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Friday 21st ArtPrize: Grand Rapids International art contest giving away $560,000 in total prizes. Forty locations throughout Grand Rapids. Round 1 lasts 11 days, from Sept. 19 to 29, culminating in a...
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Friday 28th Dwight Adams From Fred Wesley to James Carter, Common to Stevie Wonder, bandleaders and their record producers keep Dwight Adams’ phone number on speed dial. And for good reason. The...
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Friday 5th Pepper Adams Tribute Gerry Mulligan had those matinee-idol looks, and he made the deep notes of the baritone saxophone seem to float on a cloud of cool. He was a star and a marquee...
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Friday 12th Mustard Plug It seems insane that Grand Rapids’ Mustard Plug has been serving up its skanky ska-punk since 1991, but that is indeed the case. The band has gone through members like a...
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View ArticleFor Dinner Tonight: Veggie Mexican Lasagna
For Dinner Tonight: Veggie Mexican Lasagna A unique twist on the concept of lasagna, traditionally multiple layers of cheese, noodles and sauce is Mexican lasagna, which isn’t really lasagna at all,...
View ArticleFor Dinner Tonight: London Broil
Despite its fancy sounding name, this dish is easy to prepare and cooks in less than 30 minutes. The London broil cut is lean, so there is little fat or grizzle to contend with. You gotta like that....
View ArticleFor a Side Tonight: Apple Berry Bake
FINDING SIDE DISHES that are good, good for you and quick to make can be a tall order. Need something to go with nearly anything? Want to serve up a dish that will garner some recipe requests?...
View ArticleMonday Morning Fuel Report
It’s Monday morning, Detroit, and time for your weekly AAA fuel report. According to the AAA, gas prices are down by an average of 16 cents from last week around Metro Detroit, and the average is now...
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It’s Monday morning, Detroit, and time for your weekly AAA fuel report. According to the AAA, gas prices are down by an average of 33 cents from last week around Metro Detroit, and the average is now...
View ArticleUAW Set to Open Contract Talks with State
LANSING—UAW President Bob King and UAW Vice President Cindy Estrada will join State of Michigan officials at a news conference July 31 for the official handshake signifying the start of 2013 labor...
View ArticlePolice Release Photo of Potential Witness in U-M Murder
Ann Arbor police want to speak to a potential witness spotted on North Ingalls Street on July 23, the same night Paul DeWolf was killed in his home. Ann Arbor police Detective Lt. Robert Pfannes said...
View ArticleHugh Douglas to Michael Smith: “You an Uncle Tom!”
ESPN fired contributor Hugh Douglas on Tuesday, a week after he reportedly made some racially charged remarks toward his “Numbers Never Lie” cohost Michael Smith. The former Eagles lineman was let go...
View ArticleFreep Features Vile Spoof on its Homepage
Eight days after he installed his controversial “Crisco Fist (Vessel of Hope)” under the Joe Louis fist, artist-provocateur Jerry Vile has targeted the city of Detroit again. And once again, it...
View ArticleLeadership Changes at Detroit Metro Times
Jan. 9, 2014, DETROIT — Euclid Media Group, the new owners of Detroit Metro Times, have announced a change in management at the 34-year-old alternative newsweekly. Editor Bryan Gottlieb, who was hired...
View ArticleSlip It To Us — Take Our 2014 Lust Issue Poll
We know how much time you spend thinking about sex — the average American thinks about sex between 10 and 19 times a day. But we want more than that. We want you to fill us up — with your sexual...
View ArticleMetro Times Blowout Dates Announced, Submissions Accepted
Now in its 17th year, Metro Times Blowout continues its run as one of the most legendary music events in metro Detroit. Thousands of bands from every genre imaginable have played everything from large...
View ArticleWho’s hot and who’s not in Detroit?
As part of our Lust Poll, we pitted familiar local celebrities against each other to see who you thought was hotter. Here are the results: Attorney Joumana Kayrouz (62.4%) beat attorney Beth Bernstein...
View ArticleMetro Times wins heavy at the SPJ Awards
Despite a turbulent 2013 which saw Metro Times change owners, move buildings and change editors twice, we picked up eight awards at the Society of Professional Journalists Awards on Wednesday night....
View ArticleJoumana Kayrouz to cover ‘Metro Times’
She welcomes you when you enter Detroit, from every direction, with the one word that might just be Detroit’s biggest philosophical question: Injured? Joumana Kayrouz is deeper than the inflated image...
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