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The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy in Detroit is a 90-minute, 21 and older immersive cocktail experience held at the Cambria Hotel Detroit Downtown that pairs four custom cocktails with dramatic performances of four classic Poe tales, hosted by expert Poe Historians inside a meticulously crafted, gothic atmosphere. The production is run by Midnight Creative as a touring style immersive event, and the current Detroit run is Thursday through Saturday, July 16 through August 22, at 6pm and 8pm.

This is not a passive reading or a generic themed bar night. As a Detroit speakeasy experience, it is a full sensory production aimed at adults who love literature, themed nights out, and the slightly chilling thrill of stepping into someone else's imagination for an…

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Curiosity is one of the most underrated tools any buyer can carry into the process. The right questions to ask when buying a house cut through confusion, surface red flags before they become regrets, and turn a stressful transaction into a confident one. Across Metro Detroit (where housing stock ranges from century-old Detroit colonials to brand-new Oakland County builds along Hall Road) asking the right questions matters even more. Markets vary block by block here. So do property taxes, school assessments, and basement realities.

The list below covers the questions worth asking at every stage of buying a house in Metro Detroit. From the first budget conversation through the final walkthrough, these are the questions that protect buyers, sharpen…

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**Updated May 06, 2026

Metro Detroit dining updates this season tell a clear story: the regional restaurant scene is having one of its busiest stretches in years. Spring is the moment when patios fill up across Royal Oak and Ferndale, brunch lines stretch around the block in Birmingham, and a new wave of Metro Detroit restaurant openings reshape how locals eat from the McNichols corridor in Detroit out to the Mile Road grid in Oakland County. The Perna Team works neighborhoods from Detroit to Brighton every day, which means tracking the dining landscape is part of the job, not a hobby.

What stands out about this round of new restaurants in Metro Detroit is the sheer range. Plant-based menus sit next to slow-cooked Yemeni rice bowls. Tiny coffee…

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**Updated April 30, 2026

There are more things to do in Metro Detroit in May 2026 than any single weekend can hold. This is the month the city stops getting ready for summer and starts living it. Bruno Mars is doing two nights at Ford Field. Hamilton is at the Fisher. Kid Cudi is bringing M.I.A. and Big Boi to Pine Knob. The Grand Prix is back on the streets of downtown. Comic Con is stacked. Flower Day is blooming. And Movement, the festival that put Detroit on the global electronic music map, turns twenty.

Oh, and there is a full-scale Star Wars cantina in a warehouse on the east side.

It is a lot.

Let's get into it.

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Josh and Jase, British influencers Josh Cauldwell-Clarke and Jason Riley from Nottingham, England, completed a viral three-week Michigan road trip in January 2026, generating millions of views and turning everyday Michigan experiences into global content. Now they are bringing the road trip back to Michigan for summer 2026. This is the complete story of their first visit, and everything confirmed about the Josh and Jase Michigan summer return.

Josh and Jase Michigan content is generating millions of views, and the state has the receipts to prove it. Josh Cauldwell-Clarke and Jason Riley, two mates from Nottingham, England, surprised their 5.7 million social media followers in January 2026 by choosing Michigan as their next great American adventure. The…

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Belle Isle, Detroit, is a 982-acre island park in the Detroit River, owned by the City of Detroit and operated as a Michigan state park since 2014. Home to the oldest public aquarium in the continental United States, the oldest continually operating conservatory in the country, and more than three centuries of Detroit history, Belle Isle Park draws more than 5 million visitors annually and ranks as the second most-visited state park in America.

BELLE ISLE DETROIT - FAST FACTS

  • Location: Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County), accessible via the MacArthur Bridge off East Jefferson Avenue

  • ZIP code: 48207 (east Jefferson corridor)

  • Size: 982 acres, larger than Central Park (843 acres)

  • Annual visitors: More than 5 million

  • Park…

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**Updated April 13, 2026

The best brunch in Metro Detroit is not one thing. It is Lebanese fava beans in Dearborn, buttermilk pancakes at a historic downtown hotel, Cajun beignets on Jefferson Avenue, and concha French toast in Southwest Detroit. The region's culinary diversity, shaped by generations of Middle Eastern, Southern, Latin American, and European influence, gives Metro Detroit a brunch identity that no other Midwestern city can match.

The 36 restaurants on this list span every corner of the metro area, from Woodward Avenue in Detroit to Main Street in Clarkston, from Warren Avenue in Dearborn to Washington Street in Ann Arbor. Whether you are a lifelong resident looking for something new or relocating to the area and trying to learn the…

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Metro Detroit is home to 50 active craft breweries and taprooms spanning Detroit, Oakland County, Wayne County, Macomb County, Washtenaw County, and Livingston County. From 30-year-old institutions in Midtown to new neighborhood taprooms in Grosse Pointe Woods and Brighton, the region's craft beer scene is one of the most diverse and geographically broad in the Midwest, with every county in the coverage area offering verified, open taprooms worth visiting.

Detroit has been brewing beer since the 1700s. The city's first recognized brewer arrived in 1706, just five years after the French trading post was established. German and Polish immigrants expanded the tradition through the 1800s, and by the 20th century, names like Stroh's had made Detroit…

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Asking whether Detroit is a good place to live is a reasonable question, and one the national rankings answer in ways that will surprise most people who have not been paying close attention. Detroit carries a reputation largely formed in the years surrounding the 2013 bankruptcy. The mental model has not kept pace with the city. The rankings have.

What follows is a straight look at how Detroit scores across the most credible national measurement systems available, the wins, the honest challenges, and everything in between.

How we did

Detroit appears across two categories of national rankings in this breakdown. The first is WalletHub, a personal finance website that conducts annual city studies across dozens of metrics. Each study grades…

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I've been selling real estate in Metro Detroit for over 24 years. My team has closed more than 8,000 transactions. And in that time, I've watched a lot of agents, some incredible, some absolutely terrible, sit down with buyers and sellers and say things that sound amazing on the surface.

But here's the thing. Some of the best-sounding lines in real estate are the biggest red flags.

Not all agents are created equal. Not even close.

If you're getting ready to buy or sell a home, you're about to make one of the biggest financial decisions of your life. The agent you choose matters. A lot. So I'm going to walk you through the stuff I wish every buyer and seller knew before they signed with someone, the things agents say and do that should make you…

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