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Ethiopia

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Johnny Dread Talks Smoking Fatties, Ethiopia, and Tobacco Road's 100th Anniversary

    ​What happens when you introduce a Cuban basketball star to weed, percussion, and the Marley family?You get Johnny Dread, a rasta music ambassador since 1987 when he started playing drums in the band Copacetic with lead singer Julian Marley. Their album "Ghetto Rock" hit number-seven spot on Bill ... More >>

  • Music

    March 29, 2012

    Johnny Dread at Tobacco Road March 30

    ​What happens when you introduce a Cuban basketball star to weed, percussion, and the Marley family?You get Johnny Dread, a rasta music ambassador since 1987 when he started playing drums in the band Copacetic with lead singer Julian Marley. Their album "Ghetto Rock" hit number-seven spot on Bill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Miami's Best Coffee Houses: Ten Places to Rev Your Caffeine Engine

    ​Miami is famous (or infamous) for its beaches, toned bodies, and hot nights filled with music. But dancing until dawn, then trying to make it through the day requires massive doses of caffeine. Thankfully, the Magic City is home to some wonderful coffee houses.From the little walk-up windows of d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Qanun, Featuring Rare and Ancient Musical Instrument, Showcases Dances of the World

    ​Oh, to lead the life of Tamalyn Dallal. In 1990, she founded Mid-Eastern Dance Exchange, the first belly dance studio in Miami Beach. Over the next 15 years, she trained many of the most successful dancers on the global belly dance scene (yes, there is one), including Amar Gamal, Bozenka, Hanan, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Bob Marley Song Re-Released to Help Fight East African Famine

    Photo by Laine DossMaasai Boy, taken in Amboselli, Kenya​We interrupt our coverage of $100 dinners, fancy wine tastings and being generally blessed to remind you (and ourselves) of just how lucky we are to live in Miami (and the United States). While we're living the "good life" (and pretty much ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Get Your Panther Coffee Starting This Saturday

    Paula Niño​The wait is over. After temporarily opening during Art Basel and Wynwood art walks, Panther Coffee will open for good this Saturday, June 11. Permitting delays kept owners Joel and Leticia Pollock from permanent operation of their coffee shop earlier this year as planned. The P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Eternity Coffee Roasters Coming Downtown: One Cup at a Time

    ​Starting June 1, we will be able to scratch off "one-cup-at-a-time coffee shop" from the list of what Miami sorely needs. That's the date Eternity Coffee Roasters opens its doors downtown (just north of the Brickell Bridge, across from the Chase Bank building at 117 SE Second Avenue). Eternity wi ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2011

    Khalilah Camacho-Ali was in the Champ's corner through some of boxing's greatest moments

    ​Starting June 1, we will be able to scratch off "one-cup-at-a-time coffee shop" from the list of what Miami sorely needs. That's the date Eternity Coffee Roasters opens its doors downtown (just north of the Brickell Bridge, across from the Chase Bank building at 117 SE Second Avenue). Eternity wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2011

    ING Miami Marathon: The Unofficial Results

    Okay, okay, so the guy who won Miami's ING marathon Sunday, Tesfaye Sendeku Alemayehu of Ethiopia, did it just 2:12:57, just about the time I was finishing the half marathon, or actually before me because it took regular Joes 10 to 15 minutes to get over the start line. And yeah, there was a record ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2010

    Her Maj-Nasty

    Okay, okay, so the guy who won Miami's ING marathon Sunday, Tesfaye Sendeku Alemayehu of Ethiopia, did it just 2:12:57, just about the time I was finishing the half marathon, or actually before me because it took regular Joes 10 to 15 minutes to get over the start line. And yeah, there was a record ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    World Hunger: Good News, Bad News

    ​First, the good news: The number of chronically hungry people in the world has dropped for the first time in 15 years, according to "The State of Food Insecurity in the World" report that will be jointly released by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Gourmet Leftovers, Pierogi Trucks, My Challenge To LeBron

    ​That's Right Lebron, I'm Talkin' To YouAs reported by Lesley Abravanel, LeBron James gave Barton G. some tweet love, writing that it "has the BEST presentation of food, drinks and dessert I've ever seen in my life".Listen up, LeBron: I'll go one-on-one against you in restaurant reviewing anytime, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2010

    Take My Wife, Please!

    ​That's Right Lebron, I'm Talkin' To YouAs reported by Lesley Abravanel, LeBron James gave Barton G. some tweet love, writing that it "has the BEST presentation of food, drinks and dessert I've ever seen in my life".Listen up, LeBron: I'll go one-on-one against you in restaurant reviewing anytime, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2010

    Take My Wife, Please!

    ​That's Right Lebron, I'm Talkin' To YouAs reported by Lesley Abravanel, LeBron James gave Barton G. some tweet love, writing that it "has the BEST presentation of food, drinks and dessert I've ever seen in my life".Listen up, LeBron: I'll go one-on-one against you in restaurant reviewing anytime, ... More >>

  • News

    January 28, 2010

    Lithium from Bolivia could reshape Miami and the world

    ​That's Right Lebron, I'm Talkin' To YouAs reported by Lesley Abravanel, LeBron James gave Barton G. some tweet love, writing that it "has the BEST presentation of food, drinks and dessert I've ever seen in my life".Listen up, LeBron: I'll go one-on-one against you in restaurant reviewing anytime, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Q&A with Nicolas Jaar, Playing Electric Pickle Tonight

    ​Young prodigy Nicolas Jaar has enjoyed unprecedented international acclaim in the last couple years through his association with the Wolf Lamb collective and a growing body of work widely praised for its distinctive and genre-defying sound. Born in NYC and raised in Chile, Jaar found equal part ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Miami Book Fair: Poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi on Miami and Bee Charmers

    Poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi​Born in Central Connecticut, poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi now lives in Los Angeles and teaches. Her accolades are numerous--Stegner Fellowship, Jones Lecturer, Rona Jaffe Women Writer's Award, Bernard F. Conners Prize, Connecticut Book Award--but even they don't prepare ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 2009

    Obama for Presidente

    He wants you to buy beer and smokes in Liberty City.

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    In Liberty City, Obama Wants You to Buy Schlitz Malt Liquor and Newports

    Obama is so enthusiastic about these products he added an extra r to his first name. It's tough to drive through Liberty City these days without running into President Obama. He's there on the side of Liberty City Elementary, next to the MLK portrait. He's painted on the walls of at least a c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2009

    Escape Reality for Film

    Be grateful your life is too bland for a biography.

  • Film

    March 22, 2007

    Forget Gun Control

    Who better to save America than an armed Mark Wahlberg? Seriously

  • Calendar

    February 22, 2007

    Gather ´Round

    Story time isn’t just for kids

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2007

    R.I.P.:Kapuscinski, Ivins, and Restaurant Brana

    Story time isn’t just for kids

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2007

    R.I.P.:Kapuscinski, Ivins, and Restaurant Brana

    Story time isn’t just for kids

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Beach Reads

    Big names? Big Deal. An alternative take on the Book Fair.

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Letters from the Issue of November 2, 2006

    "The immigration system must be expeditious, fair, and just”

  • News

    October 19, 2006

    Mock Trial

    Miami’s immigration judges are not interested in your problems

  • Culture

    July 20, 2006

    Africa Unwrapped

    At MAC, "Snap Judgments" breaks from clichés

  • Dining

    September 1, 2005

    Call It Delicious

    At MAC, "Snap Judgments" breaks from clichés

  • Dining

    July 7, 2005

    Fit for a Queen

    At MAC, "Snap Judgments" breaks from clichés

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2005

    Rasta Woman Chant

    At MAC, "Snap Judgments" breaks from clichés

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2005

    Irie Marley Party

    At MAC, "Snap Judgments" breaks from clichés

  • Music

    April 17, 2003

    African Electrification

    To remix or not to remix? These two recordings argue for the latter.

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    MIA: A User's Manual

    Is our airport the most user-unfriendly in America? No, just one of four really unhappy landing sites.

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    The Hard Lunch Bunch

    Old Miami spooks discuss former times and pending threats

  • Calendar

    November 15, 2001

    Words Up

    Say it loud and proud and in iambic pentameter

  • Music

    October 19, 2000

    Secrets Kept

    Finally an exhibition you can dance to

  • Dining

    April 27, 2000

    Side Dish

    Feeding and seeding the community

  • Dining

    April 13, 2000

    Side Dish

    "An estro-genius town"

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2000

    African Eats

    Diane M. Spivey

  • Dining

    March 16, 2000

    Side Dish

    Ethiopian at last and Thai Toni, take three

  • Music

    July 22, 1999

    Swinging Addis

    Ethiopiques

  • Film

    June 3, 1999

    Up Close and a Little Personal

    Ethiopiques

  • News

    August 21, 1997

    Chomp in the Swamp

    Tracking South Florida's endangered crocodiles is a business best left to experts and maniacs

  • Culture

    June 12, 1997

    City Sickos

    Tracking South Florida's endangered crocodiles is a business best left to experts and maniacs

  • Calendar

    August 15, 1996

    Calendar for the week

    Tracking South Florida's endangered crocodiles is a business best left to experts and maniacs

  • News

    July 25, 1996

    The King Who Would Be Mayor

    His platform is his life. His campaign manager is God. His goal is to be your mayor.

  • News

    October 20, 1994

    Buddha and the Beach

    Some people go to the beach and stay until the sun is low in the sky. Others go to the beach and never come back.

  • News

    February 24, 1993

    Meet the Candidate

    The Rev. Clennon King is unique. Period.

  • Music

    February 10, 1993

    Pierce Ears

    Pettis brings his voice, guitar, harmonica, and a big paradox

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