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Eastern Europe

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Shaggy on Memorial Day Weekend: "Alcohol's Involved, Law Enforcement Might Overreact, It's a Disaster Recipe"

    Shaggy gets around. You might see him eating teriyaki chicken on South Beach. Or hitting the stage in Eastern Europe. Or headlining a show at the Olympic Games. But this weekend, he'll be in Downtown Miami at Bicentennial Park for the Best Of The Best fest, partying, picking up chicks, and avoiding ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2012

    Ballet the Classical Way

    Shaggy gets around. You might see him eating teriyaki chicken on South Beach. Or hitting the stage in Eastern Europe. Or headlining a show at the Olympic Games. But this weekend, he'll be in Downtown Miami at Bicentennial Park for the Best Of The Best fest, partying, picking up chicks, and avoiding ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Mongol Rally Will Take Two Miamians Across One-Third the Earth's Surface In A Tiny Car

    Think your commute sucks? ​South Florida market analyst Carlos Edde, 25, and graphic design consultant Alex Pretelt, 26, are preparing to driving 10,000 miles from England to Mongolia -- all without a GPS system in a 1.2 liter car. The insane drive is part of the international Mongol Rally, a seri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    Five Crimes This Year So Insane They Could Only Have Happened In Miami

    The year's most uh, striking, crime image.​Miami is the fictional home of Dexter, Michael Weston and Horatio Caine, so it makes sense that some truly messed up crime goes down in the real 305. Still, it's astounding how the Magic City steps up year after year to deliver acts so depraved and bizarr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Kostya Kimlat Brings Magic to Cafe DaVinci

    Laine Doss Kostya Kimlat brings his "bag of tricks" to Cafe DaVinci​Kostya Kimlat has been a magician for almost two decades, even though he looks barely out of high school himself. The Ukraine-born magician, based in Orlando, performs and teaches magic around the world. Named the basketbal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Seven Pretty, Evil, and Homicidal Easter Eggs

    via evris28This egg is disgusted by your decorating skills.​Oh, you thought your children were so talented because they affixed a bunch of stickers to a hard-boiled egg and it looks cuter than a baby bunny sliding down a rainbow atop a unicorn? Well, we hate to inform you, but your child is a simp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Eastern European Ring Busted For Setting Up Fake SoBe Clubs To Rob Rich Tourists

    photo by Miamiboyz via Wikimedia Commons​At some point, anyone who's ever gone clubbing on Washington Avenue has felt like the whole thing was an elaborate ripoff. But this? This is insane.The FBI today has busted an Eastern European ring that set up a half dozen fake clubs in South Beach that exi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    Euro Bash

    photo by Miamiboyz via Wikimedia Commons​At some point, anyone who's ever gone clubbing on Washington Avenue has felt like the whole thing was an elaborate ripoff. But this? This is insane.The FBI today has busted an Eastern European ring that set up a half dozen fake clubs in South Beach that exi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    Kasha Varnishkas Recipe From The Brooklyn Cookbook

    ​Kasha varnishkas is an Eastern European dish that mixes bow-tie noodles, kasha grain, and caramelized onions. It's a hearty dish served warm, and one that I grew up eating from time to time.When I was chef at an upscale take-out shop in Manhattan called Mangia, I made my own version of the dish, ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 23, 2010

    Miami art this week: DNA science experiments

    ​Kasha varnishkas is an Eastern European dish that mixes bow-tie noodles, kasha grain, and caramelized onions. It's a hearty dish served warm, and one that I grew up eating from time to time.When I was chef at an upscale take-out shop in Manhattan called Mangia, I made my own version of the dish, ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 16, 2010

    Miami art this week: Black Square Gallery catches dreams

    ​Kasha varnishkas is an Eastern European dish that mixes bow-tie noodles, kasha grain, and caramelized onions. It's a hearty dish served warm, and one that I grew up eating from time to time.When I was chef at an upscale take-out shop in Manhattan called Mangia, I made my own version of the dish, ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 9, 2010

    Two Wynwood galleries cash in after Basel

    ​Kasha varnishkas is an Eastern European dish that mixes bow-tie noodles, kasha grain, and caramelized onions. It's a hearty dish served warm, and one that I grew up eating from time to time.When I was chef at an upscale take-out shop in Manhattan called Mangia, I made my own version of the dish, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Liset Alea Talks Touring With Nouvelle Vague and Her Miami Music Festival Gigs

    ​I could praise Liset Alea's talent forever. But until you listen to this songbird for yourself (or better yet, hear her live), you won't really understand. This Cuban-born beauty has picked up a thing or two traversing the globe, from New York to Miami, Cuba to Costa Rica, and all over Europe. A ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 7, 2010

    Wynwood Second Saturday preview: Russkis and a new movement

    ​I could praise Liset Alea's talent forever. But until you listen to this songbird for yourself (or better yet, hear her live), you won't really understand. This Cuban-born beauty has picked up a thing or two traversing the globe, from New York to Miami, Cuba to Costa Rica, and all over Europe. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Ukrainian Strippers, Cults, and Mike Tyson: Top Five Ways to Completely Blow an Election

    ​It's August 24, and you've woken up sweating profusely, feeling vaguely nauseated, and recoiling in horror at the first sight of a campaign ad. The diagnosis? Primary fever! (Or it might be Cat Scratch Fever. Or dengue. But let's go with Primary Fever). Even for Florida, this has been a primary ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Eastern European Restaurant Workers Come to South Beach for Fun, New Experiences

    Marina Grinchenko, hostess at the Palace Bar & Restaurant​If you walk along Ocean Drive, you'll quickly notice that many of the voices inviting you to dine at its eateries have Eastern European accents. The Ocean Drive restaurant scene is full of workers from Russia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Eston ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Hot Plates: Alena Astreika at Segafredo Brickell

    Alena Astreika is a voluptuous blonde from Eastern Europe. She flips around bottles at Segafredo and makes Brickell's ballers cough up their hard-earned dollars. Maybe it's her jewel-toned eyes that keep her customers coming back. Or perhaps it's her strong, intriguing accent. Short Order is also pr ... More >>

  • News

    May 20, 2010

    Hack Pack

    The biggest identity theft case ever. Right here in Miami.

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    There is Enough Content: The Problems With iTunes and American Idol

    Photo by Stephanie Rae Berzon​Evan Rowe is a local songwriter and performer best known as Catalonia, a professor of political science and history at Broward College, and a small-d democratic strategist with no party affiliation. Each week, we surrender our space for his thoughts on the music indus ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2010

    Jewban Sandwich

    Photo by Stephanie Rae Berzon​Evan Rowe is a local songwriter and performer best known as Catalonia, a professor of political science and history at Broward College, and a small-d democratic strategist with no party affiliation. Each week, we surrender our space for his thoughts on the music indus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Did Efraim Diveroli's Crony Ship Missiles to Hezbollah?

    Courtesy of Miami-Dade CorrectionsEfraim DiveroliIn early 2007, after winning a $300 million U.S. Army contract to equip Afghanistan with munitions, Miami Beach arms dealer Efraim Diveroli, age 21, went scavenging in Albania. There he subcontracted Ylli Pinari, head of that Balkan country's state-ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    WMC 2010: Q&A With Cedric Gervais

    ​Cedric Gervais, Miami's king of Space, has a lot to live up to at this year's WMC. Last year, his moody, slow-burning jam "Mauri's Dream" scored an "essential tune of the week" nod on Pete Tong's BBC One radio show for almost a month running. With that coronation, the track soon became the big-ro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Jamaican Me Hungry, Part I: Kingston Blues

    ​Cities don't get much uglier or more depressing than Kingston. That was probably my first thought as we got off of the public bus we'd taken from the airport and stepped smack dab in the middle of an anarchic downtown scene. "We" consists of my wife and I and our five Macedonian guests: Lidija; h ... More >>

  • Music

    July 23, 2009

    Gogol Bordello

    ​Cities don't get much uglier or more depressing than Kingston. That was probably my first thought as we got off of the public bus we'd taken from the airport and stepped smack dab in the middle of an anarchic downtown scene. "We" consists of my wife and I and our five Macedonian guests: Lidija; h ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Battle of the Bulge

    ​Cities don't get much uglier or more depressing than Kingston. That was probably my first thought as we got off of the public bus we'd taken from the airport and stepped smack dab in the middle of an anarchic downtown scene. "We" consists of my wife and I and our five Macedonian guests: Lidija; h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    A New Black Market in Miami Is About to Explode

    Jeopardy! time. This black-market product costs governments worldwide $50 billion every year; fuels Hezbollah, the PKK, and other terrorist cells; and runs on global crime syndicates and hundreds of underground factories in China and Eastern Europe.via Wikimedia CommonsWhat is heroin, you say? Cocai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Booze Hound: Pepsi Challenge, Belvedere IX-Style

    Jose D. DuranBelvedere IX left us black and pink.To say we get courted for promotion is an understatement. We got harassed by P.R. whores asking us to talk about their products. Psst! Let me let you in on a little secret: Best way into a New Times writer's heart is to offer free booze. With the econ ... More >>

  • News

    February 5, 2009

    My Bloody Valentine

    South Florida's underground vampires lust for more than your heart.

  • Music

    October 30, 2008

    Dirty South

    South Florida's underground vampires lust for more than your heart.

  • News

    August 21, 2008

    Abby Cynamon Battles Bad Banker Ricardo Corona for Judge

    The best race in next Tuesday's judicial elections is a whopper.

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    The Drink-'Em-Up World Cup

    America's most international city was scandalously lubed

  • Film

    July 21, 2005

    Good Jews, Bad Jews

    Mini film fest anything but a stereotype

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    Screwed If By Sea

    Cruise lines throw workers overboard when it comes to providing urgent medical care.

  • Film

    July 29, 2004

    Celluloid Thinkers Unite

    The Jewish Film Festival offers movies to ponder as well as praise

  • Bars and Clubs

    May 13, 2004

    BEST HANGOUT FOR YOUNG TURKS

    Blue Café

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2003

    This Week's Day by Day Picks

    Blue Café

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2003

    Krazy for Klezmer

    The sound of Yiddish culture is called klezmer, as this multiday fest proves

  • News

    June 27, 2002

    The XXXstasy Biz

    Porn in Miami Beach is just another franchise operation

  • Calendar

    December 28, 2000

    Our Grandest Dame

    Dame Edna: The Royal Tour

  • News

    December 14, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the issue of December 14, 2000

  • Film

    December 7, 2000

    Tales Without Scripts

    Two documentaries deliver a real taste of Jewish history

  • Film

    November 11, 1999

    Ha, Ha, Holocaust

    Train of Life

  • Calendar

    February 18, 1999

    Night & Day

    February 18 - 24, 1999

  • Culture

    February 13, 1997

    Mommy Shrinked the Kids

    February 18 - 24, 1999

  • Music

    December 19, 1996

    Rotations

    February 18 - 24, 1999

  • News

    October 3, 1996

    Go On, Beat It! We Really Mean It This Time!

    As Congress works to curb illegal immigration, a new INS regulation targets aliens who are already here

  • News

    February 16, 1995

    Swelter 44

    As Congress works to curb illegal immigration, a new INS regulation targets aliens who are already here

  • Culture

    January 12, 1995

    Faith No More

    As Congress works to curb illegal immigration, a new INS regulation targets aliens who are already here

  • News

    July 14, 1993

    From Moscow to Miami

    When Cuba's top students were sent to the Soviet Union, no one could have guessed they would change from revolutionaries to refugees.

  • News

    February 13, 1991

    Back from Baghdad

    When Cuba's top students were sent to the Soviet Union, no one could have guessed they would change from revolutionaries to refugees.

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