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Vol. 42, No. 42
Community organizers challenged Bedrock’s latest Hudson’s site tax break in Detroit — and nearly won
Making Goliath stumble
By Eli Day
To boldly go...
By Clay Jones
Cheech and Chong in a bong: The top 10 Metro Times headlines
Here’s what our readers were interested in this week
By Alex Washington
Libraries like Detroit’s need our support now, more than ever
As Detroit Public Library gradually opens branches for the first time since March 2020, it’s important that we support them
By Monica Williams
Michigan officials want you to kill this polka-dotted insect
The invasive spotted lanternfly is spreading across the U.S.
By Lee DeVito
As Michiganders struggle to afford health care, leaders push lawmakers to act
By Anna Gustafson, Michigan Advance
Chaos and infighting break out in Michigan’s Macomb County Republican Party
Republicans are clashing over control of the local GOP, holding competing conventions
By Steve Neavling
The strategists
By Tom Tomorrow
I like being choked during sex — is that dangerous?
Choke hold
By Dan Savage
Leave it to Dominique Morisseau to make us cry (again) with Motown musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’
Broadway musical about the Temptations gets proper Detroit homecoming with appearances by Otis Williams and Shelly Berger
By Randiah Camille Green
You can tour Detroit’s neighborhoods by bike for a good cause — to help people experiencing homelessness
The NSO Handlebars for the Homeless Bicycle Tour returns Sunday for the first time since 2019
Freedom Art’s Festival to celebrate ‘Detroit’s other Rosa Parks’
Activist Sarah E. Ray gets her due with day of dance, music, and spoken word performances in next installment of summer arts series
Free Will Astrology (Aug. 10-16)
What do the stars have in store for you this week?
By Rob Brezsny
Hamtramck’s Dos Locos Tacos to expand into former New Martha Washington Bakery space
Goodbye paczki, hello (more) tacos
Dearborn’s Aliz Seafood House is a great catch
Dishes come from Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf states
By Jane Slaughter
Rock band Dispatch uses the pandemic pause to retool
The band performs with O.A.R. at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
By Alan Sculley
The Hamtramck Music Festival brings four days of music and dozens of artists
Here’s your chance to catch local artists before some of them inevitably blow up
Charivari Detroit returns to Historic Fort Wayne this week
This annual techno, dance, and house fest celebrates Detroit’s contributions to the electronic music world by featuring local DJs
Detroit’s Ribs and R&B Music Festival comes to Hart Plaza
The fest will feature some of the best in barbecue with more than 20 food vendors
R&B sensation Summer Walker makes Detroit stop on limited tour
Her sophomore record continues in that vein with more songs of love and heartbreak with a throwback sound, with an added layer of intrigue
Cheech and Chong’s Cannabis Company launches in Michigan
The stoner comedy duo’s products are available at Nature’s Medicines dispensaries
Fight over Detroit’s recreational marijuana ordinance gets messier
‘Where’s the weed? It’s not in Detroit,’ a supporter of a new ordinance says
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