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Eight blocks of East Warren Avenue will come alive Saturday for E. Warrenfest, with three stages of live music, food trucks, roller skating, trolley tours, and more. The free east-side festival runs from noon to 9 p.m. www.metrotimes.com/arts/things-...
E. Warrenfest brings music, food, and roller skating to Detroit’s east side - Detroit Metro Times
E. Warrenfest returns Saturday with three stages of music, food, roller skating, and a full day of activities along East Warren Avenue.
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September 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Eight blocks of East Warren Avenue will come alive Saturday for E. Warrenfest, with three stages of live music, food trucks, roller skating, trolley tours, and more. The free east-side festival runs from noon to 9 p.m. www.metrotimes.com/arts/things-...
After Trump’s public media cuts cost WDET its largest single grant, the Detroit station didn’t retreat. It added local shows, doubled down on Detroit music and culture, and is now asking listeners to help keep it going. Our look inside WDET and what comes next. www.metrotimes.com/news/after-t...
After Trump’s public media cuts, WDET is doubling down on Detroit - Detroit Metro Times
WDET is responding to the loss of federal funding by expanding its local programming and relying more heavily on listeners to keep it going.
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September 15, 2026 at 6:18 PM
After Trump’s public media cuts cost WDET its largest single grant, the Detroit station didn’t retreat. It added local shows, doubled down on Detroit music and culture, and is now asking listeners to help keep it going. Our look inside WDET and what comes next. www.metrotimes.com/news/after-t...
Prison hockey. Cigar wars. Prophet Jones. The real Detroit story behind “The Twist.” Richard Bak’s new book, “Welcome to Detroitland,” digs into 24 strange, forgotten, and fascinating chapters of local history. www.metrotimes.com/arts/culture...
A new book uncovers Detroit history’s strangest stories - Detroit Metro Times
Richard Bak’s new book goes deep into 24 strange, fascinating, and often forgotten stories from Detroit and Michigan history.
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September 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Prison hockey. Cigar wars. Prophet Jones. The real Detroit story behind “The Twist.” Richard Bak’s new book, “Welcome to Detroitland,” digs into 24 strange, forgotten, and fascinating chapters of local history. www.metrotimes.com/arts/culture...
Detroit Black Film Festival is back for year seven, with five days of movies, filmmaker talks, workshops, Detroit talent, and its one-of-a-kind showcase of Black-owned beverage brands. Sept. 23-27. www.metrotimes.com/arts/movies/...
Detroit Black Film Festival returns with five days of movies, music and Black creativity - Detroit Metro Times
The Detroit Black Film Festival returns for its seventh year with five days of movies, music, filmmaker conversations and a celebration of Black creativity.
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September 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Detroit Black Film Festival is back for year seven, with five days of movies, filmmaker talks, workshops, Detroit talent, and its one-of-a-kind showcase of Black-owned beverage brands. Sept. 23-27. www.metrotimes.com/arts/movies/...
Mike Rogers has argued that some names in the Epstein files should be protected from public exposure.
A Metro Times review found that donors named in those files have given nearly $4.7 million to Rogers and groups backing him. www.metrotimes.com/news/donors-...
A Metro Times review found that donors named in those files have given nearly $4.7 million to Rogers and groups backing him. www.metrotimes.com/news/donors-...
Donors named in Epstein files gave nearly $4.7 million to Mike Rogers and groups backing him - Detroit Metro Times
A Metro Times review found that donors named in the Epstein files have given nearly $4.7 million to Mike Rogers’ campaigns and groups supporting him.
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September 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Mike Rogers has argued that some names in the Epstein files should be protected from public exposure.
A Metro Times review found that donors named in those files have given nearly $4.7 million to Rogers and groups backing him. www.metrotimes.com/news/donors-...
A Metro Times review found that donors named in those files have given nearly $4.7 million to Rogers and groups backing him. www.metrotimes.com/news/donors-...
Mike Rogers didn’t oppose 9/11 responder health care twice. A Metro Times review found nine instances over eight years in which he opposed efforts to establish, advance, or fund care for people sickened after the attacks. www.metrotimes.com/news/mike-ro...
Mike Rogers opposed 9/11 responder health care not twice, but nine times - Detroit Metro Times
Newly uncovered record shows Mike Rogers repeatedly opposed efforts to establish, advance, or fund medical care for people sickened after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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September 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Mike Rogers didn’t oppose 9/11 responder health care twice. A Metro Times review found nine instances over eight years in which he opposed efforts to establish, advance, or fund care for people sickened after the attacks. www.metrotimes.com/news/mike-ro...
The Lions are finally good. So why does that make longtime fan Joel Walkowski more nervous?
The author of the new book “Honolulu Blues” joins Metro Times this season with a weekly Lions column. First up: hope, dread and that damn secondary. www.metrotimes.com/topic/sports...
The author of the new book “Honolulu Blues” joins Metro Times this season with a weekly Lions column. First up: hope, dread and that damn secondary. www.metrotimes.com/topic/sports...
The Lions are finally good. Why am I so worried? - Detroit Metro Times
After decades of dreaming about a winning Lions team, author Joel Walkowski is discovering that getting what you want comes with its own anxiety.
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September 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The Lions are finally good. So why does that make longtime fan Joel Walkowski more nervous?
The author of the new book “Honolulu Blues” joins Metro Times this season with a weekly Lions column. First up: hope, dread and that damn secondary. www.metrotimes.com/topic/sports...
The author of the new book “Honolulu Blues” joins Metro Times this season with a weekly Lions column. First up: hope, dread and that damn secondary. www.metrotimes.com/topic/sports...
Michigan students are heading back to hotter classrooms and aging school buildings.
In a new Metro Times op-ed, Rep. RashidaTlaib argues corporate polluters helped create the climate crisis while students, families, and schools are left paying the price. www.metrotimes.com/news/tlaib-m...
In a new Metro Times op-ed, Rep. RashidaTlaib argues corporate polluters helped create the climate crisis while students, families, and schools are left paying the price. www.metrotimes.com/news/tlaib-m...
Tlaib: Michigan schools can't keep up with a heat crisis that corporate polluters created — and students are paying the price - Detroit Metro Times
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib says Michigan schools need major investments in cooling, clean energy, and infrastructure as extreme heat increasingly disrupts classrooms.
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September 11, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Michigan students are heading back to hotter classrooms and aging school buildings.
In a new Metro Times op-ed, Rep. RashidaTlaib argues corporate polluters helped create the climate crisis while students, families, and schools are left paying the price. www.metrotimes.com/news/tlaib-m...
In a new Metro Times op-ed, Rep. RashidaTlaib argues corporate polluters helped create the climate crisis while students, families, and schools are left paying the price. www.metrotimes.com/news/tlaib-m...
Never forget.
Mike Rogers has invoked 9/11 to attack Abdul El-Sayed. But when Congress voted to provide health care for first responders sickened by Ground Zero, Rogers voted against it. Twice. www.metrotimes.com/news/before-...
Mike Rogers has invoked 9/11 to attack Abdul El-Sayed. But when Congress voted to provide health care for first responders sickened by Ground Zero, Rogers voted against it. Twice. www.metrotimes.com/news/before-...
September 11, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Never forget.
Mike Rogers has invoked 9/11 to attack Abdul El-Sayed. But when Congress voted to provide health care for first responders sickened by Ground Zero, Rogers voted against it. Twice. www.metrotimes.com/news/before-...
Mike Rogers has invoked 9/11 to attack Abdul El-Sayed. But when Congress voted to provide health care for first responders sickened by Ground Zero, Rogers voted against it. Twice. www.metrotimes.com/news/before-...
Cass Café is coming back.
Four years after closing, the beloved Cass Corridor institution will reopen under nonprofit ownership with a restaurant, bar, art and performance space, a radio studio, and a much bigger community mission. www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/c...
Four years after closing, the beloved Cass Corridor institution will reopen under nonprofit ownership with a restaurant, bar, art and performance space, a radio studio, and a much bigger community mission. www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/c...
Cass Café is coming back to Detroit with a whole lot more than food and drinks - Detroit Metro Times
Cass Café is returning to the Cass Corridor as a restaurant, bar, arts space, performance venue, radio studio, and community hub.
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September 11, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Cass Café is coming back.
Four years after closing, the beloved Cass Corridor institution will reopen under nonprofit ownership with a restaurant, bar, art and performance space, a radio studio, and a much bigger community mission. www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/c...
Four years after closing, the beloved Cass Corridor institution will reopen under nonprofit ownership with a restaurant, bar, art and performance space, a radio studio, and a much bigger community mission. www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/c...
“Do you shoot arrows instead of bullets?” “How do you feel knowing we took your land?”
An Indigenous former Richmond police officer says coworkers subjected him to racist taunts, then the department fired him weeks after he complained.
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An Indigenous former Richmond police officer says coworkers subjected him to racist taunts, then the department fired him weeks after he complained.
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‘How do you feel knowing we took your land?’ Richmond officer alleges racist harassment before firing - Detroit Metro Times
An Indigenous former Richmond police officer says coworkers mocked his heritage and the department fired him weeks after he complained about the racist treatment.
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September 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM
“Do you shoot arrows instead of bullets?” “How do you feel knowing we took your land?”
An Indigenous former Richmond police officer says coworkers subjected him to racist taunts, then the department fired him weeks after he complained.
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An Indigenous former Richmond police officer says coworkers subjected him to racist taunts, then the department fired him weeks after he complained.
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Private emails show a Detroit Thermal employee asked a 1300 East Lafayette leader to recruit two Black residents to speak in support of its steam project. The response: “We are playing the diversity card as best as we can get that going.” www.metrotimes.com/news/playing...
‘Playing the diversity card’ emails reveal push to recruit Black residents for Detroit Thermal project - Detroit Metro Times
Emails show a Detroit Thermal employee sought two Black residents to speak in support of the project as a co-op leader said they were “playing the diversity card.”
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September 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Private emails show a Detroit Thermal employee asked a 1300 East Lafayette leader to recruit two Black residents to speak in support of its steam project. The response: “We are playing the diversity card as best as we can get that going.” www.metrotimes.com/news/playing...
A beloved Portland bakery is coming to Detroit’s Core City neighborhood with croissants, matcha, pastries, and eventually sourdough pizza.
And yes, fresh croissants will be carried across the park every hour. www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/b...
And yes, fresh croissants will be carried across the park every hour. www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/b...
Beloved Portland bakery Nuvrei brings its croissant obsession to Detroit - Detroit Metro Times
Nuvrei, a beloved Portland bakery, is bringing its croissants, pastries, matcha, and eventually pizza to Detroit’s Core City neighborhood.
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September 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM
A beloved Portland bakery is coming to Detroit’s Core City neighborhood with croissants, matcha, pastries, and eventually sourdough pizza.
And yes, fresh croissants will be carried across the park every hour. www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/b...
And yes, fresh croissants will be carried across the park every hour. www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/b...
Mike Rogers has made 9/11 an attack line against Abdul El-Sayed. But when Congress moved to provide health care for responders sickened by the attacks, Rogers voted no. Twice. www.metrotimes.com/news/before-...
Before Mike Rogers invoked 9/11 against Abdul El-Sayed, he voted against care for sick responders - Detroit Metro Times
As Mike Rogers praises a 9/11 responder with cancer, his congressional record shows he twice voted against health care for people sickened by the attacks.
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September 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Mike Rogers has made 9/11 an attack line against Abdul El-Sayed. But when Congress moved to provide health care for responders sickened by the attacks, Rogers voted no. Twice. www.metrotimes.com/news/before-...
Michigan regulators are taking another look at Line 5 tunnel permits after a state Supreme Court ruling found the project’s environmental impacts weren’t fully considered. Now, Whitmer says the state needs to dig deeper. www.metrotimes.com/news/state-r...
State regulators to review issued Line 5 tunnel permits after MI Supreme Court ruling - Detroit Metro Times
Michigan regulators are taking another look at permits for the Line 5 tunnel after a state Supreme Court ruling expanded how environmental harms must be considered.
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September 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Michigan regulators are taking another look at Line 5 tunnel permits after a state Supreme Court ruling found the project’s environmental impacts weren’t fully considered. Now, Whitmer says the state needs to dig deeper. www.metrotimes.com/news/state-r...
A former Detroit Tiger is heading back to the Hamtramck field where his baseball career began.
Ike Blessitt returns Saturday for a baseball classic at historic Hamtramck Stadium, with proceeds helping support his athletic academy and backyard batting cage. www.metrotimes.com/arts/things-...
Ike Blessitt returns Saturday for a baseball classic at historic Hamtramck Stadium, with proceeds helping support his athletic academy and backyard batting cage. www.metrotimes.com/arts/things-...
Former Detroit Tiger returns to the Hamtramck field where it all began - Detroit Metro Times
More than six decades after Ike Blessitt first caught the attention of major-league scouts on a baseball diamond in Hamtramck, the former Detroit Tiger is returning to where it all began.
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September 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
A former Detroit Tiger is heading back to the Hamtramck field where his baseball career began.
Ike Blessitt returns Saturday for a baseball classic at historic Hamtramck Stadium, with proceeds helping support his athletic academy and backyard batting cage. www.metrotimes.com/arts/things-...
Ike Blessitt returns Saturday for a baseball classic at historic Hamtramck Stadium, with proceeds helping support his athletic academy and backyard batting cage. www.metrotimes.com/arts/things-...
More of the Rouge River is about to become easier to explore. Work is underway on a 1.9-mile expansion of the Rouge Gateway Greenway in Dearborn. www.metrotimes.com/news/rouge-g...
Rouge Gateway Greenway is growing again in Dearborn - Detroit Metro Times
Phase 2 of the Rouge Gateway Greenway will add nearly two miles of new trail along the Rouge River in Dearborn.
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September 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
More of the Rouge River is about to become easier to explore. Work is underway on a 1.9-mile expansion of the Rouge Gateway Greenway in Dearborn. www.metrotimes.com/news/rouge-g...
Six Detroit restaurants are putting climate action on the menu this month with plant-based specials for Eat for Impact.
From mushroom calamari to jerk cauliflower steak, here’s what’s being served around the city. www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/s...
From mushroom calamari to jerk cauliflower steak, here’s what’s being served around the city. www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/s...
Six Detroit restaurants are serving climate-friendly specials this month - Detroit Metro Times
Six local restaurants are participating in the second annual Eat for Impact, a monthlong initiative built around plant-based food, lower-carbon choices, and the idea that doing something good for the ...
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September 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Six Detroit restaurants are putting climate action on the menu this month with plant-based specials for Eat for Impact.
From mushroom calamari to jerk cauliflower steak, here’s what’s being served around the city. www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/s...
From mushroom calamari to jerk cauliflower steak, here’s what’s being served around the city. www.metrotimes.com/food-drink/s...
Russell Peters says comedy is a necessity in a world that feels increasingly fucked up.
Ahead of his Detroit show, he talks race, politics, Abdul El-Sayed, prejudice, and why laughter can still create common ground. www.metrotimes.com/arts/russell...
Ahead of his Detroit show, he talks race, politics, Abdul El-Sayed, prejudice, and why laughter can still create common ground. www.metrotimes.com/arts/russell...
Russell Peters opens up about race, politics and why he still needs comedy - Detroit Metro Times
Russell Peters talks race, prejudice, politics, and why making people laugh still matters.
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September 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Russell Peters says comedy is a necessity in a world that feels increasingly fucked up.
Ahead of his Detroit show, he talks race, politics, Abdul El-Sayed, prejudice, and why laughter can still create common ground. www.metrotimes.com/arts/russell...
Ahead of his Detroit show, he talks race, politics, Abdul El-Sayed, prejudice, and why laughter can still create common ground. www.metrotimes.com/arts/russell...
Detroit’s Senate Theater is turning 100. It’s celebrating with the same silent film it showed on opening night in 1926, plus live Wurlitzer music and a “Party of the Century.” www.metrotimes.com/arts/senate-...
Senate Theater turns 100 with silent films, live organ music and a big Detroit party - Detroit Metro Times
The Senate Theater is turning 100 years old and will celebrate with the same combination of movies and live music that filled the theater a century ago.
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September 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Detroit’s Senate Theater is turning 100. It’s celebrating with the same silent film it showed on opening night in 1926, plus live Wurlitzer music and a “Party of the Century.” www.metrotimes.com/arts/senate-...
Stevie Wonder brings a Motown masterpiece home to Detroit www.metrotimes.com/music-2/stev...
Stevie Wonder brings a Motown masterpiece home to Detroit - Detroit Metro Times
Stevie Wonder is coming home to Detroit for two nights, and he’s bringing “Songs in the Key of Life” with him.
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September 8, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Stevie Wonder brings a Motown masterpiece home to Detroit www.metrotimes.com/music-2/stev...
Tap, drums, jazz and hip-hop come together on “Introducing METAL FEET,” the new collaboration from Detroit artists Rick Williams and J.R. Le Mon Bey. The pair bring it to Michigan Central on Sept. 11. www.metrotimes.com/music-2/a-so...
A soulful Detroit collaboration blends tap, drums, jazz and hip-hop - Detroit Metro Times
Interdisciplinary artist Rick Williams and musician and producer J.R. Le Mon Bey will be the featured artists at Michigan Central’s “Fridays at the Station” during Detroit Month of Design on Sept. 11.
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September 8, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Tap, drums, jazz and hip-hop come together on “Introducing METAL FEET,” the new collaboration from Detroit artists Rick Williams and J.R. Le Mon Bey. The pair bring it to Michigan Central on Sept. 11. www.metrotimes.com/music-2/a-so...
Wu-Tang Clan brought The Final Chamber tour to Pine Knob on Sunday night, with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony along for the ride. See photos from The Final Chamber tour. www.metrotimes.com/music-2/phot...
Photos: Wu-Tang Clan brings The Final Chamber tour to Pine Knob - Detroit Metro Times
Wu-Tang Clan brought more than 30 years of hip-hop history to Pine Knob on Sunday night.
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September 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Wu-Tang Clan brought The Final Chamber tour to Pine Knob on Sunday night, with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony along for the ride. See photos from The Final Chamber tour. www.metrotimes.com/music-2/phot...
Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson brought Freaks on Parade to Pine Knob Friday night, with The Hu and Orgy along for the ride. See photos from the show from Metro Times' Joe Maroon.
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Photos: Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson bring Freaks on Parade to Pine Knob - Detroit Metro Times
Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson brought their Freaks on Parade tour to Pine Knob Music Theatre on Friday night, delivering a double dose of theatrical hard rock to Clarkston.
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September 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson brought Freaks on Parade to Pine Knob Friday night, with The Hu and Orgy along for the ride. See photos from the show from Metro Times' Joe Maroon.
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Five days, four clubs, 13 headliners, and a whole lot of stand-up. The Motor City Comedy Festival returns Sept. 16-20 with Zainab Johnson, Asif Ali, Johnny Pemberton, Emily Wilson, Demetrius Fields, and plenty more. www.metrotimes.com/arts/motor-c...
Motor City Comedy Festival packs Detroit and Hamtramck with rising stand-up stars - Detroit Metro Times
The Motor City Comedy Festival returns Sept. 16-20 with 13 headliners performing at Mic Drop Comedy Detroit, Ant Hall, The Independent Comedy Club, and The Comedy Bar.
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September 4, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Five days, four clubs, 13 headliners, and a whole lot of stand-up. The Motor City Comedy Festival returns Sept. 16-20 with Zainab Johnson, Asif Ali, Johnny Pemberton, Emily Wilson, Demetrius Fields, and plenty more. www.metrotimes.com/arts/motor-c...