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Ringing in the New Year: 20 photos from Detroit's "D-Drop"

By on Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 10:04 pm

Over 30,000 people watched the Detroit "D-Drop" this year and of course, documented it on Instagram. Here are 22 photos of just how Detroiters rang in the new year.

All photos from Instagram

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April indie movie roundup

There are a ton of low-budget, international, and just plain off-the-radar films coming out over the next few weeks, most of which…

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

Freaky Tales This passes the vibe check. A batshit-crazy anthology of interconnected stories (set in 1987 Oakland!!) following a goofily animated green lightning that shapes the fates of several disparate Californians. If you’re like me, this movie has it all: punks vs. Nazis, rap battles, narration by Too $hort, fake cigarette burns to give the film that old-school theatrical texture, a deep love of 1980s Oakland and Bay Area hip-hop culture, a deep obsession with genre movies, the Golden State Warriors, kung-fu, cartoonish violence, Pedro Pascal, sword fights, and so very much more. Filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck take all the tricks they’ve learned in 20 years as writer-directors (including their toe-dipping into studio blockbusters with 2019’s Captain Marvel) and made what feels like a deeply personal and goofball love letter to their youth and the things that make them happy. It’s not perfect, but what is? At the end of the closing credits, there’s a brief moment where the statement “This movie was made in its entirety by human beings” appears. Just a group of people making a movie about Oakland in the 1980s with sword fights and rap music. Humanity at its best. Freaky Tales Grade: B
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Everything we saw at Astronomicon 8 in Ypsi [PHOTOS]

Pop culture fans packed the Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest for Astronomicon 8. Twiztid and Majik Ninja Entertainment hosted a…

By Josh Justice

Image: Everything we saw at Astronomicon 8 in Ypsi [PHOTOS]
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Estate sale of Noir Leather founder Keith Howarth releases more erotic artifacts [PHOTOS]

The estate sale of Keith Howarth has released even more objects from the collection of the Noir Leather founder, who ran the…

By Lee DeVito

Image: Estate sale of Noir Leather founder Keith Howarth expands with more erotic artifacts [PHOTOS]
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Detroit welcomes spring with its 2025 Marche du Nain Rouge parade [PHOTOS]

On the Sunday after the vernal equinox metro Detroiters welcome spring with its annual Marche du Nain Rouge parade. A tradition since…

By Lee DeVito

Image: Detroit welcomes spring with its 2025 Marche du Nain Rouge parade [PHOTOS]
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A play about the rise and fall of a Midwest mayor is back in the spotlight

By Jim McFarlin

Carol Teegardin, left, wrote Strawberry — What Party?, a stage play about ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

What’s going on in metro Detroit this week (April 16-22)

By Metro Times editorial staff

DJ YUNGD at New Dawn, Detroit’s African dance music series.

Alex Garland’s ‘Warfare’ lacks a satisfying narrative by design

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

In Warefare, the men are brave, cowardly, callous, insane, broken, and terrified in equal measure.
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