Tomorrow’s pick: NBA: Toronto Raptors at Detroit Pistons
📅 Fri, Oct 16, 7:00 PM · Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
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Tomorrow’s pick: NBA: Toronto Raptors at Detroit Pistons
📅 Fri, Oct 16, 7:00 PM · Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
📷 Coreyfein01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Born on this day: Arron Afflalo (October 15, 1985), basketball player. Turning 41 today.
UCLA All-American guard whom the Pistons drafted 27th overall in 2007 and who spent his first two NBA seasons in Detroit.
📷 Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s on in Detroit this weekend? Here’s what we’d pick for Oct 16–18:
• Fri 10:45 AM: Fountains & Pines of Rome · Orchestra Hall
• Fri 6:30 PM: Castle Rat: Summon The Beasts Tour 2026 · The Majestic Theatre
📷 Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Worth a stop: The Detroit Club
A historic private social club downtown at Cass and Fort, founded in 1882, with 21 contemporary hotel rooms open to overnight guests.
📍 712 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48226
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Plans for tonight? Free evening 5–8 p.m. at Dossin Great Lakes Museum
📅 Thu, Oct 15, 5:00 PM · Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
🎟️ Free
📷 Detroit Historical Society
✈️ DTW news: New Global Entry enrollment office opens at Detroit Metro Airport
Homeland Security Today reports that CBP has opened a new Global Entry enrollment office at Detroit Metro Airport.
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Tomorrow’s pick: Wayne State Softball vs. Oakland University (Exhibition)
📅 Thu, Oct 15, 6:00 PM · Gary L. Bryce Field/WSU Softball Stadium, Detroit
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Brave enough for a real haunted house?
In October, Metro Detroit dresses up in pumpkins and cobwebs: haunted attractions, kid-friendly trick-or-treats, costume parties, horror classics at the old movie palaces.
📷 VasenkaPhotography, CC BY 2.0
Born on this day: Sheila Young (October 14, 1950), speed skater and track cyclist. Turning 76 today.
Detroit-area speed skater and cyclist who became the first American athlete to win three medals at a single Winter…
📷 Hans Peters for Anefo, CC0
Today’s Detroit place: Motown Museum
Hitsville U.S.A.: the little house that sent Detroit’s sound around the world.
📍 2648 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48208
📷 Moundcreek, CC BY-SA 4.0
Plans for tonight? ProsperUs Detroit Family Block Party
ProsperUs Detroit brings back its Family Block Party on Wednesday, October 14, from 5 to 8 p.m.
📅 Wed, Oct 14, 5:00 PM · Eastern Market, Detroit
🎟️ Free
📷 Eastern Market
Toronto’s twins are coming to Detroit 🚝
We were there: on Tuesday Madonna Van Fossen of the DTC took us along the whole loop and behind the scenes, and the news broke right while we were talking about more cars for the loop.
Flying in or out of DTW soon?
Red or blue? Detroit’s airport has two terminals and more surprises than you’d expect, from a glowing tunnel to a floating train. Everything for your trip is right here.
Hungry in Detroit? Where should you eat?
From a morning bite to an evening of jazz: discover restaurants, bars, and shared tables across Detroit and nearby cities. Find your flavor and your neighborhood.
What’s playing at Detroit’s movie palaces tonight?
Movie palaces with pipe organs, art houses, IMAX, drive-ins and multiplexes, with tonight’s program and the stories of the lost legends.
Getting around Michigan without a car?
Live departures, timetables, airports, trains, border crossings and ferries — from Detroit to the Upper Peninsula, built from official open data.
Want to hear what Detroit sounds like right now?
Every Michigan radio station plus the Windsor stations in one place: search by frequency, format, town, owner and type, and listen live while you keep browsing.
Who made Detroit what it is?
Detroit's famous people in one place: when they were born, what they did, how they are tied to the city, and the Detroit places that were theirs.
Only got a day in Detroit? Here’s how to spend it.
Ready-made Detroit day plans, morning to night, stop by stop, built only from places we know and have checked.
Who’s playing in Detroit this week?
Red Wings, Pistons, Lions, Tigers and eight Michigan universities’ home games with our own write-ups, a live scoreboard, division standings, Detroit’s championships and Olympic medal table, and fun facts sport by sport.