Email Author Victor Cruz

2004 Stories by Victor Cruz

• Goodbye Hello

  published February 26, 2004

  We barely had time to scream our tits off. We bitched when we heard that the Cactus Bar and Grill, Miami's longest-running gay bar and home to... More >>

• Bout Face

  published February 26, 2004

  SUN 2/29 At last, a wrestling outfit that knows that fighting is all about the mask. Along with a range of over-the-top identities,... More >>

• Barely There

  published February 19, 2004

  NOW 24/7 Getting naked in public and running like hell. It was a fad among college students in the early 1970s, its crowning moment... More >>

• Out and Outside

  published February 19, 2004

  FRI 2/20 American filmmaker Todd Haynes is an iconoclast. His 1991 film Poison was dismissed as pornography at first,... More >>

• Love Shacks

  published February 12, 2004

  NOW 24/7 Love is a one-night stand in a Hialeah honeymoon suite. Love keeps the meter running. Whether an all-night affair or a... More >>

• Ring Toss

  published February 12, 2004

  FRI 2/13 The upstart Major League Wrestling purports to offer a scintillating alternative to the mainstream television fare put... More >>

• Staged Readings

  published February 12, 2004

  FRI 2/13 Okay, don't get mad, but Meg Ryan is not a member of Just the Funny, Miami's rollicking group of... More >>

• Indulgence

  published February 5, 2004

  SAT 2/7 Next month's South Beach Wine & Food Festival may have Emeril. But this coming weekend's FAB Fest -- the long-running... More >>

• Drag's Dregs

  published February 5, 2004

  MON 2/9 You can call it a local equivalent to the Oscars. There will be goddesses working the red carpet and glamorous gowns, but be... More >>

• Freedom Cruise

  published January 29, 2004

  NOW 24/7 As we head into the campaign season, a time when politicians polish the art of the big and small lie, it's reassuring to know... More >>

• New Ice Age

  published January 29, 2004

  NOW 24/7 Yeah, it was an extreme political situation: Miami Beach Commissioner Matti Bower facing off with City Manager Jorge... More >>

• Francisco Aguabella

  published January 22, 2004

  From the Latin jazz imprint of San Francisco-based groove merchant Ubiquity Records comes the latest in a reputable catalog of CDs guaranteed to... More >>

• Dueling Hemis

  published January 22, 2004

  SAT 1/24 Would you buy a ticket to watch a man coax 1700 horses into submission while the steeds haul 12,000 pounds of steel and fling... More >>

• Buzzed

  published January 22, 2004

  FRI 1/23 Twenty years after breaking up eclectic rock trio The Police, Sting is hotter than ever. Credit his new album... More >>

• The Bobble Boy

  published January 15, 2004

  NOW 24/7 In a world where celebrity sells, having your likeness reproduced in the form of a bobblehead doll may very well be... More >>

• Yen or Pesos

  published January 15, 2004

  SAT 1/17 Big-mouth baseball players: You're on notice. It's time to put up or shut up. The Global Scouting Bureau (GSB) is rolling... More >>

• Amazon Birder

  published January 8, 2004

  WED 1/14 South Florida shutterbug Claudine Laabs is headed up the Amazon again, with a paddle, a crew, and a camera. In the past 20... More >>

• Young at Art

  published January 8, 2004

  THU 1/8 Two days ago marked the beginning of ARTS Week, when the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts' Arts... More >>

• Mountain Song

  published January 8, 2004

  THU 1/8 Country roads that disappear through Carolina tobacco fields, silos looming over a prairie, tractors kicking up dust on a hot... More >>

• Flat Pigskin

  published January 1, 2004

  THU 1/1 We're not happy about it either, Jeb. Alas the Bowl Championship Series computer oracle has spoken: The Canes, who beat the... More >>

• Wintery Slide

  published January 1, 2004

  THU 1/1 The holidays in South Florida can get weird. A longing for sleigh bells can burn a melancholy pang into your sun-tanning... More >>