July 23, 2015
Can Detroit trust the Moroun family in Riverside Park land deal?
The Detroit City Council this week postponed a vote on a deal that would see the city transfer public parkland...
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July 19, 2015
Tame Impala’s new album ‘Currents’ leapfrogs decades
Rock ‘n’ roll is one of those things that lives on as much in funny stories as in the music...
July 14, 2015
Let’s go to Pluto with NASA — and Siouxsie, circa 1989
It’s a big day for us space geeks, as NASA’s New Horizons probe sends home the most detailed image of...
July 10, 2015
Bye-bye, Zombieland: Park Avenue Hotel bites the dust
Tomorrow morning, demolition crews will use 200 pounds of TNT to level the 91 year-old Park Avenue Hotel, a storied...
July 4, 2015
On camping, not ‘glamping,’ in the Lake Michigan dunes
We were driving west along I-94, through that weird part of Michigan that mixes Bible Belt with adult video superstores,...
June 26, 2015
Gay marriage legalized!!! in GIFs, memes, video — and a Heino drinking song
Today the U.S. Supreme Court struck down bans on same-sex marriage — including Michigan’s, booyah — capping a remarkable cultural turnaround for...
June 23, 2015
Bikes, trains and buses: A week of positive transit-related news for Detroit
Could the Motor City, long defined by its increasingly pothole-ridden road network and an unreliable bus system, be ready to...
June 21, 2015
This Father’s Day, hug your children a little closer
Since having kids more than seven years ago, Father’s Day has taken on new meaning for me. I always appreciated...
June 19, 2015
Music Corner: Preview the new album from trippy San Francisco songwriter Meg Baird
The last decade or so has seen a renaissance of left-field psychedelic folk-rock, led by bands like Grizzly Bear, Akron/Family,...
June 13, 2015
‘Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit’ exhibit explores a pivotal period in both artists’ lives
No matter how frustrating life can get in the Motor City, the Detroit Institute of Arts is one of those...
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