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It's a balmy Saturday afternoon and hundreds of Protestant faithful are gathered in Miami's Tropical Park. They loll on blankets and canvas chairs surrounded by turquoise...
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Descemer Bueno, frontman for the Afro-Cuban fusion band Siete Rayo, says the art of making the apparently complex arrangements of cumbia, hip-hop, reggae, and other world beat...
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A pair of corner restaurant sites bookend Ocean Terrace, a two-block stretch of mostly Deco structures that runs from 73rd to 75th Street between Collins Avenue and the beach....
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It is often written of Harrison Ford that he's the most profitable movie star in history, to the tune of some $3.8 billion in box-office receipts worldwide. Of course, once...
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Since we find it impossible to wait until the weekend for a grand night on the town, the Biltmore Hotel is here to satisfy our Hump Day hankering for an alcohol fueled social...
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Every weekend for the past decade, Gardner’s Markets has invited farmers from the southernmost areas of the county to sell their bounty of fresh fruits and flowers. To...
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Despite the great weather and verdant scenery, Miami is about to become a slightly less awesome city. The rising indie rock band Awesome New Republic is moving to New York in...
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Vegetarians planning to attend this year’s Florida Keys Chili Cookoff should probably bring a picnic basket. According to the International Chili Society’s...
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It can be a royal mishap to jimmy a word in edgewise while flapping gums with a bigwig collector waxing thunderstruck over a young painter. After allowing him to catch his...
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In the era of plantations, African slaves were given paltry provisions of cornmeal, molasses, beans, and meat. To supplement these meager rations, some slaves tended their own...
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Although the original celebration began in Spain and Portugal, the elaborate Carnaval de Barranquilla was brought to Colombia by the Spanish during the mid Eighteenth Century....
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Boxing is such a hot ticket that fans have to pay real money to watch it -- on television. Pugilism is one sport that takes on new dimensions in the live setting: The pop of...
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Ernesto Perez-Carillo, Jr.’s memories of Cuba are steeped in smoke and stained with tobacco. “I left when I was seven. I was so impressed by my dad’s tobacco...
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Miami’s club scene is not for everyone. Sure there’s diverse music, flowing alcohol, enviously attractive people, and lavish VIP areas. But what about those who have...
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Although incest is not generally a wildly funny topic, the Village Voice described Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize winning play How I Learned to Drive as “the sweetest...
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Florists’ carts are overflowing with bundles of red roses; Hallmark stores are stocked with oversize cards and pink teddy bears; and almost every song on the radio is a...
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Kaye Gibbons has lived the novelist’s dream. Twenty years ago her debut novel, Ellen Foster, took the literary world by storm, winning her numerous prizes, French...
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You have been on only two dates with your new special friend and now you are faced with the sappy holiday for lovers. Forgo the plush pink bears, overpriced roses, and ulcer...
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Valentines are not always dressed in gold, smothered in dark chocolate, or packaged in crinkly paper. Happiness is also found in a pat on the head or in an open invitation to...
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Brazilian artist Vik Muniz is a heck of a prankster whose works are as apt to tickle the ribs as they are to zap the noggin with their provocative nature. Muniz has garnered...
