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Third Man Records marks 20 years of a Raconteurs album made in a Detroit attic
Third Man Records has announced Vault Package #70, a three-LP set called Broken Boy Soldiers XX marking 20 years since the Raconteurs' debut, recorded in a Detroit attic on East Grand Boulevard.
Detroit early voting ends Sunday at eight sites before the Nov. 3 election
Detroit's nine days of early in-person voting run through Sunday, Nov. 1, at eight centers, with two sites open Monday, Nov. 2, before polls open citywide on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3.
One game at Keyworth decides Detroit City FC's season Friday against Hartford Athletic
Detroit City FC opens the USL Championship playoffs at Keyworth Stadium on Friday, October 30 at 8 p.m., a single-elimination match where a loss ends the season.
Detroit counts 3,277 farms and gardens, rooted in a mayor's 1890s potato patches
Keep Growing Detroit counts 3,277 farms and gardens across the city as of September 2026, a food-growing culture that traces back to Mayor Hazen Pingree's 1890s potato patches, with a new $494,960 state grant now behind it.
The Hustle is back at the Detroit Historical Museum, and Thursday night is free
The Hustle has reopened at the Detroit Historical Museum, with a free late night from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, October 29, and five rotating cohorts of Detroit entrepreneurs of color running through January 6, 2028.
Detroit lands a spot among seven cities bidding for the Women's Final Four
The NCAA named Detroit one of seven finalist cities for the Women's Final Four in the 2032 to 2036 cycle. It would be the city's first time hosting the event.
Free emergency response training starts Thursday at Detroit's Lyndon office
Detroit's Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security is offering free Community Emergency Response Team training beginning Thursday, October 29, at 13331 Lyndon.
A Detroit techno film turns 20 with a screening at Lincoln Factory this Friday
A Detroit techno film is turning twenty, and an anniversary screening lands at Lincoln Factory this Friday.
Nine acres of parks on top of I-75 downtown can be built, the study says. The money is the catch
The Downtown Detroit Partnership's finished I-75 Cap Feasibility Study finds three public spaces over the freeway, about $300 million in all, are technically feasible. More than 2,000 Detroiters shaped the plan; construction money is not yet found.
Waka, the Baobab Fare team's East African street food counter, is open in Eastern Market
Waka, the East African street food counter from the James Beard nominees behind Baobab Fare, is open at 2465 Russell Street in Eastern Market, the old Russell Street Deli space, seven days a week from 11 to 9. Chapati, brochettes and plates of spiced chicken, beef or eggplant with beans, plantains and cabbage salad.
MoGo pulls all bikes from Detroit streets with no relaunch date set
MoGo has pulled all of its bikes off its 80 Detroit stations, pausing the bikeshare for the season with no relaunch date set.
Election Day in Detroit: how to find your polling place and register the same day
Polls are open Tuesday, Nov. 3, and eligible Detroiters who aren't registered can still sign up and cast a ballot the same day at the City Clerk's Office.
Austen Brantley's Coleman Young model takes shape, headed for the U.S. Capitol
A completed model of former mayor Coleman A. Young, shaped by a Detroit sculptor, will be cast in bronze and replace Michigan's statue of Lewis Cass in the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol.
No major U.S. city has cheaper essential household bills than Detroit
A new report ranks Detroit the least expensive of the 50 largest U.S. cities for household bills, at $20,125 a year, about 20 percent below the national median.
Live in Wayne, Oakland or Macomb county? Your DIA admission is already paid for
If you live in Wayne, Oakland or Macomb county, general admission to the Detroit Institute of Arts is free, a benefit the three counties fund through a property tax voters renewed in 2020.
Detroit's Christmas tree arrives Nov. 4, and the free tree lighting returns Nov. 20
The Downtown Detroit Partnership has set the dates: the tree is lifted into place at Campus Martius Park on Wednesday, Nov. 4, and the 23rd annual Detroit Tree Lighting, free, with live music, figure skating and food trucks, returns Friday, Nov. 20.
Detroit People Mover lands $10 million to swap in 12 refurbished Toronto rail cars
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced $10 million for the Detroit Transportation Corporation to recondition 12 former Toronto rail cars and retire the People Mover's nine aging cars.
Detroit's BSEED hosts a landlord resource fair at the Northwest Activities Center on Nov. 17
The City of Detroit's Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department is holding its Landlord Academy & Resource Fair 2026 on November 17 at the Northwest Activities Center, with registration open now at detroitmi.gov/LandlordFair.
Small Detroit parks cool their blocks more than their size suggests, MSU study finds
A Michigan State University study of 249 Detroit parks found that the smallest ones, under about 2.5 acres, often cool their surroundings more sharply than larger parks do.
Gilbert's $1 billion gift would put the Renaissance Center under a nonprofit and tear down two towers
Dan Gilbert is pledging about $1 billion to form a nonprofit that would own, operate and redevelop the Renaissance Center and 35 acres of the east riverfront. The gift is never repaid, nobody profits, and the plan puts 18 acres of public space at the heart of the district.
Canfield Parks Apartments opens 60 affordable homes on Rosa Parks Boulevard
Canfield Parks Apartments cut the ribbon on Oct. 14, 2026, opening 60 income-based homes in a $25.8 million building at 4401 Rosa Parks Blvd. in Woodbridge.
Five Poletown lots become Noojimo'waning, a place of healing under Anishinaabe stewardship
Along the Bloody Run in Poletown, five vacant lots now make up Noojimo'waning, a land back site stewarded by Hadassah GreenSky Meshekey, with a native meadow, tree circles, a traditional garden, and a 22-foot tipi.
Detroit-born Anna Sui brings a 100-plus-look retrospective home to Cranbrook
\"The World of Anna Sui\" opens October 21, 2026, at Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, a survey of more than 100 looks from the Detroit-raised designer's archive, running through February 28, 2027.
Pewabic opens St. Matthew's & St. Joseph's, a Detroit church that ran on the Underground Railroad
Pewabic Pottery is leading guided tours of a Detroit church founded in 1846, a National Park Service Network to Freedom site with a sanctuary floor of Pewabic tile. The next hour-long tour is October 21.
Mr. Spotless turns its Vernor car wash into a drive-through haunt this October
A Southwest Detroit car wash on West Vernor Highway turns its wash tunnel into a haunted drive-through this October, running nightly from 8 to 11 p.m. at $25 per vehicle.
For about $10 a year, the Detroit Zoo millage returns to the Nov. 3 ballot
Voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties decide November 3 whether to renew the Detroit Zoo's 0.1 mill property tax. It's a 10-year renewal with no increase that costs the average homeowner about $10 a year.
Hygrade Deli's corned beef is coming back to Michigan Avenue, with an October reopening in the works
Hygrade Deli, the corned beef counter at 3640 Michigan Avenue since 1955, has a new owner and a plan to reopen by the end of October. Kim Lambert of Mike's Famous Ham Place is buying it out of receivership, and Stuart Litt, whose family ran it for 50 years, is coming back to help.
DTE will argue its $100 million Zug Island pollution fine before a federal appeals court on December 17
DTE Energy has asked the Sixth Circuit to reverse a $100 million Clean Air Act fine over sulfur dioxide pollution at its EES Coke Battery plant on Zug Island, with oral arguments set for December 17.
PWHL Detroit reveals its first jerseys, black and silver with a 313 color story
The city's new professional women's hockey club unveiled the sweaters for its inaugural 2026-27 season on October 8, a black-and-silver look with a stripe story built around the 313 area code. The team's full name and logo are still to come.
Detroit's Masonic Temple marks 100 years as one of the city's most vital stages
Detroit's Masonic Temple, the world's largest, marks 100 years this year, with a centennial gala set for Oct. 17.
Henry Street Apartments opens its first phase in Cass Park in an $80 million restoration
The first phase of Henry Street Apartments has opened in Detroit's Cass Park, part of an $80 million effort turning six historic buildings into 170 apartments, nearly half of them affordable.
Detroit awards first Make Detroit Home grants of $15,000 to 13 Detroiters
Detroit awarded its first Make Detroit Home grants, $15,000 each to 13 Detroiters, through Move Detroit and Mayor Mary Sheffield.
Detroit awards $310,000 to 30 legacy businesses, with the biggest grant to a silk screening shop
The City of Detroit and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation handed out $310,000 to 30 businesses that have each served Detroit for at least 30 years, with the single largest grant, $50,000, going to JAM Enterprises 3, a silk screening and signage shop on E. Warren Avenue.
Elle Hartje came home to run a girls hockey camp at the Detroit Skating Club
The Detroit native and New York Sirens forward organized and ran a camp for 36 girls at the Detroit Skating Club this offseason, handling the registration, scheduling, outreach and logo herself.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra is collecting donated instruments across Michigan through October 31
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has launched Detroit Harmony, a statewide instrument drive running October 5 to 31 to gather donated instruments for Detroit students.
Ten community ofrendas fill the DIA for Día de los Muertos
The Detroit Institute of Arts has mounted its 14th Annual Ofrendas, ten community altars honoring loved ones for el Día de Muertos, on view through November 1.
$89 million will go toward cleaning the Detroit and Kalamazoo rivers
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced an $89 million Reclaim the Rivers program, with nearly $50 million for Detroit River PCB cleanup and $25 million for the Kalamazoo River, paid for by settlements with polluters.
Wayne State plans a $42 million home for its new school of public health
Wayne State University's Board of Governors took up a plan to turn the Emma Lazaroff Schaver Building on Cass Avenue into a $42 million home for its emerging school of public health, alongside news of record enrollment and research growth.
Detroit city council asks residents to wear pink Tuesday for breast cancer awareness
Council Woman At-Large Mary Waters, a breast cancer survivor, is asking Detroit employees and residents to wear pink on October 6th for Shades of Pink Tuesday.
Detroit's four pro teams line up behind a shared youth sports standard
The Lions, Pistons, Red Wings and Tigers have joined Project Play: Southeast Michigan, a regional effort to give more kids positive youth sports experiences built on one shared standard.
Dossin Great Lakes Museum opens free on Lost Mariners Day, with a ticketed brunch on November 8
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle will open free on Lost Mariners Day, November 10, in remembrance of Great Lakes mariners lost at sea, with a ticketed Lost Mariners Brunch two days earlier on November 8.
Gilbert Family Foundation puts $125,000 into the Heidelberg Project's next 40 years
The Gilbert Family Foundation is investing $125,000 in the Heidelberg Project, Tyree Guyton's outdoor art environment in McDougall-Hunt, to renovate the iconic Number House and support an artist-in-residence program.
Virginia Park's October 17-18 brick pickup is for residents of the construction zone only
On October 17 and 18, 2026, the City of Detroit will hand out unused brick pavers pulled up during the Virginia Park streetscape project to residents of the construction zone, free and first come, first served.
A design district takes shape in Milwaukee Junction, built on the neighborhood's own history
Bria Bergman and Amelia Patt-Zamir are growing the Detroit Design District around the Boyer Campbell building, drawing on Milwaukee Junction's auto, architecture, and music legacy instead of starting from scratch.
Detroit PBS and 90.9 WRCJ break ground on the Erb Campus
Detroit PBS and classical and jazz station 90.9 WRCJ have broken ground on the Fred and Barbara Erb Public Media Campus, a shared public media home at 234 Piquette Avenue.
The Hive on Russell opens with 78 affordable homes near Eastern Market
The City of Detroit held a ribbon-cutting for The Hive on Russell, a new development bringing 78 affordable apartments to the Eastern Market and Lafayette Park corridor.
To read Detroit's future, the Skillman Foundation says watch its young people
In a new op-ed, Skillman Foundation president Angelique Power argues that Detroit's comeback is clearest in how the city is investing in kids, from free bus rides to a record graduation rate.
College for Creative Studies launches degrees in creative business and robotics design
College for Creative Studies is adding two undergraduate degrees for fall 2027, a Bachelor of Arts in Business for Creative Industries and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Human-Centered Robotics Design.
Detroit is adding hundreds of new bus shelters and benches at DDOT stops through 2027
Detroit is installing more than 200 new bus shelters and 200 new benches at stops across the city through 2027, with some newer shelters adding solar-powered lighting and USB charging.
A century after Hudson's first float, Detroit's Thanksgiving parade steps off for edition 100
America's Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner White marks its 100th edition on November 26, stepping off at Woodward and Kirby at 8:45 a.m. for the run south to Congress.
Pistons basketball returns to free TV, with 71 games on Detroit 20 this season
The Detroit Pistons will put 71 of their 82 regular-season games on free over-the-air television this season, with every game on 97.1 FM radio and streaming on DAZN.
Detroit Historical Society opens the century-old Fred Hall House for a behind-the-scenes tour on October 18
The Detroit Historical Society is hosting a behind-the-scenes tour of the Fred Hall House on October 18, marking the century-old home's anniversary in the neighborhood built around the Detroit Golf Club.
Detroit Month of Design closes its 16th edition with a symposium on design as civic infrastructure
Design Core Detroit wrapped its 16th annual Month of Design with a closing symposium, Design Moves the Future, that framed creative practice as the infrastructure a city runs on.
Detroit's famous expats came home for The Coney and left $2.72 million for youth arts
The Coney, the inaugural variety show fundraiser, sold out the Detroit Opera House on Sept. 26 and raised $2.72 million for Detroit youth arts. Organizers are already planning a year two.
Michigan Central and Newlab open applications for their 2027 Detroit creative residency
Michigan Central Art and Newlab Detroit are accepting applications for their 2027 Creative Residency Program, a 12-week residency with a $30,000 unrestricted award for artists working at the intersection of art, technology, and society.
Detroit Red Wings open their 2026-27 season Friday at Little Caesars Arena against the Rangers
The Red Wings open the 2026-27 season Friday, Oct. 2, against the New York Rangers, with new concessions and an expanded Team Store waiting inside Little Caesars Arena.
Detroit workforce expected to grow while Michigan sheds labor statewide
A new University of Michigan forecast projects Detroit's population and workforce will grow over the next five years, even as the rest of the state keeps losing labor force.
A new Motor City Half marathon will debut in Detroit in spring 2027
The Motor City Half presented by MSUFCU will make its debut on April 25, 2027, a new 13.1-mile race organized by the team behind Detroit's fall marathon.
Dossin Great Lakes Museum offers a free docent-led tour on October 31
A free, one-hour docent-led tour of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle runs October 31, with registration open online.
Detroiters spent the summer painting a 32-foot mural at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum
\"Currents in Color,\" a 32-by-8-foot mural completed panel by panel by community members over the summer, is now installed on the west wall of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle.
Detroit Harvest Fest returns to the riverfront Oct. 3 and 4, with $5 advance tickets and more than 30 food trucks
Detroit Harvest Fest is back at Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park on October 3 and 4, with more than 30 food trucks, outdoor movies, and $5 advance admission.
Detroit’s own Shinola Hotel honored as a 2026 Michelin Key hotel
Detroit's Shinola Hotel and Birmingham's The Townsend Hotel have been awarded 2026 Michelin Keys, the designation given to hotels for the best hospitality in the world.
Carhartt opens an apparel design lab at Pensole Lewis College in Detroit
The workwear brand and Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design have opened a Carhartt Apparel Lab in Detroit, a space where design students can build and test apparel prototypes.
The Coney brings Detroit-connected stars to the Opera House to fund youth arts education
The Children's Foundation of Michigan is launching The Coney, a star-studded weekend at the Detroit Opera House on September 25 and 26, 2026, to build a permanent endowment for youth arts education in Detroit.
Detroit's FY2028 budget cycle is open, with priority forums coming to all seven districts
Detroit's budget cycle for Fiscal Year 2028 is officially underway, and residents can weigh in through Zoom budget meetings, district priority forums across all seven council districts, or a year-round email to the Office of Budget.
Make Food Not Waste turned 100,000 pounds of surplus food into 120,000 meals for Detroiters in 2025
Make Food Not Waste kept more than 100,000 pounds of food out of Detroit landfills in 2025 and turned it into 120,000 meals for neighbors facing food insecurity.
Kresge Foundation marks a year of Detroit neighborhood work as Marygrove campus aims for spring 2027 groundbreaking
One year into its pledge to invest in Northwest Detroit and move onto the Marygrove campus, the Kresge Foundation says it will break ground in spring 2027 on a bigger plan that adds a public ground floor, a campus quad, and new recreation space.
On Meldrum, a Capuchin center is becoming Refettorio Detroit, a restaurant that seats its guests
A $2.4 million renovation is turning the Capuchin Soup Kitchen's Meldrum Community Center into Refettorio Detroit, where guests will be seated and served a full meal one course at a time when it opens in early 2027.
Michigan may need up to $85 billion to fix aging water pipes, GLWA report says
A new report commissioned by the Great Lakes Water Authority estimates Michigan needs as much as $85 billion over 20 years to repair its aging water and sewer pipes, and it calls on the state to build a dedicated funding strategy.
Detroit Pickleball Club and The Foundry plan year-round venue in Rivertown building
Two local partners are redeveloping a 40,000-square-foot building at 3201 Franklin St. in Detroit's Rivertown into a year-round home for the Detroit Pickleball Club and a social hub called The Foundry, with doors expected to open in late 2026.
Detroit's $2.24 billion Renaissance Center overhaul won't finish until 2038, documents show
Filings with the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Board lay out a timeline that starts with tower demolition in 2027 and reaches full completion of the $2.24 billion riverfront project in 2038.
Cass Cafe to reopen in Midtown as a cultural center on Nov. 6
The Midtown restaurant and art gallery that closed in 2022 is set to reopen Nov. 6 as the Cass Cafe Cultural Center, run by the nonprofit Chalfonte Foundation.
Detroit's clean energy upgrades are cutting home bills and training the crews to install them
City and utility clean energy programs are helping Detroit homeowners lower their bills and live in more comfortable homes, and a DTE-backed academy is training residents for the installation jobs.
Nearly 200,000 entered the lottery as Banana Ball sold out Comerica Park twice
Nearly 200,000 people entered the ticket lottery for two nights of Banana Ball at Comerica Park, both sold out, and creator Jesse Cole says only Wrigley Field drew bigger demand this season.
ProsperUs Detroit business program for creative entrepreneurs closes applications Sept. 27
ProsperUs Detroit is taking applications through Sunday, September 27, 2026 for Detroit Creative Futures, a 10-session business program for the city's creative entrepreneurs.
Marygrove Conservancy anchors a multigenerational arts community in northwest Detroit
A layered arts community has taken root at the former Marygrove College campus in northwest Detroit, anchored by a weekly gathering that draws artists from age six to seniors.
SANA opens its first flagship store on Woodward
The Detroit streetwear label SANA has opened its first permanent store at 1275 Woodward Ave., trading five years of online-only sales for a downtown flagship with a cafe.
Any Detroit school or business can run a Goodwill donation drive to fund job training
The nonprofit is asking local groups to run donation drives for used clothing, books, toys, and household goods, with proceeds funding job training and other programs across metro Detroit.
Detroit's Blue Bird Inn, the Old Westside's bebop room, is being rebuilt down to its tin ceiling
A $1.9 million Mellon Foundation grant is helping the Detroit Sound Conservancy rebuild the Blue Bird Inn, the west side club that was the city's bebop home, though no reopening date is set.
Detroit Opera opens its season with a 1930s-set Tosca on November 1
Detroit Opera launches its 2026-27 season with Puccini's Tosca at the Detroit Opera House on November 1, with soprano Masabane Rangwanasha in the title role and a staging that relocates the thriller to Fascist Italy of the 1930s.
Comerica Park will become Fifth Third Park for the 2027 season
The Detroit Tigers' downtown ballpark, open under the Comerica name since 2000, takes on a new title after Fifth Third's merger with Comerica Bank. Fifth Third paired the switch with a $20 million commitment to two Detroit neighborhoods.
Motown Museum goes dark until spring 2027 as its $75 million Hitsville expansion finishes
Guided tours of Hitsville U.S.A. paused on January 20, 2026, and the Motown Museum now expects to reopen its expanded, $75 million campus in spring 2027.
Detroit's Music Hall takes the name orsa Music Hall in a 25-year, $20 million deal
Detroit's Music Hall will become orsa Music Hall under a 25-year, $20 million partnership with orsa Credit Union, tied to its planned expansion in the Paradise Valley district.
Ray's, a celebrity-owned New York bar, opens in Parker's Alley
Ray's, the New York bar co-owned by actors Justin Theroux and Nicholas Braun, has opened its fourth location in Parker's Alley downtown, pouring classic cocktails and bar fare in the former Mr. Dips space.
Southwest Detroit women push for pollution limits after generations of family loss
A coalition of Detroit women is pushing Michigan lawmakers to pass the Protecting Overburdened Communities Act, which would require state regulators to consider a community's cumulative pollution burden before approving new industrial permits.
Detroit Symphony opens its season Saturday with Joshua Bell and $69 tickets
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra kicks off its 2026-2027 season on September 26 with an Opening Night Gala at Orchestra Hall, where violinist Joshua Bell plays Lalo under Jader Bignamini and concert seats start at $69.
Fash Bash 2026 drew a record crowd of more than 650 to the DIA dance floor
Fash Bash 2026, the Detroit Institute of Arts' annual fashion fundraiser, set an attendance record with more than 650 guests, opening with the Neiman Marcus Art of Fashion runway show before the after-party.
Detroit Public Theatre's Shakespeare in Prison ensemble gets the text off the page
Detroit Public Theatre's Shakespeare in Prison ensemble spent a September 15 session moving monologues from the page into the body, and one member found that standing up finally unlocked Puck's language.
Detroit Public Theatre opens its King Lear season inside a prison, in the ensemble's own words
Detroit Public Theatre has begun its Shakespeare in Prison program for the year, working toward a production of King Lear, and shared the incarcerated ensemble's own words from the first session on September 17.
Detroit Artists Market spotlights Miranda Kyle's watercolor show \"Flowers Know What We Forgot\"
Watercolor painter and muralist Miranda Kyle is the latest featured artist at Detroit Artists Market, with a show that centers people of color and turns on memory, identity, and storytelling.
Detroit Artists Market opens 'The Intimacy of Memory,' a ten-artist show on Woodward
Detroit Artists Market has opened 'The Intimacy of Memory,' a group show of ten artists working in installation, fiber, and painting around themes of nostalgia and longing.
Elmwood Cemetery lights up for Elmwood Alight October 1 to 3
Elmwood Alight returns to Detroit's Elmwood Cemetery for three nights, October 1 to 3, turning the 180-year-old grounds into an after-dark walk of light and sound. Tickets are on sale now through Eventbrite.
Downtown Detroit Partnership wins international honor for its I-375 community work
The Downtown Detroit Partnership has won a Downtown Achievement Pinnacle Award from the International Downtown Association for bringing community voices into the redesign of I-375.
Reindustrialize Summit brought investors and founders to Hudson's Detroit
Venture capitalists, founders, and public officials filled Hudson's Detroit in June for the Reindustrialize Summit, where Lockheed Martin and GM Defense also signed a defense manufacturing agreement.
Detroit schools pass the halfway mark on full air conditioning, with 81% in sight by 2028
More than half of Detroit Public Schools Community District buildings now have air conditioning in every room, a milestone reached during the first full month of the 2026-27 school year.
Detroit Lions Academy helps over-age students find a path back to graduation
The Detroit Lions Academy has helped over-age Detroit students return to the graduation track since 2001, and a 2023 merger added a credit recovery program for high schoolers at risk of falling behind.
Jalen Rose Leadership Academy plans a second campus to double its enrollment
Jalen Rose Leadership Academy has launched a capital campaign to open a second campus and roughly double its enrollment, moving its high school into a donated former hospital on the Royal Oak Township border.
Detroit's Hispanic Heritage Month calendar fills up along Vernor, from a summit to a mariachi tour
Hispanic Heritage Month runs September 15 through October 15, and Southwest Detroit's calendar has a leadership summit, a museum evening, free library programming, and a mariachi concert along West Vernor.
U-M forecast calls Detroit's economy encouraging overall, with some risks ahead
A new University of Michigan forecast calls Detroit's economy 'encouraging overall' while flagging risks ahead. The city's labor force grew 2.9% between May 2025 and May 2026 even as Michigan's shrank 2.2%, pushing unemployment to 11% as more residents look for work.
Detroit Metro Airport ranks No. 2 for passenger satisfaction among North America's busiest airports
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport ranked second among mega airports in the 2026 J.D. Power North America Airport Satisfaction Study, trailing only Minneapolis-Saint Paul.
Detroit Lions organization is demolishing a building at 1900 Saint Antoine
The Detroit Lions organization is demolishing a building at 1900 Saint Antoine Street. A City of Detroit permit, DEM2026-00419, authorizes the wreck-and-remove at the site.
Salvation Army of Metro Detroit names its first two women to lead at once in nearly 140 years
The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit has named Capt. Shanell Debela as divisional secretary and Clenetta Frazier as advisory board chair, the first two women to hold these roles at the same time in its nearly 140-year metro Detroit history.
Detroit's district schools post record highs again on the 2026 M-STEP
Detroit's district schools posted record highs again on the 2026 M-STEP, continuing a multi-year climb while still trailing state averages.
SNAP households in Wayne County can get storm food replacement benefits through Sept. 23
Wayne County residents on SNAP who lost food to recent storms and power outages can request replacement benefits until Wednesday, Sept. 23, by phone or with the DHS-601 affidavit.
Detroit's say on the $1.6 billion RenCen remake runs every Tuesday through October
A $1.6 billion plan to remake the Renaissance Center would take down two of its five towers, and the public window to shape it runs every Tuesday night through October 27.
Unrivaled women's basketball is bringing two games to Detroit in January 2027
Unrivaled, the three-on-three women's professional basketball league, will play its first-ever games in Detroit on January 11, 2027, staging two games in one night at Little Caesars Arena.
Cass Corridor CDC and Cove Investments work to expand affordable housing in Detroit
Two Detroit organizations are working to expand affordable housing as rising home prices and high interest rates squeeze supply, with efforts that include a 49-home senior development.
NCAA launches statewide reading bracket ahead of Detroit's 2027 Final Four
The NCAA and the 2027 Men's Final Four Detroit Local Organizing Committee have launched Read to the Final Four, a statewide literacy program for Michigan third-graders that builds toward the April 2027 games at Ford Field.
LuxWall is building a 276,000-square-foot window factory in Detroit's Delray neighborhood
LuxWall, an Ypsilanti-based vacuum insulation company, is building a 276,000-square-foot factory in Detroit's Delray neighborhood, with production set for the third quarter of 2027, up to 277 jobs, and at least half of the workforce hired from nearby neighborhoods.
'Georgia O'Keeffe: Architecture' opens at the DIA, tracing a painter's life through buildings
The Detroit Institute of Arts has opened a 35-painting show devoted to Georgia O'Keeffe's decades of work on the built environment, anchored by 'Stables' from its own collection and running through Jan. 3, 2027.
Hallelujah for Heat returns to Fellowship Chapel for its 15th year on October 24
The 15th annual Hallelujah for Heat gospel concert returns to Fellowship Chapel in Detroit on Saturday, October 24, a free show led by Ricky Dillard & New G, Minister Lisa Page Brooks, and GRIF. Admission is free, with advance registration encouraged.
Shakespeare in Prison opens its fall session with a full, energized room
Detroit Public Theatre's Shakespeare in Prison program opened its fall session on September 8 with a room full of new and returning members, one of whom recognized a teaching artist from a 2015 production of The Taming of the Shrew.
DTE gas bills rise $2.87 a month Oct. 1 after regulators cut the hike to less than half
Michigan regulators approved a $74.52 million DTE Gas rate increase, raising typical residential bills 3.34%, about $2.87 a month, starting Oct. 1. The approved amount was less than half what DTE requested, and hours after the vote the utility filed notice for another increase.
Cosm Detroit opens at Cadillac Square with a sold-out LED dome debut
Cosm Detroit opened September 10 at 25 Cadillac Square, drawing a sold-out crowd of 1,500 to an 87-foot-diameter LED dome, the company's fourth immersive venue in the country.
Detroit home repair applications open September 9 through September 22
Detroit's Critical Home Repair and LeadSafe Housing programs are taking pre-applications from September 9 through September 22, with priority for households that include children, seniors, or residents with documented disabilities.
Detroit third graders hit a 12-year ELA high on the 2026 M-STEP
On the 2026 M-STEP, 14.1% of Detroit third graders scored proficient in English Language Arts, the district's best mark in 12 years, even as statewide scores showed little improvement.
Rocket and the Detroit Lions will give Humble Design Detroit at least $300 per third-down stop this season
Rocket Companies and the Detroit Lions will give Humble Design Detroit at least $300 for every third-down stop by the Lions defense this season, with total contributions capped at $50,000.
Season Fair returns to Detroit with eleven galleries at The Shepherd this weekend
Season Fair holds its second annual edition September 11 to 13, 2026, at The Shepherd, with eleven local and international galleries and a free day of talks opening the week.
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries marks National Recovery Month with a message that recovery is possible
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries is marking National Recovery Month this September, spotlighting people whose lives are being changed through recovery from addiction and substance use, and celebrating hope and healing for the individuals and families it serves.
Forgotten Harvest rescues surplus food to feed the community
Forgotten Harvest, the metro Detroit nonprofit, rescues surplus food and routes it to local charities that feed the community, with President and CEO Adrian Lewis detailing the model on American Black Journal.
Pewabic Pottery to begin roof restoration on its 1907 Jefferson Avenue studio
Pewabic Pottery will begin essential roof restoration on its historic Jefferson Avenue studio on Monday, September 14, 2026, and the National Historic Landmark building will stay open during the work.
Variety's 12th SHINE fashion show puts kids on the runway at Somerset Collection
The 12th annual SHINE Fashion Show turned the South Rotunda of the Somerset Collection in Troy into a runway for kids on August 30, raising money for the Variety 4-H Horseback Riding Program and FAR therapeutic scholarships.
Detroit opens 7 new free after-school sites with $2.2 million city investment
Detroit is opening seven new free after-school sites this school year, a $2.2 million expansion of the free GOAL Line program expected to reach about 1,000 more kids.
A free statewide Issues Summit comes to Marygrove Conservancy on October 21
A free, half-day statewide policy summit comes to Detroit's Marygrove Conservancy campus on October 21, with registration now open.
Detroit is on the clock: the Final Four, a Michelin night and 1,600 new hotel rooms all land in 2027
The Final Four returns to Ford Field in April 2027, Michigan Central hosts the first Michelin star night for the Great Lakes that same month, 1,600 downtown hotel rooms open, and the travel industry's biggest trade show follows in 2028. Visit Detroit built that calendar on a record 2024.
A downtown Detroit People Mover station is set for a six-month renovation
The People Mover's Water Square station starts a six-month renovation September 14 and stays open through most of it.
Cars at The Station returns to Michigan Central and Roosevelt Park this weekend
The third annual Cars at The Station fills the Michigan Central campus and Roosevelt Park in Corktown on September 11 and 12, a free weekend of car showcases, live music, artisans, and food. Dearborn's Old Car Festival runs concurrently at Greenfield Village.
Detroit's pedal pubs run on beer, wine and a sober driver
The HandleBar, Detroit Rolling Pub and Rolling Social roll downtown under a state law and a 2016 city ordinance that spell out what is allowed on board and who has to stay sober.
Stevie Wonder will play the “Songs in the Key of Life” album at the Fox on December 8 and 9
Two Fox Theatre nights, his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life played front to back, on a 50th anniversary tour where Detroit is the only city getting two shows. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, September 15 at 10 a.m.
Michigan's first growth officer now runs Detroit's, and the $1,000 offer to come home is still open
MoveDetroit's Make Detroit Home promised more than $500,000 to 313 Detroiters. The $15,000 round closed in May, but the $1,000 offers for returning Detroiters and remote workers are still open, and the woman running the coalition used to run Michigan's growth office.
Detroit City Council votes to study energy alternatives after Islandview tornado
Five days after an EF-2 tornado tore through the lower east side, council members unanimously told their policy staff to find out how Wyandotte, Ann Arbor and other Michigan cities keep the lights on without a single utility.
What stays open on the Detroit riverfront after the splash pads close
Labor Day closed the Mt. Elliott splash pad and the Water Wonderland, and not much else. Here is what keeps running on the Detroit riverfront through fall, from the beach at Valade Park to yoga, runs and bike rentals.
Detroit's Labor Day parade died once, and the people who built it brought it back
Detroit's first Labor Day celebration drew 50,000 people to Recreation Park in 1884, then the parade collapsed and was canceled, and surviving labor pioneers brought it back in 1981. The march steps off again Monday, September 7.
Hamtramck's Labor Day festival takes over Joseph Campau through Monday
The Hamtramck Labor Day Festival runs Saturday through Monday, September 7, on Joseph Campau, with two stages, a carnival, and free admission.
Southwest Detroit neighbors are being asked what a shuttered landmark should become
Hotel Yorba on Lafayette Boulevard has sat empty since a 2025 city-ordered closure. Its new owner is asking the neighborhood what should replace it before drawing a plan.
Dally in the Alley returns September 12, still run entirely by neighbors
Detroit's 47th Dally in the Alley returns to the Cass Corridor on Saturday, September 12, free from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and, as always, run start to finish by neighborhood volunteers.
Detroit Month of Design returns for a 16th year with more than 100 events
Detroit, the only UNESCO City of Design in the United States, spends September on its 16th Month of Design, with more than 100 events across the city under the theme 'Design Moves the Future.'
PPL Movin' turned Detroit's People Mover into a rolling talk show
Layla McMurtrie and Deonte Bell ride the downtown loop with strangers and creatives, and every conversation runs on two questions: what's moving you, and what's your next stop.
The Detroit Jazz Festival is free through Monday, with all three stages at Hart Plaza this year
The 47th Detroit Jazz Festival runs through Monday night at Hart Plaza with free admission, its three main stages in one footprint, and a new no-cooler rule to know before you go.
Unc's Pizza opens in Capitol Park from the Dime Store and Mootz owners
Unc's Pizza has opened at 1133 Griswold in Capitol Park, a Detroit-style pizzeria from the crews behind Dime Store and Mootz Pizzeria + Bar.
Olga Stella named Detroit's chief of economic development and workforce
Mayor Mary Sheffield has appointed longtime Detroiter Olga Stella as the city's Chief of Economic Development and Workforce, putting her in charge of five departments spanning planning, housing, small business, and civil rights.
Environmental groups push Detroit for a data center moratorium as the city writes new rules
Environmental justice and community groups are pushing Detroit to pause data center development while the city develops its first recommendations for rules governing the facilities.
Detroit's first tornado since 1997 fits a pattern scientists expect to keep growing
An EF2 tornado touched down in Detroit on September 3, the city's first in nearly three decades, and researchers say warming conditions are making such storms more likely here.
Bedrock says its $1.6 billion RenCen plan is the only realistic route at second community meeting
Representatives of Dan Gilbert's Bedrock made a forceful case at a second community meeting on September 1 that the firm's $1.6 billion Renaissance Center overhaul, planned with General Motors, is the only realistic way to revive the largely empty riverfront towers.
Kresge publishes 'Tyree's Time,' a monograph on Tyree Guyton's 40 years at the Heidelberg Project
The Kresge Foundation has released 'Tyree's Time,' a monograph tracing Tyree Guyton's four decades building the Heidelberg Project as the 2026 Kresge Eminent Artist.
USA Gymnastics is bringing its 2027 national championships to Huntington Place in May
USA Gymnastics will hold its 2027 Development Program National Championships Presented by AAI at Huntington Place in downtown Detroit on May 13 to 16, 2027.
Pewabic Pottery is bringing a neighborhood clay studio to Detroit's east side
Pewabic Pottery is launching the Pewabic Neighborhood Studio, a fully accessible community ceramics space near the Cadillac Arts Centre in Little Village, built in partnership with the Progressive Art Studio Collective.
Detroit advocates push to give the Detroit River legal personhood
A coalition of researchers and community advocates is exploring legal personhood for the Detroit River, a status that would give the waterway standing in court to fight pollution and harmful development.
Dan Gilbert to lead Detroit's 100th Thanksgiving parade as grand marshal
Dan Gilbert, founder and chairman of Rocket Companies, will serve as grand marshal of the 100th America's Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner White on November 26.
Detroit will plant a free tree on your berm, and all you have to do is ask
The City of Detroit is taking requests from residents and small businesses for free trees planted on the berm out front, part of a push to plant 75,000 trees across the city by 2027.
Detroit Wick to open an AI scent studio inside Hudson's Detroit this September
Detroit Wick is partnering with Every Human to open an immersive AI-guided scent creation experience inside the Hudson's Detroit tower, with a custom-fragrance studio set to open along Nick Gilbert Way in September.
Hudson-Webber Foundation sends $3.6 million to 11 Detroit arts and neighborhood groups
The Hudson-Webber Foundation approved $3,605,000 in new grants to 11 Detroit organizations, including $200,000 for MOCAD and $100,000 for the Detroit Sound Conservancy's Blue Bird Inn project.
Detroit Youth Golf Collective opens its founding class to city kids ages 8 to 13
The Detroit Youth Golf Collective is recruiting an inaugural group of golfers ages 8 to 13, offering seven program tracks that pair golf fundamentals with leadership and character development. Founding-class enrollment is open.
Building Community Value has spent a decade turning Detroiters into neighborhood developers
Chase L. Cantrell founded Building Community Value about a decade ago to help Detroiters invest in and develop property in their own neighborhoods, with a majority of its participants and alumni Black women.
MotorCity Casino Hotel opens its first renovated floors in a $65 million makeover
MotorCity Casino Hotel has opened its first two floors of renovated guestrooms, the opening move in a $65 million project called Elevate the Escape that runs through 2027.
Detroit starts drawing up rules for data centers as a city report maps its options
Detroit's City Planning Commission has taken up a staff report laying out how the city could define, zone, and limit data centers, as council resolutions and residents press concerns about the grid and water.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
