Lebanon

Nicole Moudaber on the EDM Ritual: "Dancing Is the Oldest Form of Expression"

Nicole Moudaber is a veritable cultural force, a fearless revolutionary. She was organizing the very first electronic dance music parties that the Lebanese capital of Beirut saw in the years following its horrific civil war. It was a dangerous time for anyone, let alone a woman pushing a Western m ... More >>

The Gatekeepers: Shin Bet Vets Ponder the Israeli State They've Protected

The Bracing Yossi Lays Bare the Soul of a Closeted Doctor

Coral Way Brings the Flavors of the World to Miami, Part Three

See also Coral Way Brings the Flavors of the World to Miami, Part 1 and Coral Way Brings the Flavors of the World to Miami, Part 2. You don't have to go far from the Uruguayan Zuperpollo to reach the neighboring Bistro 1401, about two blocks west, for an Argentinean culinary experience. You can si ... More >>

Where Do We Go Now? at Tower Theater June 8-14

Coachella 2012: Snoop, Dre, Santigold, and Other Top Moments From Sunday, April 22

See LA Weekly's complete Coachella coverage -- plus the top moments from Friday, April 20 and four highlights from Saturday, April 21, including Black Lips' Biggie Smalls "hologram." By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more ... More >>

Bourdain: Short Order "Offended" Me and My "Sense of Pride"

On Monday evening, the season eight premiere of No Reservations took Anthony Bourdain to Mozambique.The next morning, I blogged that the episode was a departure from most of Bourdain's usually snarky world view. A few hours later, Bourdain Tweeted the following:

Blondie at Hard Rock Live March 25

Shawn Loftis, Globe-Trotting Gay Porn Star, Rehired As Miami-Dade Public School Teacher

​Shawn Loftis was a popular sub at Miami Beach High and a handful of other Miami-Dade schools until he was abruptly canned in January 2011. His crime? A past life as a gay porn performer under the screen name Collin O'Neal, including his own erotic series -- "World of Men" -- featuring Loftis cavo ... More >>

Five Places In Miami To Drink Away Your Holiday Week

​The good news is you're off this week and your old friends are in town. The bad news is the post-Christmas and pre-New Year's Eve days are costly; between making Mom tear up with your thoughtful gifting and planning for NYE debauchery, you're broke.We know you'd love to spend the day out with you ... More >>

Shawn Loftis's big, gay odyssey

An interview with a globetrotting, news-reporting gay porn star.

Shawn Loftis, Globe-Trotting Gay Porn Star, Plays Dictator F/M/K With New Times

​Two weeks ago, Riptide broke the story that Shawn Loftis -- known on film as Collin O'Neal -- was canned from his Miami Dade Public Schools substitute teaching job when a principal found out about his prolific gay porn career. Loftis tells us he still plans to fight the firing. In the meant ... More >>

Miami-Dade teacher Shawn Loftis fired over gay porn career

Five Art Rock, Electroclash, and Country Suggestions for Next Muppets Tribute Album

​Since you obviously have good taste, you must be looking forward to Disney's soon-to-be-classic The Muppets coming out this Thanksgiving. You won't have to wait till November, though, to conjure up memories of these furry little guys. Pitchfork reported that on August 23, Weezer, Andrew Bi ... More >>

Hafiz and Izhar Khan, Alleged "Terror Imams," Head to Court this Afternoon

via Google StreetviewThe Flagler Mosque​The father-and-son Miami imams charged this weekend with aiding Pakistani terrorists will make their first appearance in court today at 1:30 pm as South Florida's Muslim community tries to come to grips with the accusations.The Miami Herald says that the cas ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2011 Announces Lineup With Eminem, Girl Talk, DFA 1979, and 122 Others

​It's time to start planning your road trip to Lollapalooza land 'cause King Perry Farrell just released his 125-name guestlist for this August's three-day Grant Park extravaganza. And if you don't wanna be left at the gate, crying and clawing the dirt like a pauper, you better buy a full-weekend ... More >>

Sawa Restaurant & Lounge: Jack-of-all-trades, master of none

Alcee Hastings's sexual harassment woes

CBS and Sports Illustrated lie about black athletes

CBS and Sports Illustrated Lie About Athlete's Criminal Record

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke explains how the criminal justice system destroys young black men in Miami-Dade County.A couple of major news organizatio ... More >>

Thomas Friedman Answers Questions

Middle East Politics 101

Antoinette Jreij of The Original Daily Bread Marketplace Dishes on Raw Meat and Religion

Photo by Riki AltmanThe Original Daily Bread Marketplace's head cook, Antoinette JreijThis is part two of our interview Antoinette Jreij from The Original Daily Bread Marketplace. Read the first part of the interview here.New Times: Any ingredient you don't like working with? Why?Antoinette Jreij: I ... More >>

Antoinette Jreij from The Original Daily Bread Marketplace Shares a Piece of the Middle East

Photo by Riki AltmanFeminine flair with a knack for Middle Eastern flavorsIt's a good thing Antoinette Jreij wears pink and gray chef coats; it's the only way someone could fathom that someone so demure and adorned by a sparkly hair clip, diamond earrings, and full make up would be the hardworking h ... More >>

Hani's Organic Cheeses and His Fried Haloumi

​Hani Khouri did not grow up on a farm, yet today he looks right at home herding his 17 Nubian goats with the shepherd hook he carries. You would never know that three years ago, Hani and his wife Maria Lee led the life of expats residing in places such as Brazil, Saudia Arabia, Dubai, and Austria ... More >>

DJ Rony Seikaly, former Miami Heat center, spins the jams

Louis Maxwell murdered by Afghan Army, Part 2

Louis Maxwell's forgotten murder, Part 1

Gerald Posner Plagiarized in Why America Slept and Secrets of the Kingdom, Research Shows

Photo by Bill Cooke Gerald Posner​In this week's Miami New Times, we write about new evidence that Gerald Posner plagiarized dozens of passages in his 2003 book Why American Slept and in 2005's Secrets of the Kingdom. After the jump, you can check out all the proof. But first, a little back ... More >>

Friday Food Funnies: One Liners, Jokes, and Food Quotes

​The next time you feel like complaining, remember that your garbage disposal probably eats better than 30 percent of the people in the world. -- Robert Orben Practice safe eating -- always use condiments. -- Lynda MontgomeryDid you ever notice they never take any fat hostages? You never see a guy ... More >>

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 >>

Concert Review: Cinema Sounds No. 6 at the Tower Theater, April 3

photo by Katherine TuttleAnimal Tropical's Jose Castello plays along to 'The Skeptic's Operetta.'​Cinema Sounds No. 6The Tower Theater, MiamiSaturday, April 3, 2010
Better Than: A regular night at the moviesThe review: 
Walking down the street in a bustling Little Havana neighborhood on Saturd ... More >>

Take down slums, not politicians like Michelle Spence-Jones

Six Questions With Music is a Weapon

Jeffrey Delannoy​Music is a Weapon has been making some noise for a couple of years. This coming Saturday they will be rocking the Vagabond alongside local Spanish-language punks G2 and Dutch DJ's Saskia Rocks and Geza Weisz for the big-top party Cirque Excentrique; featuring "Party Monster" ... More >>

Rebuild Liberty City and Overtown Instead of Tearing Down City Commissioners

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Up this week, Luke assesses the latest criminal charges against his pal Michelle Spence-Jones and what he would do to fix Overtown and Liber ... More >>

$1.5 Million Dress to Be Shown at Miami International Fashion Week

​So, one fashion week in town just ended, but another will begin this Thursday when Miami International Fashion Week kicks off. Yeah, it's confusing, but this one has a $1.5 million dress. Uh, does that mean the recession is over?Beirut-based designer Jad Ghandour and Danesha Luxury will present t ... More >>

Old-school South Beach DJ Ruben Pagan returns as King Domino

Paul Van Dyk headlines Club Space in downtown Miami Saturday night

The Next Conversation

So Irregular

Memorial Day At Miami Beach VFW Post 3559

Jacob KatelDebbie Brooks - VFW bartender since about 1995 Miami Beach VFW Post 3559 is the best kept secret on the beach, particularly on Memorial  Day. All the regulars were cool with me, but nobody there seemed too keen on the idea of the whole world finding out about their $2.50 beers or $3. ... More >>

Miami International Film Festival Preview

As the fest shows, the best movies are now made outside the U.S.

Snack King -- Baklawa From Tarragon Middle East Market

Tarragon Middle East Market has been open in South Miami since 1994. Hassan Mehaydli runs the place with his twin brother. I went in to check out the place, got a free sample of baklawa (AKA baklava) and asked Hassan a couple of questions. BTW, the baklawa was awesome.New Times: Is it mostly Middle ... More >>

The Best Movies of 2008

Gasp! A couple of Hollywood blockbusters made the cut.

Paul Van Dyk Takes Over Club Space's Main Room

Dance giant Paul van Dyk gets down to his music's nuts and bolts.

Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone.

Gateway to Babylon

A 10-piece French troupe creates a musical utopia.

Women on Top

Fest honors talented females

Our Hero the Drug Dealer

The feds call Rickey Brownlee one of South Florida's biggest narco-traffickers. His friends and neighbors in Opa-locka call him a valiant victim.

Built for Speed Reading

Ridin' writin' for rolling rockers and travelin' fans