News & Views

• ICYMI

  ICYMI: 4 die at Faster Horses festival, the cost to weather-proof Michigan’s infrastructure, and other stories you may have missed

  By Metro Times editorial staff

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Inside the Flint water crisis cover-up: Top officials’ missing phone messages and Rick Snyder’s legal war against prosecutors

  Phones belonging to top state health department officials were found with no text messages from the period Flint switched its drinking water, and environmental officials’ phones were allegedly ‘wiped clean’

  By Jordan Chariton and Jenn Dize

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Ex-Detroit police chief Craig launches fundraising campaign as he preps for gubernatorial run

  By Steve Neavling

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Michiganders with autism, hearing impairments can now opt to inform law enforcement of their communication needs

  By Jerilyn Jordan

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  US extends nonessential travel restrictions through August

  By Alex Washington

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  MI health officials prioritize equity in calls for residents to get vaccinated

  By Lily Bohlke, Michigan News Connection

  Jul 22, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Legislature yanks Whitmer’s emergency powers used during pandemic — and governor can’t veto

  By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance

  Jul 22, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Detroit City Council approves reparations measure, but challenges lie ahead

  By Steve Neavling

  Jul 22, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Historic Negro League ballpark in Hamtramck to get new life with $2.6M in renovations

  By Steve Neavling

  Jul 23, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  The Department of Justice will not investigate Michigan nursing homes

  By Shannon Stocking

  Jul 23, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, hatched in Ohio, was conceived and steered by FBI

  By Sam Allard

  Jul 26, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Michigan state board to review rejected initiative to protect LGBTQ residents from discrimination

  By Steve Neavling

  Jul 26, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Wayne County man exonerated in 2001 double murder is awarded $10M

  By Steve Neavling

  Jul 26, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Rep. Jewell Jones justifies spending campaign funds at strip club, saying he believed it was a lounge

  By Alex Washington

  Jul 26, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Whitmer raises a record $8.6M in her reelection bid, far more than entire field of GOP challengers

  By Steve Neavling

  Jul 27, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood receives state historical marker

  By Alex Washington

  Jul 27, 2021

  
• Metro Detroit

  Councilman Spivey to be indicted on bribery charge, attorney says

  By Steve Neavling

  Jul 27, 2021

  
• Politics & Elections

  The White House is pressuring Facebook to crack down on vaccine misinformation. That’s a bad precedent.

  By Jeffrey C. Billman

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Politics & Elections

  The good, the bad, and the ugly of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package

  By Abdul El-Sayed

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Savage Love

  Savage Love: My wife cheated on me with my best friend in the hot tub

  By Dan Savage

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Comics

  FBI abuse

  By Clay Jones

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Comics

  The former guy

  By Tom Tomorrow

  Jul 21, 2021

  

Arts & Culture

• Arts

  Concert of Colors returns to Detroit next month with in-person and virtual programming

  By Shannon Stocking

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Arts

  Adeshola Makinde's 'Relevant' highlights civil rights protest signs of past and present at Playground Detroit

  By Jerilyn Jordan

  Jul 28, 2021

  
• Movies

  Nicolas Cage rises from the muck in ‘Pig’

  By George Elkind

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Things to Do

  First-ever BLKOUT Walls Festival, Moodymann, Concours d’Elegance, and more things to do in Detroit this week

  By Metro Times editorial staff

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Horoscopes

  Free Will Astrology (July 20-27)

  By Rob Brezsny

  Jul 21, 2021

  

Food & Drink

• Food News

  Buddy's Pizza is opening two more Michigan restaurants in 2022

  By Lee DeVito

  Jul 21, 2021

  
• Food News

  Detroit's Grand Trunk Pub reopens with ticketed preview after more than a year of renovations

  By Jerilyn Jordan

  Jul 22, 2021

  
• Food News

  Former RecoveryPark farm associate accuses owner of intending to 'flip' properties given by Detroit for profit

  By Lee DeVito

  Jul 23, 2021

  
• Food News

  Detroit chef to debut cheesecake egg rolls for National Cheesecake Day

  By Marisa Kalil-Barrino

  Jul 26, 2021

  
• Food News

  ImaginATE brings creativity and fine dining to downtown Royal Oak

  By Alex Washington

  Jul 26, 2021

  
• Food News

  Stroh’s is Michigan’s favorite ‘trashy’ beer

  By Alex Washington

  Jul 27, 2021

  
• Food News

  Detroit Whisky Festival will get you tipsy at Eastern Market

  By Jerilyn Jordan

  Jul 28, 2021

  
• Restaurant reviews

  Yellow Light serves up delectable drive-thru doughnuts on Detroit’s east side

  By Jane Slaughter

  Jul 21, 2021

  

Music

• Music News

  The Rolling Stones keep fucking going, will perform in Detroit this year

  By Jerilyn Jordan

  Jul 22, 2021

  
• Music News

  For a limited time, you can score $20 'all-in' tickets at these Detroit-area music venues this summer

  By Lee DeVito

  Jul 22, 2021

  
• Music News

  Tommystock returns to Lake Orion campground with two-days of music and camping

  By Jerilyn Jordan

  Jul 28, 2021

  
• Music News

  Detroit's El Club prepares for week-long reopening celebration with Danny Brown, Negative Approach, Sada Baby, and more

  By Jerilyn Jordan

  Jul 28, 2021

  
• Music News

  Detroit's Concert of Colors returns for annual celebration of music, culture, and diversity

  By Jerilyn Jordan

  Jul 28, 2021

  

Weed

• Canna-Business

  Frankenmuth Credit Union launches new program to service cannabis businesses despite legal grey area

  By Jerilyn Jordan

  Jul 27, 2021

  
• One Hitters

  How to get your criminal records expunged in Michigan

  By Lee DeVito

  Jul 27, 2021

  

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