Vol. 31, No. 7
Roadside Jesus
By Brian Smith
Remembering James Semark
By W. Kim Heron
Save our schools
The unusual idea that schools are for children
By Jack Lessenberry
Misunderestimating Palin's media savvy
Why you dismiss her appeal at your own risk
By Melissa Harris-Perry
Detroit music tastemaker Jim Shaw dies
By Walter Wasacz
Burning questions
Even as incinerator gets new owners, a search for answers continues
By News Hits staff
Ship happens?
Plan to transport radioactive materials on Great Lakes creates ripples of protest
Metro Retro
Looking back over 30 years of MT
By Metro Times editorial staff
Letters to the Editor
Our readers sound off one what's in MT this week
By Metro Times readers
Macho dramas?
To come or not to come? These are the questions
By Dan Savage
Moving pictures
Abandoning film, Joe Bernard taps into something that's both more up-to-date and ancient
The last song
Another Detroit mom-and-pop record shop and community hub closes its doors forever
By Detroitblogger John
Boob life
Matt Millen? C'mon, man
By Jim McFarlin
Leaving
Shallow update of Lady Chatterley's Lover with a little Madame Bovary rolled in
By Jeff Meyers
Tiny Furniture
Get beyond the it's-all-about-me ennui and there's a film lurking somewhere
Food Stuff
Carriage rides, Cuban delights and more
Authentic delights
Farmington Hills' Shangri-la Garden has more than ABC on offer
By Jane Slaughter
How the West was won
On the road to L.A. (and stardom) with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
By Travis R. Wright
Motor City Five
The Carolina Chocolate Drops top five
Music for Art's sake
Bandleader Sean Dobbins hears Blakey's message
By Charles L. Latimer
Spun
Apple days, Greenhornes, Solace and more
Blastoff
A longtime WJLB personality pieces together a conglomerate.
By Jonathan Cunningham
High notes
Bill Brown is back in town with memories of Ann Arbor's eclectic '80s music scene
By Michael Jackman
New Motor City Anthem! Moe Dirdee's "You Don't Belong in Detroit"
Jack White's Tussle With Online Fans Continues
Greater Detroit nabs 30 Grammy nods
Beware of the sharks
Talking with some of the compassionate folks behind the green boom
By Larry Gabriel
