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21. Livewire

    Kurt Elling

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: November 29, 2007

    "Vocalese" is a jazz technique in which lyrics are added to instrumental tunes to convey a certain idea or feeling. Its origins can be traced to the Twenties, but it...

22. Livewire

    Wayman Tisdale

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: November 29, 2007

    It's almost guaranteed when you pursue a career in sports that you better have a backup plan in mind. For six-foot-nine former NBA power forward Wayman Tisdale, his plan B was...

23. Midnight Glimpse

    Tobacco Road

    By Alexandra Quiñones

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Surviving for more than 95 years, Tobacco Road (626 S. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-374-1198) is the oldest bar in town. While other nightclubs pop up and crumble within a year's...

24. Suicide Blonde

    Sweat It

    Miami’s indie epicenter is back, bigger and better than ever.

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: November 29, 2007

    A formerly unlikely block on the southeastern edge of Little Haiti is set to become a playground of sorts for Miami's slowly expanding underground culture. Churchill's has long...

25. Cafe

    French Seafood Satisfies

    SoBe’s new Maison d’Azur is a welcome arrival.

    By Lee Klein

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Whelks and periwinkles are just two reasons to love Maison d'Azur, the sizzling new seafood brasserie at the Anglers Resort. The former are conchlike in texture, the "winkles"...

26. Cafe

    Good to Go

    Cooking ’cue for friends? Market Grill’s gotcha covered.

    By Pamela Robin Brandt

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Tis the season! In Miami that means not only the time for Art Basel, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Eve parties, but also barbecues. While the rest of the country...

27. Film

    American Realist

    In Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford probes the façade of a nation.

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Although he plays a college professor in his latest film, Robert Redford was, by his own admission, never much of a student, consistently more interested in what was going on...

28. Film

    Hitman

    Timothy Olyphant goes global as an international assassin

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Fresh from creating domestic cyber-anarchy in this summer's Live Free or Die Hard, Timothy Olyphant goes global as top-flight international assassin Agent 47 in producer Luc...

29. Night&Day

    A Party with Heart

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: November 29, 2007

    So you survived the Thanksgiving tryptophan massacre, but that only means the holiday party season is officially in full gear. This year we suggest you take time out of your...

30. Night&Day

    They Call It Stormy Friday

    But Saturday and Sunday are the same ...

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: November 29, 2007

    The sky is pitch-black at 5:30 p.m., that damn writers’ strike has plunged your favorite TV show into reruns already, and your Christmas budget looks like the dollar menu at...

31. Night&Day

    Culture Vultures

    Two very different plays to satisfy your needs.

    By Greg Baker

    Published: November 29, 2007

    More than 150 published definitions of the word culture exist. It’s a human thing -- other animals don’t do culture. Hell, they don’t even try. More helpful than any of the...

32. Night&Day

    Whole Lotta Shaking Going On

    Earthquake hits the Miami Improv.

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: November 29, 2007

    After a few lemon drop shots, you might think you’re the funniest thing since the 2000 election, and your equally drunk friends just may agree. But we’re here to tell you the...

33. Night&Day

    Digitally Kinky

    The World Erotic Art Museum turns it up a notch.

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Local art connoisseurs already know about the World Erotic Art Museum, cherubically grandmotherly Naomi Wilzig’s wild display of tastefully depicted phalluses and pudendas. The...

34. Night&Day

    Speed Demons

    Motorcycles rule this weekend in Homestead.

    By JASON HANDESLMAN

    Published: November 29, 2007

    The thunderous sound resonates like a swarm of killer bees buzzing around your head. The motorbikes assembled -- participants in the Motorcycle Road Racing Championship Cup...

35. Night&Day

    Art That Struts

    By Alexandra Quiñones

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Among the knock-off shoe stores on downtown Miami’s First Street sits a grandiose stone archway that looks like the entrance to a late-19th-century train station. Its interior...

36. Night&Day

    Get It While It’s Hot

    Two amazing art events are scheduled ahead of the pack.

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: November 29, 2007

    When George Antheil’s Ballet Mécanique made its Paris debut in 1926, his brazen composition literally blew toupees and hats off the public and stirred fistfights in the...

37. Night&Day

    Feet of Fury

    By Dan Renzi

    Published: November 29, 2007

    James Devine is listed in the Guinness World Records book as the world’s fastest tapper, able to pound out 38 taps per second. Try tapping your fingers 38 times in a second,...

38. Night&Day

    Garnett in Green

    One of the greats, finally relevant.

    By Sam Eifling

    Published: November 29, 2007

    It was fun for about 15 years, wondering when the Boston Celtics were going to come out of their tailspin. They tried everything, from grossly overpaying Rick Pitino to grossly...

39. Night&Day

    See You on the Dark Side

    Experience the Pink Floyd-approved Pink Floyd.

    By SCOTT CUNNINGHAM

    Published: November 29, 2007

    At this very moment, in a dorm room far, far away, the MGM lion is roaring for the third time just as some guy named Alec presses play on his Panasonic CD boom box, ushering in...

40. Night&Day

    Beyond Fierce

    See what it’s all about at In Fashion ’07.

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Shows like America’s Next Top Model and Project Runway are fun to watch, but they don’t really reveal the true glory of fashion. Let’s face it – in nine cycles, we have yet to...