Editor’s Letter: Celebrating 30 Years of ‘Hour Detroit’
This month, Hour Detroit is celebrating its 30th birthday. And while 30 isn’t old in people years, in an industry in which many publications...
2026 Metro Detroit Summer Events Preview: Major Events
May 23–25
Movement: Celebrate Detroit’s sacred status as the birthplace of techno at this annual electronic music festival. More than 115 artists are slated to...
Leelanau Peninsula: Dispatches from the 45th Parallel
It’s 45 degrees outside in October, rain is pounding in horizontal sheets onto the plate-glass window nearby, and I’m drinking a Bloody Mary with...
Jeff Daniels: The Man and His Music
Music has been a constant in Jeff Daniels’s career from his early days as an actor in New York City in the late 1970s....
2026 Metro Detroit Summer Events Preview: Music
May 29–31
Songs of America: Celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and vocalists Melinda Doolittle and Jimmie Herrod as they perform jazz...
At Home with Jeff Daniels
Before Jeff Daniels was a Hollywood star, he was just a guy strumming his guitar and waiting for his big break.
He left Michigan in...
30 Years of Hour Detroit: Past Subjects Reflect on Their Covers
When the first issue of Hour Detroit hit newsstands in May 1996, the city was far from what would later be called its comeback,...
14 Don’t-Miss Events in Metro Detroit in May
THEATER
April 29–May 17
Hamilton: The groundbreaking musical that turns the story of the American Revolution into a mesmerizing hip-hop opera will return to Detroit’s Fisher...
Hidden Detroit: Editors’ Picks
Carnival Market, Pontiac | Food
Said to be Oakland County’s largest Hispanic market, Carnival offers an incredibly wide variety of authentic Mexican and Latin American...
Hidden Detroit: Views from a High-rise Window-cleaning Technician
Everyone has a favorite secret spot, but few are eager to share. For this year’s City Guide, we took on the challenge. Along with...
Hidden Detroit: Places to See the City from a Bird’s-eye View
Everyone has a favorite secret spot, but few are eager to share. For this year’s City Guide, we took on the challenge. Along with...
Hidden Detroit: Art Galleries You May Have Overlooked
Everyone has a favorite secret spot, but few are eager to share. For this year’s City Guide, we took on the challenge. Along with...
Hidden Detroit: Park West Museum in Southfield
Everyone has a favorite secret spot, but few are eager to share. For this year’s City Guide, we took on the challenge. Along with...
A Tuscan-inspired Wine Cellar/Bar by Jane Henderson Interior Design
When two Ann Arbor homeowners wanted a Tuscan villa feel for the lower level of their home, they called on Jane Henderson of Jane...
Hidden Detroit: Fishing for Secrets at the Fisher Building
Everyone has a favorite secret spot, but few are eager to share. For this year’s City Guide, we took on the challenge. Along with...
The Joy of Sharing Your Own Private Detroit
For years, I was a tour guide at the Fisher Building in Detroit. It’s a stunning architectural masterpiece covered in marble, bronze, and frescoes....
Hidden Detroit: Henry Ford Museum’s Artifact Collection
Everyone has a favorite secret spot, but few are eager to share. For this year’s City Guide, we took on the challenge. Along with...
The Franklin Oyster Bar & Eatery: A Seafood Gem in a Picturesque Town
This is one of the best restaurants to open in recent memory.
Nestled inside a renovated 19th-century cottage house, The Franklin takes you back to...
Hidden Detroit: The Artifact Collection of the Detroit Historical Society
Everyone has a favorite secret spot, but few are eager to share. For this year’s City Guide, we took on the challenge. Along with...
Is Michigan’s Cannabis Industry About to Go Up in Smoke?
When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the Pot for Potholes initiative — a high tax on marijuana sold or transferred to a retail shop that...






















