June 2025
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Pride Month Events in Metro Detroit
Ferndale Pride The annual Ferndale Pride event strives to recognize and support all corners of the local LGBTQ+ communities. Enjoy live musical performances, drag shows, food, vendors, information stands, and a kids’ area. May 31. Downtown Ferndale; ferndalepride.com Ypsilanti Pride Wear your best rainbow garb and join in the fun of Ypsi Pride in the […]
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Hour Detroit: June 2025 Digital Edition
Lights, camera, action! The digital edition of our summer blockbuster issue has arrived — with an all-star ensemble cast of more than a thousand 2025 Best of Detroit winners and finalists selected in our annual readers’ online survey.
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Best of Detroit 2025
Food | Drinks | Health & Beauty | Community | Services | Arts & Entertainment | Sports | Retail Food All-night Eatery Winner: O.W.L., Royal Oak; owlwoodward.com Finalists: Duly’s Place, Fleetwood Diner, Nicky D’s, The Telway Appetizers Winner: Adelina, Detroit; adelinadetroit.com Finalists: Bell Bistro, Sexy Steak, The Ledger, West End Kitchen & Bar Bagel Shop Winner: […]
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Celebrating 30 Years of Hour Detroit Magazine
In May 2026, we will celebrate our 30th anniversary of bringing you the best metro Detroit has to offer. That means that this month is the start of our 30th year of publishing the magazine. In recognition of that, we are featuring content from the past on the pages of the magazine for the next […]
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Don’t-Miss Events for June 2025
Detroit Grand Prix This year’s three-day downtown event will feature the cars of the NTT IndyCar Series racing in the Chevrolet IndyCar Grand Prix, the Indy NXT by Firestone series, and the return of the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar series. You can find a place on the street to watch for free or purchase tickets for […]
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Culture Convo: The Best the City Sounds … To You
What makes the “best of Detroit” for someone is always a personal thing. Like the best relationships, my relationshipwith my city has grown and changed over the years. I love it. I hate it. I openly lament it, but when someone from out of town does the same, I defend it. This is about my […]
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Restaurant Review: Standby in Detroit
As Detroit’s restaurant scene grows, so does its risk of exploitation. Opportunistic outsiders in the form of real estate developers and restaurant groups cast a menacing shadow over the city like Nosferatu’s bony hand, and trendy, mechanical dining experiences that don’t reflect the needs of the community are more and more commonplace. It all raises […]
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Editor’s Letter: Our Best of Detroit
In every issue of Hour Detroit, we bring you a curated collection of articles that reflect the editors’ ideas of the most interesting people, places, and things in metro Detroit. Since 2000, the June issue has focused on your favorites with our Best of Detroit feature, comprising the list of the winners from our annual readers’ survey […]
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How to Celebrate Juneteenth 2025 in Metro Detroit
Festivals, live music, film screenings, and more
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Swag for Dad
Chocolates may be a woman’s best friend, but this Father’s Day, a cocoa-hued leather Gucci jacket just might be his. This June, when searching for that perfect fatherly gift, take inspiration from the 2025 menswear summer collections, where rich browns, vibrant reds, cool blues, and pop-bright prints seemed to weave through the runways. For example, […]
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Setting the Record Straight
Something monumental happened in the baseball world in 2024, besides the Tigers making it to the postseason. The athletes who played for the Negro Leagues, the professional system first formed during segregation in the 1920s, finally had their statistics added into the MLB’s database. You’ll now find that Josh Gibson is Major League Baseball’s all-time […]
