The trumpet-keyboard player and company play jazz fusion that can tap into the genre's wooly excitements. Co-produced by Walter and Warren Defever. More at music.justinwalter.net. —W. Kim Heron

Occupy: on the move

Cover Story: How a broad-based movement came into being, how it's growing, and who's joining up By Curt Guyette 12/7/2011

Where to Party 2011 Away

Cover Story: The possibilities are endless for the last night of the year ... if you want to go out on the town, we've got 150 or so specifics ... By MT Staff 12/21/2011

$Detroit Music: The Ultimate sightseer\$

Detroit Music: The Ultimate sightseer's guide

Cover Story: MT's map to the city's key sites, spanning decades and genres By MT Music Staff 12/14/2011

Hive mind

Cover Story: Why Steve Nawara's eclectic Beehive label matters By Chris Handyside 11/30/2011

Through our eyes

Cover Story: Selections from the MT Flickr pool By MT Staff 11/16/2011

Occupying Democracy

Cover Story: Texas' foremost populist says, 'We the People, not We the Corporations' By Jim Hightower 11/9/2011

High Stakes

Now three years old, Michigan's medical marijuana law is still getting sorted out By Curt Guyette 11/2/2011

The Pot Issue 2011

Cover Story: Pot Issue: What's the deal on Michigan MMJ law? What is Phat Kat smoking? What's proper etiquette for heads? Why a leading cop is rethinking prohibition. By MT Staff 11/2/2011

Valley of the doll

Cover Story: Bowie-adoring, Pokémon-loving songster wants to be the most famous boy in the world, no matter what Simon Cowell tells him By Kent Alexander 10/26/2011

Sloshed 2011

Cover Story: Tashmoo Biergarten, the latest local products, Detroit cocktails past and present, and listings of some of the best places to hoist a pint glass By MT Staff 10/19/2011

Coffey blast

Cover Story: This Detroit funk legend and obscure guitar hero grew tired of standing in the shadows, so he staged a mighty comeback By Jonathan Cunningham 10/12/2011

$Ain\$

Ain't too proud to beg

Cover Story: Six stories of hardscrabble lives on the streets of Detroit By Detroitblogger John 10/5/2011

A split in the seam *

Cover Story: Fashion designers Fotoula Lambros and Emily Thornhill were a rising star team; now they're staking claims in Detroit with independently awesome aesthetics By Travis R. Wright 9/28/2011

Chain of sorrow

Cover Story: The legacy of Indian boarding schools, and the documentary that attempts to heal still-open wounds By Curt Guyette 9/21/2011

Going corporate

Fall Arts Issue: The Hygienic Dress League reinvents street art by mocking advertising — and more ... By Travis R. Wright 9/14/2011

Blinded by the fright

Cover Story: We're 10 years past the Twin Towers attack and still fighting wars in its name. Can we open our eyes in time? By Tom Hayden 9/7/2011

9/11 by the numbers

Cover Story: Summing up 10 years with statistics By Curt Guyette 9/7/2011

$It\$

It's natural, bay-bee

Last Blasts of Summer: Jazz great J.C. Heard: A reminiscence of sorts By W. Kim Heron 8/31/2011

Your College Bucket List

College Guide 2011: The must-do highlights of higher learning By Ally Levine 8/24/2011

Justice for All

Cover Story: A grassroots movement declares minorities and the poor shouldn't unfairly bear the brunt of pollution By Sandra Svoboda 8/17/2011

Field of dreams

Cover Story: How a self-taught artist and craftsman defines himself through an elaborate dream set in hand-crafted miniatures By Megan O'Neil 8/10/2011

Born in Jersey, Made in Detroit

Cover Story: The lessons of David Blair By Travis R. Wright 8/3/2011

$California Dreamin\$

California Dreamin'

Cover Story: The ballad of a local kid who loved movies and comic books so much he moved to Hollywood...where he writes movies and comic books By Brian Smith 7/27/2011

Cover Story: Sites like Kickstarter are redefining the fundraising process for entrepreneurs, artists, and activists. Detroit's Jerry Paffendorf is among its first wave of visionaries By Travis R. Wright 7/20/2011

Court and Cross

Cover Story: Michigan case puts church v. state before the U.S. Supreme Court By Sandra Svoboda 7/13/2011

Up against the banks

Cover Story: The effort to halt foreclosures grows By Curt Guyette 7/6/2011

3rd times (still) a charm

Cover Story: With a new class of fellows, Kresge Arts in Detroit has poured $1.3 million into the region's arts community By Travis R. Wright 6/29/2011

Portrait of the artist as a young woman

Cover Story: The should-have-been hits and misses of Aretha's years at Columbia Records By Brian Smith 6/22/2011

In Defense of Gaga

Cover Story: One writer makes a case why she's the greatest pop star on the planet By Bill Holdship 6/8/2011

Represent

Cover Story: Star Detroit emcee Elzhi tackles his own nostalgia and creates an ear-bending homage to Nas' Illmatic By Travis R. Wright 6/1/2011

Sonic reducer

Movement 2011: MOVEMENT: Detroit's Electronic Music Festival 2011 is here By Walter Wasacz 5/25/2011

The party at the end of the world

Cover Story: From Burning man to Detroit in time for the rapture By Michael Jackman 5/18/2011

Salt of the Earth

Cover Story: Chris Bathgate made one of the best records of the year. So why's he fighting for relevance? By Travis R. Wright 5/11/2011

Keepers of the Flame

Cover Story: How the Detroit Fire Guild is igniting Detroit's most anarchic pagan parties By Michael Jackman 5/4/2011

$Public Square - Readers\$

Public Square - Readers' Choice

Best of Detroit 2011: Our local riches, from media to politics to business and more, as judged by our readers By Metro Times readers 4/27/2011

Circle of lies

Cover Story: Perjury and its consequences a Wayne County court By Curt Guyette 4/20/2011

$They\$

They're not laughing with you ...

News: These tax truths explain how the rich are hosing the rest of us. By David Cay Johnston 4/13/2011

Inge Season

Opening Day Issue: The Tigers third baseman, Detroit and Opening Day By Sandra Svoboda 4/6/2011

The Dickens of Detroit

Cover Story: Elmore Leonard talks cops, the Motor City, George Clooney and the worst movie ever made By Brett Callwood 3/30/2011

Just face it

Cover Story: Creative captures in Detroit By Travis R. Wright 3/23/2011

From Belfast to Blackthorn

Cover Story: How Irishman Richard McMullan rambled to Detroit and started his band By Travis R. Wright 3/16/2011

Public eye

Cover Story: As federal oversight of the Detroit Police Department approaches its eighth year, citizen watchdogs are looking to become more involved By Curt Guyette 3/9/2011

Of bats and beats

Blowout: Phantasmagoria mixes digital and organic sounds for a dreamy racket By Lee DeVito 3/2/2011

Might Rail?

Cover Story: Hopes are high for the Woodward Corridor - But obstacles remain By Sandra Svoboda 2/23/2011

Game up!

Cover Story: For rapper Danny Brown, it's not the Adderall, the weed or the hood, it's dope skills, cred and the Internet By Jonathan Cunningham 2/16/2011

Love & Lust make the world go round

The Lust Issue: A sampling from more than 1,000 reader comments on matters of the head, heart and other regions By Metro Times readers 2/9/2011

The Bill Bondsmen are pissed off

Cover Story: Career opportunities are the ones that never knock -The Clash By Brett Callwood 2/2/2011

Desolation angel

Cover Story: A bank-robbing preacher leads a flock of addicts and hookers straight out of Detroit's gutters By Detroitblogger John 1/26/2011

Disassembly lines

Cover Story: Detroit author spent a year inside a stamping plant as it lay dying. By Travis R. Wright 1/19/2011

When innocence is pink

Cover Story: Wrongly convicted women fight for recognition, support, remedies By Sandra Svoboda 1/12/2011

Dark stars

Cover Story: How Detroit more than matches Gotham City and Metropolis, all from the minds of comic genius By Brett Callwood 1/5/2011

$Top 10s of \$

Top 10s of '10

Cover Story: Notable releases, shows and more put the year in relief By Metro Times music writers 12/29/2010

Maybe you missed them ...

Cover Story: Some lives and how they mattered By Metro Times staff 12/22/2010

When Matty wins, we all lose.

Cover Story: How political clout beat the public interest By Curt Guyette 12/15/2010

His aim is true

Cover Story: This guy has been documenting Detroit life and movement for 60 years - and he's not done yet By Travis R. Wright 12/8/2010

How the West was won

Cover Story: On the road to L.A. (and stardom) with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. By Travis R. Wright 12/1/2010

$Season\$

Season's greening!

The Gift Guide: Suggested ways to replace your cash with gifts for the holidays By Metro Times Staff 11/24/2010

Re-Detroit

Cover Story: Seeking the vision for a revitalized city By Sandra Svoboda 11/17/2010

The Music Issue

The Music Issue: Detroit's greatest hits that should have been By Metro Times music staff 11/10/2010

End the war

The Pot Issue: Criminalizing marijuana use is (still) a losing proposition By Curt Guyette 11/3/2010

Outlaw Country

Cover Story: A daughter exhumes her father's photos of his '60s biker brethren. And you've not seen anything like it By Travis R. Wright 10/27/2010

The big deal

Cover Story: Bobb wants Detroit's debt forgiven in exchange for new district administration ... or else By Sandra Svoboda 10/13/2010

Behind the blinders

Cover Story: Finding the 10 most underreported stories of the last year By Rebecca Bowe 10/6/2010

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