Vol. 31, No. 51
Edgar Guest: America's most famous poet, and he came from Detroit
By W. Kim Heron
Wieber Fever: Flipping for a Michigan gymnast at the World Champs
By Sandra Svoboda
Local church-state case before Supreme Court: A roundup
Ain't too proud to beg
Six stories of hardscrabble lives on the streets of Detroit
By Detroitblogger John
Lions & Tigers, oh, my
Sing this song and send us a video. We dare you.
By Jim McFarlin
Letters to the Editor
Comebacks, crystal balls and more
By Metro Times readers
Ambassador Bridge trial feels like Groundhog Day
By Curt Guyette
Crossing the court
Suit pits freedom of religion against employee rights
Leftward, ho!
Journalist William Greider on the great rollback
Honors for MT
We win eight awards in state press association's contest
Stinking to high heaven
Ficano’s follies include sweetheart payoff to appointee
By Jack Lessenberry
How did metro Detroit get so segregated? David Freund has answers
In wake of Occupy Wall Street, plans develop for Occupy Detroit
By Rachelle Damico
Unusual junk
My package problems leave me frustrated and alone
By Dan Savage
Thunder Soul
Groove is in the heart - How music changed the lives of an unlikely inner-city high school band
By Corey Hall
Real Steel
Tin-can sluggerfest - Forget nuance and unconvincing drama; this white-knuckler still miraculously packs a punch
Margaret
Sweet solipsism of youth - Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret is an ambitious overreach
By Jeff Meyers
Ides of March
President gas - George Clooney riffs on good people sacrificing principles in a slick package with great actors.
Restless
Emo love - Gus Van Sant blurs the lines between edgy art-house and Lifetime disease-of-the-week
Hot stuff
A shortlist of places serving thicker autumn stews, bisques, chowders, chilis, and gumbos
By Michael Jackman
Found in translation
Trizest Restaurant brings authentic Chinese fare to Sterling Heights
By Todd Abrams
Food Stuff
New coffee spot, raw autumn fare, more beer and more
By Metro Times editorial staff
Psychedelic Furriers
Mixed-sex quartet mines both sides of the Atlantic for the dizzy Detroit dark-pop that's already hitting national TV
By Brett Callwood
What up doe!
Welcome to the world of Detroit Lion Justin Durant, MT's newest music critic
By Justin Durant
Well Said: SelfSays (Pike Room - Oct 9)
By Jeff Milo
City Slang: Black Jake & the Carnies to celebrate anniversary with Ann Arbor show
City Slang: Luder to open for Kyuss Lives
"I'm Just Too Young": Beirut
City Slang: “The Romantics” revisited
City Slang: Prussia to premiere new video on Impose
City Slang: There’s no conflict of interest in music and sport
City Slang: Weekly music review roundup
2 losses to Detroit jazz: Bess Bonnier and Brad Felt (update)
City Slang: Carolyn Striho to play Dylan’s
Lessons of Prohibition
Drawing comparisons to the War on Drugs
By Larry Gabriel