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  • BEST ACTIVITY TO DO WHILE INTOXICATED
    Beer Pong
    BEST ACTIVITY TO DO WHILE INTOXICATED Beer Pong Hooligan´s Pub & Oyster Bar 9555 S. Dixie Highway Pinecrest 305-667-9673 www.hooliganspub.com Every Thursday night at 9:00 Hooligan's offers a chance for everyone (yes, the distaff included) to get their balls wet. On one of the... More >>
  • BEST POETRY SCENE
    Mello Mondays at the District
    BEST POETRY SCENE Mello Mondays at the District 35 NE 40th Street Miami 305-576-7242 This weekly event is a baby among the other spoken-word evenings, but Mello Mondays gets two snaps up for distinguishing itself from the pack by mixing celebrity poets in with locals. Hosted by local... More >>
  • BEST TV NEWS REPORTER
    Carmel Cafiero
    BEST TV NEWS REPORTER Carmel Cafiero WSVN-TV (Channel 7) In the quick-cut and flash-fast world of television news, the thing that sells, aside from hurricanes, is sensationalism. (Sensationalism about hurricanes really sells.) And while it is the same notion that creates a disproportionate... More >>
  • BEST TV STATION
    WSVN-TV (Channel 7)
    BEST TV STATION WSVN-TV (Channel 7) Anyone with half a brain hates Channel 7. The sensationalized approach, whether in over-the-top news coverage or outlandish reality programming like Trading Spouses or The Simple Life, carries all the intellectual weight of a bran muffin. Is this the sort of... More >>
  • BEST LOCAL WEBSITE
    BEST LOCAL WEBSITE www.artblog.net It would seem that Miami plays host to two gentlemen by the name of Franklin Einspruch. There's the Einspruch best known to readers of the New Times as a thoughtful, considered, and genteel art critic. Then there's the Einspruch who produces artblog, a... More >>
  • BEST ART CINEMA
    Miami Beach Cinematheque
    BEST ART CINEMA Miami Beach Cinematheque 512 Española Way Miami Beach 305-673-4567 www.mbcinema.com This intimate venue offers exhibitions, performance art, photography, dance, combinations thereof, and of course film. Loads of quirky, interesting film festivals touch down here:... More >>
  • BEST PANTHERS PLAYER
    Kristian Huselius and Andreas Lilja
    BEST PANTHERS PLAYER Kristian Huselius and Andreas Lilja Even though the NHL season was canceled this year, two homeboys still managed to make international headlines when they were accused of raping a 22-year-old woman in Sweden. Even though the charges were eventually dropped, for... More >>
  • BEST SPANISH-LANGUAGE RADIO PERSONALITY
    Elba la Fumadora (The Pot Smoker)
    BEST SPANISH-LANGUAGE RADIO PERSONALITY Elba la Fumadora (The Pot Smoker) El Zol (WXDJ-FM 95.7) When she's not busy toking up a storm outside the studio, Elba is doing all she can to steal the thunder from Joe Ferrero and Enrique Santos, the male cohosts of Miami's funniest and most tasteless... More >>
  • BEST MOVIE THEATER
    Bill Cosford Cinema
    BEST MOVIE THEATER Bill Cosford Cinema University of Miami Dooley Memorial Building 1111 Memorial Drive Coral Gables 305-284-4861 www.miami.edu/cosford Built in 1947 as the Louis D. Beaumont Lecture Hall, after a Palm Beach retiree gave $50,000 toward its construction, this... More >>
  • BEST NATURE CENTER
    Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center
    BEST NATURE CENTER Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center 6767 Crandon Boulevard Key Biscayne 305-361-6767 www.biscaynenaturecenter.org South Florida's splendid weather encourages people to play hooky, and it's a clever Miamian who figures out a way to do it without guilt.... More >>
  • BEST FRINGE THEATER
    Mad Cat Theatre
    BEST FRINGE THEATER Mad Cat Theatre The Light Box Studio 3300 Biscayne Boulevard, #100 Miami 305-576-6377 Between hurricane threats and last-minute schedule changes, this wasn't the Cat's luckiest season. But it remains the most interesting and original theater company in South... More >>
  • BEST LOCAL WRITER
    Thomas Harris
    BEST LOCAL WRITER Thomas Harris The creator of one of modern fiction's most deeply etched, enduring, and beloved -- if that's the right adjective to describe a cannibalistic serial killer -- characters lives right here, somewhere in Miami-Dade County. Thomas Harris, the author of four novels,... More >>
  • BEST PLACE DURING A HURRICANE (THAT REALLY DOESN'T SHOW UP)
    Miami Beach around First Street
    BEST PLACE DURING A HURRICANE (THAT REALLY DOESN'T SHOW UP) Miami Beach around First Street You ignore the mandatory evacuation and stay home on the Beach. It's pretty obvious the storm is heading elsewhere, but now you're bored silly and the weather's not too bad. Watching the Weather Channel... More >>
  • BEST TV NEWS ANCHOR (1 Comment)
    Dwight Lauderdale
    BEST TV NEWS ANCHOR Dwight Lauderdale WPLG-TV (Channel 10) With or without the mustache, and even sans Ann Bishop, no local TV journalist is more trusted and respected than the man behind the news desk at Channel 10. Since 1976 Lauderdale has been disseminating the grimy nonfiction of our sinful... More >>
  • BEST ACTOR (1 Comment)
    David Kwiat
    BEST ACTOR David Kwiat Kwiat's performance as the dying oddball physicist Richard Feynman in QED (at GableStage) was in production a full year ago. Award competitions such as the Oscars often have short memories in such cases, but all these months later Kwiat's funny, touching portrait of one... More >>
  • BEST THEATER FOR DRAMA
    Coconut Grove Playhouse
    BEST THEATER FOR DRAMA Coconut Grove Playhouse 3500 Main Highway Coconut Grove 305-442-4000 What's going on over at the Playhouse? The venerable theater has had its troubles in years past, but this season just about everything worked in its favor. Arnold Mittleman's slate of shows was... More >>
  • BEST TRADE (SPORTS TEAM)
    A.J. Feeley from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Miami Dolphins
    BEST TRADE (SPORTS TEAM) A.J. Feeley from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Miami Dolphins Forget Shaq. The Miami Heat's signing of the Big Diesel over the summer was a no-brainer. The deal that really turned things around for a South Florida sports team was the Dolphins' decision to give up a... More >>
  • BEST LOCAL ZINE
    Ego Miami
    BEST LOCAL ZINE Ego Miami www.egomiami.com Since it was revived last year, the magazine formerly known as Ego Trip has grown into a guilty pleasure for readers who pick up the pocket-size monthly at restaurants, bookstores, and other locations. Like every other lifestyle glossy in town, Ego... More >>
  • BEST BOOK BY A LOCAL AUTHOR
    Come with Me, Sheba by Preston L. Allen
    BEST BOOK BY A LOCAL AUTHOR Come with Me, Sheba by Preston L. Allen Another convoluted Magic City tale, written in a style that lurches between Charles Willeford's blunt prose and Carl Hiaasen's hysteria, the story Allen has concocted is unmistakably Miamian. A mystery man, an oddball... More >>
  • BEST DOLPHINS PLAYER
    Randy McMichael
    BEST DOLPHINS PLAYER Randy McMichael During what was arguably the Dolphins' worst year, tight end Randy McMichael caught 73 passes for 791 yards (passing Keith Jackson for the Dolphins' single-season records for catches and yards), averaging 10.8 yards per reception. At times McMichael seemed... More >>
  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
    Ian D. Clark
    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Ian D. Clark Clark's delightful turn as a cuckolded husband was a classic cameo role and another bright moment in the Coconut Grove Playhouse's quite bright staging of The Constant Wife. Appearing in only one short scene, Clark demonstrated superb comedic timing, a spot-on... More >>
  • BEST ACTRESS
    Angelica Torn
    BEST ACTRESS Angelica Torn No doubt about it. This year's nod goes to Angelica Torn, who tore up the stage in her fierce, memorable portrait of poet Sylvia Plath in EDGE at the Coconut Grove Playhouse. Torn used a deliberately off-putting, disconnected persona to portray the troubled writer. But... More >>
  • BEST ART MUSEUM
    Bass Museum of Art
    BEST ART MUSEUM Bass Museum of Art 2121 Park Avenue Miami Beach 305-673-7530 Two years ago Bass Museum executive director and chief curator Diane Camber was ready to go medieval on the engineers who oversaw the construction of the museum's current home one block west of Collins Avenue.... More >>
  • BEST STARGAZING
    Southern Cross Astronomical Society
    BEST STARGAZING Southern Cross Astronomical Society 1400 SW 107th Avenue Miami 305-661-1375 www.scas.org and Bill Sadowski Park 17555 SW 79th Avenue Palmetto Bay 305-255-4767 www.miamidade.gov/parks/parks/ bill_sadowski.asp When the Southern Cross Astronomical... More >>
  • BEST BUS RIDE
    Route 102/Route B
    BEST BUS RIDE Route 102/Route B Riding the entire length of Metrobus Route 102 and its Key Biscayne connector, Route B, you don't see all of Miami-Dade County, and yet you do. This trip is expansive in geography and culture, traveling as it does from one of the wealthiest zip codes in the United... More >>
  • BEST PLACE TO SAVOR THE FLAVOR OF MIAMI
    El Palacio de los Jugos
    BEST PLACE TO SAVOR THE FLAVOR OF MIAMI El Palacio de los Jugos 5721 W. Flagler Street Miami 305-264-4557 and 14300 SW Eighth Street West Miami-Dade 305-221-1616 Stepping into one of these anachronistic juice bars is like taking a stroll through el campo. The aroma of pork and... More >>
  • BEST PLACE TO GO STONED
    Deering Estate at Cutler
    BEST PLACE TO GO STONED Deering Estate at Cutler 16701 SW 72nd Avenue South Miami-Dade 305-235-1668 In the future, people will be able to plug their brains directly into virtual reality scenarios for sex, drugs, and probably everything else. No doubt there will be meditative modules for... More >>
  • BEST TOURIST TRAP
    Little Havana
    BEST TOURIST TRAP Little Havana Little Havana is perfect for the tourist who wants to soak up local culture the way Cuban bread soaks up lechon juice. Maximo Gomez (Domino) Park is the main axis point of the neighborhood and a gathering spot for old-timers to play dominoes while arguing the... More >>
  • BEST PLACE TO SEE MIAMI LIKE A NATIVE -- A NINETEENTH-CENTURY NATIVE
    Twelfth Annual Miami International Map Fair
    BEST PLACE TO SEE MIAMI LIKE A NATIVE -- A NINETEENTH-CENTURY NATIVE Twelfth Annual Miami International Map Fair Hosted by the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, the Map Fair drew a slightly less boisterous crowd of out-of-towners than the Boat Show or the Winter Music Conference, but one no... More >>
  • BEST MOVIE SHOT ON LOCATION
    Code 33
    BEST MOVIE SHOT ON LOCATION Code 33 The filmmakers behind this crime documentary prove that footage of reality can be more dramatic than some overblown fictional Hollywood production that requires shutting down major traffic arteries. Code 33 is an ode to Miami's cultural diaspora pegged to one... More >>
  • BEST DAY TRIP
    Clyde Butcher's Muck-About
    BEST DAY TRIP Clyde Butcher's Muck-About Big Cypress Gallery 52388 Tamiami Trail Ochopee 239-695-2428; 888-999-9113 The Swamp. Is it a place of psychedelic gases and weedy monsters? Do alligators battle pythons for dominion over a few feet of muck? Are creepy crawlies lying in wait for... More >>
  • BEST RADIO STATION (1 Comment)
    99 Jamz (WEDR-FM 99.1)
    BEST RADIO STATION 99 Jamz (WEDR-FM 99.1) www.wedr.com Many debate which is the best urban station: 99 Jamz or The Beat (WMIB-FM 103.5). It's a tough call, but 99 Jamz has a killer mix-show roster (including DJs Khaled, Irie, and KD), as well as several distinctive on-air voices, particularly... More >>
  • BEST HURRICANE PREDICTIONS
    Weather Underground
    BEST HURRICANE PREDICTIONS Weather Underground www.wunderground.com/tropical This season, when you get tired of phrases such as "this is what the track of the hurricane will look like if it takes a sharp, impossible turn and heads straight into downtown Miami" and you want a reasonable... More >>
  • BEST CONVENTION OF THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS
    OtakuCon Anime Convention
    BEST CONVENTION OF THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS OtakuCon Anime Convention Fontainebleau Hilton Resort 4441 Collins Avenue Miami Beach 305-538-2000 Hordes of imagination-fired freaks and geeks took over a landmark Miami Beach hotel in late December to celebrate the colorful and expanding... More >>
  • BEST STORYTELLER
    Jan Mapou
    BEST STORYTELLER Jan Mapou It's no surprise Jan Mapou is one of Miami's most well-versed storytellers, for the man possesses a lifetime of rich material. Born in Haiti, Mapou spent time in jail for speaking in Kreyol on a Port-au-Prince radio show, moved to New York in the early Seventies and... More >>
  • BEST WEATHERCASTER
    National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center
    BEST WEATHERCASTER National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center Some people get the weather by sticking their heads out the window. Everybody else gets their weather -- at least partially -- from the National Weather Service and the National Hurricane Center. Even the major news... More >>
  • BEST LOCAL BOXER
    James Abdullah
    BEST LOCAL BOXER James Abdullah Shortly after dusk inside Allapattah's Teo Cruz Boxing Gym, manager Pedro Valerio is busy assisting black and Hispanic boys and men in their bids to master the sweet science. Skinny lightweight and middleweight contenders from Venezuela, the Dominican Republic,... More >>
  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    Lorena Diaz
    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Lorena Diaz Diaz, a resourceful actress with extensive range, delivered an outrageous, over-the-top performance in Betty's Summer Vacation (a Christopher Durang satire) as Mrs. Siezmagraff, the lunatic landlady from hell. Diaz was as fearless as she was shameless,... More >>
  • BEST SET DESIGN
    Adrian W. Jones
    BEST SET DESIGN Adrian W. Jones Anna in the Tropics Jones's inspired design -- a lone windswept palm tree against a huge sky with a massive interior of walls and wooden beams depicting a Tampa cigar factory in the Twenties -- gave Nilo Cruz's production of his own play great emotional texture... More >>
  • BEST PLACE FOR A SECOND DATE
    Café Sambal
    BEST PLACE FOR A SECOND DATE Café Sambal Mandarin Oriental Hotel 500 Brickell Key Drive Miami 305-913-8251 Oh, yes. The first date was smokin': great conversation, definite chemistry, you didn't want the night to end. Even though you said you wouldn't do that on a first date,... More >>
  • BEST COMEBACK (ANIMAL KINGDOM)
    Miami Blue Butterfly
    BEST COMEBACK (ANIMAL KINGDOM) Miami Blue Butterfly Once more prevalent than cars on 836, the Miami Blue (Hemiargus thomasi bethunebakeri) wasn't doing so well thanks to humans and, mostly, their always encroaching development. (Habitat loss, natural disasters, and mosquito-reduction spraying... More >>
  • BEST FM RADIO PERSONALITY
    Papa Keith
    BEST FM RADIO PERSONALITY Papa Keith The Beat (WMIB-FM 103.5) www.mega1035.cc/pages/papakeith The Baka Boys might get you wired and ready for work while you're battling morning traffic, but Papa Keith is the man who takes you home smoothly and safely, easing the stress of the day with hip-hop... More >>
  • BEST COSTUME DESIGN
    Ellis Tillman
    BEST COSTUME DESIGN Ellis Tillman The Constant Wife As the resident costume designer for the Coconut Grove Playhouse, Tillman has been turning out first-rate work for years. But he outdid even himself with this stylish, dryly funny design scheme for Somerset Maugham's Jazz Age comedy. With what... More >>
  • BEST NIGHT TRIP
    Annual Winter Star Party
    BEST NIGHT TRIP Annual Winter Star Party 386-362-5995 Named after the constellation, the venerable Southern Cross Astronomical Society has brought gazers the Winter Star Party for twenty years, usually at West Summerland Key during the new moon in February or March. Why the Southern Cross... More >>
  • BEST GIRLS' DAY OUT
    Rik Rak Salon and Spa
    BEST GIRLS' DAY OUT Rik Rak Salon and Spa 1428 Brickell Avenue Miami 305-371-5577 It's easy to visualize the agent and the TV network exec getting together to negotiate this concept: What happens when a clothing store owner and a hair stylist get together? They open a full salon and spa... More >>
  • BEST DRAG QUEEN
    Adora
    BEST DRAG QUEEN Adora Out of costume Adora is a seriously cute Latin boy by the name of Danilo. In costume she's one of Miami's hardest-working girls, surviving the trends of fickle Miami for the past fourteen years. Her trademarks are platinum tresses, glittering red lips, and ostentatious... More >>
  • BEST FILM FESTIVAL
    Cinema Vortex
    BEST FILM FESTIVAL Cinema Vortex If the goal of a film festival should be to bring high-quality pictures to town -- worthy movies that would otherwise never hit Miami -- then Cinema Vortex deserves its stellar reputation. The fest's history traces back to the defunct Alliance Cinema in Miami... More >>
  • BEST OUTDOOR ART
    Dead Mouse by Billie Grace Lynn
    BEST OUTDOOR ART Dead Mouse by Billie Grace Lynn The ladies and gentlemen up north whose view of Miami has been shaped by magazines may wonder how one could possibly make this fair city any more beautiful than the tropical paradise portrayed in glossy ads for luxury condominium towers. Art is... More >>
  • BEST LOCAL ARTIST
    Hernan Bas
    BEST LOCAL ARTIST Hernan Bas Finally a Miami artist worthy of the hype. There's a reason everyone from Mera Rubell to Michael Ovitz is singing the praises of New World School of the Arts graduate Hernan Bas. His evocative paintings are striking enough to have earned them a slot in the Whitney... More >>
  • BEST HURRICANES FOOTBALL PLAYER
    Eric Winston
    BEST HURRICANES FOOTBALL PLAYER Eric Winston In a year when Hurricanes football was down (no national title contention or Heisman Trophy candidates), why not recognize the usually unrecognized: the unsung heroes of the offensive line. For all the great quarterbacks, receivers, and backs the... More >>
  • BEST THEATRICAL PRODUCTION
    The Loman Family Picnic
    BEST THEATRICAL PRODUCTION The Loman Family Picnic Caldwell Theatre Company 7873 N. Federal Highway Boca Raton 561-241-7432 Donald Margulies's funny, sad play about one unhappy Jewish family in 1965 Brooklyn received a startling, dynamic production from the Caldwell team, a noted... More >>
  • BEST SPORTSCASTER
    Lindsay Czarniak
    BEST SPORTSCASTER Lindsay Czarniak WTVJ-TV (Channel 6) Czarniak is the dedicated anchor/reporter for Fins TV, a half-hour program that comes on at 7:00 p.m. Saturdays 52 weeks per year. She also does live reports and features for NBC 6 Sports Final. Czarniak gave up a career as a CNN associate... More >>
  • BEST NEW DRAMA
    Does Jesus Drum?
    BEST NEW DRAMA Does Jesus Drum? Sometimes great gifts come in small packages. Set during the Civil War, Robert Linfors's brief playlet packed a real punch by examining the anguish and fear of parents whose fired-up young son is ready to enlist in the Confederate army. Linfors's timeless dramatic... More >>
  • BEST LOCAL SPORTS COACH
    Stan Van Gundy
    BEST LOCAL SPORTS COACH Stan Van Gundy Miami Heat Much has been written about Stan Van Gundy, almost all of it centered on his humble demeanor and rumpled wardrobe, both in stark contrast to his mentor and the coach he unexpectedly replaced in 2003, NBA legend Pat Riley. Since the leadership... More >>
  • BEST HEAT PLAYER
    Shaquille O'Neal
    BEST HEAT PLAYER Shaquille O'Neal Sure, the way young Dwyane Wade dunks over opposing centers and dishes out dimes like candy at a parade is a thing of grace and grandeur. The way Damon Jones, who looks more like your neighbor than an NBA guard, swagger-skips down the court after one of his... More >>
  • BEST AM RADIO PERSONALITY (2 Comments)
    Bishop Victor T. Curry
    BEST AM RADIO PERSONALITY Bishop Victor T. Curry WMBM-AM (1490) Imagine your average radio talk show. A couple of hosts prattle on about the news, sports, and entertainment while occasionally taking calls from agitated listeners. Now imagine that wrapped in scripture and gospel music, and you'll... More >>
  • BEST PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
    BEST PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT The Margulies Warehouse 591 NW 27th Street Miami 305-576-1051 Visitors to South Florida continuously marvel at the private art collectors here who have thrown their personal stashes open to the public, and real-estate developer Martin Margulies has more than... More >>
  • BEST DANCE COMPANY
    Giovanni Luquini Performance Troupe
    BEST DANCE COMPANY Giovanni Luquini Performance Troupe www.luquinidance.org "Straight out of Miami, and into the world, we bring you groove, myth, and athletic fury," Giovanni Luquini declares on his Website. If it sounds like an intense statement for a dance company, well, it is. And rightly... More >>
  • BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
    The Constant Wife
    BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE The Constant Wife Coconut Grove Playhouse The Playhouse's hit revival had so many fine performances, it is only fair to fully credit them all. Alicia Roper was regally serene in the title role, beautifully matched by Greg Wood as her duplicitous husband, Nancy Dussault as... More >>
  • BEST DIRECTOR
    Michael Hall
    BEST DIRECTOR Michael Hall The Loman Family Picnic The veteran Hall has long been known for consistent professionalism, but this time out his direction of Donald Margulies's oddball memory play really excelled. Hall's compelling visuals were easy to spot, and to admire, while his subtle,... More >>
  • BEST LEISURE ACTIVITY OTHER THAN CLUBS OR MOVIES
    Reading at the beach
    BEST LEISURE ACTIVITY OTHER THAN CLUBS OR MOVIES Reading at the beach Wake up Sunday morning. Grab the paper, glossy magazine, maybe a current book of interest. Slather on SPF 30 sunblock. Don swim trunks, flip-flops, straw hat, dark shades. Pack bottled water, roast beef-Gruyre-tomato dagwood,... More >>
  • BEST READING SERIES
    Books & Books
    BEST READING SERIES Books & Books Various locations in Miami-Dade County www.booksandbooks.com Mitchell Kaplan is our collective dignity's last line of defense. Do we really want the rest of the world to think of us as only a romper room for Paris Hilton? Our highest cultural aspirations to... More >>
  • BEST ART GALLERY
    Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
    BEST ART GALLERY Bernice Steinbaum Gallery 3550 N. Miami Avenue Miami 305-573-2700 www.bernicesteinbaumgallery.com It is getting difficult to choose from among the growing array of high-quality art galleries gracing our strip-mall-and-condo town. If the mega-event Art Basel is any... More >>
  • BEST MARLINS PLAYER
    Miguel Cabrera
    BEST MARLINS PLAYER Miguel Cabrera On TV Miguelito seems so sweet, so young, so, well, soft. Then someone throws a ball at him, and suddenly that cherub's face is fronting an aggressive six-foot-two hitter with 210 pounds of power behind his swing. Though youthful, the Venezuela native is poised... More >>
  • BEST TOUR
    Redland Riot
    BEST TOUR Redland Riot 305-443-7973 www.redlandriot.com Sunday morning. Rapidly approaching afternoon. Check list. Grind sticky green; twist Chonger for road. Print booklet from Website, crank up music, head down for Redland Riot. Cruise through area's fruity, tropical history in purple haze... More >>
  • BEST POET
    Will "Da Real One" Bell
    BEST POET Will "Da Real One" Bell www.willdarealone.com Will "Da Real One" Bell represents the new poetry. He spits words like high-caliber machine-gun fire, and his booming voice sets ears ablaze. He snarls ferocious truth about the things he's seen -- heartbreak and pain, crime and punishment,... More >>
  • BEST PLACE TO THROW A PARTY
    The former building of La Moderna Poesia
    BEST PLACE TO THROW A PARTY The former building of La Moderna Poesia 5246 SW Eighth Street Coral Gables Here's a little real-estate advice for any savvy entrepreneur with some green to spread around. Miami Beach is too expensive, and everyone knows downtown is riddled with cranes and dump... More >>
  • BEST MUSEUM
    Miami Children's Museum
    BEST MUSEUM Miami Children's Museum 980 MacArthur Causeway Miami 305-373-5437 www.miamichildrensmuseum.org Finally housed in a permanent location, the Miami Children's Museum has been able to turn its attention to developing a world-class educational playground for youngsters.... More >>
  • BEST PERIODIQUITO
    The Miami Post
    BEST PERIODIQUITO The Miami Post The periodiquito publishing community is Miami-Dade County's guerrilla propaganda machine. These little community newspapers serve a singular purpose: putting forth the political agendas of their publishers. However, the Miami Post, assembled by one Luis Tornes,... More >>
  • PERSONAL BEST
    Lindsay Czarniak
    Personal Best Lindsay Czarniak Even though the games begin in the fall and end by the time the days begin to grow longer, football season is 365 days a year for true DolFans. Lindsay Czarniak knows this, lives this, breathes this, and that's what makes Fins TV, a half-hour show broadcast every... More >>

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