Haiti

Babacar M'Bow: A New Artistic Voice in Little Haiti

Mind If I Taste Your Haiti?

Celebrate Ayiti

Dancing Through Devastation

Haitian Beer Prestige Takes Gold Medal at World Beer Cup Competition

"Local" import Haitian beer Prestige won a gold medal yesterday for Best American-Style Cream of Ale. It took category #42 at the winners banquet for the World Beer Cup competition in San Diego.Miami is not considered part of the Caribbean, but Prestige was as close Florida got to receiving any awar ... More >>

The Taxpayers at Sweat Records January 5

Triumph Over Tragedy

Tabou Combo's Yvan "Kapi" Andre Talks Voudou, Kompa, and The Rolling Stones

Tabou Combo's Yvan "Kapi" Andre.​Tabou Combo has one of the most revered funk breakdowns in all of musicland. And between the voudou beats, big soul horns, salsa turns, merengue runs, and rockin' drums, this band is the most eclectic kompa crew in the world. The group started in 1968 under the na ... More >>

Ragganga Artist Bélo Talks Tonight's Big Night in Little Haiti Bash

​The third Friday of the month is here. And if you don't what that means, it's Big Night In Little Haiti. Everybody raise your cannons and bayonets for liberté, égalité, fraternité.Tonight, world festival circuit rock star Bélo will fire up the city alongside Miami's own Lanzallamas Monofóni ... More >>

Vodou, Do You?

Tropical Storm Emily Almost Dead But May Regroup

​The low pressure trough formerly known as Tropical Storm Emily fizzled after making its way through Haiti last night. (No deaths or injuries have been reported there.) Forecaster say there's still a chance Emily could regroup into a somewhat serious storm. Effects on South Florida remain unclear, ... More >>

"Haiti's Wounds" Video: Scenes From Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince

George MartinezA man is brought to the Bernard Mevs emergency room in the back of a pickup.​This week's cover story tells the tragic and inspirational stories of three patients at Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince: from a young man born anew after his amputation to a teenage girl cut down by ... More >>

Bernard Mevs: A hospital saves Haiti

Larger Than Life

Praying for Life: Haiti's Health Care Crisis Examined in This Week's New Times

George MartinezA woman prays in Port-au-Prince's Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, in ruins since last year's devastating earthquake​The squad car tears through the dark streets of Port-au-Prince. It screeches around tight corners well after midnight. Then it slams to a gravely stop in front o ... More >>

20 Photo Highlights From Big Night In Little Haiti, June 17

Photo by Jacob Katel​In just a few days, the Magnum Band of Miami celebrates its 35th anniversary. On Friday night, though, the band got the party started a little early with a free set at Rhythm Foundation and Little Haiti Cultural Center's monthly Big Night In Little Haiti event.A festive crowd ... More >>

Pass the Babakoo

Sweet Micky Swings By Little Haiti to Plug Education Programs, Does Not Dance Provocatively

Michael E. MillerMichel "Sweet Micky" Martelly appeared this morning in Little Haiti.​Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly, president-elect of Haiti, visited Miami earlier today to announce new surcharges designed to fund education in the earthquake-ravaged country.Speaking in both English and Kreyol at ... More >>

Pearl of the Antilles

Haiti Goes Dark

Archbishop Wenski to Deliver Mass Tonight to Commemorate One Year Anniversary of Deadly Haiti Earthquake

Marco Dormino (UN) via Wikimedia CommonsA year after a devastating earthquake, Haiti still struggles to recover.​At 4:53 p.m. this afternoon, the church bells of St. Mary's Cathedral will ring out over Little Haiti and the rest of Miami. Sadly, the occasion won't be a wedding but the remembrance o ... More >>

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From Haiti with Love

Weber Does Little Haiti

Miami's Haitians Brace For Catastrophe As Tomas Bears Down On Port-Au-Prince

via National Hurricane CenterBad news for Haiti.​As Miami's Haitian community has struggled to help their homeland since January's earthquake, one fear has lingered always in the back of their minds: What if a hurricane blows through while half of Port-au-Prince is still stuck in tent cities?That ... More >>

Jericho Revival Draws Thousands to Notre Dame d'Haiti 10 Months After Earthquake

Archdiocese of MiamiChoir members filing into Notre Dame d'Haiti Cathedral for last year's Jericho revival​With Haiti still in ruins 10 months after a devastating earthquake, it might seem like a strange time to celebrate a Biblical act of destruction.Yet thousands of Haitians filled Notre Dame d' ... More >>

Tap Tap Hosts Fundraiser for Haïti Liberté, Newspaper Crippled by January Earthquake

Michael E. MillerManno Charlemagne plays at Tap Tap the night of the Haiti Liberte fundraiser​When a 7.0 earthquake hit Léogâne, Haiti on January 12, the shock waves completely destroyed the small town and much of the nearby capital of Port-au-Prince. The damage was horrific: at least 230,000 de ... More >>

Dew the Right Thing

Prostitutes Lured To Post-Quake Haiti By Promise of Relief Money and Aid Workers

via Dominican Today​Out of all the things Haiti needs right now as it continues to rebuild after this year's devastating earthquake are prostitutes. Yet, Time magazine reports today that post-quake Haiti has attracted a startling number of sex workers, mostly women from the neighboring Domini ... More >>

Road Trip by Tap-Tap

Help Haiti and Find a Positive Groove in Boca This Weekend

Cypress' happy vibes will help a good cause​The jam-friendly sounds of local combo Cypress lead a benefit concert for Haiti relief this Saturday in Boca Raton. The party, presented by Aura Music Events, begins at noon at the North Dixie Shopping Center (500 East Spanish River Blvd.), and runs unti ... More >>

Hero for Haiti Jim Goodnow needs a ride to the island

Punch and Duty

Retired Miami Beach Lifeguard Has the Goods, Now He Needs a Ride to Haiti

Michael F. McElroy/ZUMA​Old hippie lifeguard turned hero for Haiti Jim Goodnow pops open the side of an ambulance, where he's been sleeping for the past two months. "Let's see what's behind door number one!" the ponytailed 70-year-old hollers. Inside, it looks like the Grateful Dead decided to run ... More >>

Daft Punk, Naomi Campbell, Cat Power Offer Goods to Help Haiti

​Just because there are some shady allegations about Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti foundation doesn't mean all celeb-assisted Haiti-relief efforts aren't to be trusted. And just because the devastation in the nearby nation has been out of the news recently doesn't mean you should stop giving.Crafts for ... More >>

Let Them Eat Cake

As Haitians begin to rebuild after the earthquake, a Miami photographer captures the catastrophe

Aboard the USS Bataan, A Desperate Daily Struggle To Help Injured Haitians

Frustrations came near a boiling point in Haiti this weekend, as Gov. Charlie Crist and President Obama bickered over who was to blame for a suspension of flights bringing injured Haitians to Florida hospitals.The USS Bataan has 74 severely injured victims aboard its floating hospital off Haiti's co ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Stonefox's Final Show, Haiti Mizik Relief, and Chocolate Festival

We're keeping it simple today. Here is everything you missed across South Florida over the weekend:Stonefox's Final Show at 1921Photo by Ian Witlen​We still don't understand why one of South Florida's most promising bands, Stonefox, has decided to call it a day, but we hope they all find success w ... More >>

News Roundup: Lots of Teenagers Shot or Killed

A 14-year-old girl was fatally shot in the stomach while vising a friend's house. An adult accidently discharged the weapon. [Herald]A drive-by shooting at 2135 NW 52nd St. resulted in the death of a 15-year-old girl who seems to have been a babysitter. Three others were wounded. [Herald]Miami-Dade ... More >>

Foodie Fundraiser for Haiti at Smith & Wollensky Tomorrow

Restaurateurs south of Fifth Street are joining forces to raise money for the tragic situation in Haiti. Held at Smith & Wollensky tomorrow, January 26, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., this gourmet gathering will feature area restaurants such as Joe's Stone Crab, Tap Tap, Clarke's, DeVito, Red, and Chin ... More >>

Weekly Wrap Up: The Friday Carnita

Jacob KatelThe entire menu at Carnitas Estilo Michoacan.​It worked in L.A. with Mexican/Korean food, so when's somebody down here gonna open a Caribbean Taco Shop. We're talkin' jerk pork with pickled cabbage and sweet plantain. Or, how 'bout fried goat chunks, and Honduran farm cheese. Here's wha ... More >>

Haiti Mizik Relief, This Weekend at Bayfront Park

If you've been paying attention to the news--and it's almost impossible not to at a time like this--you've no doubt witnessed the horrors our poor Caribbean neighbors in Haiti have endured since a major earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter mag scale all but obliterated the small impoverished co ... More >>

Rockea en Espanol, Sending Love to Haiti Tonight

​You guys all know all about Jazid and MiamiAlterLatino.com's International Thursdays parties, right? Here's hoping you've even partaken of the good times to be had at Fiesta Colombiana two weeks back and the Argentine shindig last Thursday. Well, the series continues tonight with a third installm ... More >>

Donations to Haiti Aid Top $150 Million, Exceeding Katrina Figures

Talia Frenkel​Including an unprecedented surge of text message donations, people have now contributed more than $150 million to earthquake relief in Haiti, according to figures released yesterday by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. That's five times the amount donated in the days immediately after t ... More >>

Help a Real Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort: Send A/C Units to Port-au-Prince

The folks who set up the Haiti earthquake relief donation site at First Street and Alton Road by Carl KruseRelief supplies boxed up and ready for delivery to Haiti​in Miami Beach need to raise $50,000 to send air-conditioning units and generators for the Project Medishare hospital being set up in ... More >>

Shipping Containers Could Provide Housing Relief in Haiti

​After Hurricane Katrina, a group of researchers at Clemson University devloped the SEED Project, aimed at turning shipping containers into temporary housing in the event a similar storm hit the Caribbean. The idea was only a concept, but in the wake of Haiti's earthquake, the team ... More >>

News Roundup: VP Biden in Miami

The mother of two brothers living South Florida was pulled alive from rubble in Haiti. [NBCMiami]Joe Biden was in Little Haiti over the weekend. [Herald]And he's back in Miami to speak at a prayer breakfast at Florida Memorial Univerisity for Martin Luther King Day. [CBS4]Pundits have pretty much wr ... More >>

Conan/Haiti Mash

​"They put all the bodies in the streets, lined up. There was a school, about 60 kids. The whole school dropped down. You're talking about three stories, all the kids dead."--Jimmy Louis, talking about tragedy in Haiti"My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contr ... More >>