The Masonic Temple is a popular a venue on the edge of the Cass Corridor that hosts events and concerts. It opened in 1926 after being designed by architect George Mason. In addition to being a venue, it serves as a meeting space for the Free Mason fraternity.
Around this time of year, rumors typically begin to spread about the history of the temple, George Mason’s passing and whether the building is haunted.
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It’s been over five years since the COVID-19 pandemic and local autoworkers are have taken steps to move its employees back into the office.
Ford Motor Company implemented a new policy in September that requires employees to be in office four days a week. General Motors is moving its headquarters to the brand-new Hudson’s site downtown. At the same time, co-working spaces continue to be a popular work place option for companies.
The mix between traditional office space, co-working space and hybrid work has us wondering what the future of the workplace could look like.
Melissa Fisher is an anthropologist whose work focuses on workplace culture and design. She joined the The Metro to discuss what employees and managers take into account when determining an ideal work place.
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One of the biggest issues Detroiters face has to do with their homes. There are a fair number of homes in the city, but over 20,000 of them are in dire need of repairs. That includes leaky roofs, electricity issues, and asbestos in the walls.
The problem is large, but one retired firefighter, Gary Ringer, is trying to chip away at it. The Detroiter, who mostly helps people on the West Side, has been spending a lot of his time going to peoples’ homes, and assisting them with repairs.
What inspires Gary’s volunteerism? What are the repairs people need? And, with the mayoral election next week, what kinds of investments does he think the next mayor should make to facilitate more home repairs?
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DETROIT (AP) — Detroit voters will choose a new mayor Tuesday in the city’s first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years.
City Council President Mary Sheffield and Triumph Church pastor Solomon Kinloch, both Democrats, will face off for the city’s top job after placing first and second in the Aug. 5 nonpartisan primary. The winner will replace outgoing three-term Mayor Mike Duggan, who is running for governor of Michigan as an independent.
The city faces a vastly different situation than it did when Duggan was first elected in 2013. In July of that year, it became the largest U.S. city ever to file for bankruptcy. The city now has a budget surplus, 12 years of balanced budgets and projected economic growth for the next five years. Homicides and violent crimes are down, while the city’s population has increased for the second consecutive year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Still, the next mayor will face numerous challenges, including a shortage of affordable housing and vast economic disparities along racial lines.
Sheffield has led the field in fundraising throughout the campaign. As of the August primary, her campaign fund more than doubled that of her eight competitors combined.
In the general election, she has far outraised and outspent Kinloch. As of Oct. 19, her campaign had spent more than $1.8 million on her campaign and had roughly $772,000 in the bank. By that same point, Kinloch had spent about $160,000 on the race and had less than $11,000 remaining in the bank.
Since receiving more than 50% of the vote in the August primary, Sheffield has picked up key endorsements from Duggan, as well as from two of her former primary opponents, former city council president Saunteel Jenkins and city council member Fred Durhal. Jenkins received 16% of the primary vote, narrowly losing a spot on the general election ballot to Kinloch, who received about 17%. Durhal received about 3% of the vote.
Soloman Kinloch (left) and Mary Sheffield (right) face off in the race for Detroit’s next mayor this November
The Detroit electorate is overwhelmingly Democratic. In the 2024 presidential election, voters in the city supported Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris over Republican Donald Trump by about a 9-1 ratio.
At a September rally in Howell, Michigan, Vice President JD Vance sent a public message to Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that the administration is “happy” to send the National Guard to Detroit. “All you gotta do is ask,” he said.
The Associated Press does not make projections and will declare a winner only when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow the trailing candidates to close the gap. If a race has not been called, the AP will continue to cover any newsworthy developments, such as candidate concessions or declarations of victory. In doing so, the AP will make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why.
Michigan’s mandatory recount law does not apply to Detroit’s mayoral race. Instead, candidates may request and pay for a recount, with the payment refunded if the recount changes the outcome. The AP may declare a winner in a race that is subject to a recount if it can determine the lead is too large for a recount or legal challenge to change the outcome.
What to expect on Tuesday:
How late are polls open?
Polls close at 8 p.m. ET.
What’s on the ballot?
The AP will provide vote results and declare the winner in Detroit’s mayoral race.
Who gets to vote?
Any voter registered in Detroit may participate in the mayoral general election.
What do turnout and advance vote look like?
There were more than 518,000 registered voters in Detroit as of the August mayoral primary.
Turnout in that primary was about 17% of registered voters. About 32% of mayoral primary voters cast their ballots in person, while the remaining 68% voted early in person or by absentee ballot.
Turnout in the 2021 mayoral general election was about 19% of registered voters, with about 67% of voters casting early or absentee ballots.
As of Monday, nearly 45,000 ballots had been cast in Detroit before Election Day.
How long does vote counting usually take?
In the August primary, the AP first reported results at 8:32 p.m. ET, or 32 minutes after polls closed. The vote tabulation ended for the night at 4:30 a.m. ET, with 100% of votes counted.
Are we there yet?
As of Tuesday, there will be 364 days until the 2026 midterm elections and 1,099 days until the 2028 general election.
Once again, here on MI Local, we have three in-studio guests hanging out for the entire hour, each of them discussing new and upcoming projects and performances. At the same time, I premiere some of their latest tracks and they treat WDET listeners to exclusive live, in-studio performances of acoustic versions of their recent songs.
When you stream the show up top, you’ll start off with brand new music from the Americana-folk-rock duo The Whiskey Charmers, with singer-guitarist Carrie Shepard and guitarist Lawrence Daversa hanging out to chat about their new single, “Day Is Long,” followed by a live performance of their song, “Full Moon,” from their 2017 album, “The Valley.” For any of our listeners on the west coast of the state, The Whiskey Charmers are coming your way in November!
After that, the garage-pop duo known as CHECKER came to the mics to talk about their brand new song, “Aerosol,” that comes out this Friday. Better yet, the duo, Cinquex (on guitar and vocals) and McKenna Fain (on drums and vocals), performed an acoustic version of that song during the segment! An accompanying music video will drop the same day as the song. CHECKER also has a new album coming out in mid-winter 2026!
Kind Beast on MI Local Oct. 28, 2025
Winding out the show was singer-songwriter Sean Madigan Hoen, lead singer and guitarist from the band Kind Beast, which formed several years ago, leaning in to a cinematic-tinged indie-rock vibe, with anthemic vocals and catchy, hard-hitting hooks. The band has released two EPs and two full-length albums, with their third coming up in early November—there’s a release party on Saturday, Nov. 8 at The Lexington, with Gusher, Dyzioek, and Cult Therapy.
Hoen has been in previous groups like the post-hardcore punk outfit Thoughts of Ionesco, and published a memoir several years ago, “Songs Only You Know.” Kind Beast’s next album is titled “Familiars From Another Life,” out next weekend on Don Giovanni Records. While he was in-studio, Hoen let WDET give a sneak preview of Kind Beast’s new single, “Down For Life,” which is officially out this Friday, and followed that up with a live, in-studio performance of the group’s most recent single, “In It To Win It.”
Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.
“The Day Is Long” – The Whiskey Charmers
“Full Moon” – The Whiskey Charmers, live in WDET Studios
“Vampire” – The Whiskey Charmers
“Hot Damn” – CHECKER
“Aerosol” – CHECKER, live in WDET Studios
“If Only The One Thing I Got You” – CHECKER
“Cry Without Shame” – Kind Beast
“Down For Life” – Kind Beast
“In It To Win It” – Kind Beast, live in WDET Studios
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The federal government shutdown nearing the one-month marker. Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill remain locked in a standoff over a new budget.
As a result, funding on hand to support certain government programs is running out. That includes SNAP benefits — the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services confirms that it will not be able to provide food stamps to low-income families beginning in November.
Listen: Alex Hill talks about the impact of pausing food stamps on Detroiters
Alex Hill is project director of the Detroit Food Map Initiative, which surveys neighborhoods on grocery access. He says parts of Detroit will be especially hard hit.
“The estimated household income of houses that rely on SNAP is about $29 thousand,” says Hill, “so any household in that range is going to be having a really difficult time.”
He adds that SNAP households will feel a wide range of effects.
“People aren’t going to be able to work as well as they want to,” says Hill. “Kids aren’t going to be able to learn as well as they should. Folks who are reliant on taking medications on a regular basis — you have to take food when you take medicine.”
Hill says pausing SNAP benefits is likely to have a negative impact on grocery stores in low-income areas, that rely on customers using food stamps to shop. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services say pausing the food stamps program is likely to impact about 13% of Michigan households, with 1.4 million residents relying on the service.
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Exploring new music from Florence + the Machine, who have a new album coming out and a big tour date at Little Caesars Arena on April 14, 2026—add it to your calendar and tell ‘em you heard about it on this show! Plus, new music discovery from Celeste, Hayley Williams, Olivia Dean and more.
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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for October 28, 2025
“One of the Greats” – Florence + the Machine
“Seventeen (feat. Norah Jones)” – Sharon Van Etten
“The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs” – Wye Oak
“It’s All Around You” – Tortoise
“Never Be Another You” – Lee Fields & the Expressions
“Good Ol’ Days” – Hayley Williams
“A Couple Minutes (A Colors Show)” – Olivia Dean
“Woman of Faces” – Celeste
“Kaikoura” – Girls in Airports
“Tourist Mind” – Miss Grit
“Five Seconds” – Twin Shadow
“Ramble On” – Led Zeppelin
“White Winter Hymnal” – Fleet Foxes
“So Says I” – The Shins
“Favourite” – Fontaines D.C.
“Everything & Nothing” – SOFT PLAY
“I Will Dare” – The Replacements
“I Don’t Want To Get Over You” – Magnetic Fields
“Way We Won’t” – Grandaddy
“Alien” – Beach House
“Is She Weird” – Pixies
“False Prophet” – Nightbus
“Teen Age Riot” – Sonic Youth
“Age of Consent” – New Order
“Coffee” – Yuna
“Distance” – Yebba
“A Long Walk” – Jill Scott
“Dreamin’” – Common & Pete Rock
“She Raised Us In Sunset Park” – musclecars
“Sun (Jitwam & EJT Remix)” – Emma Jean Thackray
“Thrown Around” – James Blake
“Taurus” – DJ Holographic
“Casanova” – Bryan Ferry
“To Ardent (Grovesnor Remix)” – Black Devil Disco Club
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Three teenagers and a four-year-old were killed in a string of deadly shootings in Detroit during the summer. In response, Mayor Duggan and Police Chief Todd Bettison announced plans to ramp up enforcement of the city’s curfew policy and more than double the penalty fees.
The city fines parents of teenagers who stay out past curfew hours without adult supervision. Officials say fines will encourage parents to step up and help reduce the violence, but experts argue this approach doesn’t work and that it could cause more hardship for families.
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The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Monday with Senate Democrats that nine bills held in the Republican-controlled House should go to Governor Gretchen Whitmer because they were adopted by both chambers of the Legislature.
The bills were adopted last year while the Legislature was entirely under Democratic control, but some bills were not sent to Whitmer before Republicans took control of the House in January. House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) ordered the clerk to hold onto the bills because, he said, the new majority was not obligated to wrap up business left unfinished by the former Democratic majority.
The appeals court panel ruled that transmitting the bills is not discretionary, but required by the Michigan Constitution. That aligns with a decision by a Michigan Court of Claims judge. But in that decision, Judge Sima Patel declined to issue an order for the House to release the bills due to concerns about violating separation of powers.
The appeals court returned the case to the Court of Claims with an instruction that the judicial branch has the authority to issue an enforcement order.
“The question here involves the interpretation of the rules and requirements imposed by our Constitution,” wrote Judge Thomas Cameron, who was named to the court by Republican Governor Rick Snyder. “The fact that the entity subject to these rules is the Legislature does not change the fact that the rule at issue is one imposed by our Constitution—the interpretation of which, absent exceptions not present here, falls to the judiciary.”
Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids), who filed the lawsuit, cheered the ruling as a victory for the rule of law.
“At a time when Republican leaders across the country are breaking the law and getting away with it, this is a particularly meaningful win,” she said in an emailed statement. “No matter how deep our political differences, the Constitution must be followed. Skirting the law is bad enough, but it’s so much worse that they did it in the name of stopping bills that would have helped thousands of their constituents make ends meet.
The bills include measures to exempt public assistance payments from debt collection, allow Detroit historical museums to seek voter approval of a millage, and place corrections officers in the same pension system as Michigan State Police officers.
A spokesperson for the House Speaker did not have a comment. Hall could appeal the decision to the Michigan Supreme Court.
Syrians in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status may no longer be able to live and work in the U.S. as soon as next month.
The Department of Homeland Security says since the civil war in Syria ended last year, people who sought TPS status here no longer face life-threatening danger if they return.
Jad Salamey, civil rights and immigration attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Michigan chapter, says “Current administration and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem determined that the conditions for TPS no longer exist in Syria, and that essentially, it’s safe enough and there’s no serious threat for Syrians to be kept away from returning to Syria.” Salamey says the change in status will affect about 6,000 Syrians.
Michigan is home to about 15,000 Syrian Americans.
He says Syrian TPS holders must apply for a different immigration status or prepare to self-deport by November 21. “The Trump administration has offered Syrians, who leave voluntarily, a free airline ticket and $1,000 departure bonus, if that is what they want to do. But if not they want to stay here, maybe they have family connections. I strongly recommend getting legal assistance as soon as possible.”
Salamey says CAIR Michigan is getting calls from people about TPS and other immigration assistance.
Additional headlines from Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Solar neighborhoods begin construction
Construction on the first of five solar neighborhoods has officially begun. It started on approximately 42 acres of blighted land in the Van Dyke/ Lynch area on Monday.
Two years ago, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced the plan to convert 165 acres of vacant and blighted land into solar farms to offset the electricity used at 127 municipal buildings. Duggan says demand for energy continues to rise and the solar project will help mitigate those demands.“We’re still importing energy, and the demands being placed are enormous. We’re going to need every source of energy that we can get, and to be able to do it with renewable energy is such an important step forward.”
The first solar neighborhood is expected to be completed early next year. The Houston Whittier/ Hayes neighborhood will break ground in the Spring of 2026. All five neighborhoods are expected to be up and running by the first quarter of 2027.
Sno-City film screening at WSU
A film screening on Wayne State’s campus next week supports ski programs for students at Detroit’s University Prep and Hamtramck High School.
Sno-City is a film by Warren Miller and will be screened at Wayne’s Community Arts Auditorium Saturday November 7. The event is sponsored by SOS Outreach and Crystal Community Ski Club.
Money raised will go toward a 3-day ski trip for students at Crystal Mountain in March. For more information and for tickets, go here.
Indigenous representation in media
The Henry Ford will host journalist and Cherokee Nation citizen Rebecca Nagle for a discussion on representation and erasure of indigenous people in the news and other media.
“We’re Still Here: Fighting Indigenous Erasure in the Media” is Saturday November 8 at 1 p.m. in the Anderson Theater. For more information and tickets go to thehenryford.org/current-events.
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Adam Alharbi, 44, is an engineer for the Department of Commerce. He’s running for Hamtramck mayor to improve the place he’s called home since he was a kid.
“I will show that I’m for everyone. I’m not a Yemeni candidate or a Muslim candidate, I’m an Hamtramckan candidate that I will serve everyone equally, regardless of race, religion,” he says.
Alharbi says among residents’ top concerns are high property taxes and water bills, along with deteriorating water lines and sewer systems.
“We have sewer systems and water lines that are deteriorated and been neglected for so many years, and now we need millions and millions of dollars to change them,” he says.
But Alharbi says there is potential for change.
“We have potential to make it look nice and attract visitors and businesses and improve our city,” he says.
Alharbi, 44, was the highest vote getter in Hamtramck’s mayoral primary election, with 1,931 votes.
Alharbi says repairing water and sewer lines can take place over years and phases.
Connecting Hamtramck
Recently, several Hamtramck city councilmembers have been charged or are being investigated for alleged election fraud cases.
He says its also important to educate voters, who may have a language barrier in the Yemeni and Bengali communities, to not present their ballots to any candidates, amid the allegations.
“Some of them [voters], because either they’re fairly new in Hamtramck, they feel like, oh, a candidate, he’s a government employee. He’s asking me this, it must be legal, but they don’t think it’s legal,” he says.
Alharbi says working with influencers to create videos in various languages about the do’s and don’t’s of elections may help inform voters.
If elected, Alharbi says he will make educational videos about city meetings and host an annual State of the City to further engage residents.
“A lot of people don’t watch or attend the council meetings, so I will make sure that I provide videos afterwards, explaining what happened, what our plans are, what our challenges are, so that they’re aware” he says.
Welcoming business, bringing people together
Alharbi, who is a part of the Downtown Development Authority, says he plans to expand business in the city by updating parts of Banglatown in Hamtramck to reflect the Bangladeshi population. Similarly, he hopes to create a Yemen Town and World Town on Jos Campau to reflect the communities in the city and attract new businesses.
“We’re called the world in two square miles. We just want to make Hamtramck a better city, good reputation and welcoming to everyone,” he says.
He says as a business owner, he will also work to ease business permits on Jos Campau and provide incentives to big businesses.
Alharbi previously served on the Hamtramck Zoning Board of Appeals and as Vice President of the Yemeni American Leadership Association (YALA).
Alharbi says he would like to host more events in the city to bring people together.
“We should look out for each other, because what unite us is far more than the differences we have,” he says.
He hopes to bring positive change to the city.
“I want a legacy that showcases a successful Yemeni Muslim person who improved a city regardless of the challenges that we had,” he says.
Detroit voters will choose a new mayor Tuesday in the city’s first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years. City Council President Mary Sheffield and Triumph Church pastor Solomon Kinloch compete for the city’s top job after placing first and second in the Aug. 5 primary.
“I will show that I’m for everyone. I’m not a Yemeni candidate or a Muslim candidate, I’m an Hamtramckan candidate that I will serve everyone equally, regardless of race, religion,” he says.
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Lynn Blasey, 42, is a write in candidate for Hamtramck mayor. She says she decided to run after community members asked her to run.
“When some community members approached me, it was really asking me to be a voice or a viable choice that residents can feel more comfortable about,” she says.
Blasey is the co-director of Community Arts Partnerships for the College for Creative Studies. She has worked at the education department at the Arab American National Museum, educating people about Arab American communities.
Blasey ran and lost bids for the Hamtramck City Council in 2021 and 2023. She serves as the vice chair of the Hamtramck Arts and Culture Commission.
She created the Hamtramck Area Disaster Recovery Group as part of flood recovery efforts for FEMA after the floods in 2021.
Uplifting Hamtramck
Blasey says she’s concerned about Hamtramck’s public image.
“People across the world have some pretty negative opinions of our city, and so this is a really good opportunity to sway that narrative and help celebrate the wonderful, magical things that make this community so unique and diverse,” she says.
Blasey says she’s disappointed by the recent election fraud in the city.
“I have spoken up previously about the effects cheating has and that people doing it continuously is a degradation of our democracy and really weakens the whole system,” she says.
Blasey says she would like to hold people accountable by taking a firm stance against people who don’t respect the law.
She says it’s important to communicate and connect with community leaders and organizations in Hamtramck to bring people together.
“I think we need to return to having more town hall meetings, utilizing some of our public spaces when there are some of those more challenging issues on the table, really taking those to the community,” she says.
Supporting the arts and businesses
Blasey is connected to the city’s arts community. She says more can be done to leverage artists.
“There is a huge design economy, arts economy, that Hamtramck is not really tapped into. We have a lot of artists here, but we’re not capitalizing on that,” she says.
Blasey is a part of the Hamtramck Downtown Development Authority’s Organization & Promotions sub-committee.
“I think there are some really uniquely Hamtramck ways that we can attract new businesses,” she says.
She says it’s important for people to work together, building on each other’s strengths.
“I think there is so much value in bringing people together,” she says.
Detroit voters will choose a new mayor Tuesday in the city’s first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years. City Council President Mary Sheffield and Triumph Church pastor Solomon Kinloch compete for the city’s top job after placing first and second in the Aug. 5 primary.
“I will show that I’m for everyone. I’m not a Yemeni candidate or a Muslim candidate, I’m an Hamtramckan candidate that I will serve everyone equally, regardless of race, religion,” he says.
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Almost a decade ago, President Donald Trump began campaigning on a very different American policy than the one we previously had. He wanted America to be tougher on China, to build a wall across the Mexico-American border, and to put “America first.”
Today, a lot of that strategy has remained intact, some of it even influencing the Biden administration’s policies.
How do Americans feel about our country’s foreign policy stances? And, how do they want to see America lead?
This month, she began speaking with people around the country about what they make of American foreign policy. She is in town to understand how people in metro Detroit feel about the topic, and joined The Metro to share her findings.
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After taking time away to focus on her health, Kaleigh is doing great and ready to return to the music that inspires her and so many others. Starting Nov. 3, listeners can once again join her every Monday from 8 to 10 p.m. as she explores the vanguard of postmodern jazz from 1969 to today.
“I’m really excited to be coming back to Visions,” Kaleigh says. “It’s been a challenging recovery process, but knowing I’ll get to return to the airwaves and to my listeners is one of the things that kept me pushing through.”
Kaleigh’s perspective has always made Visions special. She created a space where listeners can hear jazz in new ways and connect through sound.
We’re also very grateful to Sam Beaubien, Liz Warner and Kim Heron for filling in during Kaleigh’s time away and keeping Visions on track.
Welcome back, Kaleigh. Monday nights just got wilder!
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A special spotlight on Courtney Barnett, her new single “Stay In Your Lane” plus some of my favorites from her back catalog… plus new music from Butcher Brown, Jeff Tweedy, Foxwarren and more.
Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.
In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for October 27, 2025
“Stay In Your Lane” – Courtney Barnett
“Before You Gotta Go” – Courtney Barnett
“Avant Gardener” – Courtney Barnett
“Otis” – Durutti Column
“Water Underground” – Real Estate
“Fall Into You” – Soulstice
“It Will Never Be The Same” – Dropout Orchestra
“Close Your Eyes” – Miguel Migs, Meshell Ndegecello
“Downtown” – Destroyer
“Dominoes” – Donald Byrd
“You Wish” – Nightmares On Wax
“Ibiza” – Butcher Brown
“Sealion” – Feist
“30th Century Man” – Scott Walker
“Dedicated Follower of Fashion” – The Kinks
“Are You With Me Now?” – Cate Le Bon
“Drinkin’ On A Tuesday” – Sarah Mary Chadwick
“Heart Is A Drum” – Beck
“Sleeping Lessons” – The Shins
“Nu Tones” – Nomo
“War On War” – Wilco
“Enough” – Jeff Tweedy
“Can You Get To That?” – Funkadelic
“Le temps de l’amour (Fox Medium)” – Françoise Hardy
“Call Me The Breeze” – J.J. Cale
“I Love You And Buddha Too” – Mason Jennings
“Gravity Rides Everything” – Modest Mouse
“Gooey” – Glass Animals
“Everybody Knows” – SBTRKT
“The Tower” – Wye Oak
“Born Too Late” – Dent May
“Pretty Boys (feat. Khruangbin)” – Paul McCartney
“Pelota (Cut A Rug Remix)” – Khruangbin, Quantic
“Say That” – Toro Y Moi
“Odessa” – Caribou
“Listen2me” – Foxwarren
“Overlander” – Budos Band
“Cigarettes Out The Window” – TV Girl
“Since I Left You” – Avalanches
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Dearborn’s Department of Public Health published a report on its Air Quality Project. Health Director Ali Abazeed says over a million air quality measurements were recorded in 2024.
“And that data confirms what residents have long known, that pollution burdens are evenly distributed across the city, and we’re using that data. We’re using that insight as we have to help hold polluters accountable, to guide smarter and fair policies for our residents.”
Abazeed says there were about 22-23 days in 2024 that air quality reached levels of unhealthy for sensitive groups, with spikes near traffic corridors or industrial zones.
The report also found 200 people subscribed and received over 41 thousand text alerts about air quality.
Abazeed says the department is expanding to have 11 monitors and adding sensors for ozone. Signs for the monitors are listed in English and Arabic for residents.
Additional headlines from Monday, October 27, 2025
Bangladesh Consulate office
A Bangladesh Consulate office is set to open in Detroit. The Advisory Council in Bangladesh approved the proposal last week.
Dhaka Tribune reports that Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam says the new consulate offices will provide online services. Each year, the Embassy of Bangladesh provides mobile consular services in Michigan, serving more than 1,000 people per trip in Metro Detroit in cities like Hamtramck, Detroit, and Warren.
Michigan’s Bangladeshi community has been asking for a permanent office for years. People travel to Washington D.C. or New York for similar services. A date has not been set for the opening of the new office.
Detroit Elevate Showcase
TechTown Detroit is hosting the Detroit Elevate Showcase next month.
It’s a business showcase being held at the Eastern Market for second stage businesses who are beyond the startup phase. The program supports businesses from Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park.
Detroit Elevate Showcase is a program by TechTown Detroit, the Gilbert Family Foundation, and operated by Black Leaders Detroit and QT Business Solutions. Attendees can meet entrepreneurs and try their services.
The Showcase takes place on Friday, Nov. 14. Learn more at detroitelevate.org.
Global Detroit awardees
To mark its 15th anniversary, Global Detroit is hosting its Tapestry 2025 event next month.
The event will highlight Changemakers. Among awardees is Estrella ‘Star’ Crawford, Senior Vice President and Market Executive at Bank of America Detroit who will receive the Corporate Leadership Award and Christine Sauvé will receive the Immigrant Advocacy Award for her work at the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center.
The Global Detroit Celebration of 15 Years takes place on November 13 from 6-8 p.m. at the Jam Handy in Detroit. Tickets are $135 and up. Día de los Muertos, La Jalisciense market
La Jalisciense Supermercado y Taqueria is hosting a 2-day vendor market to celebrate the Day of the Dead in Mexicantown this weekend.
The third annual celebration will include a community altar or ofrenda. Community members are invited to bring photos flowers and family keepsakes to add to the ofrenda. The market features local vendors selling handcrafted jewelry art and food.
Leslie Vargas of La Jalisciense Supermarcado y Taqueria says the market and community ofrenda is an opportunity for people to come together from all cultures. She says this year it will especially be important to her family after losing her grandmother.
“I know that means the same for the community to have that space of grieving and participating in a beautiful culture or a tradition that’s not their own, and for them to feel invited, and for them to feel like, hey, there’s a space for you to just come and put your picture and you know, everyone grieves different, but it’s beautiful to remember the loved ones that are not longer with us.”
The restaurant will be collecting materials for the community ofrenda until November 3 and displaying them until November 20.
The La Jalisciense restaurant will be serving traditional Mexican dishes and drinks throughout the weekend for the occasion. The market will be open Saturday, November 1 from 2-9 p.m., and Sunday, November 2, from 2-6 p.m. Admission is free.
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Editor’s Note: This article was updated 10/27/2025 at 8:55 p.m. to reflect the postponement of the Detroit Elevate Showcase. It is not being held this Wednesday, but November 14.
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Hamtramck has a vibrant arts scene. In duplexes around the city, you can hear people playing in a local band or practicing their comedy.
Those people are often young and queer.
Hamtramck Queer Alliance is making sure its presence is known and spreading the word, supporting the education and advocacy of all gender and sexual minorities, who are often involved in creative spaces.
Passenger Recovery was founded in 2016 with the goal of helping traveling artists maintain sobriety with tools and resources to allow for safe experiences on the road.
Now, the artistic and sobriety space, Recovery Community Center, is trying to do even more to foster and protect local and visiting talent, and to expand its programming. They’ve found they often partner with the Hamtramck Queer Alliance, providing a safe space for all sorts of communities in the area.
Bryan Wolf is the Director of Passenger Recovery and Passenger Radio, a music and sound professional and educator. Tim Price is Outreach and Marketing Director of Social Media for Passenger Radio WHCK. He is also the founder and curator of the Christopher Street Gallery in Hamtramck.
Bryan and Tim joined The Metro to talk more about what’s being happening in Hamtramck’s arts and culture scene.
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Rosa Parks left a legacy of change in the United States and the rest of the world. She died in late October 2005 here in Detroit.
The civil rights icon spent almost 30 years living in Detroit after making history in 1955.
While riding a Montgomery, Alabama bus in December of that year, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. She was arrested and became a symbol for the Civil Rights movement.
For the next 50 years, Parks showed the strength of her convictions.
Her passing on October 24, 2005 was international news. WDET news director Jerome Vaughn filed this report that night for NPR.
Listen: Rosa Parks obituary
Parks’ funeral service was held a few weeks later. It was one of the most elaborate in Detroit’s history. Guests invited to speak at the event at Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple included former President Bill Clinton, the Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
WDET news director Jerome Vaughn was one of the hundreds of journalists from around the world covering the event. Here’s his report from early November 2005.
Listen: Rosa Parks’ funeral
The entire funeral service was broadcast live on C-SPAN and other media outlets. The event lasted for six hours. Parks is buried in Detroit’s Woodlawn Cemetery.
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The Museum of Contemporary Arts Detroit is celebrating 20 years in 2026. As part of its anniversary, the museum is undergoing renovations and will remain closed through 2026.
MOCAD will reopen with the theme of “Radical Imagination, Intersectional Futures.” The anniversary program will honor MOCAD’s roots as a site for civic and community engagement.
Until the space reopens, MOCAD will host exhibitions and shows at the Mike Kelly Mobile Homestead.
From Heartland by Mary-Ann Monforton
From Heartland by Mary-Ann Monforton
Right now, Heart Land, a solo exhibition by Detroit-based artist Mary-Ann Monforton, is on display. It’s free and open to the public.
Jova Lynne, co-director of MOCAD, joined The Metro to talk more about renovations, new exhibitions and 20 years of MOCAD.
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