Hurricane Katrina

Miss Flamingo? Speak up Now!

Shut up, New Orleans. Hurricane Miami Knows the Future.

Various Artists

"Tears in Heaven" (RIAA)

Obama Inspires; Bobby Jindal, the Anti-Crist, Offers Nothing

It's been said so many times the economic problem is as much psychological as monetary that it must be true. Conveniently, we've just elected a president in part on the basis of how much he's inspired us and given us hope. Last night, in his biggest speech since the inauguration, President Obama sat ... More >>

Baptism by Disaster

Trouble the Water gives harrowing insight into Katrina’s devastation.

Charlie Hunter Trio

Copperopolis (Ropeadope)

Put Up Your Dukes

Local crime fighters get ready to rumble for charity

Organics Alfresco

Local crime fighters get ready to rumble for charity

Hare Today ...

And still hare tomorrow

Taking Relief Efforts by Storm

And still hare tomorrow

Gumbo Limbo

Christabelle's Quarter serves up the Very Big Easy in the Grove

Harry Connick, Jr.

Christabelle's Quarter serves up the Very Big Easy in the Grove

Weird and Wonderful

Top DVDs of 2006

A True Horror Classic

DVD releases for the week of December 19, 2006

Bosque Brown

Cerro Verde (Burnt Toast)

Art Capsules

Current shows

Art Capsules

Current shows

Battered but Unbowed

New Orleans artists take to the road for a rebound

Stage Capsules

Current shows

Critical Fatwa

Current shows

Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice

"The Flood"

Get Basted

Relish in a Thanksgiving cornucopia

Getting Lifted with a Legend

Relish in a Thanksgiving cornucopia

Who Do? You Do!

Relish in a Thanksgiving cornucopia

Hurricane Voyeurism

Wilma brought frustration, accidents, romance, anger, substance abuse, and reflection

Selected Events for the Week of October 13, 2005

Wilma brought frustration, accidents, romance, anger, substance abuse, and reflection

Rock for Relief

Wilma brought frustration, accidents, romance, anger, substance abuse, and reflection

Rise Up

The urban music community responds to Katrina and the aftermath

Fur Love

The urban music community responds to Katrina and the aftermath

Savage Station

WFTL-850 AM was an oasis of local talk; now it's just another haven for hate

Storm Survival

WFTL-850 AM was an oasis of local talk; now it's just another haven for hate

New Orleans Will Woo Away 2013 Super Bowl With Sexy iPods

via Wiki CommonsMiami already has the 2010 Super Bowl on lock down, but we just can't get enough of hosting the damn thing. So of course we're in the running to host the 2013 game along with Phoenix and New Orleans. The New Orleans Saints and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation are reportedly ... More >>

Convention of Harmony

via Wiki CommonsMiami already has the 2010 Super Bowl on lock down, but we just can't get enough of hosting the damn thing. So of course we're in the running to host the 2013 game along with Phoenix and New Orleans. The New Orleans Saints and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation are reportedly ... 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 >>

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 >>

How HBO's Treme can get New Orleans right

​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 >>

Emeril Lagasse Addresses Gulf Coast Oil Spill

Photo by Jacquelynn D. PowersEmeril Lagasse addresses the Gulf Coast oil spill. ​While New Orleans is still reeling from Hurricane Katrina, this latest Gulf Coast oil spill is not helping matters much. Local fisheries and fishermen are preparing to be shut down by the encroaching oil. Clearly, thi ... More >>

Sneak Review: Emeril's

So Emeril's lost its head chef -- who knew? Truth be told, the problem isn't just the chef. But you'll see in next week's Cafe review. For now, just a small bite:There are two ways to go with this fare: Serve traditionally prepared dishes at modest prices, or up the ante and tab by redefining it in ... More >>

Film the Right Thing

So Emeril's lost its head chef -- who knew? Truth be told, the problem isn't just the chef. But you'll see in next week's Cafe review. For now, just a small bite:There are two ways to go with this fare: Serve traditionally prepared dishes at modest prices, or up the ante and tab by redefining it in ... More >>

Spike Lee in Miami to Teach Filmmaking and to Slam America's Inept Disaster Response

​Asked the difference between his characters and Hollywood's, director Spike Lee answered, "Mine are real." Lee has made it his cinematic mission to accurately portray being black in America. In one of his first films, Do the Right Thing, he sketched a rich portrait of racial tension in a Brooklyn ... More >>

ArtOfficial Talks Jail and their New Album; Playing Transit Lounge on Saturday

​People say Miami's a dance town, and we can't deny that. But the 305 is a hip hop town, too. Look at Mr. 305, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Trick Daddy, or Trina. Or if we need to take you from those last old school to out of school, the godfather himself, our very own Luke Campbell. And when Kat ... More >>

Birdman's $2.5 Million Bugatti Veyron Takes Over the Streets of Miami Beach

​Bryan "Birdman" Williams is one half of the Williams brothers who own Cash Money Records, the record label responsible for bringing some of the biggest southern hip-hop artists like Lil Wayne to the world. The label was formerly based in New Orleans, but after the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster, ... More >>

Top 10 Lines From New Times 2010 Restaurant Reviews

Sugarcane draws babes, blokes, blades, and Belkys Nerey​Eater.com recently compiled New York Times critic Sam Sifton's 15 best "burns, barbs and zingers" from his 2010 reviews. It strikes me reading these that over the past twelve months, Mr. Sifton's reviews have been meaner than mine (this is me ... More >>

Wail With the Ghost of Miles Davis at the Arsht Center February 25

​The dude's been dead for two decades. But even so, jazz demigod, congenital rebel, and cocaine enthusiast Miles Davis looks like he's gonna have an incredibly packed 2011. Earlier this month, the trumpet-wielding master reissued the expanded Bitches Brew Live, a soul-scorching set of electrifi ... More >>

Quintron and Miss Pussycat Talk Bruise Cruise, Trash Can Music, and Kids Running in Fear

Photo by QuintronQuintron mans the gear.​It's tough to pick out the single most thrilling aspect of the whole Quintron & Miss Pussycat project. Is it the fact that this married duo puts on original puppet shows? That Quintron is the kind of musician who concocts his own musical contraptions ... More >>

The Big Uneasy: New Orleans's enemy wasn't Katrina

Photo by QuintronQuintron mans the gear.​It's tough to pick out the single most thrilling aspect of the whole Quintron & Miss Pussycat project. Is it the fact that this married duo puts on original puppet shows? That Quintron is the kind of musician who concocts his own musical contraptions ... More >>

Hot 8 Brass Band Brings the New Orleans Second Line to the Crossfade Music Series

Photo by Michelle ElmoreSlip into the second line with the Hot 8.​There have been good times, plenty of booze, and a few flashes of craziness. Back in June, we kicked off Crossfade Presents The Local at The Stage with a wild punk rager soundtracked by Furious Dudes, Bulletproof Tiger, and Secret ... More >>

VooDoo BBQ & Grill Announces Florida Expansion

VooDoo BBQ & Grill is coming to town.​Louisiana-based VooDoo BBQ & Grill has announced plans to bring its N'awlins "competition style BBQ" to Florida. The fast-casual chain has signed a deal with a local LLC (whose partnership currently includes the management of several Five Guys Burgers ... More >>

Hot 8 Brass Band at the Stage Miami September 29

VooDoo BBQ & Grill is coming to town.​Louisiana-based VooDoo BBQ & Grill has announced plans to bring its N'awlins "competition style BBQ" to Florida. The fast-casual chain has signed a deal with a local LLC (whose partnership currently includes the management of several Five Guys Burgers ... More >>

Hot 8 Brass Band's Bennie Pete Talks Feel-Good Music, Jazz Funerals, and New Orleans

Hot 8 Brass Band founder and tuba player Bennie Pete.​Whether two-steppin' toward a birthday party, second line parade, or jazz funeral, New Orleans's Hot 8 Brass Band always keeps it big, bad, and brassy. But over the years, the Hot 8's battled through plenty of tough times. Three members -- Jac ... More >>