Detroit Tigers opening day marks 25th baseball season at Comerica Park
Play ball!
By Josh Cohen
What kinds of chaos are the Tigers conjuring up this season?
The view from the cheap seats: Does last year’s surprising playoff success even matter in 2025? Our man in the bleachers has got the scoop.
By Steve Butts
Detroit Tigers 2025 opening day parties
Whether or not you have tickets to the big game, there are plenty of ways to show your team spirit downtown
By Lee DeVito
Vol. 45, No. 23
Billboards target Wayne State’s ‘cruel’ dog experiments, urge lawmakers to take action
A new campaign has been launched in support of Queenie’s Law, bipartisan legislation named after a stray dog that was killed at WSU
By Steve Neavling
Lapointe: Reflections on Opening Day
Could all four Detroit teams get good at the same time?
By Joe Lapointe
The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That era could be ending.
Political tensions are threatening the future of the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ and Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
Planned Parenthood of Michigan to close clinics, cut staff amid funding threats
The nonprofit health organization says it will reduce staffing by 10%
McMorrow launches Senate bid, denouncing Republican and Democratic establishments
“We need new leaders. Because the same people in D.C. who got us into this mess are not going to be the ones to get us out of it,” the Democrat said
‘Death of a Unicorn’ and the death of subtlety
Satire can still be broad and “dumb” while being hilarious and thought-provoking
By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features
FoolMoon and FestiFools parades to rock downtown Ann Arbor
Friday’s “Rhythum & Fools” event features performances from the Detroit Party Marching Band, the winner of the Neutral Zone’s Battle of the Bands contest, and the Community High and University of Michigan jazz programs
36th Erotic Poetry and Music Festival brings burlesque and more to Ferndale
The annual event had its start in the Cass Corridor and bills itself as Detroit’s oldest community arts festival
Astronomicon launches in larger Ypsilanti venue
Celebrity guests for this year’s pop culture convention include Bruce Campbell, Tommy Chong, Jason Lee, and many more
PAWCHELLA returns to Dearborn with two-day animal festival and adoption drive
The event will feature live music, food, vendors, animal exhibitions, and pet adoptions
Detroit Opera offers $25 tickets for city residents
The new deal for Detroiters is available starting with this weekend’s sci-fi take on Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’
Metro Detroit native Curtis Chin brings acclaimed memoir home on statewide book tour
The award-winning author and filmmaker is promoting his book ‘Everything I learned, I learned in a Chinese Restaurant’
Free Will Astrology (April 2-8)
What do the stars have in store for you this week?
By Rob Brezsny
Grey Ghost’s ‘Little Ghost’ to open this summer in Ferndale
The Detroit restaurant says it hopes to open even more locations
Marcus Elliot arrives with Big Motifs
... and I can still feel the music in my bones.
By Ryan Patrick Hooper
Michigan’s obsession with disposable vapes is creating a toxic waste crisis
Cheap, single-use vape pens are flooding the market with hazardous trash that’s nearly impossible to recycle
The Ultimate American Road Trip for an Epic Coast-to-Coast Adventure
By Nathalie Eder
Online Blackjack Sites in Australia, Ranked by Locals – Postcard From Nathalie Eder
America’s Famous National Parks: Must-See Breathtaking Wonders
The Ultimate Texas Road Trip: Scenic Stops & Travel Tips