by Maryam Jayyousi on June 4, 2019 at 1:56PM
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state lawmakers on Tuesday unveiled new anti-discrimination bills that would protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination in employment, housing, education, and access to public accommodations. The new bill would amend the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act by adding gender identity and sexual orientation to Michigan’s protected classes.
by Devin Culham on February 27, 2019 at 4:19PM
The hit Broadway play Hamilton is coming to Detroit, and the competition for tickets is fierce. The historical hip-hop musical depicts the life of founding father of Alexander Hamilton.
by Tom Perkins on December 18, 2018 at 8:10AM
An auto insurance reform plan similar to that developed by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and his Republican allies in the state House is back on the table. Duggan and House Speaker Tom Leonard, R-DeWitt, in 2017 wrote and pushed a reform bill that last November was voted down in the state House by a 45-63 margin.
by Lucas Maiman on November 1, 2018 at 2:15PM
Detroit Hustles Harder sponsors the annual Michigan Glass Project, a live art, glassblowing, and music festival that benefits Art Road Nonprofit, an organization which promotes returning art classes to Detroit public schools. Motown Shakedown would be the only other location to purchase Detroit Hustles Harder gear apart from their flagship store on Division Street in Eastern Market.
by Lucas Maiman on September 25, 2018 at 11:24AM
Detroit’s thriving art scene can seem daunting to the average visitor, but thankfully, Nick Jaskey is here to lead the way. Jaskey, an established Detroit-based photographer and artist, is teaming up with Vans for a walking photo tour throughout the city Saturday, Sept. 29 starting at noon.
by Lee DeVito on August 1, 2018 at 1:31PM
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by Jacob Stocking on July 9, 2018 at 11:52AM
The nearly century-old Club Necaxa is part of Liga, MX, Mexico’s premier football league and arguably the top league in North America. For the semi-pro, fourth-tier DCFC, Necaxa is sure to be a sturdy challenge.
by Jack Nissen on April 18, 2018 at 12:10PM
His primary goal — to increase visibility of the arts in Detroit. "The city of Detroit doesn't focus on art enough," he says.
by Violet Ikonomova on April 17, 2018 at 6:04PM
The 33-year-old progressive's candidacy was called into question earlier this year after Bridge Magazine reported that he was registered to vote in New York as recently as 2015. According to Michigan's constitution, a gubernatorial candidate must "have been a registered elector in this state for four years next preceding his election."
by Violet Ikonomova on April 12, 2018 at 2:45PM
More than a dozen vintage sellers from across the state will gather under one big roof in Ferndale tonight for a shopping extravaganza to last four days. The Ferndale Vintage Fashion Market, now in its ninth iteration, takes over the Rust Belt Market every six months with wares from online and brick-and-mortar vintage sellers.
by Violet Ikonomova on April 5, 2018 at 10:35AM
The abstract colorful shapes of artist and educator Beverly Fishman will soon be on full display in downtown Detroit, where they'll brighten a brutalist building as part of a massive mural. Fishman, a longtime Cranbrook artist-in-residence who also heads the school's painting department, has designed a 170-by-60-foot mural set for the side of the City Club Apartments.
by Alexandra Fluegel on March 28, 2018 at 10:30AM
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by Kahn Santori Davison on March 20, 2018 at 6:19AM
Natasha T. Miller had been lamenting the death of her brother for four years when the idea for the Science of Grief came to her. Miller, a local and nationally renowned poet, says the overnight event is for anyone who needs to express their grief. The 14-hour speaking event will be streamed live, but locals are also invited to join an assembly of silent people who can take part just by listening.
by Jerilyn Jordan on March 16, 2018 at 8:53AM
Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination — rather a world of lush and lavish interior decoration. And lions — lots of lions.
by Alexandra Fluegel on March 6, 2018 at 3:08PM
by Miriam Marini on March 5, 2018 at 12:49PM
Feminist icon and famed journalist Gloria Steinem will be visiting Midtown on Wednesday, March 7, to offer some insight on the future of feminism in light of the #MeToo and Time's Up movements. Steinem's keynote speech is part of Wayne State's Forum on Contemporary Issues in Society's 10th anniversary lecture series entitled "What in the World is Going On?"
by Alexandra Fluegel on March 2, 2018 at 2:00PM
by Alexandra Fluegel on March 2, 2018 at 8:21AM
The majority of the docu-series was filmed during 2016 at the height of the water crisis and follows members of the town's 98-person police force. "Police officers are problem solvers, but sometimes it seems the problems have no end," one officer says in the trailer.
by Jerilyn Jordan on March 1, 2018 at 12:56PM
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