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Anti-discrimination bills aim to protect LGBTQ+ people in Michigan

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.

'Hamilton' announces digital lottery for $10 tickets to all Detroit performances

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.

Lame duck GOP revives Duggan's auto insurance plan — it still screws Detroit

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.

Detroit Hustles Harder plans new collaborative retail space on Woodward Avenue

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.

Artist Nick Jaskey teams ups with Vans for photo tour of Detroit

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.

Judge strikes Michigan GOP's straight-ticket ban, says it discriminates against black people

by Lee DeVito on August 1, 2018 at 1:31PM

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Detroit's semi-pro soccer club will host a First Division team tomorrow night

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.

Online catalog will pinpoint more than 1,000 Detroit murals

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.

State lawyers say El-Sayed eligibility controversy 'creation of media and the Michigan Democratic Party'

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."

Get your spring fashion fix sustainably at this weekend's vintage event in Ferndale

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.

Beverly Fishman's abstract art to color downtown Detroit with new, 170-foot mural

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.

VIDEO: Detroit Lions wide receiver Golden Tate heroically catches beer in Canada

by Alexandra Fluegel on March 28, 2018 at 10:30AM

Students organize to elect a corgi as U-M student government president

by Alexandra Fluegel on March 21, 2018 at 11:02AM

Science of Grief invites Detroiters to share their pain during 14-hour performance at DIA

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.

Detroit's 'Lion Gate Estate' is for sale and oh boy is it insane

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.

Cedar Point raises ticket prices, unveils record-breaking coaster this season

by Alexandra Fluegel on March 6, 2018 at 3:08PM

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem is speaking in Midtown this week

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?"

Check out this outrageously expensive loft for sale in downtown Detroit

by Alexandra Fluegel on March 2, 2018 at 2:00PM

Netflix docu-series Flint Town explores poverty, police relations, and the ongoing water crisis

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.

Anal worms are a thing and Michigan native Kristen Bell had them

by Jerilyn Jordan on March 1, 2018 at 12:56PM