Email Author Nina Korman

2000 Stories by Nina Korman

• Our Grandest Dame

  published December 28, 2000

  Wasn't it Frank Sinatra who once said, "A dame's work is never done?" The perennially politically incorrect crooner most likely was referring to... More >>

• Black Blessings

  published December 21, 2000

  For many people the month of December signifies a time to celebrate. Jews have Hanukkah. Christians have Christmas. Blacks of all religions have... More >>

• Fashion Release!

  published December 14, 2000

  For the longest time you've sported the black-turtleneck-and-narrow-pant uniform worn by Mike Myers's German beatnik character Dieter. Yet you've... More >>

• Family Artfair

  published December 7, 2000

  In 1950 Rex Artist Supplies was just another business on Coral Gables' Miracle Mile. Purveyors of house paint, wallpaper, frames, and, of course,... More >>

• Musical Feast

  published November 23, 2000

  "Last year I met the girl of my dreams at the event and we fell in love and we got married and we had three kids and we got a house and we got a... More >>

• Nina Simone, Goddam!

  published November 16, 2000

  About 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 8, under the auspices of the Miami Light Project, the doctor was in. Escorted by a well-dressed man to a... More >>

• Puig Recalled

  published November 16, 2000

  "There was all sorts of giggling and exclamations and lively conversation," recalls translator and author Suzanne Jill Levine about her... More >>

• Doggy Style

  published November 9, 2000

  What gets you banned in Boston surely will get you embraced in Miami. Wait a second: These days what gets banned in Boston? Or anywhere else for... More >>

• Maria Is a Band

  published October 19, 2000

  First came the name. “We actually had the name even before we dared to put a band together and play live,” says singer Michael Roderick abo... More >>

• Folk Zingers

  published October 19, 2000

  You know about Friday night: end of the week, beginning of the weekend, the day millions of workers all over the nation indulge in happy hours,... More >>

• Quixotic Rebirth

  published October 5, 2000

  A Coconut Grove psychiatrist named Dr. Camote visits his past life and learns he was once the idealistic Don Quixote. That's the plot of the zany... More >>

• Lyrical Lifeline

  published September 28, 2000

  “I don't understand why people keep asking me that, as if I should be embarrassed to be associated with benefiting people,” laments Marl... More >>

• Couched in Design

  published September 28, 2000

  The toaster in which you toast your toast. The computer keyboard on which you type. The toilet on which you sit. Design affects us in myriad ways... More >>

• Tripped Up

  published September 21, 2000

  Covered in kooky cartoon characters such as Felix the Cat, Daffy Duck, and Beavis and Butt-head, logos such as the Rolling Stones' luscious lips... More >>

• Forms Follow Functions

  published September 14, 2000

  These buildings were once meant to dazzle people,” notes preservation advocate Randall Robinson about the modern motels that used to shine an... More >>

• Post-MTV World

  published September 14, 2000

  “Free rent!” says Judd Winick when asked the main reason why in 1994 he decided to compete against 30,000 eager postadolescents for... More >>

• Urban Moves

  published September 7, 2000

  Most people consider Giovanni Luquini to be a dancer. A natural assumption, since his day job is teaching dance at FIU. During his off-hours,... More >>

• Write Mate

  published August 31, 2000

  All the things you've been told to seek in the perfect guy: sparkling sense of humor, sonorous voice, spiffy shoes. Trash 'em, says author... More >>

• Fin Tales

  published August 17, 2000

  Dolphins are the “creatures we might have been if we had lived in the sea,” declares soft-spoken narrator Pierce Brosnan in the IMAX fi... More >>

• Secret Jungle Garden

  published August 17, 2000

  Zoom along Southwest 66th Street off 99th Avenue too quickly in your car and Palm Hammock Orchid Estate just may elude you. Slow down,... More >>

• Good Looks

  published August 10, 2000

  Miami a hip fashion center? New York, Paris, Milan, and London definitely, but our capital of sun and fun has been known over the years for little... More >>

• Maiden of Modernism

  published August 10, 2000

  Fans of sleek buildings and furniture have always considered designers Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, and Le Corbusier as the main men of... More >>

• Rocking On

  published August 3, 2000

  The Latin-music craze on the way out? Dead? Buried? Finished? Don't tell Aurelio Rodriguez. He still earns a comfortable living from it. Rodriguez... More >>

• Performance Pizza

  published July 27, 2000

  A Cuban balsero is rescued in the Florida Straits by a cruise ship. Sounds like a typical story. But this tale is different. The rafter is... More >>

• Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

  published July 20, 2000

  The crumpled funky white T-shirt lay at the bottom of the laundry bag. It had been there for years. A rainbow of colors on the front advertised... More >>