced a rescheduled date for his postponed “42 Dugg & Friends Birthday Celebration” show. The concert has been rescheduled to Friday, Jan. 19 at Little Caesars Arena.

MDOT wants to know what songs you’d include in a Detroit playlist

Detroit Metro Times (Arts & Culture) 11/29 8:58A Randiah Camille Green

What songs would you choose if you had to create a Detroit playlist? Funkadelic’s “One Nation Under a Groove?” Aretha Franklin’s “Respect?” Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?”

The UAW’s Big Three strike led to a surge in union organizing at other automakers

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 11/29 8:36A Lee DeVito

The UAW’s successful strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers has workers at more than a dozen other car companies interested in joining the union. The UAW says thousands of non-union autoworkers...

MOCAD show highlights artists with developmental disabilities and mental health differences

Detroit Metro Times (Arts & Culture) 11/29 4:54A Randiah Camille Green

Progressive Art Studio (PASC) will host its next exhibit of metro Detroit artists with developmental disabilities and mental health differences at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Intimacy: The...

Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Holidaze’ stunt show coming to Detroit

Detroit Metro Times (Arts & Culture) 11/29 4:37A Steve Neavling

Cirque du Soleil’s “Cirque Dreams: Holidaze” is bringing its whimsical performance to Detroit this weekend. The Broadway-style production, which features an infusion of contemporary circus acts, kicks...

Film-focused wine bar The Fourth Wall opens in former Lost River in Detroit

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 11/29 3:55A Layla McMurtrie

Detroit’s east side recently welcomed a new establishment, The Fourth Wall, a wine bar and microcinema located in the space formerly home to the tiki bar Lost River. After soft launching earlier this...

Whitmer signs climate change legislation setting 100% clean energy standard for Michigan by 2040

Detroit Metro Times (Film) 11/29 1:40A Jon King, Michigan Advance

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a slate of bills Tuesday that take her proposals from the MI Healthy Climate Plan and make them into state law. Held at Detroit’s Eastern Market, the ceremony followed...