Email Author Juan Carlos Rodriguez

2004 Stories by Juan Carlos Rodriguez

• Altered States

  published June 10, 2004

  THU 6/10 Who is the most dangerous man in the world? In his new book, Rogue State: America at War with the World,... More >>

• All the World's a Stage

  published June 10, 2004

  SAT 6/12 As artistic director of Miami's Teatro Avante and the International Hispanic Theatre Festival, Mario Ernesto Sanchez is... More >>

• Saudade Cinema

  published June 3, 2004

  With any luck, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, himself, will make an appearance at the Brazilian Film Festival. Indeed Lula would make... More >>

• This Week's Day by Day Picks

  published June 3, 2004

  Thursday 6/3 In her show Reno: Rebel Without a Pause, Manhattan's edgy performer, Reno, takes on the global political situation... More >>

• Ego Blow

  published June 3, 2004

  NOW 24/7 Last year's hurricane season was devastating. Of course, no major storm even threatened our little metropolis, and... More >>

• Wild Wild Walk

  published June 3, 2004

  SAT 6/5 The excuses are wearing thin. With 1300 miles of hiking trails that make up the Florida National Scenic Trail, running from... More >>

• Turning Tricks

  published June 3, 2004

  THU 6/3 The recent re-emergence of mauled illusionist Roy Horn underscored one of the reasons that magic has regained some of its... More >>

• Ruff, Not Rough

  published May 27, 2004

  Mention the name "Double R" to any semihip urbanite and they'll know what you're talking about: Ruff Ryders. The phenomenon was born... More >>

• This Week's Day by Day Picks

  published May 27, 2004

  Thursday 5/27 Since February literary types have been reading, discussing, and analyzing Edwidge Danticat's novel, Breath, Eyes,... More >>

• Who Dat?

  published May 27, 2004

  NOW 24/7 The violence was appalling. The coverup was scandalous. The acquittal by an all-white jury in Tampa of four white Miami-Dade... More >>

• Pup It Up

  published May 27, 2004

  SAT 5/29 If you had a dog, you'd name him Nick and you'd love him, and you'd hug him, and you'd squeeze him. But draconian rules... More >>

• Noir Feast

  published May 27, 2004

  FRI 5/28 Ed has got a problem. He is addicted to his meds, and doesn't realize those little white pills have turned him from a... More >>

• Our Crossing

  published May 20, 2004

  Stop where you are. Take a look around you. In a city like Miami it's likely that one of the people you observe will have a story to tell... More >>

• This Week's Day by Day Picks

  published May 20, 2004

  Thursday 5/20 Last time we checked, NBC news guy/Meet the Press host Tim Russert was not Beaver Cleaver. But by the... More >>

• MiMo, Baby!

  published May 20, 2004

  SAT 5/22 Home to a vast collection of post-Art Deco buildings (yes, they're important too), North Beach recently celebrated the City... More >>

• Go for the Old

  published May 20, 2004

  FRI 5/21 Grandpa might be pushing 80 but he can still kick butt on the tennis court. He is also quite the dancer, speed walker, and... More >>

• Getting Real

  published May 20, 2004

  THU 5/20 How real is real? This is a question worthy of a poet. Miami spoken-word artist Will Bell is so real, he has adopted... More >>

• This Week's Day by Day Picks

  published May 13, 2004

  Thursday 5/13 Fabulous people, fabulous furniture, fabulous art, and fabulous cocktails. You too can be fabulous at Art and Design... More >>

• Night Flight

  published May 13, 2004

  NOW 24/7 In the underbelly of the Dadeland South Metrorail Station the late-night bus riders gather. Dressed in sweaty uniforms from... More >>

• Flowery Affair

  published May 13, 2004

  FRI 5/14 Curse the dry air that shriveled your phalaenopsis plants' leaves into raisins! Now 5 are on sphag-and-bag life... More >>

• Instruments of Commerce

  published May 13, 2004

  TUE 5/18 Your friends snicker at your vast and valuable collection of Precious Moments figurines. But now you have the last... More >>

• Id, Redefined

  published May 13, 2004

  SAT 5/15 It just may be that artist Robert Wyndam Bucknell is conceited. It could be he is a narcissistic charlatan capitalizing on... More >>

• Ketchup Revolution

  published May 6, 2004

  Blood pulses out of freshly hacked flesh in puddles. Bikini-clad girls sip champagne and giggle in high heels as rivulets of the red stuff... More >>

• This Week's Day by Day Picks

  published May 6, 2004

  Thursday 5/6 Before there was Madonna, there was David Bowie, the true template for pop stars if there ever was one. Sure, Mick... More >>

• Buy, Buy, Love

  published May 6, 2004

  THU 5/6 Here's a dilemma. As you were giving birth to your first child, your doctors frantically informed you that they needed to... More >>