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Gordie Howe bridge will open July 27 after Canada and Michigan reach deal

The Gordie Howe International Bridge will open on July 27, connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, after Canada and Michigan reached a deal that resolved a delay. The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority confirmed the date on July 10.

July 11, 2026
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Life Remodeled opens Anchor Detroit, a nearly 72,000-square-foot opportunity hub on the east side

Life Remodeled has opened Anchor Detroit, a nearly 72,000-square-foot opportunity hub inside the former Dominican High School in Denby, bringing afterschool youth programs, workforce development, and health and wellness resources to Detroit's east side.

July 8, 2026
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District 7 breaks ground on its first indoor community center

Construction started June 26 on the approximately 25,000-sq-ft Brennan Community Center at Rouge Park, backed by $20M from Pistons owner Tom Gores, filling a gap that left District 7 as the only part of Detroit without an indoor rec center.

June 30, 2026
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Kresge Arts in Detroit names 2026 Fellows and Gilda Award winners

Kresge Arts in Detroit named 20 metro Detroit artists as 2026 Fellows and Gilda Award recipients, sending $50,000 and $5,000 no-strings grants to dancers, filmmakers, and musicians.

July 5, 2026
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Bedrock raises 141-foot flag over Hudson's Detroit for America's 250th

Bedrock raised a 141-by-85-foot American flag over Hudson's Detroit for the Fourth of July, reviving a Woodward Avenue tradition dating to 1923.

July 3, 2026
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New Detroit report calls for stronger career pathways for The City's young people

Detroit Future City and the Skillman Foundation released a report urging educators and employers to build stronger school-to-career links for Detroit's young people.

June 22, 2026
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A dental pipeline program built for shortage areas is heading to Michigan

Planet Smilez, a nonprofit that introduces underserved students to oral health careers, says Michigan sessions are next, including a stop at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.

June 11, 2026
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A souvenir Shop just opened at Campus Martius, inside a shipping container

The Downtown Detroit Partnership opened The Shop at Campus Martius, a shipping container in the park selling Detroit-made goods with Carhartt backing.

June 19, 2026
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Detroit homeowners have until June 30 to lock in A Reduced property tax rate

Wayne County's reduced-interest payment plan for delinquent property taxes is set to expire June 30, and Treasurer Eric Sabree is urging homeowners to enroll before the deadline.

June 19, 2026
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Greektown's main Street is reopening right as the World Cup begins

A long-closed stretch of Monroe Street in Greektown reopens to pedestrians just as World Cup watch parties fill downtown Detroit.

June 19, 2026
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Michigan Central's new coworking space gives Corktown's innovation campus a wider front door

The Mezz, a 17,000-square-foot coworking space on the mezzanine of Michigan Central Station, opened in April with Michigan Central memberships starting at $300 a month.

June 19, 2026
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Spot Lite's 22,000-Square-Foot Islandview home hits the Market at $1.75 million

The Beaufait Street building that housed Spot Lite Detroit is listed for $1,750,000 as owners Roula David and Jesse Cory step away from nightlife at the end of June.

June 18, 2026
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Detroit passes 8 PM curfew for Fireworks night as the City gears up for June 22 show

City Council voted 6 to 2 to set an 8 PM curfew for unaccompanied minors in the downtown fireworks zone on June 22, two hours before the show.

June 18, 2026
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Detroit records roughly 1,000 land contracts a year, and a new report says buyers need more protection

A Detroit Future City report counts more than 17,000 land contract sales since 2008 and calls the financing tool a lasting fixture of the city's housing market, especially for immigrant and lower-income buyers who cannot get a mortgage.

June 18, 2026
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Detroit weighs ShotSpotter exit as council questions $2.06M extension

DPD wants a 9-month, $2.06 million extension to keep ShotSpotter running while the city weighs three bids. A council committee is asking whether the money belongs elsewhere.

June 17, 2026
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Two hundred Jefferson-Chalmers residents take to the canals in protest

More than 200 east side residents launched a flotilla through the neighborhood's canals to oppose a city plan that could shut them off.

June 18, 2026
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Detroit small business owners know social media is essential. Showing up every day is the hard part.

For Detroit entrepreneurs like Hatch Detroit winner Trice Clark, social media fills every workshop seat. The hard part is finding time to record the work.

June 11, 2026
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Fowling Warehouse, the game's Detroit birthplace, closes June 27

Founder Chris Hutt says the original Hamtramck warehouse is no longer sustainable. Its last day, June 27, doubles as the annual Motor City Open.

June 17, 2026
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Spot Lite and UFO Bar close at the end of June as owners leave nightlife

Roula David and Jesse Cory will close Spot Lite on June 28 and UFO Bar on June 30, stepping away from nightlife. UFO Bar's space is set to reopen as Detroit Vinyl Bar.

June 17, 2026
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Detroit City FC's new Stadium pushed to 2028, but Keyworth is ready for one more year

Detroit City FC pushed AlumniFi Field's opening to spring 2028, a year later than planned. The club spends another season at Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck.

June 16, 2026
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Detroit is America's only UNESCO City of Design. Yes, really.

Detroit has been the only U.S. city to hold the UNESCO City of Design title since 2015, a designation most people would guess belongs to New York or Chicago.

June 16, 2026
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Detroit's Green Grocer Program returns with 18 stores funded and a path for more

The city-backed program is seeding neighborhood stores with grants up to $25,000, with 18 locations now in its network and applications expected to reopen.

June 15, 2026
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Detroit sets 8 p.m. curfew for minors during the Ford Fireworks

An emergency ordinance bars unaccompanied minors from a large stretch of downtown after 8 p.m. on June 22, the night of the Ford Fireworks, with parents facing fines for violations.

June 15, 2026
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Mayor Sheffield releases 116-page Detroit quality-of-life report built from thousands of resident voices

Detroit's Rise Higher Community Framework, drawn from more than 8,000 survey responses across 39 zip codes, names neighborhoods, jobs, safety, and transit as resident priorities.

June 15, 2026
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The University of Michigan just broke ground on a 313-Unit tower in Detroit. It's a 40-Year commitment.

The University of Michigan broke ground on Founders House, a 313-unit tower at 2205 Cass Avenue for graduate students and faculty, on a 40-year lease.

June 12, 2026
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Detroit City FC's mascot Friendly was stolen, then back within a weekend

Detroit City FC asked the city to help find Friendly, its dumpster-born bear mascot, after the costume was stolen from a staffer's car in New Center, and a good Samaritan turned it up within a day.

June 13, 2026
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The doctor who bought RenCen Tower 600 is dropping the office plan for a hotel

Stockbridge Enterprises, the firm that paid more than nine million dollars for the Renaissance Center's Tower 600 in 2025, has reworked its plans around a 200-room hotel and 92 residences after office interest never materialized.

June 12, 2026
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Detroit's third graders are reading better than they have in 11 years

DPSCD students are gaining ground in reading and math faster than most districts in the country, and the people running the schools point to a few specific moves that got them there.

June 11, 2026
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More than 700 free bikes, Skilla Baby, and 10 weeks of programming: Detroit kicked off 'Occupy The Summer

Mayor Mary Sheffield launched a 10-week citywide youth initiative with more than 700 free bikes, a Skilla Baby set, and late-night rec center hours through August 14.

June 13, 2026
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Detroit showed up: fans pack Campus Martius for USA's World Cup opener

Detroit City FC hosted a free watch party at Campus Martius as the United States beat Paraguay 4 to 1 to open the 2026 World Cup, with more parties set for June 19 and June 25.

June 13, 2026
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Detroit ranked No. 1 in America for downtown stickiness

Gensler's City Pulse 2026 names Detroit the stickiest downtown in America, ranking it first among the 34 U.S. cities studied for how often people visit and how long they stay.

June 12, 2026
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37 Detroit neighborhood groups join one $27 million fund, the biggest round yet

Enterprise Community Partners has opened the third and largest phase of its Community Development Organization Fund, pooling 37 Detroit neighborhood groups under a single $27 million, three-year effort.

June 11, 2026
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Twenty people rescued after seven sailboats capsize near Belle Isle

A line of thunderstorms capsized seven sailboats near Belle Isle on Wednesday evening, sending people into the Detroit River in a rescue that drew fire crews, harbor police, and private boaters.

June 11, 2026
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Pine Hall opens Thursday on the 12th floor of Hudson's Detroit

Pine Hall, a rooftop bar from Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group, opens June 11 on the 12th floor of Hudson's Detroit, named for the old J.L. Hudson Pine Room.

June 11, 2026
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Detroit dresses Spirit of Detroit in orange to open a month of action against gun violence

Detroit opened Gun Violence Awareness Month by dressing the Spirit of Detroit in orange, then marched in Islandview for the 19th year running.

June 9, 2026
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What does it mean when your parish stops holding Mass? Inside Detroit's historic Catholic church restructuring

At least 58 parishes may stop hosting weekend Mass under the Archdiocese of Detroit's restructuring. That is not the same as closing a church. Here is what it means.

June 9, 2026
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Detroit's assessor wants nonprofits at a June 10 summit before tax bills pile up

The city's Office of the Assessor is running a free June 10 summit to help Detroit nonprofits and churches secure the property tax exemption many wrongly assume they already have.

June 5, 2026
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Detroit residents get a final say this week on Cooley High's demolition

DPSCD will tear down the 1928 Cooley High this summer for a sports complex. A meeting Wednesday is residents' last chance to weigh in before work begins.

June 8, 2026
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Olympic gold medalist Hilary Knight, Team USA's captain at Milan Cortina, is headed to PWHL Detroit

Hilary Knight, who captained Team USA to gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics, is joining PWHL Detroit through a sign-and-trade with Las Vegas.

June 8, 2026
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Detroit's city airport opens its first new facility in 60 years

Avflight's new fixed-base operator complex opened June 3 at Coleman A. Young International Airport, the first facility built there in six decades.

June 8, 2026
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Heat index near 100 expected midweek as Detroit opens cooling centers across the city

A heat advisory covers much of Southeast Michigan midweek, with the heat index near 100. Detroit has opened recreation centers and libraries as cooling sites.

June 8, 2026
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Detroit's first new bridge to Canada in nearly a century gets its ribbon cutting on June 12

The Gordie Howe International Bridge, Detroit's new cable-stayed crossing to Windsor, is set for a ribbon cutting on Friday, June 12, with traffic to follow June 15.

June 8, 2026
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A neglected Detroit River fishing spot in Delray could get a second look from the state

Delray Park, a little-known fishing spot on DTE-owned land in southwest Detroit, may see new investment as the state and the utility discuss its future.

June 8, 2026
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KPMG is bringing 420 workers to Michigan Central Station

KPMG plans to move 420 Detroit-area employees from 150 West Jefferson into Michigan Central Station in 2027, joining a growing roster of office tenants.

June 4, 2026
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Dutch Girl Donuts opens the door to its second shop on National Donut Day

Dutch Girl Donuts gives Detroiters a first look at its second shop on East Grand Boulevard this Friday, with two free donuts per visitor and boxed dozens for $20.

June 4, 2026
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DPSCD confirms full demolition of Cooley High School this summer

Detroit Public Schools Community District will raze the 1928 Cooley building in full this summer, dropping its partial-preservation plan. A $25 million sports complex follows.

June 2, 2026
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Baker's Keyboard Lounge closes for a refresh, with a June return on Livernois

Detroit's oldest continuously operating jazz club shut its doors on Livernois for a roughly month long renovation, with new bathrooms, a refreshed stage and bar, and a new patio promised for a June reopening.

May 30, 2026
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Rent Free Coffee and Community, a coffee shop and listening venue, is headed to Eastern Market

Rent Free Coffee and Community, a daytime coffee shop and evening bar built around recorded music, is coming to Eastern Market from Detroit owner Lamont Leak.

May 30, 2026
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Mid-century Detroit, one lunch break at a time: Norman Zadoorian's photos now at Detroit Historical Museum

Forty photographs from Norman Zadoorian's mid-century Detroit street work are on view at the Detroit Historical Museum through May 15, 2027.

May 29, 2026
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CCS's 101st student exhibition is open through May 29

The College for Creative Studies has turned its campus into a gallery of thousands of pieces for the 101st time. The show is free and runs through May 29.

May 28, 2026
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Bedrock clears out Millender Center retail ahead of RenCen overhaul

The handful of shops left in the downtown complex have until the end of August to leave, as owner Bedrock prepares for the $1.6 billion Renaissance Center redevelopment next door.

May 28, 2026
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Detroit is hiring its first retail attraction director to court national chains

The city is creating a Senior Director of Retail Attraction at the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, part of Mayor Mary Sheffield's push to draw national and regional brands into downtown and the neighborhoods.

May 27, 2026
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Detroit school board previews $1.1 billion budget with raises and a warning about the years after

The Detroit district's proposed 2026-27 budget funds pay raises, more counselors, and a wider bus pilot, while Superintendent Nikolai Vitti cautions that the money behind those programs runs out after next year.

May 26, 2026
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The Detroit Zoo opens its Erb Discovery Trails, seven acres built for kids

The Detroit Zoo has opened the Fred and Barbara Erb Discovery Trails, a seven acre stretch of animal encounters, climbing structures, and a stingray touch pool that the zoo calls the largest project in its history.

May 24, 2026
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Detroit violence intervention groups run free teen flag football league for the summer

Five community violence intervention groups put a free flag football league on the field at Chandler Park, using the games as a way to reach teens with a season of conflict resolution work.

May 23, 2026
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Detroit's skyline runs blue and green all month for NF awareness

Through May, downtown landmarks are glowing in the two colors of neurofibromatosis awareness, the visible edge of a Detroit research effort the Gilbert family built after losing their son Nick.

May 22, 2026
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State backs a 3D concrete-printing company's move into Detroit's Newlab

Michigan approved a $1.6 million grant to help Alquist 3D build a robotics and workforce-training center at Newlab in Corktown.

May 21, 2026
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Detroit's bankruptcy case is officially closed

A federal judge signed a final decree closing Detroit's Chapter 9 case, ending 13.5 years of court supervision over the city's finances.

May 21, 2026
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Belle Isle adds a perimeter cycle track and flips part of Central Avenue before Memorial Day

The state is restriping Belle Isle so cyclists can loop the whole island without crossing traffic, and reversing part of Central Avenue to ease congestion near the beach.

May 21, 2026
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Mike Duggan ends his independent run for Michigan governor

The former Detroit mayor closed an 18-month independent bid for governor Thursday, citing a poll deficit and an independent fundraising network he said was still too young to compete.

May 21, 2026
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Detroit makes it official: Techno Week lands as Movement turns 20

Mayor Mary Sheffield signed a proclamation naming May 18 to 25 Detroit Techno Week, timed to Movement's 20th edition at Hart Plaza.

May 20, 2026
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Why Detroit ratepayers carry the region's water bill

Detroit water and sewer rates climb again in July, and a researcher's history of the regional system shows why city households pay a heavier share than the suburbs they treat sewage for.

May 15, 2026
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'Big Jim' O'Brien exits WCSX after 24 years, says he is staying in Detroit

Jim O'Brien, the longtime 'Big Jim' of 94.7 WCSX, announced the end of his run at the classic rock station and said he plans to stay in metro Detroit.

May 15, 2026
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A Dearborn shelter dropped 'Pawchella' after a Coachella legal threat. The donations rolled in anyway.

Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit renamed its June fundraiser to Pawfest after lawyers for Coachella objected to the 'chella' in the original name, and the shelter says support has only grown.

May 15, 2026
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Detroit's population grows a third straight year, new Census estimates show

New Census Bureau estimates put Detroit at 649,095 residents, a third consecutive year of growth after nearly seven decades of decline.

May 15, 2026
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Heidelberg Project names new executive director, moves toward arts hub model

Colleen McLellan will take over as executive director in July, as the Heidelberg Project begins a renovation of its Number House into rentable arts space.

May 13, 2026
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Detroit lands a PWHL franchise for 2026-27

Detroit will join the Professional Women's Hockey League as its ninth team next season, playing at Little Caesars Arena, with fans placing thousands of season-ticket deposits in the first day.

May 12, 2026
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Hamilton closes at the Fisher, and Broadway in Detroit lines up six premieres for 2026-27

Hamilton ends its Fisher Theatre run May 17, and ATG Detroit has set a 2026-27 Broadway in Detroit season built entirely on Detroit premieres.

May 12, 2026
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Walk a Mile Wednesday returns for the season with the police chief and mayor on the route

Detroit's community walk program opened its new season with Chief Todd Bettison and Mayor Mary Sheffield walking a neighborhood loop alongside residents.

May 8, 2026
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Pat Caputo, longtime Detroit sports columnist and radio host, dies at 67

Pat Caputo, who spent nearly four decades writing and talking about Detroit sports for The Oakland Press and 97.1 The Ticket, died May 7 of pancreatic cancer at 67.

May 8, 2026
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Little Liberia throws its grand opening on East Warren

Chef Ameneh Marhaba's Little Liberia, billed as Michigan's first Liberian restaurant, marks its grand opening at 16530 E. Warren Ave. on May 15.

May 8, 2026
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Detroit parents sue Michigan over school funding and the debt left by state control

A class action filed on behalf of DPSCD students argues the state has underfunded Detroit's schools for decades and should erase the debt run up while the state ran the district.

May 6, 2026
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Detroit's yellow-bus experiment cut absenteeism at Henry Ford High, and the district is doubling it

DPSCD's $600,000 yellow-bus pilot trimmed chronic absenteeism for the Henry Ford High students who rode most, and the district is now extending it to Pershing and Cody.

May 4, 2026
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Eastern Market Brewing Co. plans statewide distribution this summer

The Detroit brewery is moving its core brands to a contract production partner and pushing Elephant Juice and its other flagships across Michigan for the first time, with distribution set to start this summer.

May 3, 2026
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Workers Over Billionaires: hundreds rally at Roosevelt Park for May Day

More than 500 union members, immigrant-rights advocates, and Detroiters rallied in front of Michigan Central on May Day before marching to the ICE field office downtown.

May 1, 2026
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Smith & Williams brings soul food to Gratiot as the Hungry Black Man opens his Detroit room

Food influencer Starex Smith, known online as the Hungry Black Man, opened Smith & Williams at 1428 Gratiot Ave. in Eastern Market on May 1, his second location after Toledo.

May 1, 2026
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Project Clean Slate hits 20,000 cleared records in its tenth year

Detroit's free expungement program marked a decade and its 20,000th cleared conviction, with most of that total coming in just the last three years.

April 30, 2026
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Pig & Whiskey leaves Ferndale for Corktown in 2026

The barbecue-and-music festival returns July 31 to August 2 in a new Corktown home after years on Ferndale's Nine Mile, with a Corktown address still to come.

April 30, 2026
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Spiedo, the Takoi team's Mediterranean rotisserie, takes the old Jolly Pumpkin on Canfield

Brad Greenhill and Mike Goldberg are bringing their Ann Arbor concept Spiedo to 441 W. Canfield, the former Jolly Pumpkin space, for a summer 2026 opening.

April 29, 2026
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El Trombone opens on West Vernor in the former Mutiny Tiki space

A new gay bar called El Trombone is taking over the longtime Mutiny Tiki Bar room at 4654 Vernor Hwy, with cocktails and walk-in hours Wednesday through Saturday.

April 28, 2026
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Gleaners heads into the year's biggest mailbox food drive with a 9 million pound hole to fill

As letter carriers prepare to collect donations off Detroit doorsteps on May 9, Gleaners Community Food Bank is short millions of pounds of food after federal supplies shrank.

May 5, 2026
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Pistons reach the second round, and Detroit's downtown turns it into a week

Detroit beat Orlando in Game 7 for its first playoff series win since 2008, and the second round against Cleveland brings two more downtown game nights this week.

May 5, 2026
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Five new spots that opened around Metro Detroit this spring

A halal rice-bowl shop on the east side, a west-side bookstore cafe, a Ferndale coffee-and-wine bookshop, an Indian kitchen in Southfield, and Rosati's first Michigan location all opened in April.

May 2, 2026
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People Mover agency to lead Michigan Central transit hub

The Detroit Transportation Corporation will lead planning for a new multimodal transit hub at Michigan Central, with a design and engineering procurement set to open this summer.

May 2, 2026
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The DSO leans on living composers this season, with Michael Abels in residence

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is programming fifteen works by living composers in 2025-2026, anchored by composer-in-residence Michael Abels and a calendar that keeps reaching back into the city's own musical history.

April 30, 2026
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A Highland Park resident wants to save the old Highland Appliance sign before the building comes down

With the vacant Highland Appliance store on Woodward headed for demolition, resident Kira Thomas is trying to salvage the sign and rework its letters into a 'Highland Park' marker.

April 28, 2026
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Detroit plans a second hotel attached to Huntington Place, and a 16-story tower would come down for it

The Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority and developer Congress and Associates announced a roughly 600-room hotel connected to Huntington Place, a project that would require demolishing a 16-story downtown building, with construction set to start in early 2027.

April 30, 2026
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DPSCD data shows hundreds of special education evaluations running past the legal 30-day deadline

Detroit's district told its board that of 1,680 special education evaluation referrals this school year, 72 finished past the legal deadline and 728 are still in process.

April 29, 2026
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MOCAD reopens with new windows, a new name, and three Detroit shows

The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit returns Saturday after an eight-month renovation, with a renamed building, a street-facing glass wall, and exhibitions by three Detroit artists.

April 25, 2026
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Bar Chenin is Michigan's only 2026 James Beard finalist

The James Beard Foundation named the ten-seat natural wine bar behind the Siren Hotel a Best New Bar finalist, the lone Michigan nominee in any category this year.

March 31, 2026
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Antidote opens at the Detroit edge of Grosse Pointe Park

Nya Marshall's second restaurant, a Spanish-inspired room on East Jefferson, opens on a block that straddles the line between Jefferson-Chalmers and Grosse Pointe Park.

January 19, 2026
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GM moves its global headquarters to Hudson's Detroit

General Motors began moving its global headquarters into Hudson's Detroit on January 12, 2026, returning to Woodward Avenue and clearing the way for a $1.6 billion remake of the Renaissance Center it is leaving behind.

January 12, 2026
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Detroit breaks ground on $80 million Brush Park housing project, including 52 supportive units

An $80 million development beside the historic Brewster Wheeler Recreation Center will add 211 affordable apartments, with 52 set aside for residents leaving chronic homelessness.

November 14, 2025
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Castalia, the fragrance-paired Midtown cocktail bar, will close New Year's Eve after eight years

The Midtown bar known for pairing cocktails with perfume says it is closing on its own terms, with new ownership taking over the room in 2026.

October 27, 2025
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The Detroit Riverwalk is now continuous from Belle Isle to Wilson Park

With the October 25 opening of Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park, the Detroit Riverwalk runs unbroken for about 4.75 miles from Gabriel Richard Park to the west riverfront.

October 25, 2025
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Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park opens, completing the western Riverwalk

A 22-acre park opened Saturday on Detroit's west riverfront, closing the last gap in a continuous 4.75-mile Riverwalk from Belle Isle to southwest Detroit.

October 25, 2025
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Joe Louis Greenway adds two miles and an 'Outside the Ring' statue

Detroit opened a new two-mile stretch of the Joe Louis Greenway on the city's west side and unveiled a bronze statue honoring Joe Louis for his barrier-breaking golf career.

October 7, 2025
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Detroit's first contemporary art fair opens inside Michigan Central

Season, billed as Detroit's first contemporary art fair, ran four days on the sixth floor of Michigan Central with eleven North American galleries and a curated slate of ten local artists.

September 25, 2025
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Apple opens its first store in downtown Detroit

Apple opened its first downtown Detroit store at 1430 Woodward on iPhone 17 launch day, with Tim Cook on hand and a custom Detroit identity built into the space.

September 19, 2025
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Ladder 4 wins the inaugural Resy One To Watch Award for North America

The Corktown wine bar inside a 1910 firehouse is the first Detroit restaurant the World's 50 Best organization has named, taking the inaugural Resy One To Watch Award for North America.

September 9, 2025
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Yellow Light Coffee opens inside Michigan Central, the Station's first food tenant since 1988

An eastside coffee and donut shop becomes the first place to sell food and drink inside Michigan Central Station in 36 years.

December 6, 2024
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Hamilton's anchors the Godfrey Hotel in Corktown

A neighborhood tavern from Samy Eid's Chickpea Hospitality fills the ground floor of Corktown's Godfrey Hotel, serving breakfast through dinner on Michigan Avenue.

September 15, 2024
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Supino Pizzeria brings dine-in back to Eastern Market

Supino Pizzeria reopened its Eastern Market dining room on July 9, 2024, roughly fourteen months after a fire in the apartment above the Russell Street restaurant forced it to close.

July 9, 2024
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Michigan Central Station reopens after thirty-six years

Thirty-six years after the last train left, Ford reopens the restored Michigan Central Station with a ten-day public celebration in Corktown.

June 6, 2024
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The Shepherd opens, and the East side has a new center of gravity

Library Street Collective reopened the former Good Shepherd church on Saturday as the anchor of Little Village, a multi-block arts campus in East Village.

May 18, 2024
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Hudson's tower tops out at 681 feet

Crews set the final steel beam on Bedrock's Hudson's site tower in April 2024, fixing downtown Detroit's newest high-rise at just over 681 feet.

April 10, 2024
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Sexy Steak brings a halal Italian steakhouse into the GAR Building

A long-empty downtown castle reopens as a halal-certified steakhouse and a four-floor event venue from Prime Concepts Detroit.

February 26, 2024
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Jeff Mills group sets a new Tomorrow Comes The Harvest album for early 2026

Detroit techno figure Jeff Mills and his trio Tomorrow Comes The Harvest will release a new album, Forbidden Planet, on his own Axis Records in early 2026.

February 15, 2026
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DJ Minx makes her Rekids debut with the Energy EP

Detroit house pioneer DJ Minx released her first record for Radio Slave's Rekids label in February, a two-track EP whose title cut features Grammy winner Kendra Foster.

February 15, 2026
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Tec-Troit returns to June for 2026

Detroit's free techno festival Tec-Troit is set for June 26 to 28, 2026, back in June after a one-year run in August.

February 1, 2026
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Jeff Mills reissues his 'i9' for the 30th anniversary of the Liquid Room set

Jeff Mills put out a new 2025 version of 'i9' on Axis Records, the first piece of a wider 30th anniversary program around his 1995 Live at Liquid Room set in Tokyo.

December 3, 2025
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Kyle Hall put out four records in nine months

The Detroit producer released four records on his Forget The Clock imprint between May 2025 and January 2026, a pace almost nobody else in the city is keeping.

December 1, 2025
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Planet E releases the Carl Craig documentary soundtrack

Carl Craig's label put out the soundtrack to his career documentary, a 17-track set that pulls rarities from across his catalog and aliases.

June 15, 2025
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Kevin Saunderson revives E-Dancer with his son, the alias's first album in 25 years

Detroit techno founder Kevin Saunderson brought back his harder-edged E-Dancer alias in 2025 with a self-titled album made alongside his son Dantiez, the first E-Dancer full-length since 1998.

May 21, 2025
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Jeff Mills returns to jazz fusion with a new Spiral Deluxe album

Detroit techno figure Jeff Mills released The Love Pretender, the second album from his jazz fusion group Spiral Deluxe, on March 14, 2025 through his Axis label.

March 14, 2025
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Jeff Mills takes Carl Cox's Saturday headline slot at Movement

Carl Cox postponed his Movement set to 2026, and the festival named Detroit's Jeff Mills to headline Saturday in his place.

February 20, 2025
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