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2004 Stories by Juan Carlos Rodriguez

• Surfing Haiti

  published August 26, 2004

  According to the latest polls by Haitian Website Sakapfet.com, 75 percent of its members would vote for... More >>

• Night&Day

  published August 26, 2004

  THU 26 Cuba is about to be saved. Well, at least Havana's awe-inspiring architecture -- or what's left of it -- is. Juan Antonio Bueno,... More >>

• Darling Ms. Yarling

  published August 19, 2004

  Ever since arriving in Miami from her native Brooklyn in the 1980s, Nicole Yarling has been gracing the local music scene with an abundance... More >>

• Night&Day

  published August 19, 2004

  THU 19 Playwright and performer Eve Ensler, most famous for her steamroller hit The Vagina Monologues, can be counted on for... More >>

• Positive Living

  published August 12, 2004

  Not too long ago testing positive for HIV was thought to be a death sentence. As millions of people died of AIDS worldwide, media hype led to... More >>

• Night&Day

  published August 12, 2004

  THU 12 Forget the stock market or real estate or the bank, for that matter. Smart investors should be putting their money in art. But... More >>

• Free Trade

  published August 5, 2004

  Bebel Gilberto bursts through the door of her suite at the Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort on Sunny Isles Beach. For a moment, her petite... More >>

• Night&Day

  published August 5, 2004

  THU 5 If we held a film festival, we wouldn't group movies in the ordinary way: indie, foreign, porno. We'd do things a little... More >>

• Logan's Run

  published August 5, 2004

  Iris Lynch, collector of exquisite and exotic ear apparel and server at Jimmy's East-Side Diner, is now a filmmaker as well. Matt Gabriel, South... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published July 29, 2004

  THU 29 Skulk, stroll, or strut around the streets of Miami Beach like a native. Or at least learn to fake it from Carolyn Klepser. As a... More >>

• This Week's Night & Day Picks

  published July 15, 2004

  THU 15 Garnering comparisons with keyboard giants Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, and Bud Powell isn't half bad for jazz pianist... More >>

• Party Time

  published July 1, 2004

  Its the moment once again to break out the old Red, White, and Blue. The Fourth of July is upon us and in Miami the colors will be flying... More >>

• Freedom Fight

  published July 1, 2004

  Sat 7/3 The lore around 130-pound, Cuban-born pugilist Joel Casamayor, above, can be seen as allegorical for Cuban Americans.... More >>

• This Week's Day by Day Picks

  published June 24, 2004

  Thursday 6/24 Reports of the death of Coconut Grove have been greatly exaggerated -- at least to some people, namely local retailers.... More >>

• Play Things

  published June 24, 2004

  Parents who trip over toys scattered on the floor and scream at their children to put them away might not realize that those little doodads could... More >>

• Pollo Party

  published June 24, 2004

  A chop is a chop is a chop: chicken chunks and rice and beans and sauce, or some other variation. In the age of healthy fast food, anything devoid... More >>

• This Week's Day by Day Picks

  published June 17, 2004

  Thursday 6/17 You've seen the more than 140 dazzling images of hulking machinery and technological wonders that make up the... More >>

• Vital Signs

  published June 17, 2004

  Movement is life. Motion is everything. To the lovers of dance theater, reality is a grand-scale performance, and Miami takes center stage this... More >>

• Leggy Drive

  published June 17, 2004

  NOW 24/7 For the homeless, shelter is found in cardboard boxes and abandoned buildings. Meals are scraped from late-night rummaging... More >>

• Park Strife

  published June 17, 2004

  NOW 24/7 Sue the city. Yes, that's exactly what you should do if you already were a preadolescent or a teenager when the City of... More >>

• Home at Last

  published June 17, 2004

  FRI 6/18 Asked how long it took to build a theater for Miami Dade College's drama program, Prometeo, actress/artistic... More >>

• Wrecking Havoc

  published June 10, 2004

  Tao Rey, one of the resident members of the art collective known as "the House," gathers his personal items from the chaos of what is soon... More >>

• This Week's Day by Day Picks

  published June 10, 2004

  Thursday 6/10 Displacement, alienation, and the inevitable depression that arise from the state of being stateless are common... More >>

• Duck, Duck, Loose

  published June 10, 2004

  SUN 6/13 Everyone knows the tale of the goose that laid the golden egg. As a conduit to wealth, at least in that legend, geese seem to... More >>

• Ramped Out

  published June 10, 2004

  MON 6/14 While visiting the Skate Park at Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah this summer, don't start meditating at the foot of the... More >>