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Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Overtown Music Project's Gospel Brunch: A Short Video Documentary

    Back in the days of the Sir John Knight Beat, the Harlem Square, Rockland Palace, Birdland Fiesta, Mary Elizabeth Hotel, Cafe Society, Red Tap, and many more, the streets of Overtown were filled with music spilling out of the many clubs, bars, and restaurants that lined its streets. For now, those ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Tupac Shakur's Broadway Musical: Is There a Stage for a G?

    ​Yeah, you read that right. Broadway's about to get hood as fuck. Playbill.com has announced an open casting call for an upcoming "American musical," tentatively titled Holler If Ya Hear Me, "inspired by and featuring the music of Tupac Amaru Shakur." You know, because lyrics like "They say pussy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Miami Strip Club Sorry About Putting MLK Jr. on Its Flyer

    ​Jeffrey Darnell Paul had a dream. A very, very poorly thought out dream. He dreamed that it would be totally OK to put Martin Luther King Jr.'s image on a flyer promoting a party at a Miami strip club. Turns out he was a bit surprised when most people with some common sense thought it was more of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Fidel Castro Endorses Robot in U.S. Presidential Race

    ​If you ask some of your more ill-informed Republican friends they'll probably tell you that Barack Obama and Fidel Castro are like totally BFF4eva, but Cuba's ailing retired dictator isn't a big fan of Obama. Nor does he like the Republican candidates much either, or so he seems to think. In fact ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Free Events This Week: Casa de Ha-Ha, Drive-By Big Band, Jews and Baseball

    If you're anything like us, you're still groggy and discombobulated after a weekend in which you definitely should not have had so many Jack and Cokes. But before you can move on to next weekend (and to a whole new set of irresponsible decisions), you'll have to grit your teeth and make it through t ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 24, 2011

    Faith Ringgold's 1960s paintings at Miami Art Museum through January 1

    If you're anything like us, you're still groggy and discombobulated after a weekend in which you definitely should not have had so many Jack and Cokes. But before you can move on to next weekend (and to a whole new set of irresponsible decisions), you'll have to grit your teeth and make it through t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2011

    ACLU Chief Howard Simon Recalls MLK and Bloody Sunday

    Photo by Jacob KatelHoward Simon​American Civil Liberties executive director Howard Simon took part in the last century's most significant freedom march with Dr. Martin Luther King. Then he was part of lawsuits that indicated our own government might have played a role in one of the civil rights m ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    Return of the King

    Photo by Jacob KatelHoward Simon​American Civil Liberties executive director Howard Simon took part in the last century's most significant freedom march with Dr. Martin Luther King. Then he was part of lawsuits that indicated our own government might have played a role in one of the civil rights m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2010

    Steel Pulse's David Hinds Talks Reggae, Racism, and Barack Obama

    Photo by Cecile MaurelSteel Pulse founder David Hinds.​In the run-up to massive reggae fest Bayside Rocks, Crossfade's already spoken with Frederick "Toots" Hibbert about the birth of reggae. We've also convened with Puerto Rican crew Cultura Profética. (Not to mention, we've spent the week revis ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 14, 2010

    Norman's 180: Good, not best

    Photo by Cecile MaurelSteel Pulse founder David Hinds.​In the run-up to massive reggae fest Bayside Rocks, Crossfade's already spoken with Frederick "Toots" Hibbert about the birth of reggae. We've also convened with Puerto Rican crew Cultura Profética. (Not to mention, we've spent the week revis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Spence-Jones to Miami Herald: I Did Not Compare Myself to MLK

    Michelle Spence-Jones is not taking her latest suspension from the Miami City Commission quietly.The District 5 commissioner has taken aim at her two biggest adversaries -- Gov. Charlie Crist, who suspended her again yesterday, and the Miami Herald, which has oft criticized her attempts to keep her ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2010

    America Made Beautiful

    Michelle Spence-Jones is not taking her latest suspension from the Miami City Commission quietly.The District 5 commissioner has taken aim at her two biggest adversaries -- Gov. Charlie Crist, who suspended her again yesterday, and the Miami Herald, which has oft criticized her attempts to keep her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Film Thursday: Miami Civil Rights Footage, Wes Anderson

    Two very unique (and different) cinematic experiences for you today, both of which take place in places that get the Culture Blog's "Two Pipes Up" of approval.One is courtesy of the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives: a screening of historic footage of the Civil Rights movement ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2009

    In the Name of the King

    The leader of a church that's drawn presidential hopefuls and the devout is enveloped in scandal.

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2009

    Get schooled in the Miami School

    The leader of a church that's drawn presidential hopefuls and the devout is enveloped in scandal.

  • News

    January 22, 2009

    The Dream Is Alive

    During the week history was made in Washington, words from a King.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Message to Obama: Follow MLK's Miami Message

     "Let us realize that history has thrust upon us an indescribably important destiny --to complete a process of democratization which our nation has developed too slowly, but which is our most powerful weapon for world respect." This might have come from Barack Obama's Tuesday inaugural addre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Bill Clinton Charms the Fontainebleau

    As easy as he is to mock with decades-old jokes, we've got to hand it to Bill Clinton -- the dude can warm a room like Wayne Newton on crystal meth.  Not that last night's Fontainebleau crowd was a hostile audience. About 300 of Miami's glitterati -- among them sunglass mogul and philanthropist Sa ... More >>

  • Music

    August 21, 2008

    Joe Bataan

    Under the Streetlamps: Anthology 1967-1972 (Fania)

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    Over the Weekend - MLK Jr., Prescription Pot, Artopia and More

    Under the Streetlamps: Anthology 1967-1972 (Fania)

  • Calendar

    January 17, 2008

    Living the Dream

    It’s MLK Day. How are we doing?

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Web Exclusive: Interview with Sarah Silverman

    It’s MLK Day. How are we doing?

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2007

    Masvidal et al Get Paid, Again

    It’s MLK Day. How are we doing?

  • Calendar

    May 24, 2007

    Come Into the Garden

    Imanuel Tafari’s cultural mecca is worth exploring

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2007

    Reggae as the Sun Rises

    Imanuel Tafari’s cultural mecca is worth exploring

  • Film

    November 23, 2006

    Whole World in His Hands

    Emilio Estevez blames the ills of the world on RFK's murder, but what about the man?

  • Dining

    September 8, 2005

    Very Little Saigon Served

    Emilio Estevez blames the ills of the world on RFK's murder, but what about the man?

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2005

    Sing Out, Sister!

    Emilio Estevez blames the ills of the world on RFK's murder, but what about the man?

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2005

    Down with the King

    Emilio Estevez blames the ills of the world on RFK's murder, but what about the man?

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Just Because You're Paranoid

    Doesn't mean they're not out to get you

  • Diversions

    May 13, 2004

    BEST OUTDOOR ART

    Greenpeace Human Art Protest

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2004

    This Week's Day by Day Picks

    Greenpeace Human Art Protest

  • Film

    November 13, 2003

    On Edge

    A local documentary film festival takes on topics not for the timid

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    Armesto Watch

    A local documentary film festival takes on topics not for the timid

  • Best of Miami

    May 16, 2002

    Bob Adelman

    Personal Best

  • City Life

    May 17, 2001

    Best Impromptu Intervention

    Personal Best

  • Music

    February 8, 2001

    A Dollar & a Dream

    For the Rawlo Boys, it's sex, rap, and civil rights

  • Music

    February 1, 2001

    Rhinestone Crusader

    Dead Elvis at Sunrise promises morning in America

  • Music

    November 16, 2000

    Nina Simone, Goddam!

    A sober look at the legend's return

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the issue of April 27, 2000

  • Calendar

    November 25, 1999

    Art Mart

    Timbuktu African & Caribbean Marketplace

  • Film

    March 18, 1999

    Freedom on Film

    Timbuktu African & Caribbean Marketplace

  • Calendar

    January 14, 1999

    Night & Day

    January 14 - 20, 1999

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    The People's Gallery

    Public art is thriving in urban Miami. And government bureaucrats have nothing to do with it.

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Public art is thriving in urban Miami. And government bureaucrats have nothing to do with it.

  • Calendar

    January 15, 1998

    Calendar for the week

    Public art is thriving in urban Miami. And government bureaucrats have nothing to do with it.

  • News

    February 15, 1996

    Moments in Time

    Cops, firemen, dogs, the circus: Photographer Jill Freedman deftly documents life's little happenings

  • News

    January 12, 1995

    Program Notes 39

    Cops, firemen, dogs, the circus: Photographer Jill Freedman deftly documents life's little happenings

  • News

    January 20, 1993

    The Pastor Past and Present

    Cops, firemen, dogs, the circus: Photographer Jill Freedman deftly documents life's little happenings

  • News

    January 20, 1993

    The Dynamic Duo

    Their flocks have multiplied despite past controversy. But can the Revs. Victor Curry and Richard Dunn preach politics?

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