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Miami parking nightmare: From the homeless parking mafia to the meter fairy
By Gus Garcia-Roberts
Published: November 5, 2009
Haitian cabbie Pierre Jean-Charles climbed into his yellow taxi van while cradling a bottle of Coke and a bag of Doritos — the customary get-me-through snack for the...
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Laugh Me a River
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: November 5, 2009
Few people can boast the success Joan Rivers has achieved during her half-century on the stage. Since reaching stardom on The Tonight Show in the ’60s, the raspy-voiced...
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A Day to Remember
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: November 5, 2009
Do people even know this Wednesday is Veteran’s Day? Or the reason why it’s celebrated November 11? For the historically or Google-impaired, it’s the day in 1918...
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Off to See the Wizards
By RICHARD BIEBRICH
Published: November 5, 2009
Dwyane Wade and company need to send the guy who came up with the 2009-10 NBA schedule a Christmas card, because the Miami Heat plays eight of its first ten games at home. This...
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Night of the Living Word
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: November 5, 2009
Brave the 85-degree weather and venture out to Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus this week for one of the greatest author combinations Evenings With... schedules the Miami Book...
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It’ll Fall off the Bone
By MARISA CUTAIA
Published: November 5, 2009
If you’re in Homestead and catch a whiff of barbeque and charcoal wafting through the air, chances are you’re at Ribfest. This Saturday and Sunday, local grilling...
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Groove Is in the Park
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: November 5, 2009
Summer is tough on Floridians. Months of sprinting from one pocket of air conditioning to another can crush your soul. Fortunately, one festival is set to revive it: This...
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Pop Goes the Easel
By Raina McLeod
Published: November 5, 2009
Ever consider pasting a Big Mac wrapper onto a canvas? Then you’ve pondered entering the artistic realm of pop art. The genre, defined by an artist’s use of images...
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Party, Hold the Sausage
By JOSE D. DURAN
Published: November 5, 2009
If you kissed a girl and liked it, you’re probably well aware of Rainbow Kisses at Nocturnal on Sunday nights. The week-old party is only one of a handful of lesbian...
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You’re Getting Verrry Sleeeepy
By Raina McLeod
Published: November 5, 2009
He’ll make you do things you don’t wanna. Things to which you always said, “Nuh-uh, I’m not gonna.” Agree to participate in his show and hypnotist Rich...
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It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. Really, It’s a Plane.
By ALISON AGUDO
Published: November 5, 2009
Looking for a testosterone-filled, ear-drum-rocking, patriotic way to spend the first weekend in November? Well, Homestead Air Reserve Base is revving up its combat-ready...
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Fowl Play
By GINGER HARRIS
Published: November 5, 2009
Karma, it can be a bitch. Just ask author Alan Wieder. Or better yet, let Wieder tell you about it face to face this Saturday when he takes the stage at Books & Books to read...
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Silver-Screen Surfing? Rad.
By Raina McLeod
Published: November 5, 2009
Even if you adore the feeling of having your feet planted firmly on the ground, riding a surfboard and allowing a wave to cradle you as you glide to shore is a sensation akin...
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Forget Hall-ho-ween and Do Fet Gede Instead
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: November 5, 2009
American Halloween is weak sauce: Dress up like Michael Jackson, pay too much to get into a cheesy club where every single girl is wearing a hooker costume, and then drive home...
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Royale With Cheese, Please
By CLAUDIA SANTANA
Published: November 5, 2009
Ooh-la-la! This Thursday marks the beginning of the second annual French Week Miami, hosted by the French American Chamber of Commerce of Florida, and it would be, like,...
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The Middle Beast
By S. PAJOT
Published: November 5, 2009
This Thursday, head to the Vagabond where, kicking it in the (((Shake))) kitchen, Tel Aviv’s Soulico Crew will stay busy slipping juicy morsels of hip-hop, dancehall, and...
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Double-Decker Songwich
By S. PAJOT
Published: November 5, 2009
It’s mere minutes after midweek and already you’re so starved for a giant earful of musical food that the typical low-cal, single-serving jazz smoothie will never...
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Intercourse in the Old Style
By DAVE LANDSBERGER
Published: November 5, 2009
Chances are, if you listen to NPR, you probably do so in the convenience of your eco-friendly automobile or in your den (and on shuffle with Berlioz, of course). You were on...
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Trade Day for Night
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: November 5, 2009
The Paris-born Sleepless Night seems tailor-made for a town like Miami Beach, where hotel rooms are just a secure place to store your bags. This Saturday, the all-night...
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Krik! Krak! Catwalk!
By DINKINISH O’CONNOR
Published: November 5, 2009
When people think of Caribbean fashion, they think of sarongs, layers of kente cloth, and those netted tanks that drape the “Dexter” rasta men of Jamaica. But...
