Andiamo Pasta + Chops Adds Star Power to Partridge Creek Mall
Clinton Twp., Mich. — Like the red supergiant Betelgeuse in the Orion constellation, Andiamo Pasta + Chops shines super-brightly at Hall Road’s Partridge Creek Mall. […]
Articles by Mike Wrathell
Opinion: 2024 Ford Bronco Dazzles in Detroit
Detroit — All accounts have Ford Bronco selling like hotcakes worldwide. I rode in a Ford Bronco at the 2023 NAIAS at Huntington Place in […]
PHOTOS: Detroit Red Wings 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3 @ Little Caesars Arena
AmericaJR’s Mike Wrathell was at Little Caesars Arena for an NHL hockey game between the Detroit Red Wings and the visiting Chicago Blackhawks. In the […]
Opinion: A Presidential Auto Show in Detroit
“And we’re rebuilding an economy – a clean energy economy, and we’re doing it from the bottom up and the middle out.” ~~~President Joseph Biden […]
Motor Bella’s Impressive Debut in Pontiac
“I feel you creeping, I can see it from my shadowWanna jump up in my Lamborghini Gallardo” “Smack That” by Akon, Lyrics by Akon, Eminem, […]
Woke Kong & His Lizard King Friend
“I am the Lizard King, I can do anything.” ~~Jim Morrison I went to the Ford Drive-In Theatre to see Godzilla vs. Kong, even though […]
Opinion: Another Day, Another 1814
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that […]
ANWR: Drilling Into The Final Frontier?
“Drill, baby, drill!” ~~~Michael Steele, former Chairman of the RNC There’s been a lot of talk about drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, […]
Pop Goes The Pandemic
“Why don’t you just tell me what you want me to say, and I’ll repeat it for you.” ~~~Andy Warhol (to an interviewer) “Anyone wanting […]
The French Reclaim Detroit!
“My culture is that of classical ballet, and I confidently remain attached to it. Because while I readily admit that its artistic and social codes […]
VP Pence Brings Greetings From Trump To Detroit
DETROIT — As the media pool and members of the Detroit Economic Club waited for Vice President Mike Pence (and, unbeknownst to us…..a surprise guest), […]
MIB: International: “Look At The Pretty Light!”
Normally, when you go to the movies on your birthday, it’s a fun and joyous thing. This time, it was tempered somewhat with the knowledge […]
‘Soylent Green’ Thru The Orange Light of 2019
I experienced culture shock and an identity crisis when I moved out of the ancestral abode to Ann Arbor for my freshman year at Michigan […]
The Debate Over Pluto Heats Up In D.C.
Monday night in Washington, D.C., two learned men squared off in the greatest debate to date in our truly apocalyptic millennium. When polar bears are […]
Martha Graham’s Answer to Hitler Performed in Ann Arbor
“No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time. It is just that the others are behind the time.” ~~~Martha Graham It took […]
Musical review: ‘Hamilton’ Romps Into Detroit
After Hamilton’s stellar debut on the only diagonal street on Manhattan Island, the Powers That Be decided it might be time to test the once-murky waters […]
Ballet & Detroit, Just Like Pancakes and Maple Syrup, Right?
“You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls […]
Opera Review: “The Barber of Seville” Shears Detroit!
“The Barber of Seville’s” opening night performance on Saturday night at the Detroit Opera House was sheerly brilliant! Grammy Award-winning tenor Lucas Meachem’s Figaro rivaled […]
Throwing Down At The Flint Jazz Festival: Saving David Bowie’s Legacy with Donny McCaslin!
“The cigars are ballast, sweetheart. Sheer ballast. If he didn’t have a cigar to hold on to, his feet would leave the ground. We’d never […]
BOOK REVIEW: Everything You Wanted To Know About Pluto, But Were Afraid To Ask
Alan Stern got interested in space exploration as a boy. He followed his dream to be an astronaut and went and got a Ph. D. […]