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Christopher Columbus

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Top Five Restaurants For Outdoor Dining: Beyond Best of Miami 2011

    Sitting outdoors at Red Light won't cost you a fortune.​Last year, we bestowed our Best Restaurant for Outdoor Dining to Cecconi's Miami Beach for its lovely garden patio with retractable roof. And, of course, we like the food there too, a factor too often overlooked in "Best Outdoor Dining" compi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    "Hola Y'all," Sandra Gutierrez Brings Southern-Latino Cooking to Miami Book Fair

    Photo by Matt Hulsman​Her family motto was "hola, y'all," and for an American girl growing up in Guatemala, Sandra Gutierrez had the best of both worlds; hamburgers for dinner and arroz con leche for dessert. The New Southern-Latino Table (The University of North Carolina Press, $30) reveals her s ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2011

    Sharks attack, fishermen and scientists battle

    Photo by Matt Hulsman​Her family motto was "hola, y'all," and for an American girl growing up in Guatemala, Sandra Gutierrez had the best of both worlds; hamburgers for dinner and arroz con leche for dessert. The New Southern-Latino Table (The University of North Carolina Press, $30) reveals her s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Steelers vs Packers: Who Should Miamians Root For?

    ​Miami isn't in the Super Bowl, and the Super Bowl isn't in Miami. So it's hard for us to get overly excited about the game. Last year we played host, and thanks to a certain amount of cultural affinity, a feel good story, and a strong presence of former Hurricanes stars it wasn't hard f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Latin Rock Legend Luis Alberto Spinetta Plays Gusman Center Wednesday

    ​If Gustavo Cerati and Soda Estereo are the Lewis and Clark of Argentine rock, Luis Alberto Spinetta is Christopher Columbus. If Los Enanitos Verdes are the Atari 2600, Spinetta is the "Brown Box" of 1967, which you probably never heard of, unless you're a huge geek. If you think of Andres Calamar ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 24, 2009

    Court Time

    ​If Gustavo Cerati and Soda Estereo are the Lewis and Clark of Argentine rock, Luis Alberto Spinetta is Christopher Columbus. If Los Enanitos Verdes are the Atari 2600, Spinetta is the "Brown Box" of 1967, which you probably never heard of, unless you're a huge geek. If you think of Andres Calamar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    FFF: Calvin Trillin's Revised History of Thanksgiving

    ​The following passages have been excerpted from a story in Third Helpings, by Calvin Trillin, which can also be found as part of Trillin's The Tummy Trilogy, (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux: New York, 1994): I have been campaigning to have the national Thanksgiving dish changed from turkey to spaghe ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Edison High Football Star Makes a Great Escape

    Philip Thomas dodges the tackles of a crime-ridden childhood.

  • Calendar

    October 4, 2007

    We Gotta Regatta

    Philip Thomas dodges the tackles of a crime-ridden childhood.

  • News

    August 9, 2007

    Give to the Rich, Take from the Poor

    After years of go-nowhere schemes, that's the plan for Watson Island

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2005

    Night & Day Events

    After years of go-nowhere schemes, that's the plan for Watson Island

  • Music

    January 20, 2005

    Profet

    State of Emergency self-released

  • Culture

    January 13, 2005

    Politics and Art and Risk

    Mix the first two and you will encounter the third

  • News

    October 21, 2004

    Resident Ego

    At the center of his own reality, Key Biscayne native Carlos Arias has a brash game plan to make it big in Hollywood with a Florida-flavored unscripted TV show

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2004

    Messy Mariners

    At the center of his own reality, Key Biscayne native Carlos Arias has a brash game plan to make it big in Hollywood with a Florida-flavored unscripted TV show

  • Film

    September 26, 2002

    Royal Shaft

    Was Queen Joan "mad" or just pissed off about Philip's infidelities?

  • Dining

    September 6, 2001

    Planet Versace

    So much more than a meal

  • News

    December 7, 2000

    From Cuba with Questions

    Love cigars or detest them, when a box of Cohibas lands in your lap, you don't say no

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    All God's Children (Except Some)

    Rev. Tommie Watkins knocked on the church door but no one answered

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2000

    Historic Legends

    The Miami International Map Fair

  • News

    November 25, 1999

    Winning Is Everything

    In Miami there's one sure way to build a championship high school sports team: Throw out the rule book and cheat like hell

  • News

    October 21, 1999

    Fear and Boating on Biscayne Bay

    Regattus interruptus aboard the Special Warfare dampens historic nude fest

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    Commissioner Kojak

    No ideas, no agenda, and a lot of glad-handing. Welcome to J.L. Plummer's re-election campaign.

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Conched Out

    The queen conch, long a culinary favorite and a symbol of life in the Keys, is disappearing from local waters

  • Dining

    January 14, 1999

    Something Fishy

    The queen conch, long a culinary favorite and a symbol of life in the Keys, is disappearing from local waters

  • Culture

    November 12, 1998

    Shtick Shift

    The queen conch, long a culinary favorite and a symbol of life in the Keys, is disappearing from local waters

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    Art As Pageant

    Antoni Miralda's studio is the world and you are his subject

  • Music

    August 27, 1998

    Rotations

    Antoni Miralda's studio is the world and you are his subject

  • Calendar

    February 5, 1998

    Calendar for the week

    Antoni Miralda's studio is the world and you are his subject

  • News

    June 26, 1997

    Horse Attitudes

    Angel Usategui used to judge paso fino competitions at the highest level. An ethics scandal put an end to that and left him fighting to regain his good name.

  • News

    May 22, 1997

    Adventures in Metaphorland

    7-Elevens, Laundromats, bowling alleys, People magazine, the Discovery Channel, Elvis. Poet Campbell McGrath mines deep into pop culture and hits a vein.

  • News

    December 19, 1996

    Letters

    7-Elevens, Laundromats, bowling alleys, People magazine, the Discovery Channel, Elvis. Poet Campbell McGrath mines deep into pop culture and hits a vein.

  • News

    December 5, 1996

    55 SW Miami Avenue Road

    A tale of Seminoles in canoes, little plastic men with parachutes, Connie Chung, a twenty-foot-tall high-heel shoe -- and Big Fish

  • News

    November 28, 1996

    First the Bumbling, Then the Crumbling

    What's that pile of rubble doing on the corner of Fifth and Meridian? That's how they protect historically significant buildings in South Beach!

  • Calendar

    October 10, 1996

    Calendar for the week

    What's that pile of rubble doing on the corner of Fifth and Meridian? That's how they protect historically significant buildings in South Beach!

  • Music

    May 25, 1995

    Rotations 6

    What's that pile of rubble doing on the corner of Fifth and Meridian? That's how they protect historically significant buildings in South Beach!

  • News

    April 20, 1995

    After the Brawl

    Everybody heard about the tussle between white cops and black students but the discord at Coral Gables High goes far deeper than that

  • News

    June 8, 1994

    Art in Cuba

    Just when an artist can't find a tube of paint or a strip of canvas, the international art world has come knocking on Havana's door -- with money in hand

  • Music

    December 8, 1993

    Camilo's House

    He's played for the President, been decorated by the Dominican Republic,and Michel Camilo can't stop smiling

  • Music

    May 12, 1993

    Rotations

    He's played for the President, been decorated by the Dominican Republic,and Michel Camilo can't stop smiling

  • News

    November 18, 1992

    Swelter

    He's played for the President, been decorated by the Dominican Republic,and Michel Camilo can't stop smiling

  • Film

    October 14, 1992

    Holy Ship

    He's played for the President, been decorated by the Dominican Republic,and Michel Camilo can't stop smiling

  • News

    December 11, 1991

    Mojitos

    He's played for the President, been decorated by the Dominican Republic,and Michel Camilo can't stop smiling

  • News

    August 7, 1991

    Blackboard Jungle

    He's played for the President, been decorated by the Dominican Republic,and Michel Camilo can't stop smiling

  • News

    July 10, 1991

    Hock This Way

    He's played for the President, been decorated by the Dominican Republic,and Michel Camilo can't stop smiling

  • News

    July 11, 1990

    Pawnshops

    The thirtyish black man who stands outside the door of the Cash Dome purses his lips distractedly, idly rubbing the videocassette recorder he holds under one arm

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