Vol. 31, No. 48
What might have been
A glimpse into an alternate past, and the way forward
By Jack Lessenberry
Comic pursuit
New graphic project aims to stimulate environmentalism among youth
By Curt Guyette
Letters to the Editor
Vote Republican for revolution, reporting for Twitter and more
By Metro Times readers
Check-up time: Is your doctor taking drug company cash?
By W. Kim Heron
Onstage with Obama
How I wound up sharing the spotlight with the president
By Larry Gabriel
Peace out?
Center for Peace and Conflict Studies hangs in the balance
Probing questions
Some quick questions from a 16-year-old and more
By Dan Savage
Toronto International Film Festival Diary Day 3: Saturday, Sept. 10
By Daniel Joyaux
Day Five & Six of the Toronto Film Festival
By Jeff Meyers
Going corporate
The Hygienic Dress League reinvents street art by mocking advertising — and more ...
By Travis R. Wright
Day Seven and Eight of the Toronto Film Festival
No apologies
Stand-up laugh-riot Nick DiPaolo on goofball Rick Perry, strip clubs and pink plastic pee pees
By Corey Hall
Fall Arts List
A roundup of upcoming art exhibits, dance events, theatrical performances and literary happenings
By Metro Times editorial staff
Designing Detroit
Expectations and revelations from the inaugural Detroit Design Week
Political theater
Magenta Giraffe introduces the season with a ripe rarity from a master dramatist
It's clobberin' time
In Dearborn an homage to comic-book royalty
By Justin Rose
Round up the prime suspects
TV's new season is rife with knockoffs, resurrections and lots of questions
By Jim McFarlin
Drive
Who's gonna drive you home? - Michael Mann meets David Lynch meets Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Ryan Gosling? Hell, yes.
Higher Ground
God on our side - Higher Ground pays its ultimate compliments to the complexities of human nature
Local heroics
Zingerman’s Roadhouse brings the area's fresh bounty to the table with flair and flavor
By Jane Slaughter
Food Stuff
Dakota Inn's Octoberfest, Olga's fundraiser and more
Dance away
Charm Farm signed to major and had a massive radio hit. So what happened?
By Brett Callwood
DIY Street Fair
Ferndale's festival of crafts, music, and beer
By Jeff Milo
True to indie
Some label blew it because Prussia's about to crush us
Rok you up
Cosmic Slop kicks out the black rock jams in Ann Arbor
By Kent Alexander
City Slang: Weekly music review roundup
City Slang: Don Was goes back to school
DJ Premier Likes Will Sessions
By Jonathan Cunningham
City Slang: Danny Brown gets Slate-d
Big Sean Announces His 30 City Tour
Passalacqua
City Slang: Charm Farm bring in the clowns at DIY
Tribe closes out Red Bull Academy
City Slang: “Rock ‘N Roll Again” revisited
City Slang: Candy Band put on kiddie music extravaganza
Homecoming gig for multi-instrumentalist Ralph “Buzzy” Jones
City Slang: Alice Cooper hits the Whisky
Indie rockers new- and old- coming through town on school nights
Let It Grow
Fighting back for freedom on two continents
By John Sinclair
