By Ian Perrotta What do you get when you cross a dozen firefighters and a handful of volunteers with an unkempt historical landmark? A big difference – as long as some power tools are involved. That’s just what happened last Saturday (May 11) morning, when the Hamtramck Firefighters Association teamed up with local [...]
By Charles Sercombe Music fans swarmed into Hamtramck on Friday night for the 16th annual Metro Times Hamtramck Blowout. We here at The Review got off to a bit of a late start so we kept it simple. After picking up press passes at PNA Hall, we stuck around a caught [...]
By Charles Sercombe Without a doubt, Hamtramck owns Paczki Day. Thousands of visitors jammed into bakeries and bars to experience Hamtramck’s version of Mardi Gras. And the party went from early morning to late at night. Once again Hamtramck’s favorite party band, The Polish Muslims, managed to survive a marathon performance, playing three [...]
By Charles Sercombe If there is one thing you can say about Hamtramck veterans, they are true to tradition. Forget about holding a ceremony on the “observed” Veterans Day. Hamtramck veterans get together on the actual day, no matter what day of the week. And so on Sunday, veterans here once again met at PLAV [...]
By Charles Sercombe Throw together cold, rainy weather, eight different kinds of soup, Polish folk dancers and a rockin’ polka band and what do you get? It doesn’t matter what kind of weather it is, it’s a Hamtramck party. St. Florian’s first-ever Soup Festival was smashing success last Sunday. Hundreds of parishioners and party [...]
By Charles Sercombe Last Friday afternoon and evening, you’d think there was a crazy street party happening on Jos. Campau. Oh wait, there was. Hamtramck took part in the worldwide art movement to celebrate parks and creativity by holding a PARK(ing) celebration. Say what? Yeah, it’s a highfalutin sounding way to say, hey creative folks, [...]
By Charles Sercombe What a way to start a party. Monday was a big day for the Labor Day Festival. It kicked off with a “canoe” race on Campau, followed by the Polish Day Parade and then a sausage eating contest. After all that, it was polka time. And after that, it was time to [...]
By Charles Sercombe Sunday was another great day at the Hamtramck Labor day Festival. In fact, people started streaming in even earlier than usual, probably thanks to a Channel 7 WXYZ feature earlier in the day. And Sunday being Sunday, it was more a family day. The highlight of the afternoon was rockin’ performance by [...]
By Charles Sercombe You couldn’t ask for better weather to kick off this year’s Hamtramck Labor Day Festival. It was a sunny day with mild temps, making it just perfect to drink a few brews and people-watch. We’ll see you out on the festival grounds today.
By Charles Sercombe Last Saturday was a day for cool cats. The sixth annual Hamtramck Hustle, sponsored by the Dead Last Car Club, may have hit the turning point of being a very small-scale car show to a full-blown party. This was no ordinary classic car show. Most of the cars were what some might [...]
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