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Image: Detroit’s Chinatown Vision Committee Announces First Annual Block Party to Celebrate Culture and Local Businesses

Detroit’s Chinatown Vision Committee Announces First Annual Block Party to Celebrate Culture and Local Businesses

By Metro Times Promotions

Tyvek 20th anniversary In its 20 years of existence, Tyvek has emerged as one of Detroit’s best contemporary rock bands thanks to its scrappy raw power and ability to shapeshift over time. Lately, the band’s lineup features Shelley Salant (Shells, XV) on guitar, Alex Glendening (Deadbeat Beat) on bass, and Jake Kmiecik (Bonny Doon) on drums; its 2023 record Overground wisely brought prominent saxophone from Emily Roll into the fold. But for its 20th anniversary party at Outer Limits Lounge, the band is celebrating its origins by performing a set with its throwback five-piece lineup of frontman Kevin Boyer along with guitarists Heath Heemsbergen (Little Claw, Ugh!) and Damon Sturdivant (Puffy Areolas, Revigorant), Larry (The Intended, Isles of ESP) on bass, and Matt Z (Mountains and Rainbows) on drums. Here’s to 20 more! Starts at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 12; Outer Limits Lounge, 5507 Caniff St., Detroit. Tickets are $23.18.

What’s going on in metro Detroit this week (July 9-15)

Image: In Her Own Words: Michelle S. Morris on Loss, Legacy, and Launching a New Life

In Her Own Words: Michelle S. Morris on Loss, Legacy, and Launching a New Life

By Metro Times Promotions

The Day the Earth Blew Up is the Looney Tunes cartoon I’ve been waiting for since I was a kid. Starring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, this hit all the right nostalgia buttons while still being an energetic and imaginative instant classic for children and their parents.

2025 mid-year best in movies and television

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

Image: Michigan Science Center’s T. rex exhibition extended again (2)

Michigan Science Center’s T. rex exhibition extended again

Local filmmaker Weam Namou wrote and directed Pomegranate, a dramedy about a young Iraqi Muslim woman navigating her identity, religious expectations, and political tensions in a predominantly Christian Iraqi neighborhood.

Metro Detroit filmmaker tells rarely heard Iraqi American story in award-winning film ‘Pomegranate’

By Steve Neavling

Nicolas Cage in the box office bomb The Wicker Man.

Hamtramck’s ‘Nicolas Uncaged’ film fest marks 10 years of celebrating Hollywood’s hardest-working actor

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Royal Oak Taco Fest Now in its fourth year, this event is set to feature more than 50 food trucks, live music, lucha libre wrestling, a Kids Zone, and more in downtown Royal Oak. New this year is a mechanical bull attraction, while JARS Cannabis will return with a cannabis lounge for adults age 21 and older. (We suggest doing the mechanical bull before hitting up the cannabis lounge.) The festival will be held east of Main Street between 11 Mile Road and Fourth Street. From Thursday, July 3-Sunday, July 6; Centennial Commons, Royal Oak; royaloaktacofest.com. Tickets are $10 advance or $12 at the door.

What’s going on in metro Detroit this week (July 2-8)

Damson Idris and Brad Pitt in F1.

Entertaining ‘F1’ stays between the lines

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

The David Klein Gallery is moving to a renovated warehouse in Ferndale for its new gallery space.

David Klein Gallery opens new Ferndale headquarters with grand opening celebration

By Steve Neavling

Why must they keep setting these movies on tropical islands?

‘Jurassic World Rebirth’: This franchise needs to evolve — or go extinct

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

Big Sean and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Rapper Big Sean is collaborating with the DSO for what’s being described as “a groundbreaking fusion of hip-hop and orchestral sound.” According to a press release, Big Sean will headline the show, with appearances by rising Detroit hip-hop acts Skilla Baby, Tee Grizzley, Illa J, Nasaan, and Queen Naija. The DSO is also set to debut a new orchestral arrangement honoring the late hip-hop producer J Dilla, who was born in Detroit and died in 2006 at 32. Since 2020, Big Sean has served as the Creative Director of Innovation for the Detroit Pistons, “providing creative counsel and strategic guidance on a variety of Pistons off-the-court initiatives, including team merchandise design, in-game experience, co-branded community and social responsibility activation, and more,” according to the release. Starts at 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 29 at Orchestra Hall in Detroit’s Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center; 3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit; ticketmaster.com. Tickets start at $110.

What’s going on in metro Detroit this week (June 25-July 1)

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