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Fewer people are being held in Michigan prisons.

Michigan prison population hits 30-year low as parole expands, fewer offenders return

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May 7, 2025

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Motor City Comic Con has grown popular over the years.

35 years of Motor City Comic Con

By Jim McFarlin

Image: Amp Fiddler to be honored with street name in Detroit’s Conant Gardens

Amp Fiddler to be honored with street name in Detroit’s Conant Gardens

Police respond to an antiwar demonstration at the University of Michigan Museum of Art on May 3.

Advocates demand Nessel drop remaining charges against pro-Palestinian protesters

By Steve Neavling

Things To Do

Today

Image: A-10 Warthog and more..Aviation Pop Art Impressionism "Fly High Take Chances" by Greg upshur

@ Oakland County International Airport -- Thu., May 8, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Fri., May 9, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

A-10 Warthog and more..Aviation Pop Art Impressionism "Fly High Take Chances" by Greg upshur

Tomorrow

Image: The Rat Pack Lounge

@ Meadow Brook Theatre -- Thu., May 8, 8 p.m., Fri., May 9, 8 p.m., Sat., May 10, 6 p.m., Sun., May 11, 2 & 6:30 p.m., Wed., May 14, 2 & 8 p.m., Thu., May 15, 8 p.m., Fri., May 16, 8 p.m., Sat., May 17, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., May 18, 2 p.m.

The Rat Pack Lounge

Events

Amyl and The Sniffers

@ Royal Oak Music Theatre

Sat., May 10, 7 p.m.

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News & Views

A lawsuit accuses Sgt. Jordan Dottor of sending repeated requests for explicit content via Snapchat and text messages.

Dearborn Heights cops say supervisor coerced them into sex, sent dick pics over Snapchat

By Steve Neavling

Women at the Huron Valley Correctional Facility alleges they were video-recorded when they were naked.

$500M lawsuit alleges widespread filming of naked women in Michigan prison

By Steve Neavling

A mural by artist Marilyn Rondon outside of El Club in Southwest Detroit.

Detroit’s El Club closes over ‘police intimidation’ on Cinco de Mayo weekend

By Steve Neavling

A former employee of the Michigan Department of Corrections has sued the agency and its spokesman for alleged retaliation, sexual abuse.

MDOC, ex-spokesman accused of sexual abuse and retaliation in lawsuit

By Steve Neavling

Arts & Culture

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Free Will Astrology (May 7-13)

From left: Thunderbolts* assembles a ragtag team of Bucky (Sebastian Stan), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Yelena (Florence Pugh), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), and Red Guardian (David Harbour).

‘Thunderbolts*’ jolts faltering Marvel Cinematic Universe back to life

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

The House of Tarot exhibit gives us major Silent Hill vibes (in a good way). Matt Rozensky’s Judgment installation.

Detroit’s former Herman Kiefer Hospital has been transformed into ‘The House of Tarot’

By Randiah Camille Green

Food & Drink

Tens of thousands of bees teem inside a hive just placed in the Wunsch Farms cherry orchards on Old Mission Peninsula. May 1, 2025.

Florida bees hard at work in Michigan cherry orchards

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

Image: Kim Nhung Superfood expands in Madison Heights while keeping Vietnamese culture at its core

Kim Nhung Superfood expands in Madison Heights while keeping Vietnamese culture at its core

The Franklin Oyster Bar & Eatery is built in a historic 1848 carriage house.

Ex Rocket Companies CEO’s Franklin Oyster Bar readies for opening

Detroit City Distillery’s Flower Day vodka bottle feature artwork by local artist Ivan Montoya.

Detroit City Distillery’s new vodka is inspired by Eastern Market’s Flower Day

Music

Image: 2025 Movement Festival preview: Father Dukes

2025 Movement Festival preview: Father Dukes

Image: The White Stripes earn rightful place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The White Stripes earn rightful place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Fans at the AfroFuture Festival.

AfroFuture Detroit festival reveals full 2025 lineup

Weed

Michigan regulators banned Youssef Barakat from working in the cannabis industry in the state follow several serious allegations.

Michigan permanently bans cannabis businessman Youssef Barakat, accused of serious violations

By Steve Neavling

Image: The future of Michigan cannabis depends on what you buy

The future of Michigan cannabis depends on what you buy

By Steve Neavling

Hemp-derived THC is not regulated in Michigan.

Macomb County cannabis business accused of illegally using hemp-derived THC concentrate

By Steve Neavling

Image: Michigan’s struggling cannabis industry pushes lawmakers for urgent reforms

Michigan’s struggling cannabis industry pushes lawmakers for urgent reforms

By Steve Neavling

Detroit in Pictures

Sturgill Simpson With his 2014 breakthrough Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, Kentucky-born Sturgill Simpson helped rejuvenate the genre with a neo-outlaw sound. He’s spent the rest of his career gleefully defying expectations: tapping Amy Winehouse’s former backing band the Dap-Kings for the Grammy-winning A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, soundtracking an anime film with the hard-rocking Sound & Fury, and releasing a suite of bluegrass albums in 2020 and 2021. When a vocal cord injury seemed like it might end his career, Simpson once again pivoted. Released under the moniker Johnny Blue Skies last year, Simpson’s Passage du Desir exists somewhere between Jimmy Buffet and Pink Floyd, but the live shows are on another level. Simpson and his tight band draw from his entire catalog, interspersed with long stretches of improvisational noodling to give his voice a rest — delighting fans of jam bands. And somehow, it’s still very country. Starts at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 10 at Meadowbrook Amphitheatre, 3554 Walton Blvd., Rochester Hills; ticketmaster.com. Tickets start at $59.50.

What’s going on in metro Detroit this week (May 7-13)

Image: All the colorful characters we saw at Detroit’s Space Dive ‘Star Wars’ fan event [PHOTOS]

All the colorful characters we saw at Detroit’s Space Dive ‘Star Wars’ fan event [PHOTOS]

By Mike Pfeiffer

Image: AC/DC electrifies Detroit on Power Up Tour [PHOTOS]

AC/DC electrifies Detroit on Power Up Tour [PHOTOS]

With a similar embrace of the natural surroundings, artist James Rodriguez sat painting a landscape, surrounded by his other paintings of the natural world hanging from trees nearby with a Henry David Thoreau-type vibe.

Detroit park turns art gallery, for Earth Day festivities

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