It’s the end of an era for Detroit.  After more than 130 years, the owners of Dittrich Furs — one of the city’s oldest privately held businesses and a Detroit fashion icon — announced their retirement and closing of the company. The fifth-generation owners made the announcement Saturday on its website dittrichfurs.com and on social […]

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When he learned about a quirky, nearly century-old metro Detroit home made from concrete blocks embedded with thousands of glass bottles, Carl Schiller says he knew he had to save it. “As soon as I saw the place, my jaw just hit the floor,” Schiller tells Metro Times. “I could not believe how cool it […]

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Kronk Gym is back.  The legendary home of the late Emanuel Steward, who trained a number of World Champions and Olympic medalists, has officially reopened in the historic Brewster Wheeler Recreation Center at 670 Wilkins St. The gym is now open for new members and has even introduced new Kronk-branded merch. The original Kronk Gym […]

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Before she takes office next month as Detroit’s first woman mayor, Mary Sheffield quietly got married over the weekend. The news was confirmed Monday in a statement by Sheffield’s transition team, Rise Higher Detroit. “Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield and her fiancé, Rickey Jackson, Jr., exchanged vows in a private ceremony over the weekend in Detroit,” the […]

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U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar says he will file articles of impeachment against another Trump administration official. Last week, the Detroit Democrat wrote articles of impeachment against U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for allegedly issuing orders to “kill everybody” aboard a Venezuelan drug smuggling boat in September and discussing pending attacks on Yemen in a […]

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As the Red Wings celebrate its 100th season, the Detroit Historical Museum is looking back at a century of Motor City hockey. Detroit Red Wings at 100: Becoming Hockeytown is set to open at the museum on Thursday, Nov. 20. The multi-media exhibition features rarely seen artifacts, uniforms from some of the team’s most legendary […]

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Mexican artist Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals stand tall and proud inside the Detroit Institute of Arts, a monument to the power of workers and a city long associated with organized labor. Those murals, in part, have inspired DIA workers to move to form a union. The DIA Workers United effort was announced Tuesday by […]

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Timberland is bringing its iconic “Yellow Boot” to Detroit.  The footwear company announced the opening date for its first Detroit location, set for Friday, Nov. 14. The store is located at 1217 Woodward Ave., across the street from Bedrock’s new Hudson’s site tower. Opening weekend festivities on the following Saturday and Sunday include a sweepstakes […]

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Autonomous car company Waymo says it plans to deploy its “robotaxi” service in Detroit this winter. In a series of announcements Monday, Waymo, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., said it planned to launch the service in Detroit, in addition to San Diego and Las Vegas: Waymo is headed to Motown! Detroit is […]

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Don’t worry, Detroit — the alligator recently spotted on Belle Isle has been found.  The gator shocked Detroiters when it was seen on the island park late last month. It was captured Wednesday by vigilante animal rescuers Steven Hart and Troy Keteyian, who turned it over to a local reptile education center. Hart, a dog […]

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Hamtramck resident Lynn Blasey couldn’t believe her eyes during a visit to Detroit’s Belle Isle on Sunday. Sunbathing on the shore was none other than an alligator.  “I made a new friend while paddleboarding today,” she wrote on Facebook. Blasey tells Metro Times that in reality, she was afraid of the creature, which is not […]

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Do you have a passion for local journalism and social media? Then we’d love to hear from you! Metro Times, Detroit’s alternative weekly, is seeking an experienced social media editor to join our team. The role will utilize social media platforms to connect our journalism with audiences and drive readers to our website, metrotimes.com. The […]

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CEO pay is out of control, with the possibility of Tesla executive Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire. Meanwhile, prospects for average workers have dimmed with decades of stagnated wages and a majority of Americans living paycheck to paycheck.  On Monday, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont […]

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It’s time to put the pedal to the metal and vote for your local favorites in the 2025 Metro Times Best of Detroit readers poll. Whether it’s your favorite taco spot, dive bar, tattoo artist, or vintage vinyl shop, and hundreds of other categories, this is your chance to crown the true champions of the […]

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You’re in the driver’s seat! The race is on: The annual Metro Times Best of Detroit Reader’s Poll is now open. It’s time to vote for the people, places, and things to do that drive the Motor City, like arts and culture, food and drink, goods and services, and a whole bunch more. Voting closes […]

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It has come to our attention that a Detroit mansion once owned by Wes Borland, the flamboyant guitarist from nu metal band Limp Bizkit, is back on the market. Located at 55 Arden Park Blvd. in the Boston-Edison district, the 8,421-square-foot home was built in 1924. It was purchased by Borland and his then-fiancé Carré […]

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You’re in the driver’s seat! The race is on: The annual Metro Times Best of Detroit Reader’s Poll is now open. It’s time to vote for the people, places, and things to do that drive the Motor City, like arts and culture, food and drink, goods and services, and a whole bunch more.

A motorcycle dashcam caught a dramatic incident on Wednesday evening when a man lost control of his car and wound up driving through a building in Midtown. The video, posted on Facebook by Khanh Cai, shows a 2017 Ford Fusion being driven along Woodward Avenue as it begins to drift. It then rides up over the curb of a QLine stop and swerves just feet away from the motorcyclist before it hits another vehicle and smashes through the front door of 5708 Woodward Ave., coming to a stop at the other side of the building.

It sounds like something straight out of the TV show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. A series of viral social media posts claim five women in Detroit have been found dead with tea bags stuffed in their mouths — allegedly the work of a serial murderer dubbed the “Tea Bag Killer” in retaliation for using a controversial smartphone app to gossip. But Detroit police say there is absolutely no truth behind the lurid tale.