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Feature
A Friend Indeed
Meet Camilo Padreda, dynamic businessman, faithful Republican, patron of law enforcement, convicted felon
By Tristram Korten
Published: January 30, 2003
This is a distressing time for Camilo Padreda. It's the end of an era. Possibly his. The self-proclaimed best friend of the Miami Police Department is mourning the recent...
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Catch It Live!
Sand Song
Salia ni Seydou dance to the music of time
By Judy Cantor
Published: January 30, 2003
The thump of rolling bodies and whoosh of sand poured over a dancer's head form part of the soundtrack to the entrancing one-hour piece Figninto, performed by the Salia ni...
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Cafe
Med, White, & Blue
A Greek tavern that's friendly and inexpensive on the Beach -- why should this be unique?
By Lee Klein
Published: January 30, 2003
It takes more than some gallons of blue paint and some gallons of white to make a Greek restaurant look authentic; you also need murals on the walls, preferably of white...
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Film
Blowin' Smoke
Biker Boyz is furious, but it ain't fast, which is a real drag
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: January 30, 2003
First off, make no mistake: Biker Boyz is not, and has no intentions of being, The Fast and the Furious on two wheels, which will be considered a serious shame by the...
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Night&Day
Slave & Seminole Rebels
How the red and the black once fought the white ... and won
By Nina Korman
Published: January 30, 2003
"Act boldly and unforeseen forces will come to my aid," says Carol Durbin, relating some words that were favorites of Martin L. Marcus, her partner of thirteen years. Marcus,...
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Stuff
Your New Friends?
NBC hopes Coupling is its next hitcom, which bugs the show's biggest fans
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: January 30, 2003
Last October, Sue Vertue found herself in a Los Angeles soundstage watching the filming of a pilot for a would-be NBC sitcom. The storyline of this particular episode dealt,...
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Stage
This Food's Tasty
Mosaic Theatre offers up scrumptious fare
By Ronald Mangravite
Published: January 30, 2003
Some plays don't just offer food for thought; they serve up fresh ideas, then eat them raw. One such carnivore is Nicky Silver's The Food Chain, now on display in a tasty...
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Metro
Still Hazy After All These Years
A decade of daiquiri-induced hangovers hasn't dulled Wet Willie's puerile appeal
By Forrest Norman
Published: January 30, 2003
At noon on South Beach, with the tourist season well under way, balmy breezes toss the palm fronds along Ocean Drive. Pale Midwesterners in flip-flops and brand-new swimming...
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Clubbed
Manic Mondays
It's not the work week; it's the party week
By Lee Williams
Published: January 30, 2003
Funny thing about Mondays in Partyville -- when the rest of the world is working up the strength to recover from a weekend of wild woolliness, things here are just starting to...
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Cafe
D-Liteful
Another fresh and fine café to add to the growing mix of good lunchtime choices
By Pamela Robin Brandt
Published: January 30, 2003
After a weekend afternoon in the park with the family, there is nothing like ice cream. So it's just as well that Tasti D-Lite Café isn't open on weekends, because Tasti...
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Film
Where the Heart Isn't
The Way Home is paved with canned sentiment
By Andy Klein
Published: January 30, 2003
It used to be that the only Korean films to be seen in the U.S. were somber art-house films like Jeong Ji-yeong's White Badge or veteran Im Kwon-Taek's Chunhyang and Sopyonje....
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Night&Day
Hopped Up
Beer tasting is an art form, it really is!
By Patti Roth
Published: January 30, 2003
Appreciating beer is an art, as is pairing it with the proper foods -- and we don't mean peanuts or pizza. Tasting involves more than just the tongue, claims Patrick Jones,...
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Art
A Female Perspective
Two women were behind Miami's most exciting recent shows
By Alfredo Triff
Published: January 30, 2003
Anat Ebgi and Nina Arias are two young, independent Miami curators who have produced interesting shows in the last year. Most recently during Art Miami, Ebgi put on an...
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Kulchur
Hip-hop Treasure Hunt
South Florida's radio war is all about the Benjamins
By Brett Sokol
Published: January 30, 2003
Like any burgeoning hip-hop mogul, David Ross knows how to turn on the bluster. "You want to know my plans for Miami?" he chuckles to Kulchur. "We're going to kick everybody's...
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Music
Good Shit
If Tereso doesn't get a break, the rock band will invent one
By Javier Andrade
Published: January 30, 2003
"We play in Miami all the time, we've even toured Europe, but we've never played in Fort Lauderdale," says Juan Rozas, 28, singer and guitarist for the Argentine-born,...
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Dish
Fine Wining & Wining
Just sobering up from the holidays? Here's a way to stay drunk another month.
By Jen Karetnick
Published: January 30, 2003
What I learned from attending the twentieth annual Food & Wine Magazine Classic at Aspen: Festivals can make for some terrific all-inclusive minivacations. Once you pay for...
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Film
Shanghai Surprise
A quirk of history now brings forth Holocaust tales from an unlikely place
By Andy Klein
Published: January 30, 2003
Just when a cynic might think there are no more Holocaust stories to be told, yet another undiscovered perspective pops up on local screens. But even if you've seen The Pianist...
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Letters
Letters from the Issue of January 30, 2003
The Cuba embargo takes it on the chin
Published: January 30, 2003
I Got 200 on Brown Dog Easy money that Brandon goes down hard and bloody: I would put down some serious blood money to watch writer Brandon Dane vs. Brown Dog ("Dogfight Club,"...
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Music
Rock You Like a Hurricane
UM concrete christened by Coldplay's yellow glow
By Jeff Stratton
Published: January 30, 2003
There we were, convocating with our cup-holders. The total commute from central Broward County to the Concrete (er, Convocation) Center on the University of Miami campus in...
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Music
World Got the Blues
Jon Paris doesn't need the government to ratify his music or his memories
By Javier Andrade
Published: January 30, 2003
Bluesman/roots-rocker Jon Paris laughs aloud when asked about the Senate decision to declare 2003 as "The Year of Blues." Facing the possibility of war, he finds the honor...
