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Black Lips at Grand Central March 25

The Miami International Film Festival delivers Chinese hip-hop and Argentine culture clashes

SoBeWFF is Too Expensive: Here's What $225 Will Buy Outside of the Festival

​It's Friday... and that means the chaos of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is officially underway. Foodies and winos from all over the world have flocked to our sandy beaches to take part in one of the biggest festivals in the country. You, however, are tired of hearing about it.You're s ... More >>

A Custody Battle in E Minor

​It's Friday... and that means the chaos of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is officially underway. Foodies and winos from all over the world have flocked to our sandy beaches to take part in one of the biggest festivals in the country. You, however, are tired of hearing about it.You're s ... More >>

Tuyo: Miami culinary icon Norman Van Aken stays true to his New World vision

View a slide show of Tuyo.

Miami Jewish Film Festival Introduces Musical Events, International Selections

​When we asked Ellen Wedner, director of the Miami Jewish Film Festival, how this year's fest will compare with its predecessors, she put it bluntly: "Having movies will be the same." Wedner was joking, of course, but this year's festival does have a remarkably different look to it, compared to ye ... More >>

Free Events This Week: Casa de Ha-Ha, Drive-By Big Band, Jews and Baseball

If you're anything like us, you're still groggy and discombobulated after a weekend in which you definitely should not have had so many Jack and Cokes. But before you can move on to next weekend (and to a whole new set of irresponsible decisions), you'll have to grit your teeth and make it through t ... More >>

From Marcel Duchamp to the Negro League: Notable Miami art shows in January 2012

If you're anything like us, you're still groggy and discombobulated after a weekend in which you definitely should not have had so many Jack and Cokes. But before you can move on to next weekend (and to a whole new set of irresponsible decisions), you'll have to grit your teeth and make it through t ... More >>

Lady Gaga's Lettuce Dress and Other Pop News That Won't Change Your Life

Trade you a lettuce gown for that meat dress, Gaga. ​Do you ever wish you could be in two places at once? Better yet, how about 50 places at once? Sometimes we here at Crossfade get really pissed about the fact that we're stuck in our cubicle and not traveling to India to write about vegetariani ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street! Top Five Moments of Musical Protest From Hippies to Beasties

Since erupting in New York City's Zuccotti Park on September 17, the #occupywallstreet movement has been taking the nation by storm with it's populist rage and youthful vigor. One sure sign OWS is a youth movement is the increasing number of musicians and performers who have been dropping by unanno ... More >>

Roots and Culture

Since erupting in New York City's Zuccotti Park on September 17, the #occupywallstreet movement has been taking the nation by storm with it's populist rage and youthful vigor. One sure sign OWS is a youth movement is the increasing number of musicians and performers who have been dropping by unanno ... More >>

Reggae Mondays

Since erupting in New York City's Zuccotti Park on September 17, the #occupywallstreet movement has been taking the nation by storm with it's populist rage and youthful vigor. One sure sign OWS is a youth movement is the increasing number of musicians and performers who have been dropping by unanno ... More >>

Marimbero's YouTube Riff on Live: Only in Miami... and That's a Good Thing!

It's chusma time with Live!​Last week's local YouTube sensation was a marimbero who took it upon himself to reinterpret a couple of choice musical numbers, including a video by '90s alt-rock retreads Live. The lively running commentary features gags on arrebatos, primos who don't shut up, and the ... More >>

Miami Needs Indie Food Shops and Restaurants

Lee Klein​Fries. Cupcakes. Cocktails. You won't find that trio at any chain restaurant, be it fast food, fast casual, or whatever the latest corporate cookie cutter term for frozen food is these days. China Grill Management isn't interested in covering such eclectic territory, nor is Houston ... More >>

FGO's Turandot: Ridiculous and beautiful

Lee Klein​Fries. Cupcakes. Cocktails. You won't find that trio at any chain restaurant, be it fast food, fast casual, or whatever the latest corporate cookie cutter term for frozen food is these days. China Grill Management isn't interested in covering such eclectic territory, nor is Houston ... More >>

Everyone "Hates" LeBron, But His Sneakers Are Selling Like Hot Cakes

​LeBron James' decision to "take his talents to South Beach" seemed to be a marketing disaster, in the short run at least. For a while it seemed to be impossible to find a LeBron fan outside of South Florida. Surprisingly, though, his latest namesake sneaker, Nike's LeBron 8, is selling just fine ... More >>

Lupe Fiasco Goes From Rap to Rock with New Band Japanese Cartoon, Paying Tribute to Joy Division

The cover art for Japanese Cartoon's In the Jaws of the Lords of Death​You probably know Wasalu Jaco best for all of his hip-hop collaborations. With Lupe Fiasco as his stage name, he's worked with the likes of Jay-Z, Kanye West, The Neptunes, and Pharrell Williams, Justice, and Rihanna. But now h ... More >>

Star Gazing at Peoples Bar-B-Que in Overtown

Miami doesn't have nearly the number of soul food restaurants as let's say the A-T-L or N'awlins. But what the 3-0-5 lack in quantity, the Peoples Bar-B-Que in Overtown makes up for with celebrity clout. The roster of repeat celebrity diners who gorge on fried chicken, candied yams, collard gree ... More >>

The Gin and Tonic is Hereby Dedicated to the Late, Great Alex Chilton

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitelone/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0​Alex Chilton, the legendary voice and songwriter behind the Box Tops and Big Star, has died, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. He was 59.This is a very sad event for many fans of Chilton's work, as well as the countless artists -- ... More >>

Surfer Blood Enter Remix Chamber to Benefit Haiti

​Current NPR darlings Surfer Blood already got a co-sign from Brooklyn electro-house producer Drop the Lime when he spoke about the bands he spins when not spinning for cash in an interview last year. Now the DJ, who rolled through Miami last month, has taken his adoration to the next step by remi ... More >>

Concert Review: Furthur at Bayfront Park Amphitheater, February 5

via furthur.net​Furthur Bayfront Park Amphitheater, MiamiFriday, February 5, 2010Better Than: [Insert clever Grateful Dead song title] cover bandThe Review:With weather on my mind and 50 miles of Super Bowl-enhanced traffic in front of me, I departed home this past Friday with anticipation of what ... More >>

A Taste of Artopian Decadence

via furthur.net​Furthur Bayfront Park Amphitheater, MiamiFriday, February 5, 2010Better Than: [Insert clever Grateful Dead song title] cover bandThe Review:With weather on my mind and 50 miles of Super Bowl-enhanced traffic in front of me, I departed home this past Friday with anticipation of what ... More >>

Old-school South Beach DJ Ruben Pagan returns as King Domino

via furthur.net​Furthur Bayfront Park Amphitheater, MiamiFriday, February 5, 2010Better Than: [Insert clever Grateful Dead song title] cover bandThe Review:With weather on my mind and 50 miles of Super Bowl-enhanced traffic in front of me, I departed home this past Friday with anticipation of what ... More >>

Rusted Root

via furthur.net​Furthur Bayfront Park Amphitheater, MiamiFriday, February 5, 2010Better Than: [Insert clever Grateful Dead song title] cover bandThe Review:With weather on my mind and 50 miles of Super Bowl-enhanced traffic in front of me, I departed home this past Friday with anticipation of what ... More >>

Pride Goes Afloat

via furthur.net​Furthur Bayfront Park Amphitheater, MiamiFriday, February 5, 2010Better Than: [Insert clever Grateful Dead song title] cover bandThe Review:With weather on my mind and 50 miles of Super Bowl-enhanced traffic in front of me, I departed home this past Friday with anticipation of what ... More >>

Beach Bummin’

It takes on a whole new meaning at the Ritz-Carlton.

Voice of Reason

Henry Rollins shouts his truth from the Revolution stage.

Let’s Go Get Stoned

The Miami Science Museum knows what your weekend plans are.

Have You Ever Been Mello?

Witness the rebirth of an urban hang suite.

Four Hands Are Better than Two

Double your pleasure at the Two Piano Competition.

Art Capsules

Current shows.

Party over Here, Party over There

Carnival parties are happening everywhere!

Asia, Meet Gables

The first gallery stroll of the year!

Be Here Now

Bhagavan Das is back to rock The Standard.

Forget the North Pole

Get your Christmas toys and gifts right here.

The Way of the Fist

Martial arts hit the stage and the mat

Bhanging Beats

From Punjab to "Promiscuous"

What Comes Around Goes Down Easy

Buddha never ate so well

A Guru like No Other

Buddha never ate so well

Jazz for Nothing

Buddha never ate so well

History in Motion

Buddha never ate so well

History in Motion

Buddha never ate so well

Toes in the Sand

Buddha never ate so well

Roti-Rooter

Wrap anything in this roti and it's bound to be delicious

Buddhist Foodists

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Come-on in My Kitchen

Wrap anything in this roti and it's bound to be delicious

Swelter 48

Wrap anything in this roti and it's bound to be delicious