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Free Drinks: Miami New Times Mobile App Party at Pride and Joy BBQ Tonight

Memorial Day weekend may officially start tomorrow, but we know your brain is already on holiday. Today is going to be torture at the office because while the boss is screaming about the budget, you're daydreaming about tanning on the beach. Relax. Take a deep breath and chill. And get an early jum ... More >>

"Pain & Gain" Writer Pete Collins' 15 Minutes of Fame Have Arrived

See also: "Pain & Gain: From New Times Story to Michael Bay Film"

Coachella 2013: The 10 Worst Moments of Weekend Two

Native American Headdresses These have still not gone away. In fact, one particularly irritating woman (not pictured) wore a towering feather mohawk weave, a sartorial statement that combined racism with rave gaudiness. On Friday, she pushed her way in front of us, obstructing our and everyone else' ... More >>

Miami's Five Best Eats and Drinks this Weekend

If you think eating and drinking all week is irresponsible behavior, think again. While we all might be broke, underfed, and over-stressed, taking part in any kind of food-centric events helps us come back down to earth. Hanging out with friends, sipping a fine wine, drinking a good craft, and nos ... More >>

Reader Mail: South Beach Tow Companies Are the Biggest Scam on Earth

Microsoft Versus Apple: Retail War (and Free Gym Class Heroes Concert!) Coming to Miami

So Microsoft hasn't been cool since Windows 95 went obsolete on December 31, 2001, right? All the hip kids have been buying Macs and MacBooks and Mac OS and iPods and iPads for over a decade. Basically, ever since Steve Jobs (RIP) and company started building desktops that looked like gumdrops. You ... More >>

SET Reopening for Miami Music Week 2013

"Luxury and white-glove service." That's what South Beach socialites and club wreckers alike should expect from the new SET. In early January, we here at Crossfade reported that the Opium Group club would be closing for renovations in order to become the Miami nightlife spot "where true VIPs pop c ... More >>

Miami Gardens Pastor Will Eat a Cockroach if Enough People Attend Church Tonight

Pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr. has a problem: He needs to fill his 1,500-seat evangelical mega-church in Miami Gardens on a Tuesday night. Solution: The holy man is promising to eat a cockroach live onstage tonight if enough worshippers come out. It's just the latest attendance-boosting stunt from a past ... More >>

Uncle Luke: Latin Builders Association's New School Has No Diversity

Latin Builders Association Academy Lacks Diversity

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke probes a new charter school started by a special interest group.The Latin Builders Association is one of the most powerful lobbyi ... More >>

SoBeWFF Southern Brunch: "Best Food of the Festival," says Schrager

People often say Miami isn't quite part of the South. Yet Magic City chefs put out the best food at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Southern Brunch at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel late Sunday morning, even if they didn't have the longest lines. A little more than an hour into the event Em ... More >>

SoBeWFF's Grand Tasting Village: Here's What To Look For

By virtue of its name the Grand Tasting Village of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is supposed to be all about wine. But we are here to tell you that there is so much more to the GTV than swishing and swilling the nectar of the gods. If you've been procrastinating going to the GTV because y ... More >>

Quentin Tarantino Emerges With His Most Ambitious Film, Django Unchained

Will the Academy really, really like it?

Mayan Calendar Predictions vs. Miami Reality

Mugshots Friday: Art Basel Arrests, Smug Teens, and Skulls Eating Burgers

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that ... More >>

An Overnight Wait for the New iPhone Nets $100

Election Day Survival Kit: Ten Things Bring To The Polls

In what might be another sign of the coming apocalypse, wait times for early voting stretched into an appalling four, six, even eight hours this past weekend. Blood sugar dropped. Sunburn reigned supreme. Adults and kids alike could be seen doing the potty dance. (Even dudes on a chain gang get fo ... More >>

Michy's to Go Cell-Phone Free at Sensational Sundays Dinner Series

Trying to juggle parenting with running a group of successful restaurants has to be a challenge for Michelle Bernstein and her husband/partner David Martinez. Especially when Bernstein and Martinez are planning their next restaurant concept (though that nugget of intel has been confirmed, the date, ... More >>

Rick Ross Becoming a Man, Announces Black Bar Mitzvah Mixtape

Oy vey, what are you supposed to get a 36-year-old, 300-pound MC for his bar mitzvah? Do you go the quarter-pound of OG Kush route? Or the subtly extravagant iPad sleeve made of purebred dachshund fur route? And what's the difference between a Black Bar Mitzvah and a standard run-of-the-mill bar m ... More >>

Coral Way Brings the Flavors of the World To Miami, Part One

Walking down Coral Way is like taking a trip around the world. Beneath the shade of the evergreen canopy created by the 90-year-old banyan trees that line Southwest 24th Street (the other name for Coral Way), doctors' offices, law firms, Radio Caracol, banks, and gas stations make up a community of ... More >>

Seven Sins: Village Voice Media Releases Our First eBook Anthology

Every week writers for Miami New Times and our parent company, Village Voice Media, produce elegant magazine-style feature writing -- a gritty portion of which comes in the form of true-crime stories. Now VVM has collected some of its best recent true-crime yarns into an ebook: Seven Sins: A True Cr ... More >>

Surfing, Pinball, and Weed: Perry Farrell on His Teen Years in Miami

See also "Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell Comments on Tom Gabel's Transgender Announcement." When Jane's Addiction brings its rock party to the Fillmore Miami Beach tonight, it will be a homecoming show for the band's frontman, Perry Farrell. "I moved to Miami Beach when I was about fourteen, sho ... More >>

Bruno Barreiro Spent Thousands in Campaign Cash on Apple Computers

Bruno Barreiro Loves Going to the Apple Store With Campaign Funds

Like a lot of Apple fanboys, county Commissioner Bruno Barreiro recently spent big at the silicon superstore -- nabbing $6,583 worth of electronics at the Lincoln Road and Dadeland Mall outlets. He also reimbursed himself $4,166 for a computer.He didn't spend his own money on the gadgets; he dipped ... More >>

Manage Your Caffeine Intake: App Founder Talks

​There's that old Greek maxim, "Know thyself," but if a person hasn't figured out how to maintain a caffeine buzz, luckily there's an app for that. Introducing Caffeine Zone, an application developed by two scientists at Penn State University. It tells the user when and how much tea or coffee to d ... More >>

The Dome: Miami's Only Truly 'Green' Restaurant?

​There aren't any caviar bars in Coral Gables, but Rachel Dominguez is changing that when on January 28 she opens The Dome Bar and Lounge on Miracle Mile in the heart of The City Beautiful. Other than The Restaurant in Setai Hotel in Miami Beach, The Dome will be the only caviar bar in Miami- ... More >>

Luther Campbell-Inspired Whoopee Cushion Invades Sundance Film Festival

​The Sundance Film Festival is 'round the corner. In less than a week, thousands of movie industry folks will turn Park City, Utah, into an indie flick auction house, outbidding one another in name of independent film, binge-drinking their way from invite-only party to invite-only party, and colle ... More >>

At Girl Scout Cookie Time, What Can Boy Scouts Sell? Bacon, Beer, and Girlie Mags

​Girl Scout cookie season officially starts today in South Florida, and you know what that means, don't you?Yup, dozens of little green hustlers swarming all over you whenever you try to enter a supermarket or big-box retail establishment. Trying to sell you boxes of overpriced chemical-laden cook ... More >>

Amanda Green's Freeform Freakout on Squelch TV, January 6

​"Squelch TV, man. It's better than Saturday Night Live." Though the source (Frank "Rat Bastard" Falestra, prolific producer, musician, and, yes, sole proprietor of Squelch TV) is arguably biased, the assertion is, nevertheless, pretty convincing. Over the weekend, Falestra hosted the latest ed ... More >>

Dade Heritage Trust Wants to Protect Ugly Miami Herald Building

​The fight over Genting's casino-fueled plans for the current site of the Miami Herald building has been thrown a hitch by an unlikely party: the Dade Heritage Trust. You see, they think that big brown and beige box which is basically at this point a glorified backdrop for giant Apple iPad banner ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Tells GQ He Paints His Toenails Black

​If you happen to see Dwyane Wade's bare feet, don't make the same mistake LeBron James made and assume D-Wade has some sort of nasty toenail infection. He just likes to paint his toenails black.MV3 discusses his preference for noir foot digits and his other fashion habits in the latest issue of G ... More >>

Steve Jobs' Top Ten Contributions to Music

​Steve Jobs, one of the greatest innovators of both the 20th and 21st Centuries is dead. But his name will ring out eternally through history. 'Cause damn, that motherfucker changed the world and shit.  iTunes is just one of many ingenious inventions to come out of the Apple camp. From apps t ... More >>

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James Zabiela at the Vagabond, July 1

Photo by Camille Lamb​James Zabiela The Vagabond Friday, July 1, 2011 Better Than: A lumberjack convention. But also kinda like one, as you will find out below. It was a wet, steamy night, the kind you might think the Miami nightlife set would enjoy. But it seemed to keep the crowd thinner than ... More >>

Make A Shake in South Beach Makes Candy Drinkable

Margaux Herrera​There's a reason that Willy Wonka still appeals to us -- candy is exciting, no matter what your age. So when someone decides to take crazy candies and make them into milk shakes, you know they're going to be good. Make A Shake, which opened just a few weeks ago on the corner of Li ... More >>

Rick Scott Ends Twitter Town Hall As Soon As He's Called a "Jackass"

Our new gov's evening smoke and tweet session ended on a sour note.​Yesterday, Rick Scott fired up the ol' Interwebs and announced his first inaugural "Twitter Town Hall." Surprise, surprise! He's just as evasive 140 characters at a time as he is in real time.Even still, the event was going just f ... More >>

FIU Online Courses Is The Top Google Search Term For 2010

​Justin Bieber, Chatroulette, and the iPad were the three fastest-rising search terms in 2010, according to Google's recently released annual zeitgeist report. Every year, Google analyzes billions of searches to reveal emerging trends in web surfing. The search giant breaks down the results by reg ... More >>

Aliens, military wackos, and the next war

The U.S. Military Ready to Wage War on Outerspace Terrorists

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke dissects the worldwide UFO conspiracy.A propaganda campaign to prepare us for the next big war is underway. But this time ... More >>

The Roots' Questlove on Oprah, Jimmy Fallon, and Twenty Years in the Game

Flickr Naoharu​In the words of the movie Mean Girls, "That's why her hair is so big -- it's full of secrets." And when it comes to The Roots' Questlove, we bet that 'fro could tell some stories. After 20 years in the game, a Grammy, and a whole bunch of albums with The Roots (AKA the reigning ... More >>

Apple to Make a Live Stream Music Announcement Today, But What Will They Introduce?

This Apple-themed guitar on the event's invite is a pretty big hint of what's to come​Apple's got something big cookin' for their music fanatics, and it smells good.The company is hosting an event in San Francisco today. Every year around the same time a similar shindig is organized to announce th ... More >>

Tony Hayward Kiss-off: Top 10 "You're Fireds" in U.S. History

Peter Souza on Wiki Commons "If you talk bad about me, your'e gone." Not since Beelzebub was dumped from heaven by the big guy himself has somebody been so deserving of losing their job as BP's CEO Tony Hayward. The greasy executive will be officially stepping down Oct. 1 and his departure go ... More >>

Q&A: 99 Jamz's DJ Entice Has Clearly Already Won

Via Myspace / NLPGimages.com​Known for taking up your airwaves everyday at 5:00 PM for WEDR's Drive At 5 mix, DJ Entice has been a South Florida mainstay for many years now. He caused a little bit of chaos a couple weeks ago when he exclusively premiered the unofficial, yet street-official Miami ... More >>

Flapjack Flip-Off X: Miami's best pancakes

Apple TV to Change the Face of Living Room Gaming?

​Last week we mentioned how Google TV is giving Apple TV a run for its money. Well, maybe not. Engadget received a tip on Friday that was confirmed by a source close to Apple regarding specs of the next Apple TV: Brace yourselves and hold on to your tiny remote controls. Apparently this makeover h ... More >>

Specs of the New iPhone to be Announced on June 7

​There's been a lot of talk about the new iPhone, thanks to Gizmodo and their controversial leak of the new prototype. But now, it's official: Mark your calendars for June 7. That's when important features of the new iPhone will be mentioned, possibly including some not yet released surprises, at ... More >>

Exxxotica and Sex App Shop Help You Score Porn for Your iPhone

Even when you've got a good book, bus rides can be really, really, really boring. But you know what would turn that super-shitty morning transit trek into a full-blown fiesta? Pornography. Now, in the past, enjoying explicit sex pictures in public could be kinda tricky. But now, thanks to brand-ne ... More >>

Come See Famous Artist Cory Arcangel Do Standup Comedy at MOCA This Saturday

via myspace.com/coryarcangel​Working out of Brooklyn, Cory Arcangel first earned critical props for art work like 2002's Super Mario Clouds, a modded Nintendo cartridge that played nothing but a constant stream of pixilated nebulousness. (Check out the jump for a video.) And ever since, he's made ... More >>

Exclusive: Brickell Developer Unloads Empty Condos on Julia Tuttle Sex Offenders

A local condo developer and a homeless advocacy group are nearing a landmark deal to house the remaining sex offenders living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.ICON Brickell​The offenders would be housed at Brickell high-rises that have been all b ... More >>