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Things To Do In Detroit This Weekend: Your City 5 For June 21 - 23

Hey there everyone! I hope that this week has gone off without a hitch. Things have been pretty good over in this neck of the woods. We’ve got some pretty fun events going on this weekend, so let’s get this thing started shall we? Brother Wayne Kramer at the Hamtramck Public Library Brother Wayne Kramer, of the iconic Detroit band the MC5 will be stopping by the Hamtramck Public Library this Friday night to discuss his memoir The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, The MC5, and...

Things To Do In Oakland County: Your Oakland 5 For June 14 - 16

Hey there everyone! How has your week been so far? Things have been going pretty good over here. Father’s Day is this Sunday, so if you’re a dad I hope that you have a great day. Let’s get on with the round up of things to do in Oakland County, shall we? Drag Queen Bingo I’m not sure if you know this, but I have a giant soft spot for drag queens. I also love to go to bingo. So in mind it’s great when you combine the two for Drag Queen Bingo. There will be two ni...

Meet The Vice President Of Parking Who Is For More Mass Transit

The Motor City is synonymous with the car. It’s called, after all, the Motor City. But will the next chapter of Detroit be so car-focused? And how will those changes happen? Today’s episode of Daily Detroit is a conversation with Kevin Bopp, the Vice President of Parking and Mobility for Bedrock. That’s the real estate arm of Dan Gilbert’s family of companies. Each day, they need to get many thousands of people in and out of their properties, whether they’re employees, tenan...

Eastern Market

Things To Do In Detroit This Weekend: Your City 5 For June 14-16

Hello all of you wonderful people! I hope that you are all having a great week so far. Don’t forget that this Sunday is Father’s Day, so if you haven’t gone out to find that special gift for the dad’s in your life you still have time. I have also included some dad specific ideas for things to do this Sunday. Have a great weekend everyone! Quicken Loans Demo Day This Friday is the 3rd Annual Quicken Loans Demo Day, which is a pitch competition for businesses in D...

Things To Do In Oakland County: Your Oakland 5 For June 7-9

Here are some fun events to check out this weekend in Oakland County. It’s turning out to be pretty packed with all sorts of art fairs. It is market season, after all. Have a great weekend everyone! A Longman and Eagle Gastropub Takeover Want a taste of Chicago, but without the four hour drive to the Windy City? I’ve got the answer for you. This Friday and Saturday the popular Chicago Gastropub Longman and Eagle are taking over the kitchen at Frame in Hazel Park...

Things To Do In Detroit This Weekend: Your City 5 For June 7-9

Hello, hello, hello! I can not wait for the weekend to get here. Last weekend was Ferndale Pride, and I had to miss it because I was still up north. But this weekend is Motor City Pride and I am stoked to hit Hart Plaza. So, without further ado, let’s get to the events. 29th Annual Pewabic House & Garden Show This weekend is the 29th Annual Pewabic House and Garden Show. If you haven’t been over to Pewabic to check out the new Tile Studio, this is your chance! You wi...

Eastern Market

Things To Do In Detroit This Weekend: Your City 5 For May 17-19

Hey there everyone! Here’s your weekend round up of the best events in the City of Detroit this weekend. I’m not sure how this week has been for you, but it has flown by for me. I can’t believe we are already halfway through the month of May. Can you? There is a lot going on this weekend, let’s get going shall we? ArtBlock Open House and Exhibition Looking to get out and look at some really great public art this weekend? I’ve got just the thing for you. This F...

Things To Do In Oakland County: Your Oakland 5 For May 17 - 19

Welcome to the all new Oakland 5. We love our weekly round up of all the fun things to do within the City of Detroit, but we also realize that sometimes people just want to hang out close to home. Which brings us to our newest round up. We hope you like it. If you have any cool events going on around Oakland County don’t be afraid to shoot me a line at shi@dailydetroit.com. Let’s do this. Berkley Days I really love Berkley. Especially their library and The Lunch Caf...

Southwest Detroit

Things To Do In Detroit This Weekend: Your City 5 For May 10-12

Are you all ready for Mother’s Day this year? It’s this Sunday after all. If you haven’t gotten your stuff together for the special mom’s in your life, I’m going to say get your stuff together. You’re running out of time. Sven wrote up a nice little round up of places to go for Mother’s Day. There’s a few great options for brunches and such. To all of the moms out there reading this week’s City 5, let me take this time to tell you all that you are all doing a great job! Being a...

Things To Do In Detroit This Weekend: Your City 5 For April 26 - 28

Hello, hello, hello! I hope you all had a great week so far. Things have been pretty busy over here at the Daily Detroit World Headquarters this week. But overall I say it’s been a good one. Looking ahead to the weekend. There are a lot of great events happening. I for one am really looking forward to Independent Bookstore Day. Maybe I’ll run into you at Pages Bookshop. 7th Annual Venus Rising: All Women’s Art Exhibition This Friday and Saturday night the Tangent G...

Previewing The Detroit Music Awards With Howard Hertz

Today is a conversation with Howard Hertz, previewing the Detroit Music Awards that are happening this Friday. The annual event has been a lynchpin of the Detroit music scene for years. Hertz is not only the president of the foundation that puts on the event, he’s an entertainment lawyer with a roster of clients that’s a who’s who of Detroit music. Here’s that conversation with Sven Gustafson....

Swap Your House Plants This Sunday At The Fisher Building

If you have a green thumb, and are looking to get your hands on some new plants or cuttings I have just the event for you. The Michigan Plant Swap will be this Sunday, April 28 inside the Fisher Building. You can bring your potted plants, bare-root plants, or plant cuttings to the swap. The only stipulation is that the plant is disease and pest free. If you’re bringing cuttings you can bring them in a pot, or wrapped in damp paper towel inside of a sealed plastic bag. If yo...

VIDEO: Tow Truck Driver Runs Into Cars Outside Detroit Bar, Woman Smashes Truck Window

A video uploaded early Wednesday morning shows a tow truck running into a number of cars outside of The Views bar near Grand River and Telegraph in Detroit has gone locally viral on Facebook. It also shows a number of frantic people and a woman smashing the driver’s side window of a Total Car Care tow truck. It’s a public video and captioned, “Drunk/impaired Tow truck driver hits 7 cars outside of views bar including hitting my friend while he was parked in his car smh” We’ve d...

Things To Do In Detroit This Weekend Of April 12-14

How are all of you fine people doing this week? We’ve had a few really great days to get outdoors before the cold snap comes back. Let’s look ahead to this weekend, shall we? We’ve got some great events happening. I know that I’m looking forward to hitting a couple of them myself. Have a great weekend everyone! Freep Film Festival Today kicks off the 6th annual Freep Film Festival, and I for one am excited. The festival will have more than 80 screenings and events...

The Black Hole And The "Golden Butthole" Look Alike

A photo that is important to science was shared Wednesday. It’s huge news that we now have the first picture of a black hole, thanks to researchers at the National Science Foundation. “We have seen what we thought was unseeable. We have seen and taken a picture of a black hole,” Sheperd Doeleman, EHT Director and astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Science News But as soon as I saw it, my thoughts went straight back to home. To something else I thought...

Peppa Pig World of Play In U.S. Now Open Inside Great Lakes Crossing

Attention for all of you with small children — the new Peppa Pig World of Play is officially open inside Great Lakes Crossing. If you have kids who love the show then you will feel like you’ve walked onto the show itself. There are 14 different play areas for kids up to the age of eight to entertain themselves. My four year old and I had a little sneak peak of the place before the Grand Opening. I will admit that we do not watch Peppa Pig, but he still had a blast....

PICS: Shield’s Pizza Opens In Midtown

Greater downtown Detroit has been a virtual Detroit-style pizza desert for awhile. It’s been ironic that it has been much easier as of late to get a slice of New York- or Chicago-style pizza than a quality local pie, especially as downtown is the heart of tourism in the city. That situation has gotten a little better with the opening of Shield’s in Midtown in the historic Maccabees building. Now, everyone has their preference around which of the big Detroit style bran...

Things To Do In Detroit This Weekend: April 5 - 7, 2019

Hey there! Welcome back to your City 5! This week has been kind of crazy over here. But I’m ready to look ahead to the weekend. Let’s check out the best of what’s happening around Detroit, shall we? Pietrzyk Pierogi Vegan Pop-Up at Lost River Pietrzyk Pierogi is no stranger to popping up at Lost River over on the far East Side. But this Friday the menu will be something special. It’s going to be 100% vegan. So, if you’re vegan and have a hankering for pierogi now y...