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Thugs known to bust on sight
God bless my crazy life,
La vida loca homie
Livin that thug life.
-- Tupac Shakur, "M.O.B."
Loss of Innocence
Nineteen-year-old Watson Chery...
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Who needs birthday candles when you've got an RSVP from the Radiators and Chubby "Who Stole the Hot Sauce?" Carrier? For almost a century now (okay, so we're a decade shy),...
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It seemed not inappropriate to me that the recent opening of Jerry's Famous Deli, in the sleek South Beach space long occupied by the nightclub Warsaw, was accompanied by the...
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Miami film fans have long complained about the difficulty in catching offbeat independent films. The local art house cinemas -- the Cosford, Soyka, the Absinthe, Intracoastal,...
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"I had the whole nine yards -- the tunnel, the colors, and the lights," recalls actor/director Adalberto J. Acevedo. Not of his illustrious stage debut but of a difficult time...
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Picture this: You have been invited to a party on a dark night in a strange neighborhood, and you have no idea how to get there. The host offers to meet you and lead the way....
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It's not clear what propelled Gregory Poyser to seek a career in law enforcement. Maybe he had a strong desire to help others. Maybe he wanted to strap on a gun and be near...
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Something is missing at the Rock the Tiki Luau, the Friday-night party at the Palms Hotel.
But what is it?
It's not sex appeal. There's doorman Rich, with his model good...
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What the world needs now is love sweet love, but what Miami Beach needs is affordable restaurants. The recently opened Alton Road Café fits the inexpensive bill, though...
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Miamians have been hearing the same promise for years: The city is a certifiable and important center for the arts. It is on the cusp of greatness, as far as an arts scene is...
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Jesus is big. He always has been. The subject of songs, musical plays, books, and movies. His catchy handle used in the name of bands and once tactlessly uttered as a basis...
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Under blue skies, gabled and pitched roofs top bright symmetric façades, shutter windows are protected by delicate canopies, and spacious verandas and plenty of light...
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Judy Johnson, ex-general president of American Postal Workers' Union Local 172 (representing 3500 employees), was pacing the floor of the Scoreboard Bar & Grille in Doral,...
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Since the release in 1991 of Flight to Freedom, Arturo Sandoval's U.S. recording debut on the GRP label, the Cuban trumpeter has given ample evidence of his indefatigable...
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By definition, fine-dining chefs aren't your average day-jobbers. Their hours are mostly converse to those experienced by the rest of the vocational world. Their kitchen...
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Hey People, It's Time to Call Out the Cavalry
And for once let's get our act together: In response to Rebecca Wakefield's story "Little Goes a Long Way" (November 7), it's...
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Tanks lined Biscayne Boulevard at noon last Sunday just as the Rock en Miami festival was getting under way at Bayfront Park. New Times reported the week before on some bad...
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The days when Florida was the last to get wind of a trend are over. So over, in fact, that folks like Cyril Camus, fifth-generation cognac producer, chose Miami over New York...
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Surprise is the one reaction you don't anticipate from an Eliades Ochoa album. Admiration, yes. But you don't expect the unexpected. If anything the master of the Cuban...
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For six years, Songwriters in the Round existed as a kind of Camelot of the Miami music scene. For a time, the monthly event was an enlightened industry gathering, a...
