September 2024
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Hour Detroit: September 2024 Digital Edition
Ideal for those who love all things aesthetics, our September issue has arrived. Our annual Fall Fashion feature serves up autumnal inspiration with this season’s “it” hue: khaki.
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2024 Fall Fashion Trends
Photos were taken on location at Sylvania Minerals Quarry. Model is Sarah Ocul, @sarahocul_ on Instagram Dries Van Noten Beaded Necklace, $625, at Tender, 271 W. Maple Road, Birmingham, 248-258-0212, tenderbirmingham.com; Draped Neckline Satin Maxi Dress in Dark Brown, $189, at Dolce Moda, 323 E. Maple Road, Birmingham, 248-399-6200, dolcemoda.com; Sam Edelman Hazel Pointed Toe […]
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What to Expect During Detroit Month of Design 2024
Like the automobiles that made it famous, Detroit hums with ceaseless creative energy. And there’s no better month to tune in to this energy than September, when more than 100 events and experiences enliven venues across the city for the Detroit Month of Design. The festival is orchestrated by Design Core Detroit, an organization founded […]
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Building and Rebuilding a City
At Kamper’s Rooftop Lounge on the 14th floor of the gloriously restored Book Tower, you can raise a glass to Louis Kamper, the Bavarian-born architect who, along with the ultrarich Book brothers, made this stretch of Washington Boulevard the “Fifth Avenue of the Midwest.” Be sure to take in the spectacular view of downtown Detroit, […]
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Culture Convo: Back to the Movies, or What’s Left of Them
I love skipping work to go to the movies — ditching responsibility, grabbing some brunch on a weekday when the crowds are slim at my favorite spot, and disappearing into the recliner of a dark matinee. I love it so much that I don’t even care if my boss reads this. I’d argue this feeling […]
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What’s Cooking: Top Metro Detroit Food and Dining News From Our September 2024 Issue
Matty Matheson Introduces New Menu at Standby The celebrity chef and star of FX’s The Bear joined downtown Detroit’s Standby as a partner in early July. In conjunction, he created a new menu. Hour Detroit had the chance to preview some of the new dishes at an event on July 18, at which Matheson was […]
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Restaurant Review: Adelina
A restaurant can be a lot of different things at once. Adelina is a new downtown destination under the capacious umbrella of celebrity chef Fabio Viviani. It’s sleek and trendy — its words — and often attracts the ensuing fashionable, want-to-be-seen clientele. Adelina can function like a classic steakhouse if diners choose — the option […]
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Wright Here in Metro Detroit
If Norman Silk is right, the skies and sidewalks will fill with socks Sept. 25-29 when the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy comes to Detroit for its national conference. As many as 250 people are expected for tours, talks, walks, and special sessions — and Silk forecasts a “knock-your-socks-off” event. “We wanted our attendees to […]
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Fall 2024 Arts & Entertainment Preview
Music Usher Hot on the heels of an electrifying two-year Las Vegas residency, the Grammy Award-winning R&B superstar will perform two consecutive shows at Little Caesars Arena during his Past Present Future tour. It’s been a busy year for the 45-year-old singer and dancer, who released his ninth studio album, Coming Home, just two days […]
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Editor’s Letter: Fall Fashion
Like Best of Detroit and Restaurant of the Year, Hour Detroit’s Fall Fashion is one of the signature Hour Detroit features. It’s what we are known for. And even though the runway news gets to our readers much earlier than our September issue, there’s nothing like seeing the photos in a big, glossy format. I […]
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What to Expect from the Lions’ Draft Picks This Season
After a remarkable season of biting kneecaps and making history, the Detroit Lions are out for blood following a heartbreaking NFC championship loss to the San Francisco 49ers. A productive offseason allowed coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes to shore up key contracts and adapt to a new wave of draft talent for […]
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Recent WDIV Retirees Discuss The Future
Sometimes it’s beneficial — even necessary — to rely on your “second family” at work. Bernie Smilovitz knows. WDIV’s nighttime sports anchor for nearly 40 years, the undisputed king of comedy on Detroit TV news with his “Bernie’s Bloopers” and “Weekend at Bernie’s” segments, Smilovitz needed to lean on his Local 4 News family more […]
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Detroit’s Fashion Family
Months had passed since the Detroit Fashion Choice Awards in February at the Garden Theater, and Kierra K. Wilson, who won Fashion Forecaster of the Year, still could not watch her acceptance speech video. “I’ve been trying,” says Wilson, a fashion designer and founder of OMG Key Da Brand. “Periodically, I’ll go back and say, […]
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Meet a Young Metro Detroit Fashion Prodigy
When you got it, you got it. And at 5 months old, Brooklyn Anderson “was just different,” recalls her mom, Lasonya Alexander. Alexander says her 5-year-old daughter’s sassy spunk, confidence in front of the camera, and love of accessories have led to her walking down runways in Detroit and New York City and several other […]
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An Interview with Tim Robinson
Editor’s note: When Hour Detroit published its interview with comedian Tim Robinson in our September issue, he told us when we chatted in a May that he was working on a new show called The Chair Company with longtime co-writer Zach Kanin, which HBO ordered a pilot for in April — and couldn’t say much […]
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Prep School-inspired Items to Add to Your Wardrobe
Inspired by timeless Ivy League style, this season the classic prep school look is anything but, thanks to design houses like Prada, Louis Vuitton, and Dries Van Noten. This time-honored trend gets a high-fashion update for fall with cutting-edge cuts, bold colorways, and unexpected pattern play — think reimagined checks and stripes, streamlined letterman jackets, […]
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U-M Professor Publishes Book on Identifying Political Disinformation
University of Michigan Law School professor and TV legal analyst (NBC News and MSNBC) Barbara McQuade cites an unusual combination of influences for her career path: the Detroit Tigers and Watergate. Her lifelong dream, as a Sterling Heights kid born in Detroit, was to play shortstop for the Tigers, but as a young girl, she […]
