The Metro Times:
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Our Family Wedding - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Review by Corey Hall: Welcome to the new post-racial America, where at long last African-Americans and Latinos can star together in a major studio movie every bit as crappy as anything white people have ever done. Our Family Wedding is a minor milestone in the march of cultural progress, and a huge regression in the art...

The Ghost Writer - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Review by Jeff Meyers: Lou Reed once said his shit was better than other people's diamonds. So it is with filmmaker Roman Polanski, who brings such a masterly touch to whatever he does that even a low-key thriller like The Ghost Writer shines more brightly than it should. If only the predictable story and timid cast lived...

Midtown's menu: Neighborhood coming of age as a (mostly) connected community - Wed, 10 Mar 2010
by Sandra Svoboda: Thirteen years ago, the strip of Willis Street just west of Cass Avenue in Detroit was nearly vacant. Not much retail, dining or bar business went on in the area at all, and the businesses that were there went largely unnoticed by those who traveled nearby Woodward or Warren avenues.  The few estab...

Pimps, weasels and ACORN: The truth is slowly catching up with the smears - Wed, 10 Mar 2010
News Hits by News Hits staff: The old aphorism that a lie can make it halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on came to mind last week when News Hits found a little-noted story about the group ACORN, which we've been keeping an eye on since this rag recently wrote abut the right-wing attack machine's at...

Where's Kafka?: Lost files complicate efforts at fair trial - Wed, 10 Mar 2010
News Hits by News Hits staff: The case of Dwayne Provience keeps getting more and more bizarre. Convicted in 2001 of gunning down an alleged drug dealer named Rene Hunter at an intersection on Detroit's northwest side, Provience was sentenced to serve as much as 62 years in prison for a crime he says he never committed. That c...

The Detroit Free Press - Metro Mix
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" target="_blank">The Burton Theatre - Tue Mar 02 08:33
The new indie art house film center is drawing crowds and hosting the inaugural DIFF (starting tonight)

Behind the ink: stories from the Motor City Tattoo Expo - Mon Mar 01 15:44
Metromix infiltrated the floor at the Motor City Tattoo Expo and uncovered some of the stories behind the ink

" target="_blank">Mojo in the Morning's 10-year anniversary - Sun Feb 21 12:01
Magical moments from Channel 95.5's popular radio show

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New Web site founders aim Cupid’s arrows at Michigan singles

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Apparel and accessories boutique delivers fashion-forward wickedness without breaking the bank

Detroit News
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Shakespeare in The Park to present 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Tickets are on sale for Royal Oak's annual Shakespeare in The Park to be held July 22 through Aug. 8 in Starr Jaycee Park.

Science and art exhibit presses global-warming awareness - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Kids will cotton to "Cape Farewell: Art & Climate Change" the minute they're startled by the immense crashing that erupts every 20 minutes. "Cape Farewell" is part of the ongoing "Artology" collaboration between the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Cranbrook Institute of Science, where the show is hung.

Hilberry's spot-on 'Good' defines a moral collapse - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Just as equivocation shapes the tragic events in Shakespeare's "Macbeth," accommodation becomes the undoing of an honorable man in C.P. Taylor's crushing moral tragedy "Good" -- one of the finest ensemble efforts I've seen by Wayne State University's Hilberry Theatre.

Neal Rubin: Teen with Asperger syndrome takes root in 'Horrors' - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

There may be more sympathetic characters in "Little Shop of Horrors," but I'm rooting for the bloodthirsty houseplant. He's been through a lot.

What's goin' on in Metro Detroit this week - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Our picks and other happenings, organized by life music, stage, film and more.

Detroit Pistons:
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Bing wants Pistons back in Detroit - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Detroit -- Mayor Dave Bing on Thursday said he's hopeful the Detroit Pistons can move back to the city, breathing life into prospects for a new downtown arena to house the franchise and the Detroit Red Wings

Jamal Crawford scores 29 to lead Hawks past Wizards - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

As he sits on the bench at the start of each game, Crawford analyzes the opposition, the defenses they are employing, and the flow of the game. Lucky for the Hawks.

Rodney Stuckey shoots during Pistons practice - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Rodney Stuckey was back at practice Thursday, shooting stand-still shots at the side baskets while the rest of the team scrimmaged and went through drills.

Jazz 115, Pistons 104: Losing season guaranteed -- again - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Without Rodney Stuckey (illness) and Ben Wallace (right knee strain), the Pistons were little match for the Jazz. The game turned at the start of the second quarter.

Pistons' Rodney Stuckey expects to play again this season - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

The combined opinion of the medical personnel involved is that Stuckey, who collapsed during Detroit's game Friday in Cleveland, may return to a progressive exercise program.

Detroit Lions :
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Tim Twentyman: Speculation on Lions drafting Russell Okung, but it's likely just that - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Some outlets have the Lions taking Okung at No. 2. Speculation continued to swirl when the Lions took him to dinner in Indianapolis during the first night of the NFL combine.

Kiper, McShay agree: Lions will get Ndamukong Suh - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

ESPN's Mel Kiper, draft expert, and Todd McShay have released their latest mock drafts for the first round. They both have Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh going No. 2 to the Lions.

Army linebacker Caleb Campbell set to rejoin Lions - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Two years after he became the feel-good story of the 2008 NFL draft, former Army safety Caleb Campbell is expected to sign a contract with the Lions on Friday.

Dominic Raiola charged up over Lions' moves - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Raiola, 31, said he can't help but get excited about the Lions' newest free-agent additions, and told The News this is the most excited he's ever been heading into a season.

John Niyo: Eagles likely to move at least one quarterback - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Three can be a crowd. But for now, it's just a quandary for the Philadelphia Eagles, whose three-headed quarterback situation doesn't qualify as a controversy -- yet.

Detroit Red Wings:
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Bob Wojnowski: Red Wings assert themselves - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

The Red Wings always have this no-big-worry look on their faces, shaped by years and years and years (and years and years) of big games. And every now and then, we're reminded why it's there.

Mike Babcock says Wings lack sense of urgency - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

As his fights to qualify for the playoffs in the final month of the regular season, Babcock was asked Thursday morning if he sensed a different kind of tension or anxiety among his players.

Andrei Kostitsyn's shootout goal gives Canadiens win - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Kostitsyn scored on Montreal's fifth shootout attempt, and Jaroslav Halak turned aside five shots in the tiebreaker to help the Canadiens extend their winning streak to four.

Red Wings 5, Wild 1: Top Wings answer call - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Coach Mike Babcock challenged his top-end players to earn their keep following a dispiriting loss to Calgary on Tuesday. Consider the challenge accepted and met.

Henrik Zetterberg's slump spurs line change - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

There are many NHL players who would happily take Zetterberg's 18 goals and 53 points in 58 games. But those numbers well below his standard.

Detroit Tigers:
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Lynn Henning: Tigers rotation becoming a headache - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

It isn't offense that has the Tigers nervous halfway through camp. It's the pitching, and if there's a lesson here, it's to never make assumptions about pitching.

Jim Leyland: Ex-Tiger Placido Polanco 'a peach' - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

He's with his new team, the Phillies, and at a new position, third base. But not much else has changed. He was 1-for-3 with a single in the Phillies' 4-0 victory over the Tigers.

Tigers' Brandon Inge will get first start on Saturday - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Jim Leyland has another concern -- second baseman Scott Sizemore, who continues to slowly recover from a fractured lower left leg suffered last October at the Arizona Fall League.

Tigers manage just three hits in loss to Phillies - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

The Phillies won, 4-0, getting 11 hits to three by the Tigers, who never got much of anything going except double plays: They hit into five of them as a balmy wind blew everything but rain across Bright House Field.

Cost of a Tigers '84 World Series ring? $5,000 - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

That's the asking price on eBay for the Series ring of infielder Doug Baker. As of Wednesday night, there were no bids on the ring, but the auction ends on Friday.

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