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It's 10:30 on a Wednesday night in February, and 46-year-old Mandoah "Manny" Ebaid is checking the foot traffic outside his Middle Eastern eatery, Exotic Bites, near Young...
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Think of the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland. Not the spooky, psychedelic depiction you might find displayed under a black light in a head shop, but the huggable Disney...
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In 1994, when South Beach was a sleeping giant just beginning to stir, Sport Café became the first budget Italian restaurant to set up shop. We forget how quickly times...
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A gritty portrait of ghetto life in contemporary South Africa, Tsotsi packs an unexpected emotional wallop. Gavin Hood's film tells a story of violence and redemption that's...
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Three years in, and the mission, as well as almost everything else regarding Iraq, certainly cannot be considered accomplished. The words no one could use three years ago, and...
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It is only 11:00 a.m. and that stack of papers is growing. The phone will not stop ringing, and you are way behind deadline. Squeezing the stress ball until your knuckles turn...
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Pat Riley could tell you a few things about pressure. He must negotiate the rightfully large egos of Shaquille O’Neal, Dwyane Wade, Alonzo Mourning, and the rest of a...
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You would not expect to find Cuban jazz legend Arturo Sandoval spending his time at a busy construction site, where the discordant sounds of heavy equipment threaten to...
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Debbie Stoller has done much to dispel the image of a gray-haired knitter wielding needles in wrinkled hands. As the best-selling author of the Stitch ´n Bitch books,...
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Fairchild Tropical Garden had a record-breaking winter season with its “Chihuly at Fairchild” exhibit. The amazing display drew in masses of visitors, many of whom...
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We know we should say no to drugs, and we tell youngsters to stay off of them, but the message has more meaning when it is coming from hip teens rather than not-so-cool moms....
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Say the name Alvin Ailey and images of lithe ebony bodies come to mind. His choreography inspired via simple gestures -- a male lead stretching his arms to the sky, a...
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If you have spent all week partying and need to recoup before another vodka-fueled night of bumping and grinding, maybe a few hours of stretching and deep breathing is in...
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The Frost Art Museum is tapping into a heady brew of emerging talent and serving up works by a trio of students set to graduate from Florida International University’s...
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The bunny-print boxer shorts and wife-beater tee are fine for an evening of eating pizza-bites while watching Gilmore Girls, but if you know that a boy might be stopping by,...
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It’s tough to follow a legend. Take George Wolfe -- producer, director, Tony Award winner, New York Shakespeare Festival helmsman, and former democratically fascistic...
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For ten years the Miami Children’s Hospital’s Radio Lollipop program has made hospital stays for young people a little less scary and a little more fun. Majic 102.7...
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When Thembi Nyandeni speaks of apartheid, the passion ignited by repressed memories rises in her voice. “Then, you could be arrested just for being black. And this was...
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Washington lobbyists with bulging pockets, politicians on the take, and seemingly omnipotent corporations out to screw the little guy. No, we’re not talking about recent...
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The sun is out, the sky is blue, and there’s little doubt summer is hurtling toward us at an alarming rate. So now is the perfect time to enjoy the weather at an open-air...
