Mikhail Gorbachev

Carlos Gimenez, Rebeca Sosa and David Rivera Shower Favors On Ex-Cocaine Trafficker

On July 13, Alexander I. Perez stood underneath a new street sign christening a portion of SE 10th Avenue in front of his Hialeah warehouse as "Banah Sweet Way." A gaggle of local politicos -- including Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, his Hialeah counterpart Carlos Hernandez, and County Commissione ... More >>

Best of Miami 2012: 25th Anniversary

Mugshots Friday: Gorbachev of the Streets

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that ... More >>

Twilight's Robert Pattinson and Five Other Actors Who Never Should've Recorded an Album

This dude sucks.​US Weekly is reporting that Team Edward is stabbing music in the heart and draining its blood. Evidently, PG-13 heartthrob and "accomplished blues guitarist" Robert Pattinson is in the midst of recording his first album. But the Twilight star isn't making a record for his teenag ... More >>

Albright Already

Weekend Blog Watch: Zen, Ice Cream, Bullets, Burgers, Dirt, and Power

Food philosophy, simplicity, culinary Zen. [Chadzilla]Eating ice cream in Tel Aviv. [AllPurposeDark]Kitchen Inquisition with Giancarla Bodoni of Escopazza. Cooking osso buco for Gorbachev. [NBCmiami]Six-year-old boy, Italian tourist, catches stray bullet while eating with family at Mai Tardi in Desi ... More >>

The God of Skeptics

Heretics, nonbelievers, and doubters worship the Amazing Randi. So what will free thinkers do when he's gone?

Art Capsules

Art Capsules

A People in Transition

The Miami Jewish Film Festival offers perspective on a changing culture.

Art Capsules

Art Capules

Art Capsules

Boobs, tunes, and soul food: Bubba Clinton's guide to Miami

Ah, the life of an ex-president. When the wife isn't unleashing you like an aging attack froodle on this or that Junior Senator in pursuit of her master plan, it's actually pretty serene. Flying to and fro in private jets; staying in the world's finest hotels in every locale; getting paid $100,000 t ... More >>

Art Capsules

Art Capsules

Art Basel to the Future

The world's biggest art fair has left town, but at local museums, great art is here to stay.

Cows to Cuba

A South Florida rancher is using bovine diplomacy to improve relations with the island nation

Dark & Dirty

Blood Money

Every time you donate, it's money in the pockets of two South Florida companies. Big money.

Exiled in Havana

With the FBI in pursuit, black activist Nehanda Abiodun a decade ago fled to Cuba, where she still dreams of fomenting a socialist revolution in the United States

The Baba Chronicles

For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

Notes from the Underground, Part 2

The latest dispatch from independent journalists in Cuba: Castro is cracking down

Letters

The Angels Return

From Moscow to Miami

When Cuba's top students were sent to the Soviet Union, no one could have guessed they would change from revolutionaries to refugees.

The Ballad of the Wet Ballad

Dream on, baby, that new swimming pool can be filled with tears

Program Notes

Program Notes

The Man and the Mouth

A South African Odyssey

If Shooting really starts, whites aren't going to be there