The Year of the Bird
A look back at the peak season of Detroit Tigers pitcher Mark Fidrych’s legendary career
By Joe Lapointe
Vol. 42, No. 37
Petty Cash opens, a 'woke' HVAC ad, and an infused pizza party: The top 10 Metro Times headlines of the week
Here's what our readers were interested in this week
By Alex Washington
Complaint alleges Detroit Institute of Arts does not qualify for reaccreditation
Whistleblower Aid firm hopes to force DIA director Salvador Salort-Pons out following toxic workplace allegations from 2020
By Randiah Camille Green
Detroit City Council sets up reparations task force
The body is charged with helping to determine how to address what many Detroiters said is a legacy of governmental systemic racism
By Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance
Detroiters call for environmental protections caused by hazardous-waste plant
U.S. Ecology received two dozen violation notices for environmental contamination since 2014
By Steve Neavling
Second case of monkeypox in Michigan confirmed in Detroit resident
Monkeypox is believed to be fatal in 6% of the cases
Kwame Kilpatrick is under federal investigation for unpaid restitution to City of Detroit
The former mayor recently started a crowdfunding campaign to buy house in Florida
Gov. Whitmer calls on Biden to OK over-the-counter birth control pills
The letter comes the same day that Michigan-based Perrigo asked the FDA to approve its birth control pill for over-the-counter sale, the first time a pharmaceutical company had done so
By Lee DeVito
Macomb Prosecutor Lucido sexually harassed employees, used office for campaign, probe finds
The report recommended that Lucido receive bias training
Clown court: Extremists don’t care about torching SCOTUS’s legitimacy
On fire
By Jeffrey C. Billman
Record number of signatures collected to put abortion rights on Michigan ballot in November
The ballot measure would enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution
Activists submit signatures to put voting rights on the ballot in Michigan
The initiative calls for nine days of early voting, secure drop boxes, ballot tracking, and other measures
In the span of 10 days, the Supreme Court took us back 10 decades
Courting hypocrisy
By Abdul El-Sayed
I’m gay — should I be worried about monkeypox?
There are more than 5,000 cases all over the world, and almost all of them are among gay and bi men
By Dan Savage
Witching hour
By Tom Tomorrow
Independence Day Lady
By Clay Jones
‘Apples’ peels back the power of personal loss
Christos Nikou’s directorial debut is one of the most original, if understated, movies of the year
By Eileen G'Sell
Detroit Kite Festival returns to Belle Isle
About 1,000 kites will fly over the island state park
Free Will Astrology (July 6-12)
This week’s homework: Take a specific action to diminish the sadness you feel about your No. 1 regret
By Rob Brezsny
New restaurant Petty Cash opens on Detroit’s historic Avenue of Fashion
The menu is described as ‘soulful upscale and approachable’
By Darlene A. White
Ima Izakaya is now open in former Gold Cash Gold in Detroit’s Corktown
The new spot, not far from Ima’s first location, is officially open for lunch and dinner six days a week
Detroit's Cass Cafe to close for good this month
The cafe and exhibition space was an institution for local artists
Insomnia Cookies opens in Detroit
The late-night sweet shop will open its first Detroit store near Wayne State campus
Street Beet’s Megan Shaw joins Ferndale’s Public House to oversee vegan kitchen
Shaw was recently tapped by the restaurant as a consultant to help develop its expanded vegan menu
Yum Village’s second Motor City location is now open in former Detroit Vegan Soul space
The West Village shop is carry-out focused with Sunday brunch in the outdoor garden space
New Mediterranean restaurant Bohemia opens in Royal Oak
Menu highlights include branzino, lamb chops, vegan kafta, and halloumi cheese
Momento Gelato and Coffee brings a scoop of Italy to Detroit
The owner of this Corktown spot learned the craft during several 2017 trips to Bologna
By Tom Perkins
Detroit’s Mac Saturn is ready for takeoff
The band members not only make music together, but they live together in Detroit’s Historic Boston Edison District
By Madeline Byrne
Artist Rebecca Goldberg recorded soundscapes of Detroit and Michigan for BBC Radiophonic Travel Agency project
Goldberg will lead a series of six bimonthly soundwalk events where attendees can make their own field recordings
By Konstantina Buhalis
DJ Ash Lauryn hosts new BBC Radio documentary on history of techno
‘Techno: A Social History’ explores the music’s social justice undertones from Detroit to Berlin
Marijuana giant closes 4 dispensaries in Michigan, but plans to open 3 more at different locations
Even large cannabis companies are struggling in a market saturated with marijuana
Former Fox 2 Detroit news anchor to host ‘high tea’ cannabis party
‘Weed-tastic’ event aims to educate users on marijuana’s medicinal uses as Anqunette Jamison Sarfoh releases new line of prerolls
