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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...
Detroit Grand Prix

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...
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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 posing for a portrait, while wearing a fedora.

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....
John Mellencamp, Tori Amos, and Luke Bryan

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...
Jeff Daniels posing with a guitar.

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...
Hour Detroit cover subjects

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,...
Hamilton

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...
Kresge Court at the DIA

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...
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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...
The Monarch Club.

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...
Elaine Jacob Gallery

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...
Paintings by Mark Kostabi on display

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...
Fisher Building

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....
Vintage metal signs

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...
Vintage automobile

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...
cannabis leaves in an upward arrow and stacks of money

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...

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